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…with participation from Bessemer Venture Partners, Aramco Ventures, Swisscom Ventures, Swisscanto Private Equity, and other existing investors. “We are thrilled to invest in ANYbotics, a pioneering technology originated at ETH Zurich that combines AI and Reinforcement Learning with robotics to create highly robust and autonomous four-legged robots,” said Young Sohn, managing partner at Walden Catalyst. “This unique technology allows robots…
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…year to include 21 university partners and 61 projects focused on robotics, machine learning, energy and materials, human-centered artificial intelligence, and human-interactive driving. Each project consists of a TRI researcher working with a university team in a close collaboration bridging academia and industry. “TRI's collaborations with universities bring a wealth of knowledge and new ideas to our research efforts,” said…
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…to our valued customers and partners.” City of Miamisburg is helping foot the bill The company said it is taking advantage of grants from the City of Miamisburg, Montgomery County, and Jobs Ohio to offset building costs. It did not share how much it has received from those funding sources, however. “Yaskawa Motoman has been a great addition to Miamisburg's…
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…Locus Robotics, a long-time DHL partner. Using 50 AMRs during normal periods, and flexing to 80 bots during peak season, Carhartt and DHL Supply Chain are capable of picking in excess of 110,000 units in a day. Building out the network so quickly while simultaneously introducing automation into facilities after they’re up and running is a little like changing a…
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…values, it's partnerships. “I’m a passionate-partner person,” she said in a recent interview with Robotics 24/7. “You can only grow in this current world with strong business partnerships, and just great partners in your corner, whether those are the vendors you do business with or like-minded businesses that help you grow.” Apicella was recently named the interim executive director of…
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…portfolio of Thomas H. Lee Partners, which remains the majority owner of the combined company. In November of last year, the company announced that MHS and FORTNA would go forward as a single company, FORTNA. Rob McKeel, FORTNA’s CEO, explained at the time it made sense to leverage market recognition for the FORTNA name. “We chose the name FORTNA not…
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…include Humatics Corp. as a partner in our UR+ ecosystem,” stated Joe Campbell, senior manager of applications development and strategic marketing at Universal Robots. “The Humatics Microlocation technology, Milo, fully leverages the UR PolyScope platform and expands the range of labor-intensive, unergonomic applications that can be automated.” Humatics will show its live, in-motion multi-arm torquing use case in Booth 5415…
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…automation. “Mitsubishi Electric, supported by partners such as Clearpath Robotics, is continuously evolving digital manufacturing through integrated solutions that utilize FA [factory automation] equipment, simulators, and other software using real and digital information,” the company stated in a press release. “In the future, Mitsubishi Electric will envisage smart factories that integrate manufacturing and logistics to realize mass customized production and…
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…to keep up was to partner with a 3PL that could quickly add capacity and use flexible automation like AMRs, go live in a hurry, and scale up and down to meet seasonal demand. “With DHL, Carhartt now has a fulfillment partner with deep experience in e-fulfillment and more autonomous mobile robots in operation than any other global operation,” says…
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Carhartt & DHL Supply Chain Canal Winchester (Columbus), Ohio Square Footage: 556,000 square feet Products Handled: Women’s apparel and accessories such as gloves, hats and belts SKUS: More than 40,000 SKUs, of which 11,000 SKUs are managed in Canal Winchester Througput: Between 25,000 to more than 100,000 units in a 24-hour period depending on the season. Shifts: Two 10- to…
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Plus One Robotics has partnered with Yaskawa Motoman on a new customer program that combines its AI vision software with Yasakwa's robots to complete induction and depalletizing tasks. “We’re proud that the Plus One solutions not only achieve the throughput necessary to fill the workforce gap experienced by all distribution centers, but do so with near 100% fulfillment accuracy,” said…
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…look for best-of-breed technologies and partner with companies of all sizes,” Brian Gaunt, senior director of DHL Supply Chain, told Robotics 24/7 at Manifest 2023. Sally Miller, DHL Supply Chain Sally Miller, global digital transformation officer at DHL Supply Chain, replied to the following questions from Robotics 24/7 about the company's expanded partnership with Locus Robotics: About how many DHL…
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…a UR10e cobot. Both welding partners—along with many other UR integrators, OEM partners, distributors, and customers—plan to incorporate the new UR20 cobot into their applications for added reach and payload capabilities. The award-winning UR20, with a 20 kg (44 lb.) payload and 1,750 mm (68.8 in.) reach starts shipping later this summer. Universal Robots will show the UR20 at its…
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Otto Group, an international online retailer based in Germany, is entering into a long-term strategic partnership with Covariant, a leading AI Robotics company. Covariant has announced that its AI-powered robots will be used to automate a wide range of manual fulfilment activities that require hand-eye coordination and object manipulation at Otto Group fulfillment centers, to enhance services for the group's…
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This year at Automate, The Raymond Corporation, Andersen Material Handling, and Integrated Systems Design will showcase their “total systems approach” to automation, along with highlighting flexible automation, robotics, telematics, and innovative intralogistics systems to help operations run better and manage smarter. In Booths 1000 and 1003 in Detroit from May 22 to 25, Greene, N.Y.-based Raymond said it plans to…
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North America’s largest robotics and automation event winds down
Automate’s largest day ever draws huge crowds to McCormick Place
