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Pickommerce secures $3.4M investment for robotic piece-picking technology
Pickommerce, developers of the PickoBot piece-picking robot for the autonomous warehousing ecosystem, secured a $3.4M investment to continue growing the company.

Brain Corp’s Sense Suite helps address retail inventory challenges
Brain Corp’s Sense Suite enables robots to collect timely and accurate data, enabling AI analysis and supply chain decision making for use cases today and those still to come.

Contoro Robotics, Go! Retail Group partner to enhance warehouse operations
Contoro Robotics and Go! Retail Group announced a partnership that will see Contoro robots unload containers at Go! warehouse operations.`

2024 Robotics Application Conference announces session, speaker lineup
The 2024 Robotics Application Conference, RAC ’24, will take place Sept. 18. DHL, Plus One Robotics, GreyOrange and more will speak about robotic trends and deployments.

Johnson Electric announces Solligence fast rotary actuator
Johnson Electric’s Solligence fast rotary actuator for sliding shoe sorters features embedded AI monitoring and a bistable design to reduce noise, heat, and energy consumption.

Early bird pricing expires soon for NextGen Supply Chain Conference registration
The NextGen Supply Chain Conference, scheduled for October 21-23 in Chicago with leaders from around the supply chain industry, closes its early bird pricing on Friday, September 6.

ProGlove appoints Charles Jackson to lead North America market expansion
ProGlove, a wearable scanner company with headquarters in Munich and Chicago, has announced the appointment of Charles Jackson to the Head of North America role for the company.

How RapidID machine vision technology ‘gives robots human-like instinct’
Powered by machine vision, RapidID is a cloud-based vision platform from Rapid Robotics that allows robots to identify and grasp a variety of objects with precision.

Special Focus Issue
Machine vision to increase robot precision
This edition of the Robotics 24/7 Special Focus Issue examines how enhancements in machine vision and artificial intelligence make robots more precise.

COVAL releases second generation CVGC carbon vacuum gripper for cobots
COVAL release the second generation of its CVGC carbon vacuum gripper for cobots with a redesigned look that looks to enhance its performance and compatibility.

Humanoid robot developer Robot Era debuts XHand for object manipulation
Robot Era released its XHand, a human-like hand for object manipulation on its XBot-L humanoid robot with highly sensitive sensors and joints for data collection and feedback.

Körber Supply Chain Software acquires MercuryGate transportation management system provider
Körber Supply Chain Software announced that it has acquired transportation management system provider MercuryGate, delivering increased flexibility, scalability and resiliency to customers.

GreyOrange adds line of autonomous forklifts to Certified Ranger Network
GreyOrange announced that it has added a line of autonomous forklifts to its Certified Ranger network in an expansion of the company's Intralogistics and Case Pick Ranger portfolio.

Verve Motion releases study on soft exosuits
97% of soft exosuit users from Verve Motion’s latest study reported that wearable robotics assisted in their work, providing data to support benefits of robotics assisted lifting.

KION North America to assemble Fox Robotics lift trucks
KION North America will assemble Fox Robotics autonomous lift trucks through a non-exclusive partnership that also aims to establish a U.S. service and support network.

ForwardX Robotics announces partnership with Voyatzoglou to expand distribution in Europe
ForwardX Robotics announced a partnership with Voyatzoglou and its subsidiary EuroFit to serve as distributors of assisted picking AMRs in Greece and Romania.

Procter & Gamble’s Amy Rardin named keynote speaker of NextGen Supply Chain Conference
NextGen Supply Chain Conference announced that Amy Rardin, global senior director at Procter & Gamble, will serve as the keynote speaker at its October 2024 event in Chicago.

Doosan Robotics, Rocketfarm announce palletizing robotics partnership
Doosan Robotics will integrate Rocketfarm’s Pally palletizing software into its robot arms, including its PRIME-SERIES, to help streamline workflows for various industries.

Agility Robotics, GXO sign multi-year humanoid deployment agreement
Building off a pilot with SPANX in December, GXO and Agility will continue RaaS commercial deployment of Digit mobile manipulation humanoids, integrating with cobot AMRs.

Robotics Invest Summit 2024 highlights funding, robotics ecosystems
The 2024 Robotics Invest Summit in Boston brought leaders from across the robotics industry to discuss funding, industrial AI and more with peers and venture capital firms.



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