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‘Elegant Robotics’ Is the Future of Warehouse Automation, Says Exotec
'Elegant robotics' means designing automated storage systems with simplicity, generality, and creative solutions to warehouse problems in mind, claimed Exotec.

Serve Robotics to Go Public in Reverse Merger, Finds $30M in Funding for Robot Deliveries
Serve Robotics has raised more than $56 million since 2021 and plans to use its latest financing to scale up to provide robotic deliveries in more cities across the U.S.

McCoy’s Building Supply Uses Badger Robots to Verify Availability, Pricing of Retail Hardware Products
McCoy's is deploying more autonomous robots from Badger Technologies after a pilot demonstrated that they can detect out-of-stock and incorrectly priced items.

SLAM Line Automation Can Optimize ‘Last 100 Feet’ of the Warehouse, Says enVista
SLAM line automation, which includes robots for the 'scan, label, apply, and manifest' process warehouses, can yield useful data and increase productivity, according to enVista.

Sereact Raises Seed Funding for PickGPT AI to Make Warehouse Robots More Accessible
Sereact has raised seed funding to continue developing its PickGPT software, which uses large language models to allow users to communicate with robots through speech or text.

Exotec Expands Robotics Presence in Eastern Europe and South Korea
Exotec has partnered for its first warehouse automation project in Poland, and South Korea is the second Asian country to adopt its Skypod system.

ProMach Integrated Packaging to Show Strengths of Texwrap, Quest, and Serpa at PACK EXPO
ProMach will show in Las Vegas how some of its 46 brands can collaborate to develop integrated, automated systems for packaging.

Dexterity Announces Release 3.0 of Palletizing and Depalletizing Automation
Dexterity Palletizing and Depalletizing 3.0 includes several features to improve throughput, ease installation and integration, and add flexibility for warehouses.

Autonomous Robots and Drones Rise in Warehouses
Autonomous robots and drones are becoming more capable, thanks to advances in sensing, navigation, swarm coordination, and charging schemes, according to InvenSense.

Hyundai Elevator Signs Pact With LG Electronics, KT to Coordinate Elevators and Robots
Hyundai Elevator last year released an open API to enable its elevators to communicate with service robots, and its new agreement intends to promote more connected systems.

Maersk Chooses Berkshire Grey Robotic Shuttle Put Wall for 2023 Deployment
Maersk said it will use Berkshire Grey's RSPW system for maximum SKU coverage across customer use cases.

Locus Robotics Breaks Ground for New Global Headquarters in Wilmington, Mass.
Locus Robotics said its new headquarters, which it expects to open early next year, will consolidate operations, showcase its technologies to customers, and help retain talent.

ForwardX Robotics Releases Flex 60-T Mobile Robot for Cage Trolley Docking and Towing
ForwardX said its Flex 60-T autonomous mobile robot is the first one for docking and towing cage trolleys, which are used in warehouses, factories, and other environments.

Put Walls an Opportunity to Add Innovation to the Warehouse
Put walls are an opportunity to add the latest automation and AI to improve warehouse efficiency and meet e-commerce demand, noted several suppliers and users.

GXO Logistics Appoints Adrian Stoch as Chief Automation Officer
GXO Logistics, which said it has deployed a record amount of operational technology, has created the role of chief automation officer to lead strategy for automation and AI.

Eyewear Industry Streamlines Customer Experience Through Robotics and AI
The eyewear industry is adopting automation to meet market demand, from 3D printing for personalized production and robotic fulfillment to AI and AR for e-commerce.

NEURA Robotics Raises $55M to Drive International Expansion for Cognitive Robots
NEURA Robotics has raised more than $130 million to date as it develops "cognitive" collaborative, mobile, and humanoid robots plus a platform for partners and developers.

Verity Gets Investment From Qualcomm for Inventory Drone Race
Verity, which has developed autonomous drones and data analytics to improve inventory management for 'zero-error warehouses,' welcomed Qualcomm Ventures to its backers.

Chang Industrial and Hai Robotics Jointly Launch Advanced Manufacturing Initiative
Chang Industrial and Hai Robotics have announced an advanced manufacturing consortium to jointly offer storage systems, reduce waste packaging, and serve new markets.

Simbe Robotics Raises $28M Series B to Continue Global Expansion for Inventory Robots
Simbe Robotics has received equity funding led by Eclipse Ventures to accelerate development of its mobile robots and software to deliver retail visibility and insights.



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