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PBC Linear last week announced that Universal Robots A/S has granted UR+ partner certification to its Applied Cobotics Cobot Feeder, an application kit that delivers and stages parts to be placed into a CNC machining process. “Machine tending is a critical process in manufacturing and one of the most popular applications for UR cobots,” said Joe Campbell, senior manager of…
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With all the interest lately in artificial intelligence, robotics, and ethics, it's worth noting some of the ongoing research in the field. The Allen Institute for Artificial Intelligence, or AI2, last week announced Ali Farhadi as its new CEO. He is an AI researcher, executive, and Forbes Top 5 AI entrepreneur, said the organization. It also presented the Phone2Proc robot…
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Exchange-traded funds, or ETFs, are one way of measuring the financial activity in a specific sector, such as robotics. Earlier this month, Indxx announced the licensing of its Indxx US ETF Industry Top 10 Index to South Korea-based Samsung Asset Management. The index will serve as the underlying benchmark for the KODEX US ETF Industry Top10 Indxx ETF, said Indxx.…
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At Automate 2023 last month, one theme of conversation was that data and connections between systems have become as important as the robots themselves. Advantech Co. has focused on artificial intelligence, the Internet of Things or IoT, and big data to help businesses get the most out of smart and embedded platforms. “We're very much in industrial computing and have…
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Depalletization is a popular application for robotics, and artificial intelligence and machine vision are enabling greater precision. Photoneo today introduced its AI-based Depalletization and Delayering tools for automated pallet unloading. The Bratislava, Slovakia-based company said they can increase efficiency, reliability, and safety, as well as order-fulfillment accuracy for logistics businesses. “We trained the AI algorithms on huge datasets of images…
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Despite the current hype around artificial intelligence, AI and robotics can help manufacturers—if they're properly integrated. Intrinsic and Siemens yesterday announced that they have teamed up to explore integrations and interfaces between Intrinsic's robotics software, which is designed for easy use of AI-based capabilities, and Siemens Digital Industry's portfolio for automating production. “Intrinsic’s mission is to democratize access to robotics,”…
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By deploying a multi-fleet robot orchestration solution to a warehouse serving South Korean retail giant Lotte, CoEvolution has expanded its reach to more than 50 settings, the company has announced. Founded in 2019, CoEvolution offers multi-vendor robot fleet orchestration software. The multi-fleet orchestration capability at the warehouse serving Lotte has increased throughput by 30% more SKUs per day, CoEvolution added.…
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Exotec, a global provider of goods-to-person warehouse robotic solutions, has selected Hy-Tek Intralogistics, an integrator of full-service automation technology for the supply chain, as the winner of the Exotec Global Integrator of the Year Award for 2023. Exotec presented the award at the company's inaugural ExoDay, held at the North American headquarters in Atlanta, Georgia. The Global Integrator of the…
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BOSTON—Robotics can transform the construction industry, but the companies serving it must clearly define the applications or tasks they offer to automate, said speakers at yesterday's Robotics in Construction event. Suffolk Technologies hosted more than 100 attendees at its headquarters with MassRobotics. “Construction is an industry ripe for adopting robotics,” observed Tom Ryden, executive director of MassRobotics, in his introductory…
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CoEvolution Technology today announced that its multi-fleet robot orchestration software has been deployed at more than 50 companies. The China-based company said its multi-fleet solutions are based on AI-driven core software that can control different types of robots, coordinating them to deliver multi-fleet solutions. CoEvolution's software harnesses video game technology so that the movements of multiple agents can be plotted…
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HowToRobot.com today said it is opening a new office in Barcelona. The global automation marketplace said its expansion aims to foster connections between local manufacturers seeking automation solutions and suppliers from Spain and beyond. The move acknowledges Spain’s growing relevance in global robotics and the increasing need for the Spanish manufacturing industry to automate, according to Søren Peters, CEO of…
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The manufacturing industry continues to be the hottest market for companies offering their systems through a robotics-as-a-service, or RaaS, model. That was one of the key takeaways from Formant's “2023 State of RaaS Report” it released today. For the report, the robot operations company surveyed more than 300 robotics professionals around the globe to gauge how widely adopted the RaaS…
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ATLANTA—At its inaugural ExoDay event for partners and customers last week, warehouse automation provider Exotec announced that it had selected Hy-Tek Intralogistics as the winner of the Exotec Global Integrator of the Year Award for 2023. The company said the award recognizes integrators “that embody Exotec's core principles by continuously offering superior customer service and maintaining an unwavering commitment to…
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Brightpick, a provider of warehouse automation solutions for order fulfillment, today announced the successful completion of a nine-month pilot of its robotic solution in the Prague fulfillment center of Rohlik Group, one of the largest e-grocers in Europe. Rohlik now plans to roll out the Brightpick solution across multiple warehouses in 2023 and 2024, starting with Munich in July 2023…
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MOV.AI today announced that Hikrobot, a global provider of machine vision and mobile robots, has implemented MOV.AI Robotics Engine Platform in its F4-1000 pallet mover. In addition, BOWE Group will rapidly deploy the robots for select applications, it said. “I am truly excited about the collaboration with Hikrobot and BOWE, since it is very much focused on providing end customers…
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