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Last year, mergers between robotics startups and special-purpose acquisition companies, or SPACs, were all the rage. Occasionally, however, some deals don't work out. Integrity Implants Inc., which does business as Accelus, last week said that it and CHP Merger Corp. have mutually agreed to terminate a business combination agreement “as a result of market conditions.” “In light of market conditions,…
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The demand for picking robots has reached an inflection point. “I’ve never seen so much interest, if not desperation, to improve fulfillment,” said James Lawton, vice president and general manager of robotics automation at Zebra Technologies. And that’s true for companies as diverse as FedEx and iHerb. They and many others have recently turned to piece-picking automation to solve their…
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Engineers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology last week said they have developed a telerobotic system to help surgeons quickly and remotely treat patients experiencing a stroke or aneurysm. With a modified joystick, surgeons in one hospital may control a robotic arm at another location to safely operate on a patient during a critical window of time that could save…
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Surgical robots are starting to play a key role in the medical space and are helping increase positive outcomes for both doctors and patients. The promise is that these robots will work alongside surgeons to move from manual laparoscopy to more efficient approaches—expanding the number of patients who can have minimally invasive surgery. Robotic systems are now being used for…
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Vibration is an important but easily overlooked topic in robotics design. Developers and engineers should focus as much on whether a reducer causes vibration as on its other characteristics. As businesses plan to use automation to augment or replace increasingly expensive human labor, they focus on two decisive factors: the return on investment and the expected service life of a…
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Federal government technology partner Noblis Inc. this week announced that it has received a U.S. patent for technology to collectively optimize cooperative actions among autonomous connected machines. Specifically, the Reston, Va. based nonprofit was awarded U.S. Patent 11,283,874. A unified plan This system allows ad hoc collections of nearby machines to independently plan motion paths and earn trust from other…
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Manufacturers are always looking for gains in quality and throughput. ABB Robotics this week launched its High-Speed Alignment software, which it said uses computer vision to increase the speed of six-axis robots by 70% and their accuracy by 50%. The company said the improvements for electronics assembly will “significantly reduce time to market.” “Sales of smartphones, wearables, and other high-tech…
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Among the barriers to entry for automation is the challenge of financing. River Capital Finance this week said it has partnered with Mobile Industrial Robots ApS to offer custom, flexible financing options to companies that want to add robots to their warehouse operations. “With the current labor shortages and rising inflation, the need for warehouse automation is more crucial than…
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Industrial provider Rockwell Automation this week announced it is teaming up with CAD-IT, a Singapore-based systems integrator focused on Industry 4.0 technologies. CAD-IT is now part of Rockwell Automation’s PartnerNetwork and was brought on to support the increasing demand for industrial automation in Southeast Asia. “Southeast Asia is one of the fastest growing sub-regions for us. We are very pleased…
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Kärcher this week expanded its autonomous product line by introducing a professional robotic scrubber. The KIRA B 100 R uses Brain Corp.’s BrainOS, which powers autonomous mobile robots operating in indoor public spaces. KIRA is an acronym for “Kärcher Intelligent Robotic Applications.” “With the new KIRA B 100 R autonomous scrubber and the KIRA CV 60/1 autonomous vacuum introduced late…
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The global race toward autonomous vehicles has continued, with Robotics 24/7 tracking more than $2.5 billion in technology investments in just in the first quarter of 2022. Haomo.AI this week said it has raised “hundreds of millions” of renminbi, or RMB, in Series A+ financing. One hundred million RMB is equivalent to $15.7 million U.S. “This round marks a new…
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Autonomous trucking technology maker Locomation released today a greenhouse gas projections analysis that shows a major reduction in carbon dioxide with the adoption of Locomation’s Autonomous Relay Convoy system, or ARC. Even a conservative adoption of ARC on just 25,000 Class 8 trucks running on Locomation’s 68 Autonomous Relay Network (ARN) interstate highway segments by 2030 would yield savings equal…
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Robotics developers must integrate multiple components, particularly for systems that must safely and effectively interact with people. Cogniteam today announced that the Israel Innovation Authority's consortium of robotics companies will rely on its Nimbus platform to develop next-generation human-robot interaction capabilities. “A simple direction such as ‘go right’ can be confusing for a robot that does not have the capability…
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Paul Cataford, Titan Medical Inc.'s interim president and CEO, said he is laser-focused on getting U.S. Food and Drug Administration clearance for Enos, the company’s single-access robotic surgical system. The goal is to offer it for general gynecological procedures by early 2025, he said, with the qualifier that the company still has to go through a lot of regulatory hoops…
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Automating laborious tasks can help save time, increase production and improve the quality of your products. But before giving automation a go, it’s important to know the difference between the industrial robots on the market. You’ll learn how they work, their suitable applications, and how to choose the robot that's right for you. 1. Cartesian and Gantry Robots People often…
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