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September 7, 2018 · Before making a large investment in automation, companies need to conduct a detailed data-driven, fact-based assessment across people, process and technology to identify the right fit.
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June 20, 2018 · Market grows 19% in first quarter of 2018.
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February 28, 2018 · Non-automotive robot orders grew 20.5% in units and 7.3% in dollars; shipments up 29.7%.
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January 31, 2018 · Manufacturer and integrator of robotic palletizers and load transfer station partners with supplier of autonomous vehicles.
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January 25, 2018 · Are robots going to replace people in the warehouse? Robots are transforming warehouse environments and these changes are being driven by the need for speed, accuracy, the scarcity of labor, co-bots – robots who help people, and cost.
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December 27, 2017 · Double-digit growth, in units and dollars, sets records in the areas of robotics, machine vision, motion control, and motor technology.
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November 19, 2017 · Embark is working to make the self-driving future a reality, and while most of the spectacle has been around passenger vehicles, Embark believes that commercial trucking, the backbone of the U.S. economy, stands to reap untold benefits by deploying autonomous trucks, particularly during the “long haul” stretches.
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November 10, 2017 · The dream of personal aerial transport appears tantalizingly within reach, as investors from Silicon Valley to Dubai vow to deliver the future of urban mobility, but rather than embracing that vision, policymakers should consider why flying vehicles are not only unpractical but also unnecessary.
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August 24, 2017 · Two labs are collaborating to build the Additive Manufacturing Metrology Testbed (AMMT), which is a custom-built 3D printer that will be used to help gain more understanding of how AM processes work.
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August 23, 2017 · Association for Advancing Automation reports the first half of 2017 saw growth of 33% in units and 26% in dollars over 2016.
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July 31, 2017 · From forklifts to mobile picking robots to automated last-mile delivery, new technologies will either perish or they will reshape the industry.
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May 16, 2017 · Survey of industry experts shows 50% expect market to increase over the next six months, 10% bracing for a decline.
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April 19, 2017 · The Seattle e-commerce juggernaut just won a patent for “on-demand apparel manufacturing,” in which machines only start snipping and stitching once an order has been placed, Amazon could wade deeper into developing its own apparel.
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March 17, 2017 · Google's Waymo autonomous tech lawsuit against Uber and specifically against Anthony Levandowski, a former Waymo employee who left the company to start autonomous truck driving firm Otto, which Uber purchased for nearly $700 million, looks really bad for Uber.
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February 16, 2017 · Toyota Motor Manufacturing Mississippi will use the OTTO 1500 self-driving vehicle for tire delivery in its assembly plant.
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January 17, 2017 · Equipped with new sensors and smart software, automatic guided vehicles are pursuing and eliminating non-value-added movement of goods in warehouses and DCs.
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December 19, 2016 · Association for Advancing Automation presents data from daughter organizations Robotic Industries Association (RIA), Motion Control and Motor Association (MCMA) and Automated Imaging Association (AIA).
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November 18, 2016 · The German auto manufacturer has launched a fleet of ten self-driving Smart Transport Robots to transport components through its logistics operations at its Wackersdorf plant.
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November 8, 2016 · In Whirlpool Corp.'s Clyde, Ohio, factory, mobile robots have automated the delivery of parts to the line. The result is a more consistent, efficient and safer operation.
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October 27, 2016 · The world's first shipment by a self-driving truck included 51,744 cans of Budweiser beer, with a tractor-trailer outfitted with Otto's self-driving kit hauling the beer 120 miles along Colorado's Interstate 25 on Oct. 20.
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