Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 0.68
…today. It gave the company a chance to test, gain feedback, and refine the early iterations of our work with some of the toughest requirements around. That said, our focus has shifted to providing solutions to the material handling industry as a whole, especially at a time when it can impact civilian lives the most.” Theobald, who is also a co-founder of MassRobotics, a non-profit organization dedicated to helping grow the Massachusetts robotics cluster, has helped develop Vecna's technologies and lead the company to its current growth stage. Daniel Theobald “Daniel is unequivocally one of the worlds’ foremost roboticists and…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 0.61
…to Digital Commerce 360, the more than five-percentage point gain in e-commerce penetration is by far the biggest year-over-year jump for U.S. retail sales ever recorded. Overall, online sales accounted for 101% of all gains in U.S. retail in 2020. This means sales through all other channels—stores, catalogs and call centers— declined. Again, this is a historical first where e-commerce accounted for all of the sales gains in U.S. retail. This growth in e-commerce was not limited to just the U.S. Other regions of the world saw similar pops in e-commerce sales. While worldwide retail sales overall fell 3% to…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 1.37
…an important milestone for Nordex,” stated Dan Agius, Jr., co-owner and chief financial officer of Nordex. “We are ready to take our reputation for quality gears, machined parts, and assemblies to new heights by welcoming a wider range of clients from the aerospace sector.” For more than 60 years, Nordex has been developing and supplying power-transmission subsystems to customers in the medical, aerospace, defense, robotics, semiconductor, and factory automation OEM industries. The company, which is family-owned and operated, said it proudly manufactures in the U.S. Nordex added that its experienced engineering staff is always ready to answer client calls and…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 0.74
The Kroger Co. and Drone Express today said they are collaborating on a pilot project to offer grocery delivery via autonomous drones in Centerville, Ohio. The partners plan to launch a second pilot at a Ralphs store in California this coming summer. “Kroger's new drone delivery pilot is part of the evolution of our rapidly growing and innovative e-commerce business – which includes pickup, delivery, and ship and reached more than $10 billion in sales in 2020,” stated Jody Kalmbach, group vice president of product experience at Kroger. “The pilot reinforces the importance of flexibility and immediacy to customers, powered…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 0.43
…most capable mobile manipulator available today,” said Jason Walker, co-founder and CEO of Waypoint Robotics. “In addition, setting it up requires no programming, and either robot can be the primary controller for an operation.” Waypoint's Vector includes precise positioning “We could have had a moble manipulator a while ago, but some things were missing that we felt we could do differently,” said Walker. “First, we had to find a cobot arm that was as easy to use as our AMRs, with no code interface.” The omnidirectional mobile manipulator. Source: Waypoint Robotics “We have sample functions prebuilt in Vector's controls, using…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 0.46
…wireless charging, but also across robotics,” said Ben Waters, co-founder and CEO of WiBotic. “For instance, the importance of energy efficiency has elevated as electrification has grown as an industry. We want to make sure our customers can move forward quickly.” TR-301 wirelessly charges robots, drones The WiBotic systems that received CE Marks were its TR-301 transmitter with the OC-301 onboard charger (operating at 300 Watts) and the TR-301 transmitter with the OC-251 onboard charger (operating at 250 Watts). The TR-301 is WiBotic’s high-power transmitter for larger drones, mobile robots, and marine vehicles. It can be used in the WiBotic…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 0.51
…was held this week. The in-person event had been co-located with Promat at McCormick Place in Chicago for several years and would been held in Detroit for the first time. Automate Forward provided an opportunity for integrators and users to learn about robots and automation for a variety of applications. Despite the virtual environment, the show still drew more than 270 exhibitors, including the top robotics suppliers serving the supply chain, logistics and manufacturing industries, according to the Association for Advancing Automation (A3). More than 40 keynote and panel sessions are available for viewing live or on demand. Since floor…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 0.89
…way to making this a reality,” said Yariv Bash, co-founder and CEO of Flytrex. “Our systems are in the final stages of receiving key certification from the Federal Aviation Administration, helping us launch the drone delivery revolution across the U.S.” Since successfully launching the world’s first fully autonomous urban drone delivery system in Reykjavik, Iceland in 2017, Flytrex has been helping drive regulatory advances aimed at getting drone delivery off the ground. Flytrex has been participating in the Federal Aviation Administration’s Unmanned Aerial System Integration Pilot Program (FAA UAS IPP) since 2018. The company added that it was recently selected…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 0.54
…focused tasks and workflows that are ripe for automation gains with the current level of AI and robotics maturation. By contrast, he explains, a manipulation robot for the consumer world—envision a mobile robotic housekeeper—would have to be capable of doing a much larger universe of tasks that would stretch the limits of what robots can do. “Logistics presents a more controlled environment and problem set that is surmountable with the current level of technology and what robots are capable of doing,” says Galluzzo. “Logistics and warehouse fulfillment are right at the intersection of current technology and market need.” Manufacturers have…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 2.74
…of hundreds of thousands of parts, and there will be no turning back,” says Blake Teipel, Ph.D., CEO and co-founder, Essentium. “There is no longer any doubt whether AM investments deserve a central feature in the execution strategies of companies endeavouring to out-perform their peers. By working with our customers to drive innovation, financial, and efficiency benefits, we are helping them move forward into a leaner, more agile future enabled by additive manufacturing.”
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 2.08
…company says. Offering a 16-liter build volume and productivity gains, the NXE 400 printer yields part-throughput gains while offering low cost of ownership in its class on the market, the company says. Nexa3D enters the dental market with all of Keystone’s KeyPrint resins, including KeySplint Soft, a material that delivers a combination of the strength needed to protect teeth with the added flexibility for improved patient comfort, with a transparent, aesthetic appearance. “At Nexa3D, we are committed to advancing 3D printing performance and productivity through internal innovations and external collaborations,” says said Avi Reichental, co-founder, chairman and CEO, Nexa3D. Every…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 0.26
…submissions, says Pras Pathmanathan, research scientist at CDRH and co-chair of the Modeling and Simulation Working group at the FDA. The Modeling and Simulation Working group is also partnering in several initiatives, including Dassault’s Living Heart Project, and as part of a working group with the devices community, developed the ASME V&V 40 Standard, published in 2018, which demonstrates the reliability of modeling and simulation for medical devices. Leveraging simulation to support in silico clinical trials is the next frontier, Pathmanathan says, although the discipline would augment, not replace, traditional trials, and there needs to be similar collaboration to develop…