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Universal Robots unveils AI Accelerator to further develop AI-powered cobot applications
Universal Robots unveiled its UR AI Accelerator, a hardware and software toolkit that looks to further enable the development of AI-powered collaborative robot applications.

AWS re:Invent 2024: NVIDIA advances physical AI with accelerated robotics simulation on AWS
At AWS re:Invent 2024, NVIDIA announced that Isaac Sim now runs on Amazon EC2 G6e instances accelerated by NVIDIA L40S GPUs, boosting robotics simulation scaling, and faster AI...

Flexiv unveils Elements Series 3 adaptive robot control system update
Flexiv announced the launch of Elements Series 3, the latest update of its adaptive robot control system allowing for simpler robotic application development and simulation.

Algorized secures funding for people-sensing technology for safe human-machine interaction
Alogirzed, an AI-powered platform, secured $4.3 million in seed funding to further innovate people-sensing technology and make human-machine interactions safer.

Photoneo, Neousys Technology partner for high-performance computing, advanced 3D imaging
Photoneo and Neousys Technology announced a strategic partnership that will see Neosys merge its high-performance computing platforms with Photoneo’s advanced 3D imaging technology.

A3 President Jeff Burnstein pens letter to Donald Trump to support U.S. manufacturing, automation
A3 President Jeff Burnstein wrote to President-Elect Donald Trump to ask the incoming administration to support U.S. manufacturing, automation and high-paying jobs.

FANUC introduces M-950iA industrial robot with up to 500 kg payload capability
FANUC introduced its new M-950iA heavyweight industrial robot, capable of lifting up to 500 kg and capable of working in tight workspaces with wide-range motion and precision.

Agility Robotics to deploy humanoids with Schaeffler Group
Schaeffler Group has made a minority investment in Agility Robotics. The companies announced at Web Summit that Schaeffler will deploy Digit humanoid mobile manipulation robots.

Karl Iagnemma becomes Vecna Robotics CEO
In addition to closing $14.5 million in additional funding, Vecna Robotics has welcomed Karl Iagnemma as CEO, who brings experience from developing autonomous vehicle technology.

LUCID Vision Labs launches Triton2 event-based camera
In collaboration with Sony and Prophesee, LUCID launched its Triton2 EVS event-based 2.5GigE camera, featuring the IMX636 and IMX637 event-based vision sensors.

NVIDIA unveils humanoid AI and simulation tools at CoRL
NVIDIA shared Project GR00T’s six new humanoid learning workflows, Cosmos tokenizers, and NeMo Curator AI development tools at the Conference for Robot Learning in Munich, Germany.

Mitsubishi Electric launches MELFA RV-12CRL robot arm
The new MELFA RV-12CRL vertical articulated robot arm for machine tending, case packing, and pick-and-place has the largest reach in Mitsubishi Electric’s low-cost series.

Formant, Holman announce strategic partnership for robot fleet, data management
Formant and Holman announced a strategic partnership that will see Holman utilize Formant’s cloud robotics management platform for its global automotive services.

ABB launches RB 1000i-S paint atomizer for robot arms
Automotive paint shops can reduce their CO2 and VOC emissions and improve efficiency, sustainability with ABB’s new 1000i-S paint atomizer on new robots or through an upgrade kit.

Special Focus Issue
Robots picking and packing with precision
In this Special Focus issue, examine how different types of robots and automation systems are involved in multiple phases of warehouse operations, including picking, packing and packaging.

Bell-Everman announces molded belt tray for linear actuators
Designed for long-travel motion systems including gantry and linear robots, the latest generation of Bell-Everman’s ServoBelt linear actuators feature design improvements.

Photo slideshow: Locus Robotics opens new global headquarters
Local businesses, investors, and media were invited to a ribbon cutting ceremony and tour of Locus Robotics’ new global headquarters and robot manufacturing warehouse Oct. 23.

Digital Engineering to host Design & Simulation Summit on October 31
Digital Engineering has announced its full speaker lineup for the fourth annual Design & Simulation Summit, which will take place on Thursday, October 31.

Rethink Robotics redefines cobots once again
Chris Harbert, Greg McEntyre, and Julia Astrid Riemenschneider of Rethink Robotics describe the relaunched company’s new focus on cobots that can adapt to changing workflows.

OnRobot gets a grip on robot end-of-arm tooling with D:Ploy
Powered by its D:Ploy automated robot application software platform and standardized grippers, OnRobot wants to make end-of-arm tooling switches and application changes easier.



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