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…of U.S. trade tensions with China,” Burnstein told Robotics 24/7. “New orders had actually gone down in 2018 and 2019, but they started to rise again in 2020.” “We will see more manufacturing coming back to the U.S., Mexico, and Canada from China,” he added. “It won't be overnight, but there will be more going forward. We're still in the…
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…a threat elsewhere, robots in China were starting to perform tasks to keep people out of harm's way. Mobile robots were pressed into service for cleaning and disinfecting public spaces as early as February 2020. As the pandemic spread, other nations followed suit. Companies that already provided disinfection robots hustled to meet demand, while many academic and startup platforms have…
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…examples include AutoX and Honda China collaborating on testing in China, Aurora and Volvo partnering on autonomous trucks, and Siemens Digital Industries Software working with the MaRS Discovery District in Toronto. Race to autonomous driving is a marathon, not a sprint Toyota has said that it plans to offer next-generation mobility services rather than fully autonomous vehicles. Both Woven Planet…
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…artificial intelligence at Meituan, told China.org.cn last November. “We did so for two reasons. First, we know that it's tough for delivery men to do all the jobs manually, especially during the cold winter or in the flood season in summer.” “Second, we realized at that time that the takeaway business would expand quickly and that the number of workers…
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…it is working with Honda China on testing autonomous vehicles on public roads in China. Honda China said it will provide Accord and Inspire vehicles that will use AutoX's artificial intelligence technology. Shenzhen, China-based AutoX was founded in 2016 by Dr. Jianxiong Xiao, who has experience from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Princeton University. The company has eight offices…
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…by Broad Vision Funds and China Capital Management in September 2020. In 2018, Gaussian Robot reportedly completed Series A financing worth tens of millions of dollars, and it raised $15.4 million in funding a year ago. The global market for cleaning robots will experience a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 29% to reach $11 billion by 2030, predicts Guidehouse…
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…by an economic recession and U.S.-China trade tensions. Virtually overnight, automation converted from a “nice to have” pilot or public relations coup to a life raft. Enterprise customers are willing to devote more resources to automation, even if it means lowering the ROI threshold or giving it more time to prove itself. However, they have not lowered that threshold to…
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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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