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While they may not be as fast or precise as industrial automation, collaborative robot arms are becoming more capable. Universal Robots A/S today announced that it is adding a cobot with a 20-kg payload capacity to its product line. The company said that its first new robot in several years is an all-new design. “This is not just a bigger…
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Keenon Robotics was ranked highly in a recent report from International Data Corp., or IDC, entitled “Market Share of Commercial Service Robots in China Catering Industry.” The company was ranked No. 1 in market share and growth in China’s commercial service robots for the catering industry for 2021. The Shanghai-based company had a growth rate of 153.4%, with a market…
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Downtime is the enemy of profitability in manufacturing, according to FANUC America Corp. The company today said its new Industrial Internet of Things, or IIoT, software is designed to prevent production problems before they occur. AI Servo Monitor uses artificial intelligence to predict possible failures of the drive systems for FANUC servomotors and spindle motors. “The power of IIoT software…
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At Automatica in Munich this week, automation buyers from across Europe will be able to see leading Danish robotics companies. The event, which expects 45,000 attendees, will serve as an opportunity for Danish automation to gain the approval of demanding German customers, according to the Danish robotics cluster. Eight vendors are working on the export promotion at Automatica with the…
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The appetite for consumer and commercial drones has skyrocketed over the past decade and isn’t expected to dissipate anytime soon. Drones are proving useful across a myriad of verticals, including military, commercial, and consumer applications that require high-quality video and aerial photographs. Mapping, inspection, and search-and rescue missions have all benefited from the use of drones. However, uncrewed aerial vehicles…
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Robotics companies are seeking to advance the ability of their technology to perceive and understand their work environments and by cultivating the capacity to adapt dynamic operating conditions on the fly. This situational awareness is enabled by a synergy between sensors and machine learning. By giving mobile and picking robots more human-like perception of their physical environments, developers are also…
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Pizza-making robot maker Picnic Works this week announces an expanded university partnership with contract food service management company Chartwells Higher Education. The announcement follows successful pilot programs at Texas A&M and the University of Chicago. Chartwells said it realized the efficiency benefits of Picnic’s technology during the pilot program and has decided to deploy the Picnic Pizza Station across an…
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Semiconductor startup Acceleration Robotics S.L. this week launched ROBOTCORE, its hardware acceleration framework for the Robot Operating System, or ROS. Acceleration Robotics said it focuses on designing customized brains for robots to hasten their response times. Delivering semiconductor building blocks for robots, the Vitoria-Gastiez, Spain-based company said it creates custom compute architectures for high-performance robots through hardware acceleration while remaining…
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As developers build robots that adapt to their environments, handle diverse items, or interact safely with people, they need tools that facilitate the training of machine learning systems. NVIDIA Corp. today announced the availability of the 2022.1 release of NVIDIA Isaac Sim. “With Isaac Sim, developers can generate production-quality datasets to train AI perception models,” wrote Gerard Andrews, senior product…
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The Association for Advancing Automation, or A3, had some encouraging growth news at the start of its Automate show in Detroit last week: After a record year in North America for industrial robot orders in 2021, that momentum carried into the first quarter of 2022. A3’s figures showed that North American companies started the year by purchasing the most robots…
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Not only do automation adopters need to overcome supply chain challenges; so too do robot providers. Resgreen Group International Inc. announced this week the arrival of various long-lead materials allowing it to start large-scale production of its PullBuddy fleet of automated guided vehicles, or AGVs. “Our manufacturing area has experienced a large influx of material this week that is necessary…
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Some providers of industrial automation are expanding beyond the factory and warehouse. At the LogiMAT 2022 trade show last month, Continental AG announced that it had started volume production of mobile robots for intralogistics. At the GreenTech horticultural trade show this week in Amsterdam, the company said it has agreed to collaborate with Octiva to develop mobile robots for horticulture…
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SIP Global Partners, a U.S.-Japan venture capital firm specializing in early stage technologies, this week announced its investment in READY Robotics Corp. SIP co-led the strategic investment round with NVIDIA alongside existing investor Micron Technology. Columbus Ohio-based READY Robotics has developed Forge/OS, an industrial operating system for robots in factories and warehouses. Forge/OS provides a hardware-agnostic software layer that controls…
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Robotics suppliers are making it easier for Asian businesses to earn about warehouse automation. In April, AutoStore opened a new office in Singapore to serve local partners and clients in the Asia-Pacific region. “AutoStore sees strong growth in automation in the region,” said Philipp Schitter, vice president of business development for APAC at AutoStore. “Two of our partners are headquartered…
From geometry preparation to AI-assisted analysis, integrated CFD workflows…
Software-based GripperAI manages mixed picking through basic geometry
Safety, communication and motion control components enable smooth operation
North America’s largest robotics and automation event winds down
