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Navya SAS today announced that it and partner BlueBus have finalized the robotization and automation of two Bluebus Autonom shuttles and have successfully completed all commissioning tests. The autonomous vehicles will now begin drives on a test track. The companies said this milestone demonstrated their ability to collaborate to automate an existing vehicle in a short time. After only one…
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The Industrial Technology Research Institute, or ITRI, is showing off a range of its technologies this week at CES 2023, from delivery robots to AI-powered aquariums. The Taiwanese institute was founded in 1973 and focuses on applied research centered on industrial development. ITRI’s booth is located at booth 9855, North Hall, LVCC. It also has a virtual even site that…
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Among the trends at this year's CES in Las Vegas are advances in perception for robots and autonomous vehicles. eYs3D Microelectronics Co. this week launched the XINK computer vision development platform for applications such as indoor cleaning robots, agricultural robots, and smart cities. The global market for autonomous mobile robots (AMRs) could reach $10.66 billion by 2030 at a compound…
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More automation doesn’t necessarily mean better automation. That’s why an autonomous mobile robot (AMR) deployment with an impressive number of bots in the fleet isn’t necessarily more effective than one with just a handful. While it’s common for AMR deployments to start small and get bigger, success with AMRs takes more than growing the fleet. You need to consider how…
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If 2022 was the year when supply chain operations and e-commerce demand started to stabilize in response to the COVID-19 pandemic, 2023 will be the year when companies double down on their use of automation for predictive analytics and real-time decision making, according to Siena Analytics. To put it more bluntly: Companies are increasingly becoming more proactive rather than reactive,…
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While autonomous vehicles and component technologies are getting much of the spotlight at CES in Las Vegas this week, other robots are emerging. Ottonomy Inc. today showed Ottobot Yeti, which it claimed is “the first fully autonomous unattended delivery robot on the market.” Thanks to technological advances, Research and Markets predicted that the global market for autonomous last-mile deliveries could…
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One of the most notable robotics stories of 2022 was the San Francisco Police Department's decision—and subsequent retraction—to allow roots to use deadly force. By contrast, Tombot addresses another major social challenge—nearly one-third of San Francisco's population is elderly. This population is the most vulnerable, seeing a 17% increase in Alzheimer’s and dementia deaths with the advent of COVID-19. As…
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Humanoid robots are among the most eye-catching devices at CES, and Aeolus Robotics today introduced aeo, a dual-armed robot designed for a variety of service tasks. The San Jose, Calif.-based company said the new robot combines mobility with the functionality to open doors, pick up objects, and ride elevators. “Our goal is to create robots that will enhance quality of…
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Automotive technology company FORVIA recently announced that it has installed 14 autonomous mobile robots, or AMRs, made by Mobile Industrial Robots at its Fauercia Clean Mobility plant in Písek, Czech Republic. With 266 industrial sites, 39 R&D centers and 114,000 employees in 35 countries, FORVIA claims to be a leading global automotive supplier. The plant in Písek focuses on exhaust…
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The need for 3D perception is growing with fleets of mobile robots and autonomous vehicles. Seoul Robotics last week said it had doubled its revenue growth for the second year in a row and expanded employee headcount by more than 30% worldwide. The South Korea-based company also said it has secured $25 million in Series B funding led by KB…
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Supply chain challenges and labor shortages have driven more industries to adopt automation, but unfamiliarity and complexity are often barriers to deployment. At CES in Las Vegas today, NVIDIA Corp. announced major updates to Isaac Sim, its tool for building and testing virtual robots across varied operating conditions in simulated environments. The installed base of industrial and commercial robots will…
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STMicroelectronics has partnered with eYs3D Microelectronics, to develop a range of stereo video and depth cameras designed for industrial robots and other mobile automated systems. The semiconductor companies will be demoing their technologies at CES 2023 this week in Las Vegas. “Using live demonstrations, the companies will show how stereo video and depth camera made from advanced active-coded infrared technology…
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Administrative Resource Options Inc., or ARO, and CleanRobotics today announced that they have partnered to provide support for the nationwide rollout CleanRobotics' fleet of recycling robots. TrashBot Zero is designed to identify and sort waste items at the time of disposal, as well as to provide data and insights. “We’re incredibly enthusiastic to support CleanRobotics,” stated Jeff Pittelkow, managing director…
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German Bionic today announced at the Consumer Electronics Show, or CES, new wearable devices that it said use artificial intelligence to make physically demanding jobs safer and less strenuous. They include its Apogee power suit, the Smart SafetyVest, and the German Bionic IO cloud-based software platform. In addition, the Augsburg, Germany-based company will demonstrate its Cray X exoskeleton, which won…
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California startup FarmBot has shipped a record number of automated farming robots in 2022 to homeowners looking for help in the garden as well as schools and universities bolstering their precision agriculture programs. The company said it aims to bring open-source precision ag tools to every backyard and classroom. It said its top of the line model, FarmBot Genesis XL,…
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Cybernetix Ventures’ event kicks off Robotics Tech Week 2026 slate of events
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