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IAM Robotics announced today that it is welcoming Lance VandenBrook as the company’s new CEO. VandenBrook, who has been serving as an advisor to IAM Robotics, joins the team with years of experience in robotics and logistics. Building on recent accomplishments, IAM Robotics states the company will hone its strategic direction and grow as a company under VandenBrook’s leadership. VandenBrook…
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JASCI LLC, which provides warehouse management software as a service, today announced that it has acquired NextShift Robotics, which makes autonomous mobile robots. Lowell, Mass.-based NextShift will operate as JASCI Robotics and said it will focus on warehousing and logistics. A purchase price was not disclosed. Scarcity of warehouse labor and the massive growth of e-commerce are driving interest in…
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Software rather than hardware is increasingly becoming the differentiator in robotics applications. Symbio Robotics Inc. yesterday said that it has worked with Ford Motor Co. to deploy an AI-controlled robot at the automaker's Livonia Transmission Plant. The robot is programmed and managed with the SymbioDCS robot-agnostic platform to assemble transmissions for the Bronco Sport, Escape, and Edge vehicles, among others.…
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Precision.AI Inc., which is working on computer vision and robotics for sustainable agriculture, today said it has closed $20 million in equity and grant funding. The Regina, Saskatchewan-based company said it will use the financing to continue developing a precision farming platform that deploys swarms of drones to reduce the use of herbicides in row crop agriculture. “Farms of the…
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The Kroger Co. and Drone Express today said they are collaborating on a pilot project to offer grocery delivery via autonomous drones in Centerville, Ohio. The partners plan to launch a second pilot at a Ralphs store in California this coming summer. “Kroger's new drone delivery pilot is part of the evolution of our rapidly growing and innovative e-commerce business…
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Path Robotics Inc., which has developed a robotic welding system, said today that it has raised $56 million in Series B funding. The Columbus, Ohio-based company said it plans to use the financing to help it address a shortage of skilled welders in the U.S. The number of people entering the welding workforce in U.S. continues to fall, while the…
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Investment activity in robotics and related technologies continued to be strong in April 2021, with more than $37.5 billion in recorded transactions. Even setting aside the two largest deals, which focused on artificial intelligence for voice interaction and autonomous vehicles, $7 billion is still significant. Robotics 24/7 tracked more than 70 transactions last month, a slightly higher number than the…
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After successfully completing its fourth historic flight on Friday, April 30, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration has more plans for the Ingenuity robotic helicopter on Mars. The flight had been delayed because of a software problem, but it then successfully climbed to an altitude of 5 meters (16 feet) and flew about 133 m (436 ft.) and back toward…
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Although the COVID-19 pandemic is easing in the U.S. as vaccines are distributed and social distancing rules are relaxed, concerns for public health remain heightened worldwide. Early last year, before the novel coronavirus was recognized as a threat elsewhere, robots in China were starting to perform tasks to keep people out of harm's way. Mobile robots were pressed into service…
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Autonomous underwater vehicles are not just for pure scientific research, resource exploration, or infrastructure maintenance. They can also detect and monitor more immediate threats to sea life and human health. An expedition led by University of California San Diego’s Scripps Institution of Oceanography recently mapped more than 36,000 acres of seafloor. Researchers studied an area between Santa Catalina Island and…
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Although industrial automation has been used in food processing for decades, produce handling has been difficult for robots to do. Not only are fruits and vegetables variable in size and shape, but they must also be handled delicately to avoid bruising. Scientists have recently made progress in developing tactile sensors to enable robots to approach or surpass human-level motor skills…
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Doosan Robotics Inc. today announced the release of the Doosan ROS 2 package, which is compatible with ROS 2 Foxy Fitzroy. The South Korean company said it is first vendor to operate collaborative robots driven by the newest version of the Robot Operating System. “To meet the growing trend of robots using ROS, Doosan Robotics developed the ROS 2 Foxy…
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ABB Group today said that its six-axis IRB 1300 robot now includes protective elements so that it can be used in production applications requring durability or freedom from contamination. The company said that sealing all of the robot's electrical components from dust and high levels of liquids will open up opportunities for automation in industries such as automotive and metals…
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The ExOne Company, a provider of sand and metal 3D printers using binder jetting technology, today said it has acquired the assets of Freshmade 3D, a Youngstown, Ohio-based startup with a patented method of creating durable AMClad tooling out of sand forms 3D printed on ExOne machines. AMClad tooling, which is 3D-printed in low-cost sand on ExOne systems and then…
GENISOM AI makes ICRA debut at conference in Vienna
World's first omni-modal evaluation including tactile sensing for…
Ultrasonic sensing enhances robotics perception
North America’s largest automation and robotics event takes place June 22-25
