Topic: Inspection

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LG acquires majority stake in Bear Robotics

January 31, 2025 · Upon completing a call option to raise its shares to 51%, LG will integrate its commercial robot business centered around CLOi hospitality and service AMRs with Bear Robotics.

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Universal Robots announces Collaborate North America 2025

December 20, 2024 · The free-to-attend cobot conference and tradeshow will feature hands-on demos, speakers from A3, Siemens and MIT, and 'surprise speakers' from automotive and AI chip manufacturers.

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Emergent Vision Technologies launches Eros 10GigE cameras

December 16, 2024 · Based on its 5GigE series, Emergent’s Eros 10GigE cameras feature low power options for heat dissipation, zero-copy technology, and ultraviolet, polarized, and infrared sensors.

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Beam unveils autonomous underwater vehicle driven by AI for wind farm operations

December 16, 2024 · Beam released its Scout autonomous underwater vehicle driven by AI to transform daily operations and help plug the skills gap at offshore wind farms worldwide.

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ANYbotics raises an additional $60 million to drive U.S. expansion

December 12, 2024 · ANYbotics, an AI-driven robot inspection offering provider, raised an additional $60 million in funding to expand further in the U.S., bringing its total funding over $130 million.

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Gartner Hype Cycle: Rising adoption, fast-growing advanced mobile robot market for supply chains

November 27, 2024 · In Gartner’s Nov. 2024 Hype Cycle for Mobile Robots and Drones, advanced mobile robots will see further adoption and a fast-growing supply chain market.

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ANYbotics opens San Francisco office

November 18, 2024 · Industrial quadruped inspection robot provider ANYbotics opened an office in San Francisco, leveraging the Silicon Valley robotics region to deliver faster local customer support.

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ABB launches Ultra Accuracy feature for GoFa cobots

September 29, 2024 · ABB Robotics recently launched an Ultra Accuracy feature for its GoFa cobots, which can deliver a path accuracy of 0.03 mm for electronics, automotive, and aerospace manufacturing.

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Boston Dynamics releases updates for Spot robot dog, Orbit fleet management software

September 26, 2024 · Boston Dynamics has released updates for its Spot robot dog and Orbit fleet management software, expanding the capabilities of both platforms for easier use and data analysis.

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Chef Robotics releases new Placement QA feature for food prep robot arm

September 16, 2024 · Chef Robotics released a new feature for its food prep robot arm system, Placement QA. The computer vision feature provides visibility of every meal for better quality assurance.

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Nokia AIMS automates inventory monitoring with AI-enabled drones

September 10, 2024 · Paul Heitlinger, general manager of Nokia AIMS, describes how AI-enabled software from Nokia Bell Labs powers indoor drone localization and a case counting inventory service.

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Soft Robotics divests hardware business to Schmalz, rebrands

August 6, 2024 · Oxipital AI will focus on providing its deep-learning machine vision systems for manufacturing robotics after divesting its gripper hardware business to the Schmalz Group.

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Atlantas Marine receives royal business award

July 22, 2024 · Somerset, England-based Atlantas Marine received a King’s Award for Enterprise from King Charles for its excellence in international trade, providing ROVs for inspection.

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PIT’s xBridge innovation center helps Ottonomy evaluate use cases

June 20, 2024 · At Pittsburgh International Airport’s xBridge innovation center, companies test their products in real-world environments, including Ottonomy’s autonomous delivery robots.

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Pudu Robotics launches T300 industrial conveyance robot

June 14, 2024 · Adding to its food and beverage, restaurant, and service robot offerings, PUDU’s T300 materials conveyance robot is equipped with SLAM navigation to provide flexible operations.

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Automate 2024: FANUC America showcases new cobot arms, software, AI, motion control

May 9, 2024 · FANUC America showcased SCARA, robot and cobot arms performing welding, assembly, kitting, picking, packing, put wall, inspection, palletizing and depalletizing at Automate.

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Automate 2024: Stäubli Robotics to demonstrate manufacturing robot arms

May 4, 2024 · Stäubli Robotics will showcase robot arms for electronics, medical, and food-grade environments as well as its AGVs and fleet management platforms at Automate 2024.

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Percepto Receives Key FAA Approval

December 5, 2023 · Latest move allows a single operator to remotely man a full fleet of up to 30 Percepto drones, facilitating large-scale inspection exercises.

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Finland’s Robotics Industry Specializes in Small Series Production, Finds HowToRobot

November 1, 2023 · Finland has 201 robotics suppliers, largely focused on the country's metals and manufacturing sectors, according to the latest national profile by HowToRobot and the Robotics Society in Finland.

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Aerobotix to Demonstrate Collaborative Mobile Robot for Aerospace and Defense at WESTEC/AeroDef

October 30, 2023 · Aerobotix plans to show a new collaborative mobile robot developed under the U.S. Air Force's SBIR program to inspect aircraft.

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