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Gather AI receives $17M Series A-1 funding to expand AI-powered inventory monitoring
Gather AI received a $17M Series A-1 funding for its AI-powered warehouses inventory drones, totaling $34M in funding to scale operations and expand production of its offerings.

Dexory announces first U.S. deployment with DB Schenker
Dexory deployed its AI-powered digital twin platform DexoryView to one of DB Schenker’s sites, which can monitor inventory, environment, and hazards throughout facilities.

ABB opens refitted, state-of-the-art U.S. robotics facility in Michigan
ABB recently opened its new U.S. robotics facility in Michigan, which will support ABB Robotics’ drive to develop and manufacture cutting-edge robotic technology for the Americas.

Tennant announces specifications of its first purpose-built AMR floor scrubber
Tennant Company’s X4 ROVR autonomous floor scrubber is powered by robotic navigation and fleet management systems provider Brain Corp’s BrainOS Robotics Platform.

ABB identifies three major trends for AI and robotics in 2024
ABB identified three major trends for AI in robotics in 2024, focusing on new levels of robotic autonomy, AI robots in new sectos and more opportunities for education and training.

Tompkins Solutions and Softeon partner to deliver warehouse orchestration software
Warehouse orchestration software providers Tompkins Solutions and Softeon recently announced a partnership to provide Tompkins’ Cornerstone WES with Softeon’s WMS.

Geekplus, Hy-Tek Intralogistics partner on large e-commerce project
Geekplus and Hy-Tek Intralogistics expanded their partnership with the installation of a Shelf-to-Person system for a rural lifestyle retailer with stores in 49 states.

FANUC America unveils new combined PLC/CNC motion controller
FANUC America Corporation demonstrated its latest combined PLC/CNC motion controller at MODEX 2024, the Power Motion i-MODEL A Plus, in an integrated setup with robot arms and AS/RS.

Liberty Robotics launches AI-powered VPick and VPack systems
Liberty Robotics launched VPick and Vpack, its latest offerings in robotic vision and material handling, aimed at enhancing efficiency, reliability and safety in warehouse environments.

ST Microelectronics reveals new microcontroller for industrial automation
Electronics semiconductor provider ST Microelectronics’ new STM32H7 line of microcontrollers include microprocessor-like graphics functions and security features.

Mitsubishi Logisnext Americas and DLL launch Logisnext Financial Services
Mitsubishi Logisnext Americas will provide its customers with a single point of contact for equipment purchasing and financing of forklifts and AGVs.

Honeywell Intelligrated partners with Berkshire Grey and Tompkins Robotics
Honeywell Intelligrated will provide software, cybersecurity, and integration knowledge to augment Berkshire Grey’s sortation and picking systems as well as Tompkins’ AMRs.

Ricoh extends 3D-printing expertise to manufacturing with new university partnership
Ricoh announced a new partnership with NC State University to develop a Center of Excellence that focuses on research and development of new additive manufacturing applications.

Humanoid robot developer Figure AI raises $675M series B
Figure AI recently announced partnerships with OpenAI to enhance language processing and Microsoft to provide AI infrastructure for accelerating commercialization.

MODEX 2024: Cypher Robotics releases Captis AGV for industrial scanning
Cypher Robotics announced a new AGV for industrial scanning called Captis. The company partnered with Indro Robotics, GreyOrange and Ericsson for the new robot.

Webasto expands availability of 10 bay industrial charger to all customers
Industrial battery charger provider Webasto Charging Systems Inc., recently announced its PosiCharge ProCore Edge 10 Bay charger is now available for all customers.

Is Your Warehouse Floor Ready for Robotics?
Without proper preparation of flooring surfaces, AGVs and AMRs will not work as anticipated and deployments could fail.

GTC 2024: NVIDIA Isaac taps generative AI for manufacturing, logistics applications
NVIDIA adds new foundation models, a robot learning framework and AI workflow orchestration and robot perception tools.

GTC 2024: NVIDIA combines digital twins with real-time AI for industrial automation
NVIDIA software - Omniverse, Metropolis, Isaac and cuOpt - combine to create an AI gym where robots and AI agents can work out and be evaluated in complex industrial spaces.

MODEX 2024: CaPow demonstrates charging in motion for AMRs
CaPow demonstrated its Genesis charging-in-motion system for mobile robots at MODEX 2024, which the company said can reduce upfront automation costs and eliminate charging downtime.



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