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…Beijing, Shenzhen, and Foshan in China. It raised $100 million in Series B+ funding in June. Flexiv also recently partnered with TickTek for indoor agriculture. Adaptive robots the solution to labor woes, says Flexiv With an ongoing labor shortage in North America, manufacturers need to upgrade their operations with automation, asserted Flexiv. The company said its collaborative and adaptive systems…
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…help bring air taxis to China Hong Kong-based GLy Capital Management has also joined Volocopter’s investor base. GLy is backed by Geely Holding, a long-term partner of Volocopter. In their joint venture, Geely and Volocopter aim to bring UAM to China. With its high density of megacities, the companies said they expect China to become one of the largest markets…
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…Germany, Canada, Japan, India, and China to serve its global customer base. Cepton builds partnerships Cepton, which is engaged with all Top 10 global OEMs, has collaborated with Koito since 2017. Tokyo-based Koito said it has been a leader in automotive lighting for safety since its establishment in 1915. Today, the Koito Group consists of 31 companies located in 13…
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…of moving production out of China, and many are considering reshoring,” said Patrick Sobalvarro, president and CEO of Veo Robotics, at The Vision Show last week in Boston. “But total productivity growth hasn't improved. Increased use of automation and fixed capital can introduce inflexibility,” he said. “Bernstein Research noted an inverse relationship between automation levels and labor productivity.” “That's why…
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…to supply chain issues with China and localizing inventories with new “grey-collar” jobs managing robots. I think Erik Nieves, CEO of Plus One Robotics, said it best at the summit: “Well, it was clear that there was not going to be enough labor to manage all of the deliveries and the packaging as we continue to move our commerce online.”…
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…its autonomous driving operations in China. As part of the investment, Volkeswagen’s autonomous driving software company CARIAD will develop a venture with Horizon Robotics to “accelerate the regional development of advanced driver-assistance systems (ADAS) and autonomous driving (AD) systems for the Chinese market,” the companies said. CARIAD will hold a 60% stake in the new venture. Beijing-based Horizon Robotics is…
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…for the region´s largest adopter China grew strongly by 51% with 268,195 units shipped. Every other robot installed globally in 2021 was deployed here. The operational stock broke the 1-million-unit mark (+27%). This high growth rate indicates the rapid speed of robotization in China. Japan remained second to China as the largest market for industrial robots. Installations were up 22%…
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…70% in 2020. Installations for China, the largest adopter in the region, grew strongly by 51%, with 268,195 units shipped. Every other robot installed globally in 2021 was deployed here. The operational stock broke the 1 million-unit mark, increasing by 27%, the IFR reported. This high growth rate indicates the rapid speed of robotization in China, it said. Japan remained…
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…mapping (SLAM) technology. The Shanghai, China-based company integrated its artificial intelligence into cleaning machines in 2017. It raised $188 million in Series C funding in November 2021. Gausium’s products and services now include commercial floor-cleaning robots; indoor delivery robots; and accessories such as docking stations, a cloud platform, and application software. It said its robots can alleviate menial and repetitive…
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…includes international policies such as China’s National Sword policy, which mandates minimal contamination in recyclables. Other drivers include ever-changing national and state policies, high turnover in sorting jobs amplified by the COVID-19 pandemic, and brand and packaging company commitments to minimum recycled content goals in new packaging by 2025. The company said its value proposition has been validated by public…
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…from the U.S., Europe, or China, but we belive that the differentiator and core competency of a logistics provider must include in-house robotics capabilities,” he noted. “There are not many examples, and we look up to Amazon.” OPLOG topped the Deloitte Technology Fast 50 Turkey, having experienced 4,564% growth. It also graduated from the Microsoft for Startups’ GrowthX Accelerator. The…
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…Germany, the United Kingdom, the United States, Japan, South Korea, Mainland China, Hong Kong SAR, and Singapore. It has raised more than $539 million in funding, according to Crunchbase.
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…in the People’s Republic of China is on the rise. The federation recorded 243,300 installations in the country in 2021. That’s a record and a 44% rise compared to 2020. “China was leading the global recovery after the COVID-19 pandemic and accounted for half of worldwide robot installations in 2021,” said Marina Bill, president of the International Federation of Robotics…
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…distributed to additional ports across China soon, the companies said. The news comes after HiRain announced that it is pursuing “major OEM and autonomous driving projects with the Radar Solution it developed using Arbe’s Perception Radar Chipset” earlier this year. HiRain said it expects the radar solution to hit mass production by next year. Reducing traffic collisions with autonomous technology…
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…the lowest labor costs to China, Vietnam, India, and now Africa,” he told Robotics 24/7. “It raised questions about whether that was the right thing to do on many levels. A lot of companies fooled themselves into thinking that a lower per-unit cost was always better.” “How do we show it can be less expensive to manufacture here and increase…
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