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WiBotic, a Seattle-based advanced wireless charging and power optimization company will demonstrate its new 1kW (1000 Watt) wireless charging system at Automate 2024 in Chicago. WiBotic’s new platform will provide a larger class of mobile robots with greater range, flexibility and reliability than contact-based charging. WiBotic’s new 1kW system uses resonant wireless charging, operating at higher frequencies than inductive charging…
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Industrial robot provider Stäubli Robotics recently announced it will exhibit a variety of robots at Automate 2024 in booth 2250. The trade show will be held May 6-9 at the McCormick Place Convention Center in Chicago, Illinois. Attendance is free. A3 said this year’s show is the biggest yet, featuring more than 365,000 square feet of exhibit space, over 800…
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RoboGeorgia, a coalition of industry leaders, academic institutions, and community organizers, has announced its founding Executive Committee and mission to establish Georgia as the world’s leading hub for robotics and automation innovation. Robotics and automation are integral to the future of today’s global economy, the organization explained. Whether for manufacturing, supply chain logistics, healthcare delivery, or agriculture, robotics is poised…
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It’s hard to imagine large-scale production without automation. Not only do advanced robotics possess the remarkable ability to maneuver into an almost endless array of positions, which plays a crucial role in streamlining production processes, they are also increasingly able to handle a variety of non-linear processes and variable tasks. Over the years, Comau has increasingly focused on implementing key…
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Farming is hard work, and it’s no stranger to disruptions. In recent years, the physically demanding nature of the job has brought on labor shortages and increasingly severe weather conditions have compromised the efficacy of traditional outdoor farming. Indoor greenhouses have emerged as an alternative, but their perceived high cost and specialized nature have stalled widespread adoption. Farming technology start-up…
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CynLr, an India-based startup specializing in visual object intelligence robotics and cybernetics, recently launched and showcased its all-purpose, reusable visual robot platform that doubles as a semi-humanoid called ‘CyRo’ at the Robotics Summit & Expo in Boston. CyRo, powered by CynLr’s proprietary vision object intelligence stack, is a multi-arm vision guided robotic manipulator that can grasp objects it has never…
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Representatives from Hyster-Yale Group joined Northwestern faculty from the Kellogg School of Management and Segal Institute for Design Innovation and innovation industry leaders like IDEO, PwC and IA Collaborative to facilitate the 2024 Kellogg Design Challenge, the largest business design case competition across MBA programs globally. As the platinum sponsor, Hyster-Yale provided the theme for this year’s competition, AI x…
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Automate, North America’s largest automation tradeshow, opens next week, May 6-9, at Chicago’s McCormick Place. This year’s event will be the largest Automate to-date—according to the show’s host, the Association for Advancing Automation (A3). A3 anticipates more than 35,000 attendees with more than 800 exhibitors occupying 325,000 square feet of exhibitor space. The tradeshow is free for anyone ages 12…
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Rest assured, no matter how many autonomous mobile robots (AMRs) you have already seen, you’ve only scratched the surface. And if that feels a little overwhelming, it’s more than OK. You won’t need therapy. Go back to the early 2000s and all you basically had was Kiva. Remember those pioneering orange bots that carried goods on shelves to pickers? Amazon’s…
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It might be considered a monstrous understatement to say that the freight transportation landscape has become pretty complex over the last few of years. Fluctuating rates, capacity constraints, the persistent labor shortage, Yellow’s bankruptcy and about a dozen other domestic and global events have all pushed transportation and logistics optimization further out of reach for many companies. In the meantime,…
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AutoStore, a global warehouse technology company offering modular storage, today announced plans to relocate its United States headquarters to a newly developed and greatly expanded facility in Salem, New Hampshire. The relocation, planned for April, will bring over 100 jobs to the greater Boston region and will support the company’s continued growth and investment in the North American automated storage…
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Multi-axis force-torque sensor provider Bota Systems recently launched its PixONE sensor designed for integration into robotic systems. Bota said its compact, lightweight PixONE is built with high-performance electronics and features a through-hole architecture facilitating internal cable routing to enhance robot agility and safety. Bota will showcase its portfolio of sensors at the 2024 Robotics Summit and Expo in booth 315.…
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Components supplier CCTY recently announced it will exhibit its portfolio of customized humanoid robot bearings at the 2024 Robotics Summit and Expo in booth 234. The trade show will be held May 1-2 at the Boston Convention and Exhibition Center in Boston, MA. In the robotics sector, CCTY designs motion control components and assemblies for humanoid and industrial robot applications,…
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Manufacturing companies in the United States have invested heavily in more automation, according to the International Federation of Robotics (IFR). The organization announced today that total installations of industrial robots by U.S. manufacturers grew by 12% last year, to reach 44,303 units across manufacturing segments in 2023. Number one adopter is the auto industry followed by the electrical and electronics…
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Cybernetix Ventures’ event kicks off Robotics Tech Week 2026 slate of events
Preview the manufacturing and warehouse components that will be on the…
Preview the manufacturing and warehouse robots and software that will be on…