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Digital Engineering to host Design & Simulation Summit on October 31

October 24, 2024 · Digital Engineering has announced its full speaker lineup for the fourth annual Design & Simulation Summit, which will take place on Thursday, October 31.

Johnson Electric, Aegis Sortation announce distribution partnership

October 24, 2024 · Aegis Sortation announced that it is Johnson Electric’s exclusive technology distributor in the North American market, where it will distribute the TrueDrive and VersaSort products.

Rethink Robotics redefines cobots once again

October 23, 2024 · Chris Harbert, Greg McEntyre, and Julia Astrid Riemenschneider of Rethink Robotics describe the relaunched company’s new focus on cobots that can adapt to changing workflows.

Robotic usage grows by 10%, reports International Federation of Robotics

October 23, 2024 · International Federation of Robotics survey finds more than 4.2 million robots are now operating in factories worldwide.

Vanderlande collaborates with Hai Robotics, expands flexible automation offering

October 22, 2024 · Vanderlande and Hai Robotics have partnered and Vanderlande will offer Hai’s Automated Case-Handling Mobile Robot (ACR) in its Tote AV portfolio in North America.

Webinar: How to scale fleets of mobile robots

October 21, 2024 · Cory Leonard of Advantech and John Santagate of Körber Supply Chain Software will join Robotics 24/7 for a discussion on scaling mobile robots and different elements of fleet management in our next roundtable webinar.

Tompkins Solutions partners with Agility Robotics

October 21, 2024 · As part of the partnership, Tompkins Solutions will offer customized integration services to implement Digit alongside existing warehouse automation systems, enhancing operational efficiency and flexibility.

How Prime Robotics’ Advanced Pallet Station makes picking efficient

October 19, 2024 · Advanced Pallet Station from Prime Robotics strives to find the balance between humans and robots to optimize picking processes with single and multi-sku pallets.

OnRobot gets a grip on robot end-of-arm tooling with D:Ploy

October 18, 2024 · Powered by its D:Ploy automated robot application software platform and standardized grippers, OnRobot wants to make end-of-arm tooling switches and application changes easier.

Boston Dynamics, Toyota Research Institute partner to advance robotics research

October 17, 2024 · Boston Dynamics and Toyota Research Institute announced that a partnership to advance robotics research and combine teams in robotics and artificial intelligence.

Robust.AI launches new Carter Pro collaborative mobile robot

October 16, 2024 · Robust.AI launched the Carter Pro collaborative mobile robot. The cobot combines AI and interaction models to create new levels of human-robot collaboration.

Tompkins Robotics develops modular, scalable sortation systems

October 16, 2024 · Mike Futch and Bill Pelzar of Tompkins Robotics explain the tSort family of robots, including the tSort3D, tSortLift, and new tSortPost, and Transcend orchestration platform.

Formant, Slalom partner to help companies accelerate automation adoption

October 16, 2024 · Formant and Slalom announced a partnership to help companies accelerate the automate adoption. The companies will also demo their “Robot Corral” at RoboBusiness 2024.

Bota Systems launches SensONE T80 force-torque sensor for heavy payloads on cobots

October 15, 2024 · Bota Systems launched its new new SensONE T80 force-torque sensor, optimizing collaborative robots for heavy payloads, handling up to 80 Nm of torque.

BlackBerry QNX publishes global survey of software developers

October 12, 2024 · BlackBerry QNX recently commissioned a survey of embedded software developers and engineers worldwide on topics such as OS cybersecurity and safety compliance.

Tesla says ‘future is autonomous’ at We, Robot event with Optimus, Robotaxi demonstrations

October 11, 2024 · Tesla hosted its We, Robot event, where the company showcased updates to its Optimus humanoid robot, and debuted two autonomous vehicles the Robotaxi and Robovan.

Palladyne AI, Red Cat partner to embed artificial intelligence into drones for autonomous operation

October 10, 2024 · Palladyne AI and Red Cat have partnered to embed Palladyne’s artificial intelligence software on Red Cat’s drone technology for military, government and commercial operations.

Corvus Robotics brings autonomous inventory management system to lights-out warehouse

October 10, 2024 · Corvus Robotics announced an updated version of its Corvus One drone system to bring its autonomous inventory management offerings to lights-out distribution centers.

Symbotic to implement multiple warehouse automation systems for Walmex in Mexico

October 10, 2024 · One of the two greenfield sites will mark the largest system Symbotic has deployed as a single-phase project.

Exotec expands North American headquarters in Atlanta

October 8, 2024 · Provider of warehouse robotics moves into 37,000-square-foot space to support rapid growth

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