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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 and Kawasaki partner to offer remote troubleshooting

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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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Gemini 335Lg Stereo Vision 3D Camera from Orbbec designed for collaborative, mobile robots

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Source: Orbbec Collaborative robot arms and mobile robots need reliable perception and connectivity for complex tasks such as bin picking and palletizing, noted Orbbec Inc. Founded in 2013, Orbbec offers products spanning structured light, stereo vision , and time-of-flight (ToF) technologies.

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Boston Dynamics debuts electric version of Atlas humanoid robot

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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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Olis Robotics unveils PLC capabilities for industrial robot cells

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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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Vecna Robotics raises funding, names industry veteran Karl Iagnemma CEO

Robotics Business Review

Source: Vecna robotics Vecna Robotics today announced that it has closed $14.5 in 2001 and led the Robotic Mobility Group at MIT from 2001 to 2013, where I did fundamental research into wheeled mobile robots, the foundational technology for autonomous mobile robots [ AMRs ] and robotaxis,” Iagnemma told The Robot Report. “I

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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.,