Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 11.74
…providers including AMD, Analog Devices, Danfoss, Festo, Lattice Semiconductor, Mitsubishi Electric, Novanta, Solidworks and igus. Why college students should get involved “This challenge pairs well with student projects, capstones, and existing works” said Russell Nickerson, MassRobotics Partner Engagement Liaison. “It is also a great way for students to work with industry leaders and get exposure to state-of-the-art components offered by our partners.” Teams will utilize at least two partnered organization's offerings to build a solution that must sense, compute and actuate. Judging criteria will include originality, inspiration and impression, durability and reliability, challenge being solved and overall execution of the…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 11.69
…considered one of the top robot manufacturers in the world in terms of installed base, along with ABB, KUKA, Mitsubishi Electric, and Yaskawa Motoman. FANUC this month announced that it will supply a Ford Motor Co. electric vehicle plant in Cologne, Germany, with 500 robots next year.
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 11.57
…printers, CNC, laser-cutter and robots from companies such as Mitsubishi, Universal, ABB, MiR, FANUC, and others. “It’s time to start more widely encouraging, recognizing, and supporting women in robotics,” said Joyce Sidopoulos, cofounder of MassRobotics. “MassRobotics is proud to have created this award and fellowship to honor and support a female researcher who is making a substantial contribution to the field of robotics.” The Robotics Medal recipient will be selected by MassRobotics, which will convene a selection committee of robotics experts from around the globe to help determine the winner. Candidates will be evaluated on significance, depth and originality of…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 11.56
…motor skills and meet growing industry needs. Researchers at Mitsubishi Electric Research Laboratories (MERL) have been working with the Department of Brain and Cognitive Sciences at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology on a prototype collaborative robot with tactile sensor technology. The ability to grasp, lift, and place food items without damaging them also has implications for manufacturing, healthcare and pharmaceuticals, and ultimately home robots, according to MERL. Robotics 24/7 recently spoke with Daniel Nikovski, manager of the data analytics group; Allan Sullivan, group manager of the computer vision group; and Anthony Vetro, vice president at MERL. Each of them has…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 11.27
…raised $31.4 million in Series A funding. Realtime Robotics works with Japanese customers and partners such as FANUC, Kawasaki, Mitsubishi Electric, Siemens Digital Industries Software, and Yaskawa. “Realtime Robotics is well-positioned to take advantage of the increased market demand for technology like ours that can help organizations both lower their costs and improve the efficiency of their industrial robots,” said Peter Howard, CEO of Realtime Robotics. “It’s a perfect time to invest in our facilities in the region, as the optimization and scaling of robotics has never been more important.”
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 11.06
…customers and partners include Trimble, Arm, Raspberry Pi, Docker, Mitsubishi Heavy Industries and Carbon Robotics, among others. “Remote.It has been instrumental in enhancing our remote network management offerings at Embedded Works,” said Andy Do, CEO at Embedded Works. “Their innovative solutions have empowered us to deliver connectivity options to any IoT device throughout our customer base.” Remote.It partners in the program are able to offer their customers the following options: Simplify connectivity by connecting over complex networks without networking knowledge of configuration. Share private resources with employees, contractors, customers and vendors securely. Customers can also share individual resources, not subnets.…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 10.98
…Ltd., Jenoptik AG, Kawasaki Heavy Industries Ltd., MIDEA Group, Mitsubishi Electric Corp., NACHI FUJIKOSHI Corp., OMRON Corp, Panasonic Holdings Corp., Seiko Epson Corp., Staubli International AG, Teradyne Inc., Universal Robots AS, and Yaskawa Electric Corp Industrial Robotics Services Market is fragmented in nature. Market to observe 5.85% YOY growth in 2023. System integrators are taking the initiative to innovate their services by leveraging technological advances such as the Internet of Things (IoT) and software platforms. The programming platform is mainly used to improve the implementation and programming of industrial robots, and trends such as virtual implementation and offline programming will…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 10.86
…in the smart elevator market such as OTIS, TKE, Mitsubishi, KONE, Hyundai and Schindler. With the expansion of urbanization, Bear Robotics noted it is bullish on the shift to robot-friendly buildings, enhanced access security, and the penetration of smart elevators in smart buildings with strong links between systems. “With the global IoT elevator market forecasted to grow to $64 billion by 2030, it was imperative for us to invest into our close partnership with M2MTech that our engineering teams have built over the last couple of years, and to realize the synergies we believe will advance our last-mile aspirations,” said…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 10.85
…said it has worked with companies such as Amazon, Mitsubishi, and Siemens on mapping, navigation, and autonomous decision making. Cogniteam now packages its mission-management system as the cloud-based Nimbus. Cogniteam aims to ease robot development NVIDIA Corp. made its Jetson AGX Orin 32GB production modules available last month. However, some industrial users had concerns about the ease of deployment, according to Cogniteam. As a preferred member of the NVIDIA Partner Network, Cogniteam had early access to NVIDIA's Jetson AGX Orin developer kit, which allowed it to prepare a streamlined process for the new system on module. The company said it…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 10.12
…designed by Siemens, Omron, Schneider Electric, Philips, SEW, and Mitsubishi. A peek under the RoboTaxi hood AutoX has released a new video of its RoboTaxi factory while it is in operation (see below). It provides a view of its production line specifically designed to assemble its Gen5 autonomous driving system and RoboTaxis. The video also offers viewers a peek at the AutoX Gen5 system for the first time, giving them a close look at the wiring and assembly of the two main sensor towers and blind-spot sensor suites. Hidden in the trunk of the RoboTaxi is the AutoX XCU, the…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 9.89
…from the major elevator companies including OTIS, Schindler, TK, Mitsubishi, KONE, and others. This enables Relay2 to navigate throughout a hotel, enabling deliveries from the front desk or kitchen directly to hotel guest rooms within an average time of 4 minutes. “We're proud of the technology and design advancements we've made in Relay2 by doubling the storage capacity, improving navigation, and enhancing the user experience with a beautiful 8” screen,” said Steve Cousins, Relay Robotics founder and chief technology officer. “We'll continue to build on our proprietary elevator technology and leverage our software platform to make seamless integrations with common…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 9.87
…touted successful implementations at L'Oreal, IKEA, UNIQLO, Walmart, Orbis, Mitsubishi, JD Logistics, BYD, and more. TCL deployed Flex AMRs with a lifting module for line-side delivery, which FowardX said was “the world’s first 5G AMR deployment” (see video above). Chery recently deployed more than 100 AMRs from across ForwardX's product lines as one unified fleet to support its automotive Super Factory, which produces over 300,000 vehicles and 200,000 KD units per year. ForwardX said these partnerships have demonstrated the value of its technologies in improving efficiency, productivity, and operational excellence across various sectors. Last week, ForwardX named Richmond Rolling Solutions…