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South Korean forklift manufacturer Doosan Industrial Vehicle yesterday said it has partnered with Kollmorgen to develop and build efficient, sustainable, and reliable custom-made automated guided vehicles, or AGVs. The companies claimed that the innovation would secure their leading positions in the materials handling industry and exceed customer requirements. “Our vehicles are a preferred choice among many of the world’s blue-chip…
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Concordance Healthcare Solutions LLC and Locus Robotics Corp. today announced that Concordance has chosen Locus' autonomous mobile robots, or AMRs, as the primary technology to support its high-volume order fulfillment for the healthcare industry. “Our partnership with Locus Robotics will help bring even greater efficiencies to our warehouses, help control costs, and enhance the productivity of our employees,” stated Keith…
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Comau announced late last month that it has developed a new mobile manipulation system that is being used for three European projects involving warehouse and manufacturing tasks. The Southfield, Mich.-based company has installed its Racer-5 COBOT on to its Agile 1500 autonomous guided vehicle. Each of the robots have their own batteries and can be independently controlled if needed. The…
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Cloud Ground Control, developed by Advanced Navigation, has announced the launch of its cellular micro-modem CGConnect. Using 4G/5G networks, CGConnect can link any uncrewed vehicle to Cloud Ground Control’s cloud-based drone fleet management platform, enabling live-streaming, command, and control from a Web browser. Cloud Ground Control is a software-as-a-service (SaaS) platform that supports multi-user and multi-vehicle operations. This makes it…
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CHICAGO – ProMat 2023 was a big hit, according to MHI, which organized the biennial event. With 1,054 exhibitors, about 300 of which were robotics suppliers, even Robotics 24/7 was hard-pressed to see it all. Companies at booths and in sessions reported strong attendance, especially on Tuesday and Wednesday of the four-day event. MHI tallied a total of about 50,000…
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The warehouse automation market has been growing rapidly in the past few years, driven by the need to augment operations with flexible automation to weather the next supply chain shocks and address labor shortages, according to Vecna Robotics. The Waltham, Mass.-based company recently partnered with CITE Research to analyze the current state of the materials handling automation market. Vecna Robotics…
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Last month at ProMat 2023 in Chicago, Big Joe Forklifts, in partnership with Thoro.ai, unveiled its first autonomous offering: The Big Joe Pallet Mover. The Saint Carson, Calif.-based company said the new robot was designed to be set up and in use in less than an hour. The pallet mover can transports payloads up to 4,400 lb. (1,995 kg) and…
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Warehouse management software, or WMS, maker Synergy has released a new product designed to help its customers orchestrate all their automation and robotic systems within a warehouse using one centralized platform. The company has named the software SnapControl, and noted that one of its customers has already been using it at its distribution center. Using the software, the customer has…
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As demand for certain metals rises with the electrification of vehicles, interest is rising in undersea mining. Impossible Metals Inc. today revealed its roadmap for sustainable harvesting of polymetallic nodules from the seabed with automated systems. “In 2022, our Eureka-1 demonstrated the concepts of selective harvesting, and in less than 12 months, we will prove this technology at depth on…
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If you ever play soccer against a robot, the approach of an opponent dribbling with determination would feel familiar, according to MIT researchers, who have developed a new quadruped system. While a human-robot soccer game is not a common occurrence, nor is it close to a well-matched adversary to Lionel Messi, the dribbling system is impressive in the wild, noted…
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I had a fascinating conversation with Brett Wood, the president and CEO of Toyota Material Handling North America (TMHNA). Wood 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…
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Wohlers Associates, powered by ASTM International, last week announced the release of Wohlers Report 2023. This year’s report examined the growth of the additive manufacturing, or AM, industry with insights from 10 industry sectors. New content included an examination of large-format additive manufacturing applications, including in aerospace and construction, as well as a look at the growing number of AM…
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DEEP Robotics Co., a developer of quadrupedal robots, earlier this month announced that a team of five Jueying X20 robots successfully completed a series of autonomous collaborative searches in a trial using eight different scenarios across an unknown environment of 3,000 square meters. The success of the four-legged X20 robots in the trial reveals the potential for their deployment in…
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Dobot launched its new robot aimed at the education market this week at Bett UK, a global education technology conference at ExCeL London. The DOBOT Magician E6 is a 6-axis collaborative robot that has a payload capacity of 500g, or 1.1 lb. and a 450 mm, or 17 in. radius. It can accurately simulate real world automation to bring relevant…
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Cybernetix Ventures’ event kicks off Robotics Tech Week 2026 slate of events
Preview the manufacturing and warehouse components that will be on the…
Preview the manufacturing and warehouse robots and software that will be on…
