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Gecko Robotics to Inspect and Maintain U.S. Navy Amphibious Assault Ship

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…Naval Ship Repair Facility and Japan Regional Maintenance Center (SRF-JRMC). Navy sees decreased maintenance times with Gecko Robotics Gecko noted that it is helping the Navy reduce maintenance cycle times and increasing the availability of data. It has also been useful in detecting defects missing through traditional methods. For example, for one Navy asset, traditional methods captured 100 data points…


Berkshire Grey Agrees to Merge With SoftBank Group and Go Private

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…automated e-commerce fulfillment center in Japan. In 2021, Berkshire Grey said it planned to combine with Revolution Acceleration Acquisition Corp., a special-purpose acquisition company (SPAC). Last year, Berkshire Grey entered a purchase and registration rights agreement with Lincoln Park Capital worth up to $75 million. In January, Berkshire Grey partnered with Locus Robotics Corp. to offer cross-platform automation. SoftBank supports…


CEVA Logistics and Geek+ Deploy Mobile Robots at Distribution Center in Belgium

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…The Beijing-based company has offices in Germany, the U.K., the U.S., Japan, and Singapore.


Capra Robotics Chooses RGo Robotics Perception Engine Technology For Mobile Robot Platform

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…establishing an initial presence in Japan this year with growth in South Korea also planned for later in 2023. Amy Villeneuve joins RGo’s Board of Directors with leadership experience in the robotics industry, including her time as the former COO and president of Amazon Robotics. “I am very excited to join the team,” said Villeneuve. “RGo’s technology creates disruptive change…


IFR Report Finds Automotive Industry Continues to Be Robotics Industry’s Biggest Customer

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…States counting 1,457 units and Japan with 1,422 units per 10,000 workers. The world´s biggest car manufacturer, China, has a robot density of 772 units, but is catching up fast: Within a year, new robot installations in the Chinese automotive industry almost doubled to 61,598 units in 2021- accounting for 52% of the total 119,405 units installed in factories around…


AutoStore Introduces Enhanced FusionPort Workstations for Bin Picking

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…in Norway, the U.K., Germany, France, Spain, Italy, Austria, South Korea, Japan, Australia, and Singapore, as well as production facilities in Koszalin, Poland. It has installed more than 1,150 systems in 49 countries. AutoStore said its partner network of systems integrators handles distribution, design, installation, and service. Editor's note: For more about ProMat 2023, visit Robotics 24/7's special coverage page.


FANUC to Demonstrate Multiple Warehouse Robot Applications at ProMat 2023

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…America is a subsidiary of Japan-based FANUC Corp. The company said it provides CNC systems, robotics, and ROBOMACHINEs, as well as expertise to help manufacturers maximize reliability and profitability. FANUC to demo growing CRX cobot line FANUC claimed that its expanded series of CRX collaborative robots can run for eight years without maintenance. Interactive programming enables users to teach points…


NVIDIA Sees Simulation Continuing to Add Value for AI, Robotics Developers Heading Into GTC 2023

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…across 300 convenience stores in Japan. Deutsche Bahn is training AI models to handle very important but unexpected corner cases that happen rarely in the real world — like luggage falling on a train track, to improve safety. Festo uses Isaac Cortex to simplify programming for cobots and transfer simulated skills to the physical robots. Fraunhofer is developing advanced autonomous…


Geek+ to Debut New Picking, Sorting, and Storage Systems at ProMat 2023

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…offices in the U.K., Germany, Japan, South Korea, and Singapore. Geek+ brings updated portfolio to ProMat Geek+ listed the following products that it will display at ProMat 2023: PopPick is Geek+’s most advanced goods-to-person system and is a finalist for the MHI Innovation Award. It includes picking robots to carry shelves from storage to workstations and robot arms present goods…


Cambridge Semantics’ Brian D. Owen Joins RightHand Robotics as CEO

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…across the U.S., Europe, and Japan and continuing to grow our customer base,” Tenzer said in a statement. “Now is the time to build on these foundations by accelerating the scaling of customers and deployments. I’m very proud of this company and I look forward to working with Brian in my new role as chairman.” Tenzer added. RightHand touted Owen’s…


RightHand Robotics appoints Brian D. Owen as new CEO with a focus on growth

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…across the U.S., Europe and Japan and continuing to grow our customer base. Now is the time to build on these foundations by accelerating the scaling of customers and deployments.” said Yaro Tenzer, co-founder, former CEO, and now Chairman of RightHand Robotics. “I’m very proud of this company and I look forward to working with Brian in my new role…


SEQSENSE Relies on AWS to Build Autonomous Security Robots

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The working population of Japan will decrease by 30% in the next 30 years, according to Japan's National Institute of Population and Social Security Research. The country's rapidly aging population is causing a shortage of labor in the security space, among others. SEQSENSE aims to solve this challenge by providing security services with autonomous robots. The Tokyo-based startup has developed…


Epson to Exhibit SCARA and Six-Axis Robots at ATX West 2023

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…Robots is a unit of Epson Group, which is led by Japan-based Seiko Epson Corp. and reported annual sales of more than ¥1 trillion ($7.7 billion U.S.). The company's regional headquarters for the Americas is Epson America Inc. in Los Alamitos, Calif.


Geekplus Chooses Boomi to Streamline Integration of Logistics Data, Applications

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…increasingly serious labor shortage in Japan and the gap between the growth of e-commerce demand and the growth of physical volume,” said Yusuke Arima, a member of the System Development Group at Geekplus. “After evaluating various integration platforms, Geekplus chose Boomi’s intelligent, low-code, cloud-native platform for its versatility, development speed, and ease of use,” he added. “The Boomi platform will…


Sabanto Retrofits Kubota’s M5 Tractors With Self-Driving Capabilities

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…users in North America. Osaka, Japan-based Kubota Corp. develops a range of machinery designed for the agriculture industry. Its products include “lawn mowers, utility vehicles, construction equipment, agriculture tractors, and hay equipment,” according to its website. Kubota’s M5 tractors start at around $50,763 and were designed to be used by professionals in the agriculture space. The series was launched in…


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