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…ever. The first year of COVID-19 was far less challenging. People were more interested in moving. Now, people have been hunkering down with the Delta variant, so hiring is still a big challenge. The robotics industry is also dealing with supply chain challenges. If you ask me what keeps me up at night, it's these two things—staffing and supply chains.…
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…to virtual-only because of the COVID-19 pandemic. The final, four-day event tested qualifying teams on courses that incorporated relevant challenges from all three environments. Team CERBERUS deployed a diverse set of robots with the prime systems being four ANYmal C legged systems and aerial drones. In the Prize Round of the Final Event, the team won the competition and scored…
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…Mark 3 release during the COVID-19 pandemic? Theobald: The pandemic has focused us as a species on challenges. It was hard for customers to deploy new technologies when people couldn't get on site to map a space. But at the executive level, they understood for the first time how important flexibility is in the automation they adopt. Prior to the…
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…in the design; then came COVID-19. From then on, that work took place remotely using video chats. Finally, the team established milestones to audit the performance of the system, such as the ability to pick representative SKUs before going live. Addressing those issues during a pandemic, even with video chats, wasn’t easy, especially those related to quality. Along with the…
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…in automation because of the COVID-19 pandemic and its lasting effects. The same study showed companies see increased speed of tasks, greater productivity, and increased employee utilization as the top three potential benefits from automation. In addition, Honeywell said its new robot can work with its own autonomous mobile robots (AMRs). This enables continuous operation of the system while providing…
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With aging populations and the COVID-19 pandemic driving the need for contactless delivery, the demand for service robots has surged, according to Pudu Technology Inc. The Shenzhen, China-based company this month completed its C2-series financing, only four months after it raised C1 funding. Pudu Robotics said it has raised a total of $155 million. The startup is committed to the…
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…which has supplied equipment for COVID-19 testing, plans to use its latest investment to distribute its automated lab platform globally. “Biology opens the door to solve many of humanity’s grand challenges,” said Jon Brennan-Badal, CEO of Opentrons. “For far too long, scientists and clinicians have been locked-in by slow, expensive, and overly complex lab solutions that underpin their work.” “Opentrons’…
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…we have seen driven by COVID-19 and labor shortages.” “At the same time, robotics developers face challenges with system complexity, unstructured environments, and complex sensor configurations,” Gopalakrishna said. “NVIDIA is working to make it easier for them to build realistic and scalable models, train machine learning algorithms using synthetic data, and deploy models on the edge.” Open Robotics to extend…
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…warehouse automation Even before the COVID-19 pandemic, the global supply chain and warehousing logistics market was turning to automation, noted HAI Robotics. The warehouse automation market could be worth $30 billion (U.S.) by 2026, experiencing a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 14% since 2019, estimated LogisticsIQ. HAI Robotics said its HAIPICK robots can pick and place totes or cartons…
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…the disinfection bandwagon during the COVID-19 pandemic, a few were already involved in cleaning applications. Avidbots Corp. today announced that it has expanded the functionality of its Neo 2 floor-scrubbing robot with a sprayer that can disinfect high-touch surfaces more economically and safely than other approaches. “The days of having single-purpose robots for specific tasks are behind us. A robot…
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…to meet production needs. The COVID-19 pandemic did increase unemployment, and many people in the service industry have departed or changed jobs. However, the U.S. Chamber of Commerce noted that “there are now half as many available workers for every open job across the country as there have been on average over the past 20 years,” reported Forbes. The U.S.…
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…diminished since 2019, before the COVID-19 pandemic, but exhibitors at Fabtech 2021 reported strong engagement with manufacturers. With shortages of skilled labor, it's no suprise that interest in automation continues to grow. The global market for robotic welding and peripherals could experience a experience a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 6%, growing by $2.3 billion (U.S.) between 2021 and…
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…programmed from a tablet.” “When COVID-19 hit, we had just gone into the market, and hospitals couldn't take in new automation,” recalled Isaksson. “We went out to one hospital, and after one hour, flowbot ONE could be used. Then there was the realization that it was so simple—three people could do the job instead of five people, and microbiologists were…
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…in China and globally.” “The COVID-19 epidemic has significantly changed the way of communication,” said Maxwell Zhou, member of the founding team and executive general manager of CICC ALPHA. “The non-contact economy will become an important development trend in the post-epidemic era.” “With the continuous maturity of positioning and navigation technologies such as laser SLAM [simultaneous localization and mapping] and…
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…since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic. The show was had good attendance and thousands of exhibitors, even though the Delta variant is still putting a lid on many other conferences and events, with some returning to virtual formats. However, Fabtech 2021 was scaled back from the 2019 version, a decision that was made before the Delta variant hit the…
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