Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 10.29
…Co.'s RoboShuttle to automate its warehouse. The Den Bosch, Netherlands-based company said the autonomous mobile robots, or AMRs, will optimize space usage and reduce walking for its staffers. “Our business is built on high-quality products, but we can only keep that up if we continue to consider improvements for our planet, our people, and our products” said Sharon Hilgers, founder of My Jewellery, in a release. “Sustainable solutions, like this one installed by our partner Geek+, make it possible for us to deliver jewelry to our customers in a fast and efficient way whilst, at the same time, saving energy…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 7.89
…to deliver 57 robots to two sites in the Netherlands. In July, the company partnered with Lyreco, a global office supply distributor, to deliver robots to its distribution center in France. Central Europe continues growing Exotec said that it is continuing rapid growth in Central Europe. The company recently announced its partnership with Polish Integrator A1 Sorter, which already resulted in a joint project with ILS, a logistics service provider for the automotive industry. A1 Sorter and Exotec plan to equip a fulfillment center at the headquarters of ILS in Zakroczym, Poland, with its Skypod system. APAC a particular focus…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 10.07
…a well-rounded approach to automation design and deployment.” Delft, Netherlands-based Fizyr said its vision-based AI is compatible with all major robotics systems on the market. It enables robots to see, perceive, account for variances, learn, and perform more successfully than any other robotic software, the company said. By reliably automating complex supply chain and logistics tasks, integrators no longer need to ask customers to settle for less-than-human performance, asserted Fizyr. The company said its approach to supervised machine learning uses cascade learning to streamline and accelerate performance and eliminate the 3% to 20% error rates that have held back automation.…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 8.87
…its new U.S. headquarters in Dover, Del. The Delft, Netherlands-based company said its U.S. division now supports technical and business relationships with North American systems integrators and robotics integrators. Jeff Lomax, vice president of business development, will manage integrator partnerships, and Bob Brown, vice president of project management, will oversee partner projects for the company. “To clear the last hurdle of automation and insulate businesses from tight labor markets, shrinking margins and more, integrators need reliable computer vision to automate tasks in highly variable environments,” said Ken Fleming, CEO of Fizyr, in a statement. “Fizyr's strategy of enabling integrators with…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 8.14
…Tech Ventures in Silicon Valley, 7 Industries in the Netherlands, corporate investor Accenture, and angel investor Dr. James Kuffner. Kuffner was Diankov's advisor during his Ph.D. program at Carnegie Mellon University and is now CEO of Woven by Toyota. “This Series C funding is a significant milestone for Mujin, a company that has pioneered intelligent automation technology since 2011,” said Kuffner. “Mujin can accelerate and expand its delivery of truly state-of-the-art advanced industrial robotic solutions to customers globally, strengthening its position as the technology market leader.” SBI Investment stated: “We are very proud to be working with Mujin, a company…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 9.65
…of Codian Robotics, which B&R acquired in 2020. Ede, Netherlands-based Codian said its technology can be used for precise pick-and-place tasks such as those in cosmetics packaging. B&R, ABB, and Codian offer single source of packaging automation “As consumer demand for personalized products continues to accelerate, packaging lines rely on cutting-edge automation and robotics to handle increasing product variety without compromising productivity,” said Jörg Theis, president of B&R Industrial Automation, in a release. Eggelsburg, Austria-based B&R said it combines state-of-the-art technology with advanced engineering to provide machine and factory automation, motion control, human-machine interaction (HMI), and integrated safety. The industrial…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 8.31
…traveled with the pit droid across Belgium and the Netherlands to several tech conferences. He presented to hundreds of people on computer vision and AI, using the droid as an engaging real-world demo. A self-described Star Wars fanatic, he’s upgrading the droid’s capabilities in his free time, when not engrossed in his work as an engineering manager at a Copenhagen-based company. He’s also co-founder and chief technology officer of syntheticAIdata, a member of the NVIDIA Inception program for cutting-edge startups. The company, which creates vision AI models with cost-effective synthetic data, uses a connector to the NVIDIA Omniverse platform for…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 8.98
…at applications for intralogistics, manufacturing, and agriculture. The Hague, Netherlands-based company said they are designed to be agile and transport heavy products and components. “These Karters are the future of material handling,” stated Patrick van Tiel, commercial manager for autonomous mobile robots (AMRs) at Karter, in a release. “They reduce a company’s reliance on human resources to carry out repetitive, labor-intensive tasks, and they can help lower costs and increase safety, ensuring tasks are carried out predictably and reliably every time,” he asserted. “‘Ingenuity through simplicity’ is our claim because that is what Karters deliver!” Karter's AMRs are designed to…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 5.49
…wide variety of shoes. In its warehouse in Neede, Netherlands, TORU, a picking robot developed by the robotics firm Magazino, uses a 3D camera and a variety of sensors, to work autonomously every day, all day. The robot can be programmed for inbound, as well as outbound warehouse traffic and logistics. It's an ideal solution that helps meet orders during peak seasons and keep the flow of order fulfillment moving, day and night. Using vacuum grippers, the robot grabs hold of individual shoe boxes from shelves, sorts them correctly, and concurrently replaces the void that it created with more inventory.…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 9.44
…Illinois, Minnesota, New York, and Pennsylvania, as well as around the globe from countries including Canada, Japan, Germany, Spain, Netherlands, Switzerland, and India. Submissions spanned a wide range of robotic technology fields and areas of research, from new materials for gripping, exoskeletons and assistive technologies, human robot interaction and motion planning. A formal Gala awarding the medals and celebrating the winners will be held in Boston at the Museum of Science on October 21st. The Museum of Science will highlight the medal winners in their ongoing Women in Technology initiative. Tickets and reserved tables for the event will be available…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 9.45
…global technology company with headquarters in North America, India, Netherlands, and Singapore. AWS helps increase Addverb's deployment time by 50% In response to the increasing disruptions and delays faced by the global supply chain, Addverb said it is committed to meeting the growing demand for faster and more efficient service. Through its collaboration with AWS, Addverb noted it can now test and deploy hardware and software up to 50% faster than ever before—a game-changer in expediting services and minimizing supply chain interruptions. “As part of our unwavering commitment to innovation, Addverb sought a solution to expand our software and hardware…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 8.96
…Conference on Robotics and Automation, or ICRA. The Abcoude, Netherlands-based company said its artificial intelligence-driven system optimizes stacking and packing processes with unknown, mixed-size packages. “We are very proud to have won this international challenge, which is a great reward for all the hard work of our team,” stated Evert van Galen, co-founder and CEO of Viroteq, in a press release. “Since the start of Viroteq, when we noticed this huge but complex problem around logistic mixed stacking and packing tasks, we have worked hard to develop our newly launched RobotStackr AI solution to significantly improve the automation performance in…