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Attabotics yesterday announced it has raised $71 million in Series C-1 funding, which it said it will use to further accelerate the commercialization of its 3D robotics warehousing solution in the wake of growing post-COVID-19 demand. The Calgary, Alberta-based company said it replaces the rows and aisles of traditional fulfillment centers with a patented storage structure and robotics shuttles that…
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Techman Robot Inc. yesterday announced its TM AI Cobot series. The new system combines a collaborative robot arm with a native artificial intelligent inferencing engine and a vision system in a complete package. The TM AI Cobot is ready for deployment in factories, accelerating the transition to Industry 4.0, said the Taiwan-based company. “Techman Robot has redefined the future of…
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Pickle Robot Co. knows that truck unloading is a major challenge for warehouse operators, from throughput and ergonomics to employee retention. It has applied artificial intelligence and robotics to solving the problem. The Cambridge, Mass.-based company this week announced $26 million in Series A funding and that its robots are already unloading tens of thousands of packages from trucks in…
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AutoStore AS yesterday announced its new Unify Analytics cloud-based service and data platform. The technology enables businesses using AutoStore's automated storage and retrieval system, or ASRS, to gain access to data-led insights and identify the cause of operational issues, said the company. Unify Analytics is available in two versions, a Web application where businesses can view real-time statistics and analytics,…
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At its Silicon Valley November Summit 2022 today, Plug and Play presented the Corporate Innovation Award to Alfred Kärcher SE & Co. Plug and Play also celebrated the successful partnership between Kärcher and InOrbit Inc. that it helped arrange. Florian Schoebinger, the head of startup partnerships and investments at Kärcher Silicon Valley, and Felipe Garcia Lopez, the head of robotic…
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Attabotics, which offers a 3D robotics automated storage and fulfillment solution, today announced it has raised $71.7 million in Series C-1 funding led by Export Development Canada (EDC) with participation from Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan Board (Ontario Teachers’) through Teachers’ Venture Growth (TVG). The round brings Attabotics’ total funding to $165.1M USD to date and will be used to further…
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Automation solutions provider Addverb today announced a new partnership with mobile storage and warehouse automation solution provider McMurray Stern. Combining McMurray Stern’s fully integrated storage options with Addverb’s fixed and flexible solutions featuring its proprietary software, will enable new and existing customers to fully customize and optimize their picking, packing, storage and other automation systems, the partners explained. The combined…
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Back in 2013, Medline worked with Swisslog to become the first company in the United States to implement a robotic goods-to-person solution from AutoStore. The original site was a 600,000-square-foot distribution center north of Chicago in Libertyville, Ill. That first implementation, featured in the June 2015 issue of Modern, sported 43 bots in a relatively small area plus four goods-to-person…
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Dynam.AI today said its Context Augmented Machine Learning, or CAML, software capability is now available. CAML uses what the company called “scientific first principles” and the laws of physics, human behavior, and macroeconomic conditions for more accurate models and analytics. Dynam.AI has partnered with industrial drone provider American Robotics, which uses artificial intelligence and CAML to detect and identify potential…
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Today, Addverb Technologies announced a new partnership with mobile storage and warehouse automation provider McMurray Stern. Combining McMurray Stern's fully integrated storage options with Addverb's fixed and flexible solutions will enable new and existing customers to customize and optimize their picking, packing, storage, and other systems, the companies said. The combined integrations, the companies said, will deliver innovative systems for…
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Loading docks are a new frontier for robots. Pickle Robot Co. today announced that its pilot implementations are live, unloading tens of thousands of packages per month at customer sites in the greater Los Angeles area. The startup also said it has raised $26 million in Series A funding and added industry veterans to its leadership team as it brings…
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At the Formnext event yesterday in Frankfurt, Germany, Markforged Inc. announced the release of new Simulation features for its additive manufacturing software. Simulation is available as a free trial until April 2023 and as a paid subscription thereafter, said the company. As both 3D printing and simulation software move from prototype to production, the complementary technologies promise to save manufacturers…
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Pickle Robot Company, a provider of AI-enabled robotic automation systems that unload trucks, today announced it has live pilot implementations unloading tens-of-thousands of packages per month at customer sites in the greater Los Angeles area, and has raised $26 million in series A funding led by Ranpak, JS Capital, Schusterman Family Investments, Catapult Ventures, and Soros Capital. Additionally, Pickle Robot…
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ReWalk Robotics Ltd. last week welcomed BARMER’s decision to accept the prior ruling from the state court that exoskeletons are considered as direct disability compensation and withdraw the pending case at the federal level shortly before the hearing. This outcome means that an eligible insured person with spinal cord injury (SCI) has a legal basis for the supply of an…
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Mobile robots are rolling from factories and warehouses to offices. Piaggio Fast Forward Inc. today announced that it will offer the PFF pro fleet-management software for the business versions of its pro gitamini and gitaplus robots. The company said the cloud-based tool is designed to optimize and augment the working relationship between people and their robotic colleagues. “Gita robots are…
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