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Bowery Farming Purchases Traptic to Expand Agricultural Prowess
Indoor grower Bowery Farming has acquired fruit-picking robot provider Traptic to harvest produce such as strawberries.

Collaborative Robots Raise the Bar for Productivity
Collaborative robots can not only boost productivity, but they can also provide flexibility and precision for automating tasks in manufacturing, fulfillment, and logistics.

Novanta Partners With MassRobotics to Nurture Robotics Startups
Novanta's Celera Motion unit will work with MassRobotics to advance medical robotics innovations, and its ATI Industrial Automation unit will help develop robotics precision.

Abundant Robots Looks to Harvest Seed Capital via Crowdfunding for Apple Picking
Abundant Robots launched an equity crowdfunding campaign on WAX, as Wavemaker Labs Asia acquired the intellectual property of Abundant Robotics, which shut down last summer.

DHL Supply Chain to Invest $15M in Boston Dynamics Robots, Starting With Stretch
DHL Supply Chain has been working with Boston Dynamics to develop robots including Stretch, which is designed to move boxes of varying sizes. It's also the first buyer.

ARM Institute Selects Eight New Robotics Projects for Funding
As the president visited the ARM Institute, the public-private consortium chose more projects to develop robotics and other technologies to meet U.S. defense and manufacturing needs.

FedEx Works With Dorabot on AI-Powered Sorting Robot for Smart Logistics
FedEx Express has deployed Dorabot's DoraSorter sortation robot at its e-commerce shipment center in Ghangzhou, China. The companies are continuing to fine-tune the system.

Soft Robotics to Debut mGripAI for Food Handling at International Processing and Production Expo
At IPPE in Atlanta, Soft Robotics and CHL Systems will demonstrate how the mGripAI system can enable industrial robots to conduct complex food-handling tasks previously done manually.

HDS Global Launches Technology Center Using Robots, AI for the Future of E-Commerce
HDS Global says its fully automated Technology Center for e-commerce order fulfillment has attracted investors and industry leaders as it moves toward commercial release.

Festo Reports Strong Demand for Magswitch E-Series Magnetic Grippers
Festo, which is distributing Magswitch's E-Series magnetic grippers, says their novel design characteristics enable fast and effective gripping of objects without damage.

Universal Robots CEO Discusses Cobot Leader’s Outlook for 2022
Universal Robots expects strong growth in 2022, despite the pandemic and the need to educate small businesses on the potential benefits of cobots, says Kim Povlsen.

Robotics Leaders Look Ahead to Technology, Business Developments in 2022
More human-machine collaboration, a mix of specialization and generalization, and new robotics offerings are among the things that six experts predict for 2022.

Scape Technologies Partners With Machine Tool Provider Demek, Announces HEYCO Tool Orders
Scape Technologies A/S today announced a partnership with Estonia-based Demek CNC and an order from hand tool producer HEYCO-WERK as it continues to serve the automotive industry.

Berkshire Grey Updates Robotic Product Sortation for Scalable Order Fulfillment
Berkshire Grey says its new Robotic Product Sortation system can autonomously pick, sort, and pack millions of items per month, doubling fulfillment throughput without adding labor.

ATI Industrial Automation Releases QC-29 Tool Changer for Smaller Robots
ATI Industrial Automation says its QC-29 robotic tool changer can provide flexibility for lighter industrial robots,

Eureka Robotics Develops Software to Add Sensitivity, Dexterity to Industrial Robots
The force-feedback algorithm in Dynamis, which was first demonstrated in NTU Singapore's Ikea Bot, is designed to enable robots to manipulate small and delicate parts without damaging them.

Mecademic Announces International Partners for Small Industrial Robot Arms
Montreal-based Mecademic has announced partners in North America, Europe, and Australia as it expands its global offering of compact and precise robot arms.

Nimble Robotics Says Its Picking Robots Have Picked More Than 15M Objects
Nimble Robotics says that Fortune 500 retailers are using its picking robots to address record labor shortages and meet rapid growth in e-commerce fulfillment demand.

OnRobot Debuts WebLytics Software for Collaborative Robotics Applications
OnRobot, which provides plug-and-play end effectors for collaborative robot applications, has launched its WebLytics software for real-time monitoring and data analytics.

Touchlab Develops Electronic Skin, Reaches ANA Avatar XPRIZE Finals
Touchlab, an ANA Avatar XPRIZE finalist, has developed thin sensors that can provide "electronic skin" and work with existing grippers and could have a variety of commercial uses.



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