Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 8.12
April 24, 2023
…Fortune 500 companies, including brands such as GE and Toyota. It has been named to Fast Company’s 2023 list of “Most Innovative Companies.” Kollmorgen offers AGVs, NDC autonomy platform “We see a lot of things happening in the market, where interoperability amongst other things is a strong driving force, opening up for new perspectives and collaborations,” said Tobias Byfeldt, vice president and general manager of Kollmorgen Automation. “We are impressed with OTTO Motors’ offering and are excited to see what a collaboration between our two companies could mean and the value it could bring to our customers.” Kollmorgen said it…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 6.60
April 15, 2023
…government showrooms, and technology pavilions already use Walker X. Toyota Motor Corp. unveiled its new Welwalk WW-2000 robot in 2019. It was intended to support people undergoing rehabilitation for lower limb paralysis brought on by a stroke or other causes. Toyota has been creating rehabilitation support robots since 2007 and testing them since 2011, and the Welwalk WW-1000 was an older model released in 2017. The company's most recent edition offered features, including a gaming component to encourage and train patients to walk. Toshiba Machine Co. has rolled out collaborative SCARA and Chihira humanoid robots to complement its selection of…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 9.12
April 07, 2023
…conversation with Brett Wood, the president and CEO of Toyota Material Handling North America. He noted that if you based your view of the economy on television news, you’d think we’re in the doldrums. Now, the long-predicted recession may be coming – we’ve never had this many consecutive years of growth without a downturn in the past – but the numbers that relate to industry are pretty darn good. In Toyota Material Handling's corner of the industry, these are the best of times. Wood said the materials handling industry sold a combined total of 663,000 units in 2021 and 2022…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 6.91
March 31, 2023
…800-235-7200. The Raymond Essentials 48V lithium-ion swappable battery. Source: Raymond Corp. About Raymond Corp. The Raymond Corp. is a Toyota Industries company and a leading global provider of materials handling products. Built on principles of innovation and continuous improvement for 100 years, Raymond said its integrated automation, telematics, virtual reality, and advanced energy systems can help optimize operations and improve the performance of warehouse and distribution operations. The Greene, N.Y.-based company provides electric forklift trucks that it said can increase productivty and efficiency. At ProMat 2023, Raymond showed its portfolio of integrated technologies.
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 7.65
March 30, 2023
…users such as Körber Supply Chain, GXO Logistics, and Toyota North America. Attendees included leading global companies including Ahold Delhaize, Amazon, Cargill, Carrier, Fuji, Garmin, General Mills, HomeGoods, Johnson & Johnson, the Mayo Clinic, and Starbucks. In addition, Aaron Prather, director of the Robotics & Autonomous Systems Program at ASTM International, delivered the keynote address on optimizing warehouse operations with robots and AI. He was previously former senior advisor for technology research and planning at FedEx. This year’s event will highlight new developments in these applications and more. Robotics vendors are welcome to provide speakers as long as they also…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 3.35
March 23, 2023
…Built on principles of innovation and continuous improvement, the Toyota Industries company said it has integrated automation, telematics, virtual reality, and advanced energy to bring warehouse and distribution operations to new levels of performance. “For 100 years, Raymond has been designing products to help customers optimize their operations and bring new levels of performance to their warehouses and distribution facilities,” stated Michael Field, president and CEO of The Raymond Corp. “We’re proud to provide some of the industry’s most advanced products and solutions, and we’re looking forward to highlighting those products at ProMat 2023,” he said. Raymond described itself as…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 5.81
March 20, 2023
…large-scale deployments by the most reputed brands such as Toyota and GE. “The success of large-scale, deeply integrated deployments depends significantly on effective fleet management, which is why we are continuously evolving our fleet manager. In this software upgrade, we are introducing new traffic management functionality that enables users to create different rules of the road for groups of different OTTO AMRs in the facility, resulting in faster traffic movement and improved safety,” said Jay Judkowitz, vice president of product at OTTO Motors. “As our customers continue to deploy a variety of models from OTTO in complex environments, this is…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 8.88
February 20, 2023
…commercial lawnmowers in Daytona alongside other major brands including Toyota, Door Dash, Ally Bank, and Sunoco. All of its products are designed and manufactured in the U.S., have a 30-day buy-back guarantee, and come with a 72-hour parts-shipping guarantee. RC Mowers to provide more demoes RC Mowers will also be at the Wawa 250 Powered by Coca-Cola race on Aug. 25 and the Coke Zero Sugar 400 on Aug. 26 at Daytona International Speedway. In addition, the robotic mower company will show its systems at the Contender Boats 300 on Oct. 21 and at the NASCAR Cup Series 400 on…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 20.69
February 15, 2023
Toyota Research Institute today opened its doors for the first time to members of the media to showcase the research taking place at its headquarters in Silicon Valley. During the TRI Expo, Gil Pratt, the company’s CEO and chief scientist at Toyota Motor Corp., explained the institute's approaches to challenges including aging populations, climate change, and human understanding. “In the 1930s, Toyota made a huge leap by expanding from manufacturing textile looms to building cars,” said Pratt. “TRI’s mission is to discover the next technological leap that will transform Toyota’s business.” “We are explorers researching ways to make cars better,…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 15.31
December 19, 2022
…technology and service partner. Its technology is used in Toyota Material Handling forklifts. Kollmorgen also recently announced that it has formed a partnership with the Spanish Association for Mobile Robotics to “offer high-quality integration solutions for AGVs and mobile robots based on the NDC8 platform.” Front AGV calls Kollmorgen the 'logical choice' “Kollmorgen’s NDC Solutions is the logical choice for us,” said Emil Arnesson, CEO, Front AGV, in a statement. “They provide a superior, reliable, and customizable software and hardware solution for vehicle routing and navigation—and we have a close collaboration. This enables us to innovate faster and build more…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 4.73
December 07, 2022
…Best of Innovation award. Investors in Intuition Robotics include Toyota Ventures, Samsung NEXT, iRobot, OurCrowd, and Terra Ventures, as well as venture capital firms in California, Israel, Japan, and Asia. New hardware, same price for ElliQ Intuition Robotics said its latest hardware improves on the pilot version. It includes user-interface enhancements such as simpler tablet charging, an upgraded screen, and higher-quality, far-field microphone performance. The new design does not affect ElliQ's price, Skuler told Robotics 24/7. “We wanted to continue providing new, elevated experiences for our users, and ElliQ 2.0 is embodiment of our mission,” he said. “The new hardware…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 6.16
November 15, 2022
…Previous investors that participated in this funding round included Toyota AI Ventures, Third Kind Venture Capital, Hyperplane Ventures, BoxGroup, and Version One Ventures. Omar Asali, chairman and CEO of Ranpak, has joined Pickle’s board of directors as part of the investment deal. “Unloading freight from trucks and containers is a difficult, sometimes dangerous, and always tedious task that is performed in thousands of locations every day,” he said. “Operators around the globe are having difficulty filling positions to do this type of work, and Pickle is delivering a real robotic unload system that can help fill the labor gap plaguing…
