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…to fight against the new COVID-19 outbreak in Guangzhou.” Founded in 2016, Pony.ai said it is a pioneer in self-driving cars, piloting robotic taxicab services in five cities in both the U.S. and China. The Fremont-based company is currently valued at $5.3 billion, and it has collaborated with automotive OEMs including Toyota, Hyundai, and GAC Group. It recently partnered with…
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Despite the COVID-19 pandemic, sales of industrial robots grew in 2020, reported the International Federation of Robotics today. The number of robots operating in factories worldwide increased by 10% to a total of 3 million, according to the World Robotics 2021 Industrial Robots report. Sales grew a mere 0.5% last year, with 383,500 units shipped globally. The growth in China…
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…Can Boost Business Recovery From COVID-19, Says IFR President Human-Machine Interaction Is Still Evolving, Note Global Robot Cluster Panelists Yearly Non-Automotive Robotic Orders Surpass Automotive Ones for the First Time Robots Rise to Help Humans in Metalworking Precise Motion Control Gives Robots New Degrees of Freedom Manufacturing, Logistics, and Robots: 5 Big Things to Know and Watch The Future of…
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…8-week shutdown resulting from the COVID-19 pandemic, two students enrolled in the eKentucky Advanced Manufacturing Institute (eKAMI) secured CNC machining jobs with leading manufacturers, with other companies calling the school with plans to hire new graduates in the coming weeks. Director Kathy Walker sees this interest as an indication that US manufacturing will see a resurgence, with recent surveys showing…
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The COVID-19 pandemic increased interest in cleaning and disinfection robots worldwide. Dutch robotics startup AZIOBOT BV has teamed up with Belgian network operator Proximus to test its SB2 floor-cleaning robots over a 5G wireless network. “COVID-19 has raised awareness of autonomous robots tremendously, especially for cleaning in public spaces such as airports, schools, and hospitals,” stated Sarthak Yadav, CEO of…
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…the robot. However, due to COVID-19, in-person celebrations have been canceled for the last milestones–900th systems sold–making this in-person celebration of 1,000 robots even better, the company explained. The 1,000th system will be sent to a customer in North Carolina, Cherry Farms Seed Co., with a unique crest on the arm to denote it as the 1,000th robot. The system…
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…of mechanical ventilators to treat COVID-19 patients. In response to this shortage, Materialise has developed the Materialise NIP Connector, a device to convert standard equipment available in most hospitals, into a mask to facilitate breathing for patients by creating positive pressure in the lungs. These assembled masks allow clinicians to reduce the time patients need access to mechanical ventilators, which…
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…fair to say that the COVID-19 pandemic has had a jarring impact on retail supply chains in myriad ways, in terms of how retailers had to respond and react to a new way of handling their supply chain operations. That was made clear in the findings of a recent study published by Blue Yonder (formerly JDA), a provider of AI-driven…
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…the woods. The toll the COVID-19 pandemic is taking on our supply chains will only continue to inflict pain on our global supply chain and contribute to the current logjam well into 2023. As more variants spread, major ports will be forced to shut down and contribute to the ever-growing delays. The third-busiest port in the world, China’s Ningbo-Zhoushan, was…
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…to Quicktron. Growth in this sector has also accelerated as the COVID-19 pandemic has fueled the need to reduce reliance on manual labor in logistics In today’s announcement regarding the C+ funding, Quicktron didn’t state the dollar amount of the funding round.
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…constrained labor availability, concerns over COVID-19 exposure, and social distancing requirements are impacting fulfillment operations nationwide. To further exacerbate this dilemma, customer expectations around delivery time have drastically increased over the last few years. With Amazon as the number-one online retailer offering free one-day shipping–and, most recently, two-hour shipping–consumers expect their packages to arrive immediately and free of charge. This…
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…plans were affected by the COVID-19 pandemic,” said Mathan Muthupillai, CEO of Techmetics Robotics. “But we were not sitting idle. We focused on new product developments and advanced the mobile platform development schedule.” “In addition to mobile platforms, we developed a UV disinfection robot and the high-security delivery robot or SDR,” he told Robotics 24/7. “We also enhanced all our…
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…available in the fight against COVID-19. Fictiv has invested in the upfront tooling costs to make the shields available as quickly and easily as possible to healthcare agencies, service providers, distributors and even non-healthcare OEMs that are pivoting to support the healthcare industry during this crisis. The pricing will be matched to cost, and additionally, any longer-term profits beyond initial…
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…or are suspected to have COVID-19. Baptist Health has 11 hospitals and more than 150 urgent care centers and physician offices in the four-county area from Monroe to Palm Beach counties. FIU's College of Communication, Architecture, + The Arts (CARTA) is at the center of the initiative, mobilizing its 3D printing facilities, faculty, staff and students to produce a minimum…
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…its warehouse automation business. The Covid-19 boom and bust Before Covid-19, Interact Analysis reported that warehouse automation companies typically traded at revenue multiples of around 1–2x. However, demand surged during the pandemic, fueled by rapid e-commerce growth and a boom in warehouse construction. Download the warehouse software Special Focus Issue today As a result, valuations skyrocketed. Notably, AutoStore reached a…
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