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Vueron Technology has partnered with Teamfresh, one of South Korea’s biggest cold-chain logistics providers, and will supply it with its self-driving trucks. The Seoul, South Korea-based company offers several vision products. The company said VueOne is its flagship product and uses only one lidar sensor to help autonomous vehicles detect obstacles. VueTwo is used for IoT applications and smart city…
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RISE Robotics said it has been granted a U.S. patent that will help the heavy machinery maker increase the efficiency of its products. The Somerville, Mass.-based company was given a patent for a high-reduction belt-driven linear actuator. “The patented RISE Robotics three-dimensional belt topology enables the application of high force linear power to a machine’s work function,” the company said.…
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Earlier this week, TuSimple announced a restructuring plan that involves a 25% reduction of the company’s total workforce. The company said about 80 % of its remaining workforce is in the research and development department. Adding that the division is composed of “engineers critical to hardware and software resilience, reliability, safety, and information security.” Founded in 2015, TuSimple said it…
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Earlier this month, research firm Interact Analysis released a new report outlining mobile robot sales for 2021. The firm found that global sales of mobile robots jumped more than 70% in 2021, topping 100,000 units for the year. The report focused on “material handling applications in manufacturing and logistics environments,” it said. “Despite the market for mobile robot technology being…
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Every year, we’ve heard industry observers say, “This is the year for robotics, AI, and autonomous vehicles.” But in 2022, manufacturers found new tools for productivity and supply chains sought ways to be more resilient. Enabling technologies such as 3D printing and simulation moved from prototyping to production, and mobile robot fleets went from pilots to large-scale deployments. According to…
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Hyundai Mobis and Ottopia earlier this week announced a partnership to develop a teleoperation platform to spur the commercialization of autonomous driving systems. In the framework of their partnership, Hyundai Mobis and Ottopia will work together to introduce an end-to-end remote mobility assistance solution where Ottopia provides all the core software technologies for teleoperation while Hyundai Mobis provides the hardware/software…
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Electric motor vehicle manufacturer INDIEV Inc. announced this week that it has relocated into a new research and development facility and has entered a $120 million deal with HITO Robotics Systems to help ramp up production. The company is currently accepting reservations for its INDI One EV. The standard model of the car costs $45,000, and the premium version costs…
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Operators are turning to robotics to help transition away from just-in-time inventory management practices to more flexible supply chain operations. Part of the move has been driven by the COVID-19 pandemic. With disruptions to the global supply chain, many manufacturers and distributors struggled to find adequate components, particularly in automotive and electronics. Now, they are looking to have more parts…
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WINIT is a Shanghai-based, cross-border warehouse operator. It has deployed about 100 robots in one of its facilities in Birmingham, U.K. The logistics robots move around the 30,000-sq.-ft. warehouse without any confusion, helping workers pick and sort goods. The HAIPICK A42 systems from HAI Robotics helped improve the efficiency with which goods are handled by nearly fourfold compared with manual…
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Fuji Corp. said it has used its know-how from years of experience in robotics and automation to develop a system for automatically moving wheeled carts in retail stores. The company plans to demonstrate the new system at NRF 2023 next month in New York. Developers have been working on various technologies to aid in the regular delivery of goods from…
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Applied Manufacturing Technologies, or AMT, today announced that it has opened a second factory near its headquarters in Orion, Mich. It said the new facility will “empower collaboration and industry innovations” for its industrial automation and robotics customers. “Thanks to a year of unprecedented growth, AMT has had the opportunity to invest in our future by nearly doubling our production…
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Despite economic headwinds, sales of commercial robots in North America reached record levels in the first nine months of 2022, according to the Association for Advancing Automation, or A3. The organization said that this year will likely with the highest number of robots sold for the second year in a row. From January to September, North American companies purchased 35,804…
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Exotec SAS this month announced that it has produced its 4,000th robot. The milestone came just six months after the Croix, France-based company manufactured its 3,000th Skypod robot. “We’re extremely proud to have completed production of our 4,000th robot, with many more to come in the near future,” stated Romain Moulin, co-founder and CEO of Exotec. “Reaching this point so…
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Stereotaxis Inc. today announced that its Genesis Robotic Magnetic Navigation system has been used successfully to treat patients at Fred & Lena Meijer Heart Center in Grand Rapids, Mich. Electrophysiologists at Corewell Health, which the Heart Center is a part of, have established a successful robotic cardiac ablation program, treating nearly 500 patients using advanced robotic technology. The hospital is…
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Cobalt Robotics Inc. today announced that it has integrated its autonomous security robots with Envoy Inc.'s workplace software platform. The companies said their innovation enables Cobalt robots to greet worksite visitors and synch their information with Envoy's visitor logs. The system can then approve visitors for entry, providing an additional layer of security and privacy, they said. “The return to…
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