Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 12.91
…its full-scale aircraft. They include public test flights at Singapore’s Marina Bay in October 2019 and the “world’s first autonomous eVTOL flight” in Dubai in 2017. The company's heavy-lift VoloDrone is designed to safely transport cargo where conventional ground-based transport is limited because of topography, regulations, or traffic congestion. Volocopter has 300 employees in offices in Germany and Singapore and has raised a total of €322 million ($392 million U.S.) in equity from investors including Daimler, Geely, DB Schenker, BlackRock, and Intel Capital. Near Earth’s technology allows aircraft to autonomously take off, fly, and land safely, with or without GPS.…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 7.39
…its team across its offices in Germany, Japan, China, Singapore, Hungary, and North Carolina. “The industry is undergoing a renaissance, and Formlabs is leading the way,” stated Max Lobovsky, co-founder and CEO of Formlabs. “The 3D printing industry market size is expected to reach $51.77 billion by 2026, and Formlabs is the company to drive this growth forward. Where others have promised printers capable of mass production and end-use quality parts, Formlabs has delivered.” Formlabs said it “is on a mission to expand access to digital fabrication, so anyone can make anything.” The company offers stereolithography (SLA) and selective laser…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 8.21
…in 2015, Geek+ has over 1,000 employees and offices in Germany, the U.K., the U.S., Japan, Hong Kong, and Singapore.
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 8.89
…additional infrastructure. The company has subsidiaries in Boston and Singapore and serves customers in the Americas, Europe, and the Asia-Pacific region. BALYO has also entered into partnerships with KION and Hyster-Yale Group and offers warehousing robots for palletizing, stacking, reach, and very narrow aisle (VNA) applications. It reported €21.7 million ($26.5 million U.S.) in revenue in 2020. By switching to Ouster’s 3D digital lidar, BALYO plans to further improve its autonomous forklifts so they can safely and efficiently operate anytime, anywhere with minimal human oversight. “BALYO epitomizes a trend we see across our customer base, in which a company that…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 12.49
…more than 60 countries such as Japan, South Korea, Singapore, Spain, and Germany. SoftBank leads round SoftBank Ventures Asia led the latest investment round in Youibot. Founded in 2000, SoftBank Ventures Asia is the global early-stage venture arm of SoftBank Group. The firm invests in technology, media, and telecommunications (TMT), including artificial intelligence, semiconductors, software, and consumer brands. SoftBank Ventures Asia has invested in more than 250 companies in 10 countries and regions and has offices in Seoul, San Francisco, Tel Aviv, Beijing, Singapore, and elsewhere. Youibot attracted investor attention because of its “closed-loop solution from hardware products to service…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 9.05
…company has 280 employees in France, the U.S., and Singapore, and the Valeo and Keolis groups are among its shareholders. REEcorner plus Driven by Navya REE Automotive claimed that REEcorner puts traditional drive components—such as steering, braking, suspension, powertrain, and control—into the wheel arch for the industry's flattest electric vehicle platform. The company added that its proprietary “x-by-wire” technology “challenges century-old automotive concepts by being agnostic” to vehicle size and design, power source, and whether the driving mode is manual or autonomous. Platforms using REEcorner have significant functional and operational advantages over conventional electric vehicle “skateboards” currently available in the…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 21.11
…Robotics' systems are used in Chinese retailers and the Singapore Changi Airport, among other locations in 30 countries. It has also participated in the INCUBATE Partnership Programme of Singapore's National Environment Agency. Gaussian Robotics growing with cleaning robot market Longfor Group led Gaussian Robot's Series B round, with participation from Meituan and Tencent. The company previously announced $22 million in Series B+ financing led by Broad Vision Funds and China Capital Management in September 2020. In 2018, Gaussian Robot reportedly completed Series A financing worth tens of millions of dollars, and it raised $15.4 million in funding a year ago.…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 7.70
…the company has over 800 employees and has offices in Germany, the U.K., the U.S., Japan, Hong Kong, and Singapore. AMH Material Handling is a U.K. distributor of Geek+ robotics and artificial intelligence for logistics. Founded in 2015, AMH Material Handling has offices in both Stoke -On-Trent and Halesowen, U.K., and it has more than 60 employees. AMH began working with Geek+ in 2019.
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 8.22
…and warehouses. GreyOrange has core operations in the U.S., Singapore, Germany, Japan, and India. Orlando, Fla.-based Tompkins Robotics’ tSort is a modular materials handling system whose AMRs can deliver a wide range of items and parcels to consolidation points. The integration between GreyMatter AI and Tompkins Robotics' warehouse execution software (WES) is key to making the joint offering work, said the companies. The “zero walk” combination of these products can improve ergonomics, efficiency, and productivity, said the partners. GreyOrange, Tompkins Robotics exhibit at ProMat DX The increase in online orders around the COVID-19 pandemic has increased demand for robots, according…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 3.87
…to 187 in 2019, as published by the IFR. Singapore is a second example, growing its robot density from 299 to 918 within five years. So far, the frontrunner countries with respect to robot densities are strongly active in the automotive and/or the electronics industry. Once we manage a broader diffusion into general industries, the picture can quickly change—to the benefits of those economies being most successful in this process. We already see that economies that invest in their automation infrastructure are more successful. Does the IFR have any projections on how much robotics will grow this year in verticals…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 6.25
…the Changi Ready Taskforce has been set up at Singapore’s airport, co-led by the Civil Aviation Authority of Singapore (CAAS) and Changi Airport Group (CAG) for the transportation and distribution of COVID-19 vaccines. Comprising 18 members from across the Changi air cargo community, the taskforce is a public-private collaboration involving government agencies, cargo handlers, airlines and freight forwarders. Changi Airport is a preferred pharmaceutical air cargo hub in the region. As the first and largest IATA CEIV Pharma certified community in the Asia Pacific region, with at least one member in each node of the air cargo supply chain, the…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 2.69
…new one scheduled to open later this year in Singapore. These are showcases and test centers for digital and physical technologies, including piece picking robots as well as augmented and virtual reality technologies. Inside the UPS Fulfillment Center How then do the technologies UPS is rolling out help meet its goals? A warehouse execution system, or WES, is the foundation of the new design. In this case, UPS is partnering with Softeon. The WES doesn’t replace a warehouse management system (WMS). Rather, it optimizes and orchestrates real-time activities and equipment on the floor, including a fleet of autonomous mobile robots…