Topic: Acquisition

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Emerson to Acquire Afag to Enhance Factory Automation Line

August 21, 2023 · Emerson Electric said it will add Afag's electric linear motion to its existing pneumatic factory automation to gain access to new, growing manufacturing segments.

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Kiva Systems Founders Share Company’s Story at Robotics Invest Event in Boston

June 9, 2023 · Kiva Systems is considered among the biggest success stories in warehouse robotics. The founders detailed the company's origins and what led to its rise.

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Applied Intuition to Acquire Embark Technology to Enhance Autonomous Vehicle Portfolio

May 30, 2023 · Applied Intuition said it expects to integrate Embark's autonomous truck technology into its own self-driving vehicle suite and address customers' specific pain points.

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6 River Systems Handoff a Sign for Mobile Robot Vendors to Demonstrate Value, Say Analysts

May 8, 2023 · 6 River Systems, which reportedly experienced layoffs around its sale from Shopify to Ocado, is an example of mobile robot suppliers striving to survive current challenges, said investors and analysts.

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Ocado to Acquire Fulfilment Robotics Provider 6 River Systems From Shopify

May 4, 2023 · Ocado Group said it plans to acquire collaborative mobile robot provider 6 River Systems from Shopify, which is also selling its logistics unit, as the e-commerce industry shifts.

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Nano Dimension Offers to Acquire Stratasys for $1.1B to Create Additive Manufacturing Leader

March 13, 2023 · Nano Dimension has offered to acquire Stratasys for $18 per share in cash at a 36% premium to the March 1 stock price. The combined 3D printing company could be a market leader.

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Airobotics Acquires Iron Drone Assets, Implements Drone Defense Systems With Dubai Police

March 10, 2023 · Airobotics has completed its acquisition of Iron Drone's assets and signed a memorandum of understanding with the Dubai Police to deploy counter-drone security systems.

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Piab Sells Selected Joulin Grippers Under the Kenos Brand

January 31, 2023 · Piab has integrated Joulin's MiniGrip, FlexiGrip, and Safe&Light grippers into its Kenos line for industries including automotive, food and beverage, and warehousing.

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Built Robotics Acquires Roin Technologies, Combining Excavation and Concrete Automation

January 24, 2023 · Built Robotics, whose Exosystem provides autonomy to excavators, is adding Roin Technologies' engineering team and concrete power trowel to its global offerings.

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Barcoding Acquires Automated Guided Vehicle Maker FRED Automation

January 19, 2023 · Barcoding, a provider of supply chain automation, will offer FRED Automation's FRED and Freddie mobile robots to help facilities with both simple and complex materials movement.

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Alphabet-Owned Intrinsic Lays Off 20% of Workforce

January 13, 2023 · Alphabet-owned Intrinsic, which was commercializing Open Robotics' work, is the latest technology company to announce a reduction in staff in the past few months.

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Digital Dream Labs to Ship Upgraded Vector 2.0 Social Robot

December 29, 2022 · Digital Dream Labs not only took over the intellectual property of Anki, but it said it has also improved the Vector robot to be smarter and easier to maintain.

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DIH Technology to Combine with Aurora Technology as Part of SPAC Merger

December 16, 2022 · The companies announced that they have signed a non-binding Letter of Intent to combine the companies.

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Intrinsic to Acquire Open Source Robotics Corp. to Expand Robotics Software Development Tools

December 15, 2022 · Intrinsic said it will buy the Open Source Robotics Corp., the commercial subsidiary of the Open Source Robotics Foundation, for an undisclosed amount.

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Alert Innovation Agrees to Be Aquired by Walmart as Micro-Fulfillment Market Grows

October 7, 2022 · Alert Innovation, which provides micro-fulfillment technology for grocery e-commerce fulfillment, will be acquired by Walmart, The two companies have been partners since 2016.

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igus Acquires Majority Stake in Commonplace Robotics, Partner in ReBeL Affordable Cobot

October 7, 2022 · igus has been collaborating with Commonplace Robotics for the past six years on its ReBeL collaborative robot and is continuing its North American expansion.

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ABB Launches Rebranded AMRs a Year After ASTI Mobile Robotics Acquisition

September 22, 2022 · ABB has released the first two models of its rebranded mobile robots that were originally developed by ASTI Mobile Robotics.

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Amazon to Buy Mechatronics Maker Cloostermans to Expand Warehouse Efforts

September 14, 2022 · The Cloostermans agreement comes a month after Amazon said it was purchasing iRobot and several months after it announced it is building its own mobile robot.

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Apptronik CEO Discusses Humanoid Robots, Amazon Acquisition of iRobot

September 2, 2022 · Apptronik is developing exoskeletons and humanoid robots. CEO Jeff Cardenas reflects on Amazon's purchase of iRobot and the future of service robotics and AI.

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Amazon to Acquire Consumer Robotics Leader iRobot for $1.7B

August 5, 2022 · Amazon is purchasing consumer robotics pioneer iRobot as it builds out its network of autonomous technologies.

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