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Even before this year's holiday rush, retailers and logistics providers were struggling with snarled supply chains, labor turnover, and ever-growing needs for actionable data and throughput. The COVID-19 pandemic accelerated e-commerce demand and heightened worker shortages, but maturing automation can help, according to inVia Robotics Inc. Westlake Village, Calif.-based inVia provides the Picker goods-to-person autonomous mobile robots (AMRs) and the…
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This week, the Advanced Robotics for Manufacturing, or ARM, Institute announced two new project calls. The Pittsburgh-based organization is seeking proposals for the use of augmented reality for manufacturing and sustainment and for the use of artificial intelligence and robotics in depot factories, as well as auditors for its training endorsement program. ARM-TEC-21-03, the special call for technology projects, will…
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As with other autonomous vehicles, self-driving trucks promise increased safety, economic value, and sustainability. The Autonomous Relay Convoy from Locomation could reduce the greenhouse gas emissions, fuel consumption, and operating costs of transporting goods by truck, according to an independent evaluation by Boundless Impact Research & Analytics Inc. “Our environmental impact assessment of Locomation’s technology provided a science-based and independent…
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Household and other general-purpose robots may seem far away, but progress is being made. Everyday Robots yesterday announced that it is spinning out of X Development LLC, Alphabet Inc.'s “moonshot factory.” “For the last several years, my team and I have been working to see if it’s possible to teach robots to perform useful tasks in the messy, unstructured spaces…
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Last month, Smith & Nephew PLC opened a research and development center in Pittsburgh's Strip District. The company said it has tripled its floor space in Pittsburgh in response to the growing demand for medical robotics. Smith+Nephew transformed the former site of a cardboard-box warehouse into a state-of-the-art facility called The Stacks. It joins other technology firms at Three Crossings…
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Farmers need to optimize efficiency in the face of mutiple challenges, including labor scarcity, water shortages, and climate change. Fieldin, a smart farm operations management company for high-value crops, today announced that it has acquired Midnight Robotics Technologies Inc., which has been developing autonomous driving for agriculture. The companies said their combined sensor-based autonomous platform is the first of its…
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Workforce challenges, consumer convenience, and improving technology are building an appetite for robotic kitchens. Nommi, which is building automation for customizable bowl-based meals, yesterday launched with plans to raise up to $20 million in seed capital. The Santa Monica, Calif.-based startup said that it will offer consumers a more efficient way to get healthy and fresh food and that it…
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Last week, GXO Logistics Inc. announced that its revenue increased to $2 billion for the third quarter of 2021, compared with $1.6 billion in the same period last year. The Greenwich, Conn.-based company added that the amount of technology and automation in its warehouses has increased by 139% since 2020. “Looking ahead, we expect continued growth driven by the three…
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At its fall GPU Technology Conference, or GTC, this week, NVIDIA Corp. announced several new technologies intended to help robotics developers, including enhancements to the Omniverse simulation environment, the Jetson AGX Orin computer, integration with the Robot Operating System, and the NVIDIA DRIVE platform for autonomous vehicle development. For instance, Jetson AGX Orin features high-speed interfaces, faster memory bandwidth, and…
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The North American robotics market has continued its strong growth in response to increasing demand in industries beyond automotive, as well as labor shortages exacerbated by the COVID-19 pandemic, reported the Association for Advancing Automation (A3) today. Third-quarter 2021 sales brought the total number of orders so far this year to nearly 29,000 units valued at $1.48 billion, the best…
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Industrial automation provider Jungheinrich AG today said it has acquired mobile robot vendor arculus GmbH. The German companies said their complementary offerings will help automotive manufacturers and other industrial clients. “With the acquisition of arculus, we have been able to comprehensively expand Jungheinrich’s expertise in the automation field,” said Dr. Lars Brzoska, chairman of the management board at Jungheinrich. “Important…
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Near Earth Autonomy and L3Harris Technologies today announced that they have successfully demonstrated an autonomous drone delivery of blood and medical supplies across hundreds of miles from operational bases to medics in the field. Whole blood is the ideal fluid for hemorrhagic shock treatment in tactical combat care. The U.S. Army's Medical Research and Development Command's (USAMRDC) Telemedicine and Advanced…
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Much of the effort in improving robotic perception has been in computer vision, but the sense of touch is just as important for manipulation and teleoperation. Touchlab Ltd. has been developing flexible sensors that it said are less bulky than others on the market and could enable new applications. “At Amazon's re:MARS conference in 2019, Jeff Bezos said that people…
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Berkshire Grey Inc. today announced the general availability of its Robotic Shuttle Product Sortation, or RSPS, system for order fulfillment. The Bedford, Mass.-based company said RSPS supports the filling of e-commerce orders through stores and in-person shopping by automating store replenishment, allocation order processing, split-case cross docking, sortation, and packing. E-commerce sales are increasingly being fulfilled by brick-and-mortar stores, noted…
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Restaurants are looking to fast orders of robots. Miso Robotics today announced the latest model of its Flippy flagship food-preparation robot. The Pasadena, Calif.-based company said Flippy 2 is able to perform twice as many fry-station tasks as its predecessor. Miso said it received valuable feedback from White Castle, which deployed the original Flippy at a location in the Chicagoland…
Ultrasonic sensing enhances robotics perception
World's first omni-modal evaluation including tactile sensing for…
Cybernetix Ventures’ event kicks off Robotics Tech Week 2026 slate of events
Preview the manufacturing and warehouse components that will be on the…
