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Robotic system integrator and process cutting solutions provider Shape Process Automation (SPA) and robotics technology company Mujin last week announced a collaboration to enhance SPA’s robotic automation solutions with Mujin’s intelligent robotics platform. At the Automate 2022 trade show, Mujin will showcase a mixed-case depalletizing and palletizing system. In addition to the Mujin-powered depalletizing and palletizing application, Shape Process Automation…
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Gideon Robotics last week introduced its new autonomous case-picking robot named Casey. The system can carry loads of up to 1000 kg (2,200 lb.), is powered by Gideon's proprietary autonomy stack, and is equipped with a simple picking application. The company was founded in 2017 and has offices in Zagreb, Croatia and Dover, Del. The company said its AMRs use…
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Among the exhibitors at the Automate 2022 trade show and conference next week will be Bosch Rexroth AG. The company said its robotics hardware, software, and engineering innovation can help turn customers' manufacturing facilities into factories of the future. Bosch Rexroth supplies drives and control technologies and said it has experience with mobile applications, machinery applications and engineering, and factory…
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North American companies started the year by purchasing the most robots ever in a single quarter, with 11,595 robots sold at a value of $646 million, according to the Association for Advancing Automation (A3). These Q1 numbers represent growth of 28% and 43% respectively over the first quarter of 2021 and 7% and 25% respectively over the previous best quarter,…
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The Association for Uncrewed Vehicle Systems International, or AUVSI, held its annual XPONENTIAL show earlier this month in Orlando, Fla. The week was a collection of valuable keynote addresses and panel discussions, with a great showing of exhibitors and attendees focused on all things autonomous. The show is a bellwether for the future of autonomy and uncrewed systems as a…
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While North American companies are concerned about inflationary pressures, they are increasing their investments in automation. In the first quarter of 2022, they purchased the most robots ever in a single quarter, according to the Association for Advancing Automation, or A3. North American businesses bought 11,595 robots worth a total of $646 million, reported A3 today. The Ann Arbor, Mich.-based…
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RISE Robotics, a zero-emission heavy machinery company, announced last week that it has been awarded a $1.25 million Small Business Innovation Research Phase II Award by the U.S. Air Force. Founded in 2011 by graduates of Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) and the Rhode Island School of Design, RISE Robotics is backed by The Engine, a Tough Tech venture capital…
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Working on robotics is full of exciting and interesting problems but also days lost to humbling problems like sensor calibration, building transform trees, managing distributed systems, and debugging bizarre failures in brittle systems. We built the BenchBot platform at Queensland University of Technology's (QUT) Centre for Robotics (QCR) to enable roboticists to focus their time on researching the exciting and…
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Cooking up something good this long Memorial Day weekend? You might find this news tasty. Made-to-order chicken wing chain Wing Zone this week announced a partnership with Miso Robotics to make Flippy 2 a part of its standard build for all future restaurant locations. “With over 100 new shops in our current development pipeline, our technology roadmap relies heavily on…
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What can digitalization do for manufacturers? At Automate 2022, Siemens will present the portfolio of hardware, software, and services in its Totally Integrated Automation, or TIA, engineering platform to help both machine builders and manufacturing end users. At the show in Detroit, Siemens plans to display its variable-speed drives, servomotors, motion controllers, PLC (programmable logic controller) automation, robotic integration, network…
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Next month's Automate event in Detroit will be an opportunity to see established, new, and rebranded providers of robots and related technologies. After BizLink Holding Inc. acquired LEONI Business Group Industrial Solutions earlier this year, the new BizLink Robotic Solutions USA Inc. will make its official debut at Automate 2022. While the name has changed, the company's products, services, and…
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PITTSBURGH — What role could technology play in helping doctors, nurses, and other medical staffers better manage supplies and medicines? That’s the premise of Randall Lipps’ company Omnicell, which he founded back in 1992. His daughter was hospitalized at birth, and he saw firsthand how much time medical personnel spent retrieving the proper supplies. It cut down on the time…
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SCARA robotics manufacturer Epson Robots will unveil new SCARA robots at the Automate 2022 trade show in Detroit next month, the company announced this week. As the automation industry continues to grow, manufacturers are seeking robot solutions that offer the highest levels of performance, the Carson, Calif.-based company argued. To meet the need for high-end automation, Epson said it debut…
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Consolidation is continuing among international warehouse automation providers. This week, stow Robotics, a business unit of stow Group, acquired a majority stake in mobile robot company iFollow SAS. “We are delighted to join forces with stow Robotics, a leader in warehouse automation,” stated Vincent Jacquemart, co-founder and CEO of iFollow.“We firmly believe this is the right partnership to start iFollow’s…
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Canadian robotics software provider RoboDK has released TwinTool, an application that it says offers fully automated robot tool calibration for industrial robots. The company pitches TwinTool as a cost-effective, quick, and easy solution for a wide variety of manufacturing applications. It added that the application is a competitive alternative to costly and complex robot calibration services currently available on the…
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North America’s largest automation and robotics event takes place June 22-25
