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American Robotics Owner Ondas Acquires Ardenna to Offer Drone Analytics for Rail Inspection

March 21, 2022 · Ondas Holdings, which owns industrial drone provider American Robotics, plans to integrate Ardenna's image-processing capabilities to make inspections easier and railways safer.

Zebra Technologies to Acquire Matrox Imaging Division

March 21, 2022 · Zebra Technologies and Matrox Imaging cite their shared focus on innovation, as well as Zebra's global footprint, to help accelerate Maxtrox's machine vision strategy.

CJ Logistics Integrates Autonomous Systems With SVT Robotics

March 20, 2022 · CJ Logistics, a third-party logistics provider, wanted to tie mobile robots, autonomous lift trucks, and other systems together to improve productivity. It found a cloud-based integration platform.

ABB Robotics President Predicts Automation and Robotics Trends for 2022

March 19, 2022 · ABB new Robotics Division president notes that electric vehicles, collaborative robots, e-commerce acceleration, and the need for retraining will all be trending this year.

Secretary Walsh Participates in MassRobotics Panel on the Influence of Robotics on the U.S. Job Market

March 18, 2022 · MassRobotics hosted a panel with government, academic, and industry experts on the future of work coinciding with the release of its five-year impact report.

Geek+ and Bosch Rexroth Extend Partnership, Deploy Advanced Mobile Robot

March 18, 2022 · Geek+ and Bosch Rexroth have jointly released a Geek+ MP1000R autonomous mobile robot integrating Bosch Rexroth's ROKIT Locator laser localization software.

Toyota Ventures Opens 2022 Call for Factory of the Future Innovation

March 18, 2022 · Toyota Ventures' third global call of innovation seeks startups that can apply AI, robotics, and other technologies to enable Industry 4.0 and advanced manufacturing.

Plus One Robotics to Present and Give Robot Demonstrations at MODEX 2022

March 18, 2022 · Plus One Robotics plans to demonstrate its software for giving vision to picking robots and supervised autonomy for a variety of warehouse tasks in Atlanta later this month.

Chipotle Tests Chippy Tortilla Robot From Miso Robotics

March 17, 2022 · Chipotle is testing Miso Robotics' Chippy, which uses AI and robotics to cook and season tortilla chips in keeping with the fast-casual restaurant chain's recipe and style.

Bear Robotics Announces $81M Series B for Hospitality Robots

March 17, 2022 · Bear Robotics, which has developed mobile service robots for the restaurant industry in partnership with SoftBank, has raised $81 million to continue product development.

Addverb Technologies and Numina Group to Pair Mobile Robots and Distribution Software

March 17, 2022 · Addverb Technologies plans to expand its deployment of mobile robots in North American warehouses with help from Numina Group's AI-powered software for order fulfillment.

MIT Researchers Develop Learning Model to Teach Legged Robot to Run Faster

March 17, 2022 · MIT's mini-cheetah quadruped robot can now run faster than ever, thanks to a new learning model developed by researchers at the university.

InOrbit Adds Data Backfill to Robot Operations Tools

March 17, 2022 · InOrbit, which develops robot operations tools, is now offering Data Backfill to maintain data integrity by storing data and uploading it to the cloud for later analysis and observability.

NHS Wales Partners With CMR Surgical for National Robotic Assisted Surgery Program

March 16, 2022 · CMR is working with NHS Wales to outfit hospitals with its Versius system for minimally invasive robot-assisted surgery.

Körber Shares Supply Chain Software and Automation Strategy at Elevate Americas 2022

March 16, 2022 · Korber Supply Chain has announced new cloud-based services, warehouse management software, and controls for voice and robotics systems, as well as customer successes, at the event.

RightHand Robotics Launches Partner Integrator Program With Element Logic as First Member

March 16, 2022 · RightHand Robotics, whose RightPick 3 system automates piece picking, is working with partners such as Element Logic and AutoStore to help customers automate order fulfillment.

Caja Robotics and Ranpak partner on packaging solution for order fulfillment

March 16, 2022 · Together, the companies will provide a solution that spans goods-to-person robotics and automated, eco-friendly packing.

Finding the Single-Source Supplier for the E-commerce Supply Chain

March 16, 2022 · The combination of e-commerce pressures and labor challenges conspire to make the modern DC increasingly complex and reliant on carefully planned automated systems.

Overcoming the W_S Acronym Overload

March 16, 2022 · This white paper discusses the established software paradigm for warehouses and distribution centers and introduces an alternative approach.

Will Robotic Automation Lead to a Lights-Out-Warehouse

March 16, 2022 · From manual to fully automated, what’s ahead for the warehouse robotics market? As warehouses and distribution centers add automation, is a lights-out facility on the horizon?

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