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Roboteon, a provider of a software platform for warehouse robot enablement, announced new simulation capabilities in its platform for robotics and other warehouse automation. The new tool helps companies make better decisions across multiple time horizons, from initial automation planning through real-time execution on the floor. Optimize robot-enabled processes in the warehouse Interest in Autonomous Mobile Robots (AMRs) and other…
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ANYbotics, a global provider of AI-driven robotic inspection offerings, has raised an additional $60 million, bringing its total funding to over $130 million. The new funding is led by Qualcomm Ventures and Supernova Invest, with participation from TDK Ventures and other new investors. Backed by existing investors from Silicon Valley and Europe, including Walden Catalyst, NGP Capital, Bessemer Venture Partners,…
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Following the launch of Rethink Robotics’ new product portfolio at IMTS 2024 in Chicago, the company recently named a new all-female leadership team. Effective immediately, Julia Astrid Riemenschneider has been appointed chief executive officer, and Franziska Lorenz chief operations officer. With these appointments, Rethink Robotics said it has become the first and only player in the collaborative robotics field with…
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KPI Solutions (KPI), a leading supply chain consulting, software, systems integration, and warehouse automation supplier today announced the retirement of Larry Strayhorn and appointment of Michael Cavanaugh as Chief Executive Officer. Strayhorn serves the material handling industry with a position on the MHI Board of Governors and was a key figure in the 2021 formation of KPI Solutions. His 40-plus…
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Over the past several decades, Larry Sweet has led robotics development at several recognizable organizations. Sweet has worked across the robotics ecosystem, from robot developers like ABB and FANUC to end users including Amazon and PepsiCo. But it’s across his experiences in the latter category that Sweet noted an interesting commonality: robotics projects developed by end users, for end users,…
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Autodiscovery, a Germany-UK-based company that specializes in the development of various robotic offerings, has announced its human-like HAND16 for dexterous manipulation in humanoid robots. The company is currently working with select customers to optimize the final touches of the HAND16. A public release is planned for the end of Q1 2025. HAND16 humanoid hand details HAND16 was developed by Autodiscover’s…
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Material handling systems provider FlexLink, a Coesia company, recently launched the RC12, its third-generation collaborative palletizer. Designed to enhance efficiency and safety in end-of-line operations, FlexLink said the RC12 robot arm system can provide a streamlined, flexible palletizing system for demanding manufacturing environments requiring no robotics programming skills to operate. Building on over a decade of experience in collaborative palletizing,…
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US-based manufacturer of CNC machines and industrial robotics Tormach is stepping up to equip the next generation of skilled manufacturing professionals by investing heavily in Career and Technical Education (CTE) programs. Tormach is addressing a projected critical gap of skilled manufacturers needed in the near future through its development of a comprehensive CNC metal milling curriculum, and the introduction of…
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Warehouse automation systems provider Locus Robotics recently announced that its customer GEODIS, a global logistics provider, has surpassed 10 million units picked using Locus’s warehouse automation system at its Carlisle, Pa., distribution center. Locus said this milestone further demonstrates the transformative impact of its person-to-goods picking automation technology - comprising autonomous mobile robots (AMRs) and AI-enabled software - on productivity,…
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The Massachusetts Institute of Technology Center for Transportation & Logistics (MIT CTL) and intralogistics group Mecalux announced a five-year collaborative project to expedite the integration of self-learning artificial intelligence (AI) in logistics. Through MIT’s Intelligent Logistics Systems Lab, the two institutions will explore new applications of AI models with significant potential for businesses and society. Autonomous warehouse robots and self-learning…
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Teleo, a company building autonomous technology for heavy equipment, announced it has raised $16.2 million in Series A extension funds in addition to its previously announced Series A funding round. The company will primarily use the funds to scale customer deployments and continue its expansion in new industries that use heavy machinery, such as wheel loaders, terminal tractors, excavators and…
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Universal Robots, the Danish collaborative robot (cobot) company, has unveiled its UR AI Accelerator, which the company says is a ready-to-use hardware and software toolkit created to further enable the development of AI-powered cobot applications. Designed for commercial and research applications, the UR AI Accelerator provides developers with an extensible platform to build applications, accelerate research and reduce the time…
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ProGlove, a global developer of wearable scanner offerings to increase human-centered productivity, recently launched a new, on-demand rental program for its MARK wearable scanner. This program offers short-term rentals of ProGlove's MARK range of smart scanners. The goal is to give logistics and warehouse operators the flexibility to scale operations to meet demand during peak periods without the long-term financial…
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Exotec, a provider of an automated storage & retrieval solution based on warehouse robotics technology, has announced that BlueStar, a leading global distributor of solutions-based digital identification, mobility, point-of-sale, and RFID technologies, is rolling the Exotec Skypod system at DCs in Europe and the United States. Via this partnership, BlueStar aims to increase performance, flexibility, safety, and efficiency in its…
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NVIDIA announced at AWS re:Invent that Isaac Sim now runs on Amazon Elastic Cloud Computing (EC2) G6e instances accelerated by NVIDIA L40S GPUs. And with the NVIDIA OSMO cloud-native orchestration platform, developers can manage their complex robotics workflows across their AWS computing infrastructure. Smoother development options through EC2 Field AI is building robot brains that enable robots to autonomously manage…
GENISOM AI makes ICRA debut at conference in Vienna
World's first omni-modal evaluation including tactile sensing for…
Ultrasonic sensing enhances robotics perception
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