Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 6.55
May 26, 2023
…ABB, which acquired mobile robot providers Fetch Robotics and ASTI Mobile Robots, respectively, in 2021. Raymond Corp. shared its booth with Andersen Material Handling and Integrated System Design to show customers local integration and support of its automated systems. “With our telematics and labor management data, users can come up with unique KPIs [key performance indicators] for optimization,” claimed Martin Buena-Franco, automation products marketing manager at Raymond. Some companies, such as Vention, have gone in the opposite direction by developing their own actuators, controllers, and teach pendant. The company's MachineLogic platform is designed to facilitate programming of machine tending workcells.…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 13.78
May 09, 2023
…demonstrations of its cobots, rebranded ABB AMRs (formerly from ASTI), and collaborative industrial robots, as well as relevant applications such as painting. In addition, it will show a science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) education package with a cobot training cart. The CRB 1300 SWIFTI robot bridges the gap between industrial and collaborative robots, claimed ABB. Combining speed and accuracy with expanded load-handling capability of up to 11 kg (24.2 lb.), the system can be used in a wide variety of production and product-handling applications, said the company. The SWIFTI CRB 1300 is powered by ABB’s OmniCore C90XT controller. It…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 8.69
May 08, 2023
…buying Fetch Robotics for $290 million, ABB Group acquiring ASTI Mobile Robotics Group for $190 million, and Locus Robotics purchasing Waypoint Robotics. In addition, Teradyne merged its Mobile Industrial Robots and AutoGuide Mobile Robots units in 2022. While there were no reported failures or complete shutdowns of AMR providers in the past year, many reduced their workforces, as e-commerce growth slowed because the COVID-19 pandemic abated. Examples included Seegrid and IAM Robotics. In January, 6RS announced integrated offerings with Soft Robotics, Fast Lane and Packout. Source: 6 River Systems Experts react to 6 River Systems news Robotics 24/7 asked the…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 9.92
March 16, 2023
…autonomous mobile robots (AMRs), noted the company, which acquired ASTI Mobile Robotics in 2021. Robots will take on tasks such as screw driving, assembling, and material handling, freeing people for more rewarding work, it claimed. “The expanded facility will feature the most advanced technology available, with AI-enabled robots and smart digital manufacturing systems,” said John Bubnikovich, president of the ABB U.S. Robotics Division. “We're really focused on the localization of manufacturing to increase productivity and to incorporate new technologies into our processes,” he told Robotics 24/7. “We delivered about 80% of what we sold in the Americas from this factory…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 17.11
December 19, 2022
…partner of ABB and sells mobile robots developed by ASTI, which was acquired by ABB in 2021. 3BUTTON GROUP AB is made up of Front AGV AB, Front Automation AB, Fröjd Automation AB, and IML Technologies AB. Kollmorgen Automation said it caters to automakers developing “driverless logistics automation solutions.” It added that its software and hardware products help customers route vehicles for efficiency and navigational control. Earlier this year, Vanderlande Industries B.V. announced that it had chosen Kollmorgen as a technology and service partner. Its technology is used in Toyota Material Handling forklifts. Kollmorgen also recently announced that it has…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 13.69
December 14, 2022
…noteworthy mobile robot companies coming out of Spain include ASTI Mobile Robotics, which ABB acquired in 2021 for $190 million. The company is known for its wide range of autonomous mobile robots (AMRs) used in many industries. The Spanish robot industry has also given birth to mobile robot companies with niche applications such as DTA. The Madrid-based company manufactures some of the world’s largest automated guided vehicles (AGVs). They can carry items, such as aircraft parts, weighing up to 600 tons. Other examples include Madrid-based Atlas Robots, which specializes in mobile robots for pallet transport, and Barcelona-based Kivnon, maker and…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 44.03
September 22, 2022
…autonomous mobile robots, or AMRs, following its acquisition of ASTI Mobile Robotics in July 2021. ASTI Mobile Robotics’ products have been rebranded and integrated into ABB’s portfolio, grouped under the Flexley name, indicating the flexibility of operations that the AMRs offer, the company said. The first models to be released, Flexley Tug and Flexley Mover, cover applications including towing, trolley transportation up to 2,000 kg (4,409 lb.), as well as lifting and transporting racks, containers, and pallets of 1,500 kg (3,306 lb.). “At a time when businesses are looking for a range of robotic solutions to help make them more…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 15.20
August 01, 2022
…Robotics employs more than 11,000 people at over 100 locations in more than 53 countries. Last year, ABB acquired ASTI Mobile Robotics Group, adding mobile robots to its portfolio of industrial automation. Berkshire Grey noted that it has extensive experience in incorporating ABB robotics technology into enterprise-scale systems in production environments. Together, the companies said they will help customers improve the efficiency and flexibility of warehouse and supply chain operations and prepare them for future needs and demands.
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 10.98
June 24, 2022
…Derby Entrepreneurship Center at Tufts University Veronica Pascual, CEO, ASTI Technologies Group Bilal Zubari, partner, Lux Capital Lior Susan, partner, Eclipse Ventures Lidiya Dervisheva, partner, Next47 Michael Feinstein, principal business development manager, AWS Lars Pappe, vice president and head of the Center of Excellence for automation of operations, DP DHL Vijay Somandepalli, chief technology officer and CEO, American Robotics Ben Linville-Engler, director, Massachusetts eHealth AWS Robotics Startup Accelerator requirements, benefits The application period for the second AWS Robotics Startup Accelerator is open from June 23 through Aug. 1, 2022. MassRobotics will provide expertise in venture capital and startup acceleration to…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 23.52
June 02, 2022
…chain backlogs,” he added. ABB to show AMRs from ASTI acquisition At Booth 1832, ABB will provide full-motion demonstrations of automated guided vehicles (AGVs) and autonomous mobile robots (AMRs) it acquired with ASTI Mobile Robotics last year. The Auburn Hills, Mich.-based company claimed that it is the only vendor “to offer a complete portfolio of flexible automation.” The exhibit will include two EBOT 350 AMRs for goods-to-person processes in e-commerce, logistics, automotive, or manufacturing sectors. It can also perform hundreds of applications related to warehouse management, order picking, and kitting, said ABB. The EBOT 350 features a 350 kg (771…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 13.20
May 18, 2022
…enhance flexibility, ABB said its Robotic Depalletizer can be integrated with its autonomous mobile robots (AMRs, recently acquired with ASTI Mobile Robotics Group) for handling goods in warehouses and dispatching centers. It offers setup times as short as three weeks, said ABB.
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 36.24
February 25, 2022
…technology for omnichannel commerce, including the EBOT 350 from ASTI Mobile Robotics, which it acquired in July 2021. The Zurich, Switzerland-based company said its recent acquisition of ASTI Mobile Robotics expanded its industrial automation offerings. ABB added that ASTI's autonomous mobile robots (AMRs) join its innovations for packing, moving, and delivering products for consumer goods producers and distributors. ABB announced several systems that it plans to exhibit in Atlanta next month. ASTI EBOT part of portfolio exhibit ABB said its exhibit at MODEX 2022 will incude ASTI’s portfolio, which includes autonomous towing vehicles, goods-to-person (G2P) systems, unit carriers, and box…
