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BMW testing Figure 01 humanoid at South Carolina automotive plant

Robotics Business Review

Source: Figure AI The interest in humanoid robots continues to gain steam. Brett Adcock, Figure’s founder and CEO, said the initial tasks include moving bins and boxes and other “various logistics things” inside the BMW body shop. BMW plans to see what a Figure 01 humanoid robot can do in its factory.

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Olis Robotics unveils PLC capabilities for industrial robot cells

Robotics Business Review

Source: Olis Robotics End users turn to automation because it promises consistent work with minimal downtime. Founded in 2013 as a spinout from the University of Washington’s Applied Physics Lab, Olis said it has built on over a decade of telerobotics research and development conducted with the U.S.

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Olis Robotics and Kawasaki partner to offer remote troubleshooting

Robotics Business Review

Source: Business Wire Olis Robotics and Kawasaki Robotics Inc. ” Founded in 2013 as a spinout from the University of Washington’s Applied Physics Lab, Olis said it has built on over a decade of telerobotics research and development conducted with the U.S.

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Boston Dynamics debuts electric version of Atlas humanoid robot

Robotics Business Review

In the meantime, the company itself changed owners, from Google in 2013 to SoftBank in 2017 and most recently to Hyundai in 2020. Source: Boston Dynamics “Everything we understood, from the time of launching Spot as a prototype to it being a reliable product deployed in fleets, is going into the new Atlas,” Playter said.

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Würth Electrical Wholesale Group Acquires TIM S.A. in Poland

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In addition, the company operates a powerful logistics platform through its fully owned subsidiary 3LP S.A. With this acquisition, the Würth Group becomes the market leader in electrical wholesaling in Poland with access to additional e-commerce and logistics capacities. This makes TIM S.A. After the acquisition, both units of TIM S.A.,

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View from India: PM launches roll-out of greener fuels on the road to net zero

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With sustained efforts by the government, the production of ethanol has perhaps seen a six-fold increase since 2013-14. This indoor solar cooking solution works on both solar and auxiliary energy sources simultaneously. Another advantage is the foreign exchange (forex) savings amounting to around ₹54,000 crore (540bn rupees, £5.4bn).

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The Know-How Factory

Dinesh Mishra

We see ourselves not only as a technological leader and a manufacturer of hardware and software from a single source, but also as a competent partner in research and development. Zimmer is a source of ingenious solutions and important technical innovations. Getting Mechatronic!!