Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 9.38
…installations of robots from abroad—mainly imported from Japan, South Korea, and Europe—grew by 24% to 123,030 units. This number also included units produced in China by non-Chinese suppliers. Chinese robot manufacturers mainly deliver to their domestic market, where they held a market share of 27% in 2020 with 45,347 units shipped, according to the IFR. While the U.S. does not have a similarly centralized industrial policy, China's government recently released its second five-year plan. “China released the second five-year development plan for the robotics industry – following 2016 to 2020,” explained Song Xiaogang, executive director and secretary-general of the China…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 18.45
…Doosan Robotics Inc. Earlier this month, the Seoul, South Korea-based company raised $33.7 million and said it has sold more than 1,000 collaborative robots. Doosan demonstrated its NINA (for “New Inspiration, New Angle”) robot arm at CES 2022, where the camera robot was recognized with an Innovation Award. Dayoung Kim, deputy general manager of Doosan Robotics, discussed NINA and the wider cobot market with Robotics 24/7. What was your experience at CES in Las Vegas, and how were Doosan's robots received? Kim: It went well. Our team got COVID-19 tests every morning. In the demonstration at our booth, we let…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 7.55
…leaders use its AMRs. Geek+ has over 2,000 employees, with offices in the U.S., Germany, the U.K., Japan, South Korea, Hong Kong, and Singapore.
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 11.27
…Nedre Vats, Norway-based company has offices in Oslo and in the U.S., the U.K., Germany, Austria, France, Spain, Italy, Korea, and Japan.
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 27.13
…operations at CJ Logistics' distribution center in Gunpo, South Korea. The companies said the site serves Naver Shopping, the No. 1 e-commerce platform in the country, which can now handle 30,000 orders per day. Geek+ and CJ Logistics have collaborated before at the third-party logistics (3PL) provider's facility in Dongtan, South Korea. “We are excited to use smart robots to improve our supply chain operations and increase our competitiveness,” said Kim Khunghoon, managing director of CJ Logistics. “We're pleased to extend our partnership with Geek+ to our Gunpo warehouse after seeing the efficiency and accuracy improvements that Geek+'s technology has…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 12.16
…Cavalier Autonomous Racing* — University of Virginia KAIST — Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (South Korea) MIT-PITT-RW* — Massachusetts Institute of Technology, University of Pittsburgh (Pennsylvania), Rochester Institute of Technology (New York), and University of Waterloo (Ontario, Canada) PoliMOVE — Politecnico di Milano (Italy), University of Alabama TII EuroRacing - University of Modena and Reggio Emilia (Italy), Technology Innovation Institute (United Arab Emirates) TUM Autonomous Motorsport - Technische Universität München (Germany) *Did not advance to Friday’s final competition. Autonomous cars vie for historic win Karen Chupka, executive vice president of CES at the Consumer Technology Association, officially started…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 5.57
…be able to feed and hug a pet in Korea through the use of an avatar robot.” In addition, users could use the metaverse to directly control proxy robots in remote work sites, such as a smart factory with a digitial twin, and manipulate objects for physical tasks. Hyundai shows modular mobility “We are directing all our robotics engineering and creative efforts toward building the unlimited Mobility of Things ecosystem,” said Dong Jin Hyun, vice president and head of the Robotics Lab at Hyundai Motor Group. “The goal is for robotics to enable all kinds of personal mobility, connected to…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 14.76
…sold more than 1,000 collaborative robots. The Seoul, South Korea-based company said it plans to establish subsidiaries in North America and Europe, make an initial public offering, and strengthen its research and development capabilities. “We're looking forward to expediting the growth of our business with the recent funds raised,” said William (Junghoon) Ryu, CEO of Doosan Robotics. “We will further enhance the competitiveness of new products and software that are mounted with our proprietary technology and strive to attain the position as No. 1 market share holder in the global cobot market.” Founded in 2015 by Doosan Group, the company…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 9.60
…its products to more than 30 countries, including Japan, Korea, Singapore, Spain, and Germany. YouiBot focuses on industrial applications YouiBot claimed that it is a leader in understanding customer processes and use cases. The company said its AMR positioning and navigation algorithms provide high precision and reliability. It added that it is one of the few AMR manufacturers in the world with a positioning accuracy of ±2 mm (0.078 in.). In addition, as one of the first enterprise AMR providers in China, YouiBot said its integrated data management software and robotics hardware help meet flexible production requirements in the era…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 10.78
…“Expanding Human Reach” at CES 2022. The Seoul, South Korea-based company said it will explain how its Mobile Eccentric Droid and Boston Dynamics unit are part of its plan to expand beyond transportation into smart mobility for all. Established in 1967, Hyundai Motor has more than 120,000 employees in over 200 countries with more than 120,000 employees. The company has invested in technologies such as robotics and urban air mobility (UAM). Hyundai Motor Group completed its acquisition of Boston Dynamics in June. It has also worked with autonomous vehicle developer Motional, which plans to provide robotaxi services with Lyft in…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 16.06
…five most automated countries in the world are South Korea, Singapore, Japan, Germany, and Sweden, according to the International Federation of Robotics (IFR). “Robot density is the barometer to track the degree of automation adoption in the manufacturing industry around the world,” stated Milton Guerry, president of the IFR. China leads Asian robotics usage The development of robot density in China is the most dynamic worldwide, said the IFR. Due to the significant growth of robot installations, the density rose from 49 units in 2015 to 246 units per 10,000 workers in 2020. Today, China’s robot density ranks ninth globally,…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 5.13
…transport mechanism.” “Lastly, we're expanding to Japan and North Korea,” Becker said. Former Panasonic executive Tavis Szeto will be vice president of Asia-Pacific (APAC). Looking to the future of autonomy “Apex.OS is application-agnostic,” said Becker. “It's fundamentally ready to run in Level 2 to 5 systems, and we're looking at smart machines beyond mobility, including robots and IoT.” “What we see from our customer base is a lot of investment into autonomous trucking, and we have a lot of ADAS [advanced driver-assist system] customers,” he said. “Some customers are also looking at interior sensing and cabin monitoring. We have a…