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Comau and Seabery have joined forces to create an educational training program for students and workers that allows them to practice the skills needed to become proficient and certified robotic welders. The training was designed to help fulfill the global demand for expert welding professionals, the companies said. Successful completion of the course leads to the acquisition of Comau’s Robotics…
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Surgical robotics developers must go through a rigorous process to obtain regulatory approval for their potentially life-saving products. Stereotaxis Inc. today announced that it has submitted its MAGiC system for minimally invasive cardiac ablation procedures for CE Mark approval in Europe. MAGiC is a magnetic interventional ablation catheter that uses robotic navigation for precision, stability, and flexibility when diagnosing and…
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The New Way to Warehouse As a critical component of the supply chain, product fulfillment and warehousing are not immune from these same changes. Online shopping and consumer expectation for rapid delivery are reshaping how warehouses are structured, operate and succeed in a robust e-commerce climate, as described in a recent inVia Robotics white paper, “The New Way to Warehouse.”…
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The future of food and agriculture may rely more heavily on robotics and intelligent machines. The Washington Post recently reported that a trial run was launched in Midwest and the Mississippi Delta where robots were deployed, plodding along at 12 miles per hour. By using computer vision, the robots were able to distinguish between crop or weed and spray herbicide…
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It could be said that robots are only as good as the tools they have installed. Whether it's moving pieces of food or lugging around crates of toiletries or other goods, robots need to be fast and efficient. They also must provide a strong return on investment. Warehouse and manufacturing facility operators are always on the hunt to improve their…
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SKF and ABB have entered into a memorandum of understanding to explore the possibilities for a collaboration in the automation of manufacturing processes. The understanding was signed at ABB's Robotics Experience Center in Västerås, Sweden, by SKF CEO Rickard Gustafson and ABB CEO Björn Rosengren. Following the successful delivery of a number of projects in SKF's global manufacturing network, including…
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Cold chain warehouses can protect employees from workplace hazards and boost efficiency with the help of innovative robots. The COVID-19 pandemic has left many facilities coping with labor shortages alongside increasing demand for cold goods and fast service from the online grocery market. Warehouse robots are the perfect tools to improve workplace safety while also closing the gap left by…
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The future of automation was very much in focus at the Automatica trade show last month. Over 570 exhibitors from 35 countries and more than 28,000 visitors from around 75 countries made their way to the robotics and automation trade show in Munich, Germany, according to trade show organizers. In terms of keynotes, panel discussions, presentations and live demonstrations, there…
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More companies with materials handling operations are turning to autonomous mobile robots, or AMRs, to automate processes like raw material container movements in a flexible manner, without the need for fixed infrastructure. AMR vendors typically offer fleet software to manage routes and missions and monitor fleet productivity, making mobile robots relatively easy to deploy. However, to get the most from…
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Pizza robot maker Piestro announced yesterday it is partnering with Serve Robotics, the autonomous sidewalk delivery company spun out of food giant Postmates. When a customer places an order, Piestro’s scheduling system will notify Serve’s fleet and the nearest available robot will pick up the pizza for transport from a Piestro pod. The partnership will roll out in the coming…
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AMR maker Locus Robotics Inc. has won the 2022 IFOY Award for its Autonomous Mobile Robot System in the Automated Guided Vehicle (AGV/AMR) category following a three-stage audit held over a 5-day period. “Locus Robotics is honored to be chosen as a 2022 IFOY Award winner,” said Rick Faulk, CEO of Locus Robotics. “The rigorous IFOY testing and evaluation process…
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As more robots, people, and other equipment race around warehouses, traffic control can be a major challenge. inVia Robotics Inc. yesterday announced the launch of Traffic Quality Index, a new algorithm in its inVia Logic software. The company said the latest software update will speed up e-commerce order fulfillment by anticipating and mitigating the congestion of pickers in warehouse aisles.…
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An international team of scientists, led by the University of Leeds, has assessed how robotics and autonomous systems might facilitate or impede the United Nations' Sustainable Development Goals. The group's findings, published in Nature Communications, identify key opportunities and key threats that need to be considered while developing, deploying, and governing robotics and autonomous systems. The key opportunities robotics and…
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Numerous vendors have designed and offered mobile robots for warehouse use, but several are starting to offer them to factories. ASPINA Inc. last week announced that it has developed an autonomous mobile robot, or AMR, to save labor transporting materials in manufacturing plants. Founded in 1918, Shinano Kenshi Co. rebranded itself as ASPINA in 2019. The Nagano, Japan-based company develops…
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OPEX Corp. said it plans to showcase its technology at the CeMAT Australia intralogistics and materials handling trade show later this month. OPEX automation experts will discuss the capabilities of Perfect Pick, its robotic goods-to-person picking system, and Sure Sort, its robotic sorting system. In addition, it will share information on the new Infinity automated storage and retrieval system 〈ASRS〉.…
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