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Europe has a key role to play in the development of robots, humanoids

Robotics Business Review

Source: Adobe Stock While headlines often spotlight U.S. The company first sold the UR5 cobot in 2008, followed by the launches of UR10 in 2012 and UR3 in 2015. Europe is a major center of robotics development and use, according to Humanoid. Universal Robots’ growth is evidenced by its acquisition by Teradyne Inc.

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Robotics leads a revolution on the farm, explains HELUKABEL

Robotics Business Review

Source: Adobe Stock The agriculture industry is faced with tremendous changes driven by climate change, a growing global population, and the increasing scarcity of resources such as water and farmable land. Robotics, digitalization, and vertical and precision agriculture can improve yields, says HELUKABEL.

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Smelt spout robots can improve safety, productivity in North American pulp and paper mills

Robotics Business Review

Source: Valmet Recovery boilers represent a significant capital expenditure in the pulp and paper industry. Robotic technology for smelt spout cleaning has been available since 2008, but it has only recently entered North American paper mills. Source: Valmet.

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Vietnam’s production of rare earth materials soared in 2022

E&T

From 2008 to 2018, China exported nearly 408,000 metric tons of rare earths, which amounted to 42.3 ASM said a longer-term agreement with the Vietnamese firm, which is ultimately owned by China's government, would provide it with a multi-source feedstock option and additional supply security for its processing plant in South Korea.

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Rethink Robotics relaunches with cobots, AMRs, mobile manipulation

Robotics Business Review

The company started developing cobots in Boston back in 2008, but it had to revamp its product line and find new owners. See the table below for a quick overview of Rethink Robotics’ new Reacher line: Source: Rethink Robotics Mobile robots part of new offerings Rethink Robotics introduced its first-ever autonomous mobile robots (AMRs).

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Top 10 Modern Machine Shop Articles of 2023

Modern Machine Shop

These harmonics always exist, and Schmitz notes that understanding the source of milling harmonics and their relationship to vibration can help improve parameter selection. Aerotech Machining has weathered downturns, including both the 2008 financial crash and the drop in aerospace orders during the COVID-19 pandemic.

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Making high tech medical gels with Australian spinifex grass

Manufacturer's Monthly

In 2008, the Dugalunji Aboriginal Corporation (now Bulugudu Ltd) and The University of Queensland were awarded an Australian Research Council Discovery Grant to explore the Aboriginal and Western scientific knowledge of spinifex grasses.