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Robotic smoothie making partners Jamba and Blendid have opened a pilot kiosk at Grady Memorial Hospital in Atlanta, GA. The 8 by 8-foot kiosk allows staff, patients, and visitors to enjoy Jamba-inspired, freshly made smoothie options via a fully contactless, robotic mix master, the companies said. Leveraging Blendid's contactless food automation platform, foodOS, a patented machine learning, robotics, and artificial…
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Ouster Inc., a provider of high-resolution digital lidar sensors, announced this week that it has signed a strategic customer agreement with Cyngn, a developer of autonomous driving software solutions for industrial and commercial applications. Ouster’s new REV7 digital lidar sensors will be used as part of Cyngn’s DriveMod platform, which is used to make standard industrial vehicles autonomous. Ouster is…
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In Deere & Co.'s keynote address at CES 2023 yesterday, the company revealed two new technologies that it claimed will help its customers be more productive, profitable, and sustainable. ExactShot is designed to help farmers more economically and sustainably apply fertilizer, and Deere's new electric excavator is powered by a Kreisel battery. “Everything we do at John Deere is focused…
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Labrador Systems Inc. is at CES again this year, showing off its healthcare robot designed to help older adults and those who are movement impared navigate their homes. The company has teamed up with Amazon for one of its demos and has placed an Amazon Echo Show 10 on top of its Labrador Retriever robot to showcase its ability to…
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BALYO Inc. yesterday announced that Behr Paint Co. has chosen its REACHY autonomous forklifts for four additional distribution centers across the U.S. Over the course of this year, BALYO plans to deploy a fleet of robots at each facility to automate storage and retrieval operations. “We are very excited to convert new sites for Behr after a first successful project…
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Addverb and Velociti Alliance have entered a partnership to expand their customer base in the convenience store and grocery supply chain. Nodia, India-based Addverb said it provides smart end-to-end warehouse and industrial automation and intralogistics solutions. The company develops autonomous mobile robots (AMRs), automated storage retrieval systems (ASRS), and picking technologies. Velociti Alliance said it develops software services to help…
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Navya SAS today announced that it and partner BlueBus have finalized the robotization and automation of two Bluebus Autonom shuttles and have successfully completed all commissioning tests. The autonomous vehicles will now begin drives on a test track. The companies said this milestone demonstrated their ability to collaborate to automate an existing vehicle in a short time. After only one…
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The Industrial Technology Research Institute, or ITRI, is showing off a range of its technologies this week at CES 2023, from delivery robots to AI-powered aquariums. The Taiwanese institute was founded in 1973 and focuses on applied research centered on industrial development. ITRI’s booth is located at booth 9855, North Hall, LVCC. It also has a virtual even site that…
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Among the trends at this year's CES in Las Vegas are advances in perception for robots and autonomous vehicles. eYs3D Microelectronics Co. this week launched the XINK computer vision development platform for applications such as indoor cleaning robots, agricultural robots, and smart cities. The global market for autonomous mobile robots (AMRs) could reach $10.66 billion by 2030 at a compound…
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More automation doesn’t necessarily mean better automation. That’s why an autonomous mobile robot (AMR) deployment with an impressive number of bots in the fleet isn’t necessarily more effective than one with just a handful. While it’s common for AMR deployments to start small and get bigger, success with AMRs takes more than growing the fleet. You need to consider how…
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If 2022 was the year when supply chain operations and e-commerce demand started to stabilize in response to the COVID-19 pandemic, 2023 will be the year when companies double down on their use of automation for predictive analytics and real-time decision making, according to Siena Analytics. To put it more bluntly: Companies are increasingly becoming more proactive rather than reactive,…
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While autonomous vehicles and component technologies are getting much of the spotlight at CES in Las Vegas this week, other robots are emerging. Ottonomy Inc. today showed Ottobot Yeti, which it claimed is “the first fully autonomous unattended delivery robot on the market.” Thanks to technological advances, Research and Markets predicted that the global market for autonomous last-mile deliveries could…
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One of the most notable robotics stories of 2022 was the San Francisco Police Department's decision—and subsequent retraction—to allow roots to use deadly force. By contrast, Tombot addresses another major social challenge—nearly one-third of San Francisco's population is elderly. This population is the most vulnerable, seeing a 17% increase in Alzheimer’s and dementia deaths with the advent of COVID-19. As…
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Humanoid robots are among the most eye-catching devices at CES, and Aeolus Robotics today introduced aeo, a dual-armed robot designed for a variety of service tasks. The San Jose, Calif.-based company said the new robot combines mobility with the functionality to open doors, pick up objects, and ride elevators. “Our goal is to create robots that will enhance quality of…
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Automotive technology company FORVIA recently announced that it has installed 14 autonomous mobile robots, or AMRs, made by Mobile Industrial Robots at its Fauercia Clean Mobility plant in Písek, Czech Republic. With 266 industrial sites, 39 R&D centers and 114,000 employees in 35 countries, FORVIA claims to be a leading global automotive supplier. The plant in Písek focuses on exhaust…
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