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Kivnon Logistica SLU today announced that it has manufactured and installed its 5,000th mobile robot. The Barcelona, Spain-based company said it represented a “significant milestone” in its history. “We started in 2009 with a vision for new ways to improve intralogistics operations in production centers, warehouses, and distribution centers, along with a team of talented experts in material handling and…
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As a major provider of new, used, and reconditioned forklifts, Crown Equipment Corp. is a leading material handling provider. The New Bremen, Ohio-based company is also a proponent of automation—when it makes sense. “For instance, load is a big variable,” said Jim Gaskell, director of global automation and emerging technologies at Crown Equipment. He sat down with Robotics 24/7 at…
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For an industry historically challenged by thin margins and high costs, creative solutions and out-of-box thinking are not new. Those in the business of food and beverage have long worked to do more with less, but today, the industry faces some of its biggest challenges yet. A nearly decade-long labor shortage tops this list, exacerbated by constantly changing consumer preferences…
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Aigen, a Seattle-based agricultural technology startup, last month unveiled an autonomous, scalable robotics platform, powered entirely by solar and wind energy. Leveraging proprietary, quantized AI, the Aigen Element service decreases fossil fuel use, while also providing farmers with real-time field insights, increased time savings, and reduced costs. Rich Wurden and Kenny Lee founded Aigen in 2020 to connect farmers to…
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Since 2020, Rapid Robotics Inc. has been using Markforged Inc.'s 3D printers to help it manufacture end-of-arm tools for its robotic workcells, which it offers to customers through a robotics-as-a-service model. Recently, Markforged released a video case study highlighting that relationship (see below). Robotics 24/7 spoke with Tripp Burd, Markforged's director of new platforms, to talk about the company's partnership…
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First came the realization that a robotic system’s software—more so than its hardware—make these systems have an impact on materials handling. Software is what is constantly calculating the optimal routes for a fleet of autonomous mobile robots (AMRs) to take, and it’s what gives robotic piece-picking arms the smarts to know how to grasp and place items. Behind every good…
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Last month, the entire world was abuzz when five über-wealthy explorers perished at the bottom of the Atlantic Ocean near the grave of the once “unsinkable ship.” Disturbingly, during the same week, hundreds of war-torn refugees drowned in the Mediterranean, with less news coverage of their plight. The irony of machine versus nature illustrates how tiny humans are in the…
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ValTara SRL has released the PKR-Dual Delta Robot Cell. The company said the cutting-edge automatic case packing machine redefines efficiency and flexibility in the packaging industry. The PKR Dual Delta Robot Cell is designed with a compact and modular structure, enabling operation of both cells either together or separately. This feature empowers customers to adapt to varying production demands, maximizing…
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Industrial robots in Europe are on the rise: The European Union´s (EU) 27 member states installed almost 72,000 units in 2022 – up 6% year-on-year. Those are preliminary results presented by the International Federation of Robotics, or IFR. “The top five adopting countries within the EU are Germany, Italy, France, Spain and Poland,” said Marina Bill, president of the International…
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Telexistence, or TX, has successfully raised $170 million U.S. in a Series B round. In addition to the follow-on investments from the lead investors in previous funding rounds, including Monoful Venture Partners, KDDI Open Innovation Fund, and Airbus Ventures, TX has also secured funding from new investors including SoftBank Group Corp, or SBG, to promote their business collaboration globally, with…
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Tokyo, Dai Nippon Printing Co., Ltd., or DNP, will enter into the development and manufacturing of Encoder Disks, or ED, employed in electronic components that detect the position, movement direction and rotation angle of industrial robots. An ED is a disk onto which fine scales have been engraved. Mounted inside the encoder, various sensors detect reflected light on, or transmitted…
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IVECO, the commercial vehicle brand of Iveco Group, and Plus announced today that the IVECO S-Way truck equipped with PlusDrive, Plus’s enhanced driver-assist solution based on its open autonomy platform, has started operating on public roads in Germany. IVECO designs, manufactures and markets a wide range of light, medium and heavy commercial vehicles, off-road trucks, and vehicles for applications such…
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Epson Robots recently honored its top robotics distributors of its fiscal year 2023. Approximately 60 AutomateFirstSM partners were in attendance, representing nearly 30 different organizations, at the Robotics Distribution Conference that took place on June 28, 2023 at the Epson America, Inc. headquarters in Los Alamitos, Calif. The conference was held in Epson’s new state-of-the-art Executive Briefing Center which allows…
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Systems integrator RobotLAB will host the “AI, Robotics & the Future of Work” summit on Wednesday, July 12 at 11 a.m C.T. The company said the educational event will bring together industry experts to discuss the transformative potential of AI and robotics in the workforce, highlighting both the challenges and opportunities such technologies present. Packed with interactive discussions led by…
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With the opening of a new plant in Querétaro, Mexico, Bosch Rexroth said it is creating more manufacturing capacity for the growth markets of mobile hydraulics and factory automation in North America and shortening delivery routes. The Lohr a. Main-based company is investing about 160 million euros in the new location and will create about 900 jobs by 2027. The…
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