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Uber Freight has announced it has expanded its partnership with Aurora Innovation and has launched a new commercial lane for its autonomous trucks between Fort Worth, Tex. and El Paso, Tex. The new 600-mile line, which has been in use since October, was added to help Uber Freight's customers prepare for the holiday season. Uber Freight, which is the trucking…
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China’s massive investment in industrial robotics has put the country ahead of the United States for the first time in terms of robot density, according to The International Federation of Robotics, or IFR. The number of operational industrial robots relative to the number of workers hit 322 units per 10,000 employees in the manufacturing industry, IFR said. Today, China ranks…
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Robotics developers can acquire components from multiple sources, or they could use the RBTX Robotics Marketplace 2.0. Motion plastics provider igus GmbH last week announced an update to the RBTX.com marketplace it launched in 2019. The online platform brings providers and users of low-cost robotics together with the goal of making automation more accessible. The redesiged marketplace includes enhancements and…
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Construction sites are perilous places, but new technologies including aerial drones and artificial intelligence have emerged that can improve safety, quality, and productivity. In 2020, nearly 175,000 construction workers reported job-related injuries, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics (download PDF). In 2019, more than 1,000 construction accidents resulted in death, accounting for 20% of all work-related deaths in the…
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Back in 2013, Medline Industries LP worked with Swisslog to become the first company in the U.S. to implement a robotic goods-to-person system from AutoStore. The original site was a 600,000-square-foot distribution center north of Chicago in Libertyville, Ill. That first deployment, featured in the June 2015 issue of Modern Materials Handling (a sibling publication to Robotics 24/7), sported 43…
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Brain Corp. yesterday announced that it and Tennant Co. have completed the deployment of more than 40 autonomous scrubbers with Albert, part of Koninklijke Ahold Delhaize N.V. and one of the Czech Republic’s largest retail brands. “Albert stores’ introduction of autonomous robots is a great example of how retailers are using technology to support their workforces and enhance in-store operations,”…
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KPI Integrated Solutions yesterday announced the opening of a full-scale demonstration site for GeekPlus Technology Co.’s multi-level, high-density, Four-way Shuttle Solution at KPI’s headquarters in Belton, Mo. “KPI is proud to partner with Geek+ to offer this exciting solution to our clients as an option for optimized storage and fast order fulfillment,” said Jim Kuecker, chief commercial officer at KPI…
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Micropsi Industries this week announced that its artificial intelligence (AI)-based software MIRAI is now compatible with numerous robots produced by FANUC, a supplier of robotics and factory automation in Japan, and its U.S. subsidiary FANUC America. With MIRAI, FANUC customers can now add hand-eye coordination to multiple FANUC industrial and collaborative robots (cobots) to handle difficult-to-automate functions such as cable…
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Exotec, a global warehouse robotics provider, officially opened its North American headquarters in Atlanta with a grand opening ceremony December 1, 2022, led by CEO and Co-founder Romain Moulin. The new office opening comes on the heels of Exotec raising $335 million in its series D funding round, building its 3,000th robot, and tripling global revenue since 2020, added Exotec,…
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Automation can help small and midsize manufacturers address labor shortages, control costs, improve safety, and drive growth. However, financing is often a barrier to adoption. Mitsubishi HC Capital America Inc. yesterday announced that it is adding to its portfolio of automation-as-a-service, or AaaS, financing. Similar to software-as-a-service and robotics-as-a-service (RaaS) business models, the company said it can help the industry…
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Monarch Tractor today announced that the first tractors are coming off its Founder Series production line at its headquarters and factory in Livermore, Calif. The rollout comes less than two years since the company unveiled its MK-V tractor, which combines electrification, automation, and data analysis. It is intended to help farmers reduce their carbon footprint, improve field safety, streamline operations,…
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OMRON has opened a new automation center that will cater to the logistics industry in Singapore, South-East Asia, and Oceania. The center will use Open Robotics’ Robotics Middleware Framework, or RMF, and will have interoperability with “complex and heterogenous multi-robot systems.” “This is an important step toward enabling stronger and seamless human-machine collaboration, where mobile robots, using natural or existing…
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Sarcos Defense today announced that the Army Applications Laboratory of the U.S. Army Futures Command has awarded it a $1 million contract. The company will test a system that it has developed for ammunition handling and maneuvering. Prolonged lifting and placing of 100-lb. rounds of ammunition from a rack to a cannon loader causes fatigue and injuries among soldiers. Sarcos…
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Charging Robotics Ltd. anticipates releasing the beta of its wireless charging robot user interface by the end of the year. The company, which is a subsidiary of Medigus, will release the software as part of a collaboration with Make My Day, which develops apps and services for electric vehicles. Customers will be able to take advantage of Charing Robotics wireless…
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Mobile Industrial Robots, or MiR, will be hosting an online webinar tomorrow that will focus on mobile robots and tuggers. During the event titled “AMRs to replace manual tuggers” MiR and its partners in the U.K., RARUK Automation, Handling Concepts, and Sorion Electronics will speak on intralogistics and how customers can optimize their material transportation tasks – with a fast…
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