Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 11.09
…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 10.02
…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 8.78
…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 6.61
…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.…