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…and general manager of the China Mobile Research Institute, founded CloudMinds in 2015. The company has more than 1,800 patents and claimed that it is developing an “open end-to-end cloud robot system.” CloudMinds provides service robots that use cloud computing for retail, education, healthcare, and hospitality. Its offerings include the wheeled humanoid XR-1 Service Robot, the Cloud Patrol security robot,…
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…because of its ties to China and because autonomous driving technology is considered a critical technology for the Department of Defense,” reported The Wall Street Journal last month. Morgan Stanley, Citigroup, and J.P. Morgan will act as lead book-running managers for the proposed offering. Other recent deals in autonomous vehicles include Nuro's $500 million Series C, Einride's $75 million in…
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…as manufacturing facilities in Wuxi, China. Wuhan, China-based Geosun's intellectual property is dedicated to the application of GNSS (Global Navigation Satellite System), INS (inertial navigation systems), and GIS (geographic information system) expertise. The company said it focuses on satellite and integrated navigation positioning. It also develops, produces, and sells lidar scanners, POS systems, and PPK (post-processed kinematic) and RTK (real-time…
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…Shanghai-based EDDA Technology Ltd., Suzhou, China-based EDDA Technology Medical Solutions Ltd., and Princeton, N.J.-based EDDA Technology Inc. EDDA Technology develops end-to-end platform EDDA said its 3D medical imaging systems and end-to-end services can support physicians and enable improved workflow and patient care in robotic surgery. The company's commercial IQQA platform supports pre-surgical planning and simulation, intra-operative navigation, and post-operative evaluation.…
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…because of factors such as China-U.S. trade tensions. How quickly do you expect it to return to steady growth? Guerry: This is exactly right. In 2019, we were feeling the slowing related to trade tensions and changes in the automotive industry related to EVs [electric vehicles]. The slowdown was coming off an all-time high in 2018, but robot deployments remained…
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…chain operations, said the Shenzhen, China-based company. “With an increasingly aging population worldwide, automation is the future of warehousing,” stated Richie Chen, founder and CEO of HAI Robotics. “However, many warehouses still haven't adopted automation. Many warehouse automation solutions fail to meet the requirements of customers, such as short construction time, low cost, high storage capacity, and high efficiency, and…
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…for what it described as China's first commercial freight pilot with supervised autonomous trucks. As part of the ongoing pilot, Plus is running its autonomous trucks on two long-haul routes—900 miles round trip between Wuhan and Wuxi and 1,000 miles round trip between Changshu and Wuhan. Cupertino, Calif.-based Plus, formerly Plus.ai, was founded in 2016 by a group of serial…
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…region, and Latin America. Hangzhou, China-based Libiao Robotics integrates logistics automation with research and development, production, and sales of intelligent sorting systems. The company's core business is focused on parcel sorting after order picking. It has developed a range of sorting robots, especially for tabletop sortation. Libiao Robotics said it has successfully deployed more 15,000 sorting robots around the world…
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…of U.S. trade disputes with China and supply chain disruptions from the COVID-19 pandemic, many e-commerce and logistics providers have described an acceleration of demand. Increases that were predicted for five years coincided first with staffing shortages and then the need for social distancing. “A lot has changed in the past year,” acknowledged Prather. “The pandemic may have brought attention…
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…overexposure, to certain locations like China. Systems are needed that allow us to manufacture closer to design, closer to the consumers. Although environments like the U.S. or Europe have higher labor costs, automation can benefit from stronger institutions and infrastructure, high-quality talent, and great innovation ecosystems. These countries and regions need manufacturing jobs and a sustainable manufacturing industry for a…
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…growing pharmaceutical export market in China. CSafe Global, a leading U.S. producer of cold containers, has expanded its global reach and local presence with a new hub operation in Taipei, Taiwan. This new addition to CSafe’s worldwide container operations facilities ensures Taiwan’s thriving biotech and pharmaceutical sectors have consistent and easy access to the cold chain industry’s top performing containers.…
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…business mindset, such as the China Plus One strategy, calling for companies to invest in China plus at least one other country rather than put all of their eggs in the China basket. These forces drive real changes to the distribution network, customer profiles, product profiles, channels and partners. This is resulting in a large number of suboptimized process variations…
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…economies such as India and China. A rousing demand in consumer electronic products has attributed success to market growth in thermoplastics. A rising population on a global scale and increasing disposable incomes has powered demand for these products in end-use industries that include thriving growth for market. A sizeable middle-class population and growing urbanization has boosted demand for advanced and…
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Atomstack, a China-based 3D printing company, has launched Cambrian, a 3D printer for thermoplastic rubber filament. This new desktop FDM 3D printer is a tool capable of producing virtually any end-use rubber product as well as handling traditional 3D printing tasks. Atomstack Cambrian is available now on Kickstarter. With Atomstack Cambrian, users can print in thermoplastic rubber (TPR). This material…
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…mobile robot (AMR) provider in China, announced today that it has recently completed a new financing round. The C+ round funding was led by KION Group, one of the world’s leading providers of industrial trucks and supply chain solutions, Prosperity7 Ventures, the diversified growth fund of Aramco Ventures as well as multiple investment institutions in China. All proceeds will go…
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