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RBR50 Spotlight: Exotec Skypod system scales to serve automotive supplier’s SKU volume

Robotics Business Review

Organization: Exotec Country: France Website: [link] Year Founded: 2015 Number of Employees: 500+ Innovation Class: Application & Market Many warehouse operators are struggling with increasing complexity and recent innovations in automation promise to help them adapt and scale their businesses. The Watervliet, Mich.-based

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Connected and automated mobility revolution set to deliver £66 billion prize by 2040

SMMT

Tech could help save 3,900 lives and prevent 60,000 serious accidents – while adding 342,000 additional jobs, with 12,250 directly in automotive manufacturing by 2040. billion, and off-road logistics, including vehicles used in warehouses, ports and airports, worth £2.3

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Rockwell Automation to strengthen its position with Clearpath Robotics acquisition

Automation Mag

The combination of autonomous robots and PLC-based line control has long been a dream of plant managers in industries as diverse as automotive and consumer packaged goods. The combined technology will also amplify Kalypso’s production logistics consulting practice.

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UK urged to roll out automated vehicle rules or risk losing £66bn economic uplift

E&T

It could also add 342,000 additional jobs, with 12,250 directly in automotive manufacturing, by 2040. According to the body, public-private investment of more than £600m has already been committed to CAM testing since 2015, but the government and industry need to create the conditions to deploy the technology across passenger cars.

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Veteran tech exec Peggy Johnson named Agility Robotics CEO

Robotics Business Review

Agility Robotics co-founder Damion Shelton has served as CEO since the company’s founding in 2015. GXO Logistics, the world’s largest pure-play contract logistics provider, is also testing Digit. She led the company’s shift from consumer to enterprise, recapitalized the company and more.

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PickNik Robotics releases MoveIt Pro 6 to cut developer costs, time to market

Robotics Business Review

Founded in 2015 for the Amazon Picking Challenge , PickNik Robotics has developed software to help organizations improve precision and efficiency in industries ranging from aerospace to construction and logistics. We’re looking to partner with innovators across key markets, such as automotive assembly.”

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Mutual Synergies: How Leasing and Electric Vehicles Can Drive Growth in Tandem

Frost & Sullivan Manufacturing

The automotive industry was severely hit by the pandemic, with a 13.6% in France in 2015, jumped to 42.2% For example, the Automotive Club of Luxembourg (ACL) has developed a solution – ‘Electrolease’ in partnership with Leaseplan for individuals leasing EVs. as of 2021.