Found in
Körber Business Area Supply Chain has appointed Ananta Islam as CEO and Region President, Americas, effective January 1, 2024. The organization, which offers supply chain software as well as materials handling automation, voice, and robotics solutions, stated that Islam will strengthen Körber's ambitious North America growth strategy for its mail and parcel business and ensure that the Business Area continues…
Found in
Innovation Works and the Pittsburgh Robotics Network recently opened applications for the second cohort of their Robotics Factory Accelerate Program. Through the program, selected companies receive funding of up to $100,000 and participate in a six-month program that helps robotics startups launch their businesses. Applications to the Accelerate Program’s second cohort are open through Feb. 29, 2024. According to the…
Found in
Augmented with computer vision, object detection and pathfinding, industrial robots and cobots are morphing into new types of intelligent devices. The recent advances in AI - like natural language processing - also demand that users take a fresh look at human-machine interactions. Is the market ready for the next phase in robotics evolution? Tune into this free discussion addressing these…
Found in
Zion Solutions Group has been honored with the 2024 Most Valuable Partner (MVP) Award by the Material Handling Equipment Distributors Association (MHEDA), making it two years in a row the supply chain and materials handling systems integration company has gained this award. The MHEDA MVP Award recognizes companies that stand out for their industry excellence, commitment to education and community,…
Found in
An affiliate of private investment firm Angeles Equity Partners, LLC, recently announced its acquisition of Acieta LLC, a Midwest-based full-service industrial robotics manufacturer and integrator, from Mitsui & Co. (U.S.A.), Inc. Angeles holdings include robotics integrator RōBEX, along with subset brands Mid-State Engineering and +Vantage. With the acquisition of Acieta, Angeles intends to build a scaled robotics integration platform, expanding…
Found in
Bluewhite, an agricultural robotics-as-a-service (RaaS) company specializing in data-driven autonomous farming, recently announced it secured $39M in Series C financing led by Insight Partners, with participation from new investors Alumni Ventures and LIP Ventures, among others. Existing investors Entrée Capital, Jesselson and Peregrine Ventures also participated in the financing round. The company, formerly Blue White Robotics, works with more than…
Found in
Netlogistik, an enterprise systems provider, recently announced a partnership to resell SVT Robotics’ SOFTBOT Platform. This partnership enables Netlogistik’s Blue Yonder WMS (warehouse management system) customers to deploy automation. The SOFTBOT integration platform also normalizes and aggregates supply chain data from disparate sources. “Our customers want to add automation to their warehouse environment, but it is not as simple as…
Found in
What will the e-commerce distribution center of the future look like? And which of the tools in the automation toolkit might come together to minimize touches as product flows through a building, all while making the best and most productive use of the human component of those operations? Warehouse operators are asking those questions every day as they design new…
Found in
Farm-ng recently announced successful completion of its Series A funding round, raising over $10 million in capital to support development and deployment of its robotics and AI solutions. Amiga, its modular electric autonomous mobile robot (AMR) with AI computer, is marketed toward small- to mid-sized farms. Series A funding was led by Acre Venture Partners, with participation from Xplorer Capital,…
Found in
Netlogistik, an implementation services company for warehouse management system 〈WMS〉 and other supply chain software, has announced a partnership with SVT Robotics, a software provider whose SOFTBOT platform simplifies integration and workflows for warehouse robotics. The partnership enables Netlogistik’s customers using Blue Yonder to easily deploy automation, reduce support costs, and maximize uptime across their facilities, Netlogistik explained. The SOFTBOT…
Found in
READY Robotics is collaborating with Toyota Motor Corporation and NVIDIA to bring a leap forward in industrial robotics. Toyota will employ READY ForgeOS in tandem with NVIDIA Isaac Sim, a robotics simulator developed on NVIDIA Omniverse, to build a simulated robotic programming environment for its aluminum hot forging production lines. This collaboration is set to enhance safety and efficiency in…
Found in
MassRobotics has annnounced the dates, prizes and entry information for its second annual Form and Function Robotics Challenge. The challenge calls for university teams to create any type of robotics or automation project that delivers a compelling form factor specific to its task while accomplishing a useful function. The grand prize is $10,000 and there are $1,000 prizes for second…
Found in
The Association for Advancing Automation (A3), the world's largest robotics and automation trade group, celebrates its 50th anniversary in 2024. The global advocate for the benefits of automation now represents more than 1280 member companies as it promotes automation technologies and ideas that transform and redefine the business environment. “The success of A3 for the past five decades is directly…
Found in
Skyline Robotics, developers of Ozmo, the world’s first high-rise window-cleaning robot, recently announced the company has been awarded a patent from Japan related to the automation of work and using robotic arms on a building's façade. The Japanese patent comes after the company obtained a patent from Singapore in May 2023 related to its award-winning, robotic window cleaning system. Ozmo…
Found in
Point One Navigation, a provider of high-precision location solutions, recently announced that it was selected by the Indy Autonomous Challenge (IAC) to provide real-time kinematic (RTK) corrections technology for the world's fastest autonomous racing cars at CES 2024 in Las Vegas. Point One's RTK network delivers centimeter-accurate location services that make autonomous racing at high speeds possible. IAC race cars…
GENISOM AI makes ICRA debut at conference in Vienna
World's first omni-modal evaluation including tactile sensing for…
Ultrasonic sensing enhances robotics perception
Cybernetix Ventures’ event kicks off Robotics Tech Week 2026 slate of events
