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Welcome Mars settlers! Please print your habitat here. If what NASA envisions becomes a reality, such a sign may very well greet the pioneering earthlings who decide to relocate to Mars. In late 2015, as part of its Centennial Challenges program, NASA held a design competition “to build a 3D-printed habitat for deep space exploration, including the agency’s journey to…
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Based in Sterling Heights, Mich., Fitzpatrick Manufacturing is a CNC machine shop and custom manufacturer. Founded in 1952, the company supplies parts to more than a dozen sectors, including aerospace, automotive, medical equipment, and oil and gas. To increase operational efficiency and counterbalance a tight labor market, the company deployed a collaborative robot (cobot) that can work overnight to prepare…
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There’s an important shift underway in the lift truck buying process. In a word, lift truck purchases are becoming holistic. Did you really just read that? Did the words holistic and lift truck appear in the same sentence? That’s a “yes” on both counts. More importantly, this trend is worth factoring into your lift truck fleet decision process going forward…
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inVia Robotics, the provider of the next generation of robotics warehouse automation solutions for e-commerce fulfillment centers, today announced $20 million in new funding. The Series B round was led by Point72 Ventures and included investments from Upfront Ventures and Embark Ventures. The funds will be used to boost the commercial deployment of inVia’s Picker robots and cloud-based Robotics-as-a-Service (RaaS)…
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Growing automation capabilities in the manufacturing space coupled with increasing penetration of advanced technologies, such as IoT, RFID, and AI, are expected to drive the material handling equipment market growth. Automated material handling systems are gaining popularity with the growing inclination of industries to replace human labor with automated systems. RFID, IoT, and Automatic Identification & Data Capture (AIDC) technologies…
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If you wanted to create the perfect mix of conditions to trigger the growth of a type of automated equipment for distribution center operations, you couldn’t do much better than the factors lining up in favor of robotics. E-commerce and omni-channel fulfillment are driving labor-intensive piece picking, and warehouse labor is increasingly difficult to find and retain. DC operators know…
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What is an Autonomous Robot? One question that we have been asked a lot lately is “what do you mean by the drone being an autonomous robot?”. The phrase “autonomous robot” is being thrown around a lot in the business world right now, but because these innovations are so new, people are pretty confused about what these robots are and…
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Capacity, a leader in order fulfillment, e-commerce, and electronic data interchange (EDI), has partnered with the robotic piece-picking experts at RightHand Robotics. The collaboration will integrate the Massachusetts-based company’s RightPick automation system into Capacity’s fulfillment solution offering. The robotic workcells will be integrated with existing warehouse material handling systems, such as those from Lightning Pick, and will increase the level…
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Purple Robotics
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Last month, I received a copy of the 4th annual survey of manufacturers and distributors by Sikich, a Chicago-based accounting and consulting firm. You can download the whole survey here. The survey goes out to Sikich clients as well as others across the U.S. Before looking at the results, I had a chance to talk to Jerry Murphy, the Sikich…
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General Motors (GM), like other automakers, is using 3D printing technology to create parts for its new vehicles, and has already leveraged the technology for prototyping and other design-related activities. The company also plans to expand its use of the technology to improve manufacturing processes at its production facilities. According to an article in Automotive News, the company believes the…
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Zoox invites Bloomberg to Take a Look Bloomberg's Ashlee Vance stopped by Zoox to see what they are all about. From autonomous slalom tests on a runway to autonomously driving without intervention from Stanford to San Fransisco - check out the video to the right>> Zoox turns Four In July 2014, Tim Kentley-Klay came to California to start Zoox with…
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QDS Systems, a collaborative robotic systems integrator with more than 25 years in process control and drive system integration, recently announced a new leasing and renting finance model for both its automated systems and collaborative robotics products. “One of the largest roadblocks many organizations face today is the ability to scale a changing workforce,” noted Stan Prutz, President & CEO,…
Ultrasonic sensing enhances robotics perception
World's first omni-modal evaluation including tactile sensing for…
Cybernetix Ventures’ event kicks off Robotics Tech Week 2026 slate of events
Preview the manufacturing and warehouse components that will be on the…
