Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 4.32
…on lifts for custom payloads, said a company representative. Mitsubishi Electric, a strategic partner of MassRobotics, demonstrated its MELFA FR robot arm. The company, whose U.S. office is in Cambridge, Mass., wanted to show the public how strong the Massachusetts robotics community is for innovation and supporting industry, said James Knauer, field application engineer. A light robotic arm using Harmonic Drive LLC drives attracted several families. “It’s great for kids to see how they can use robots in the future,” said Eugen Niselson, a sales engineering manager at Harmonic Drive. Wilmington, Mass.-based Symbotic Inc., which provides warehouse automation, showed how…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 4.20
…Michael Chung, national field engineering support group manager at Mitsubishi Electric Automation. While humanoid robots have made headlines lately, they were discussed but not seen at Automate. However, some of the biggest announcements of the week involved legged robots: Melonee Wise, founder of Fetch Robotics and a speaker, joined Agility Robotics, and startup Figure raised $70 million to join the race to “general-purpose” robots. Partnerships abound Ease of use, the ability to reach new markets, a dearth of venture capital, and the need to support users at scale are all factors driving the growing number of vendor and integrator partnerships.…