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While consumer demand fluctuates, the need for more efficient supply chains continues to grow, as does demand for automation. Yale Materials Handling works closely with customers to maximize the value of its automated lift trucks. The global market for autonomous lift trucks could experience a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) 9.5% and expansion from $2 billion in 2021 to $4.65…
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Most conventional robotic lawn mowers require geofencing, or perimeter wires, to make sure the mower “stays within the lines.” By contrast, Mammotion said its technology allows users to simply walk the perimeter of a lawn once to set a virtual boundary. Mammotion claimed that its Real-Time Kinematic (RTK) technology provides accuracy to within 2 cm (0.7 in.). RTK also enables…
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There’s no easy way to scale a traditional automated solution. They often demand significant space, leaving warehouses less adaptable in the future. So, what happens when a business, or the economy, changes? Autonomous mobile robots (AMRs) are a flexible and scalable solution compared to more rigid warehouse automation solutions. Download this white paper to discover how AMRs: Deliver a bigger…
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Retailers and distributors around the world are increasingly looking to automation to help them meet pressing business needs. Dematic Corp. today announced that it has partnered with Dexterity Inc. to offer “full-task” robotics globally. It will also facilitate Dexterity's entry into the European market. “Our growing partnership with Dexterity is yet another example of Dematic taking the necessary steps to…
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New Scale Robotics has deployed six Q-Span Workstation EDU Kits at the Finger Lakes Workforce Development Center at Monroe Community College, or MCC, in Rochester, N.Y. The ready-to-use kits help colleges and universities easily add hands-on robotics and metrology courses to their workforce development programs targeting advanced manufacturing, according to the Victor, N.Y.-based company. “U.S. manufacturers are seeking employees with…
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Today, Dematic announced a strategic partnership with warehouse robotics provider, Dexterity, to offer full-task robotics as part of Dematic intelligent automation solutions. This marks the next step in a beneficial relationship in which Dematic will sell and deploy Dexterity robotics globally and facilitate Dexterity’s entry into the European market, Dematic explained. Retailers and distributors around the globe are currently looking…
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Roboticists have one more week to submit applications for the IEEE Entrepreneurship Impact Award. The award will recognize an individual who has made “significant” contributions to the engineering and entrepreneurial ecosystem of a country or region, said the association. Nominations are due Aug. 31, 2022. “I'd like to see a robotics entrepreneur win,” noted Andra Keay, managing director of Silicon…
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When hungry fast food customers in 39 countries around the world order a McDonald’s Filet-O-Fish, Fish McFeast Fisk, or Rye Fish McFeast, they’re digging into breaded fish from the Danish seafood producer A. Espersen. The company recently turned to driverless lift trucks from BILA AS to meet high demands for efficiency. “Automation is the future, and this is how we…
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An autonomous race car built by Politecnico di Milano-Polimove recently broke the world speed record for an autonomous vehicle, clocking in at 192 mph at the Space Shuttle airstrip at NASA's Kennedy Space Center this April. We had an opportunity to see an autonomous race car in action and speak to Paul Mitchell, CEO and president of Energy Systems Network,…
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FRAMINGHAM, Mass. – Peerless Media LLC has announced that attendee registration is open for the Robotics Applications Conference, a virtual event that will be on Wednesday, Oct. 5, 2022. The company, which produces Robotics 24/7, has also announced some of the end-user and systems integrator speakers who will be sharing their insights. “While most robotics events are vendor-driven, this is…
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With a vision inference chip that can generate one quadrillion operations per second, upstart Recogni is going after chip-making heavyweights such as NVIDIA. Headquartered in San Jose, Calif., the company makes chips that are used in autonomous vehicles for visual perception. Recogni said its Vision Cognition Module (VCM) system enables object detection accuracy up to 1,000 m (3,280 ft.) in…
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As the robotics community grows, so too are organizations offering to help the industry. The Robotics Group last week announced the recent approval of Schneider Electric, Third Wave Automation, and Daifuku Wynright's applications to join the MHI industry group. MHI, formerly the Material Handling Industry of America, is an international trade association that has represented the material handling, logistics, and…
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BALYO SA last week said it has successfully installed four very narrow aisle, or VNA, robots at Singapore Storage and Warehouse Pte. Ltd. The Arcueil, France-based company claimed that they are world's tallest autonomous VNA systems, with a lift height of 16.8 m (55.1 ft.). BALYO collaborated with Linde Material Handling on the project. “This project shows the tremendous superiority…
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Stratom this week announced the U.S. Army has awarded the company a contract to develop a personnel safety system for an unmanned combat vehicle called the Robotic Combat Vehicle-Light, or RCV-L. The unmanned diesel-electric hybrid vehicle was developed by Waltham, Mass.-based QinetiQ Group North America, a division of Farnborough, U.K.-based QinetiQ, and New Hudson Mich.-based Pratt Miller, according to the…
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After the success of their first program, MassRobotics and its corporate partners are calling on more startups to apply to their second Healthcare Robotics Startup Catalyst program. MassRobotics, Festo, Mitsubishi Electric Automation, MITRE, and Novanta said the program will provide companies the connections, guidance, and resources they need to grow. Mentors from the organizing companies will guide the selected startups…
GENISOM AI makes ICRA debut at conference in Vienna
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Ultrasonic sensing enhances robotics perception
North America’s largest automation and robotics event takes place June 22-25
