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The field has narrowed in the $10 million, four-year ANA Avatar XPRIZE Competition, which is intended to encourage the development of robotic avatars that could deploy a human user's senses, actions, and presence to a remote location in real time. XPRIZE yesterday announced that 15 teams from eight countries are advancing to the finals round. “We’re thrilled to announce the…
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Not only is Amazon.com Inc. one of the most prominent users of robotics, but it is also scaling up production. The Seattle-based online retailer yesterday announced the opening of a “first of its kind” robotics manufacturing facility in Westborough, Mass. The new factory will expand Amazon Robotics' manufacturing capability in the U.S. and will create more than 200 jobs in…
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Perceiving and understanding the world around them is a critical challenge for autonomous robots. In conjunction with ROS World 2021, NVIDIA Corp. announced its latest efforts to deliver performant perception technologies to the Robot Operating System developer community. The Santa Clara, Calif.-based company said these initiatives will accelerate product development, improve performance, and simplify the task of incorporating computer vision…
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Zebra Technologies Corp. today announced three new mobile robots and a new software package for order or batch picking. Lincolnshire, Ill.-based Zebra, which recently acquired Fetch Robotics Inc., said the new offerings will help it automate warehouse workflows. The new FlexShelf, FlexShelf Guide, and RollerTop Guide autonomous mobile robots (AMRs), along with the FetchCore software, are the first products released…
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Automation promises to transform the food-service industry. Miso Robotics today announced its newest product line, Flippy Wings, which it described as “the only robotic chicken wing frying solution designed from the ground up for high-volume restaurants, including lead innovation partner and multi-brand restaurant company Inspire Brands.” Buffalo Wild Wings, part of the Inspire family of brands, began testing Flippy Wings…
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Festo Corp. and MassRobotics today announced that they have selected the first four companies in the inaugural Healthcare Robotics Startup Catalyst program. The catalyst is a new program for the global robotics startup community to advance healthcare developments by providing promising companies with investor and customer introductions, access to subject-matter experts, and a range of technical and marketing support resources.…
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As order volumes increase, labor pools get more competitive, and customer expectations continue to rise, new automation is emerging to help warehouses and distribution centers. Zebra Technologies Corp. today introduced a picking system to improve fulfillment operations. It includes three new mobile robots—FlexShelf, FlexShelf Guide, and RollerTop Guide—as well as a new FetchCore software package for order or batch picking.…
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HAI Robotics today said it has the won the robotics category in the 2021 NextGen Supply Chain Solution Provider Awards, presented by Supply Chain Management Review, a sibling site to Robotics 24/7. The Shenzhen, China-based company provides autonomous case-handling robotics (ACR) for warehouses. Founded in 2016, HAI Robotics has set up five subsidiaries in Hong Kong, Japan, Singapore, the U.S.,…
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As businesses get back to work after pandemic-induced pauses, more and more are turning to automation for help. In the second quarter, robot orders increased by 67% over the same period last year, said the Association for Advancing Automation yesterday. North American companies ordered 9,853 robots worth a total of $501 million in Q2 2021, up from 5,196 sold during…
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The Advanced Robotics for Manufacturing (ARM) Institute today announced that the U.S. Department of Labor is providing a grant to retrain people in the Tampa Bay, Fla., area who were unemployed or displaced during the COVID-19 pandemic. The “Connecting Talent to Careers Project” is intended to create a comprehensive national capability for talent identification and attraction for manufacturers nationwide. The…
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MEMPHIS—Last week, the home of the Blues was also host to one of the first major robotics conferences in the U.S. since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic more than a year and a half ago. About 650 people attended the Autonomous Mobile Robots and Logistics Conference put on by the Association for Advancing Automation (A3) and 60 exhibitors and…
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Founded in 1989 to serve Ottawa and eastern Ontario, M CON Products is a provider of precast concrete infrastructure products. As the area that M CON is located in grew, so did the company—ramping up production from 40,000 to 50,000 tons to 70,000 to 80,000 tons of concrete products annually over a five-year period. In addition to the growth in…
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Between aerial drones and ground robots, autonomous data collection is getting easier for a variety of industries. DroneDeploy Inc. today announced new offerings during its sixth annual DroneDeploy Conference. “At DroneDeploy, we see a future where intelligent, autonomous, ground and aerial robotics work alongside us to amplify human potential,” said the San Francisco-based company. “They will automate laborious tasks, keep…
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Mobile robots are spreading in warehouses to help meet e-commerce demand, but they can also be useful in the healthcare and hospitality industries. Techmetics Robotics LLC this week announced two products developed in-house. The Santa Clara, Calif.-based firm's TRV (for “Techmetics Robotic Vehicle”) series includes three robot bases and 10 systems for service applications. The company's new products were designed…
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