Robotics Business Review

MAY 23, 2024

Universal Robots, along with other cobot manufacturers, cobots can now use SRCI, a standard interface between PLCs and robots. Source: Universal Robots Just before Hanover Messe, Siemens announced its cooperation with two collaborative robot vendors, UR and JAKA. There are two main ways of doing this.

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Robotics Business Review

MAY 26, 2024

[link] A collaboration between NVIDIA and academic researchers is prepping robots for surgery. It is a simulation framework to train robots that could augment the skills of surgical teams while reducing surgeons’ cognitive load. The open-source code package is now available on GitHub. minimally invasive surgery.

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Robotics Business Review

MARCH 13, 2024

Source: ABB ABB Ltd. robotics headquarters and manufacturing facility in Auburn Hills, Mich. The company said the site will support ABB Robotics’ development and production of leading systems in and for the Americas. robotics headquarters in Auburn Hills, Mich., robotics headquarters in Auburn Hills, Mich.,

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Robotics Business Review

OCTOBER 23, 2024

Horizon Robotics said its SuperDrive system offers human-like autonomous driving. Source: Horizon Robotics Horizon Robotics, a Chinese developer of autonomous driving technology , is raising HK$5.4 million worth of Horizon Robotics shares in the IPO, regulatory filings showed.

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Robotics Business Review

JUNE 3, 2024

Adapta has developed robots for specific use cases. Source: Adapta Robotics Starting a robotics company is always challenging, as inventors and entrepreneurs scramble to get access to capital and tap the local talent pool. Adapta Robotics started with competition team What is the origin of Adapta Robotics?

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Robotics Business Review

SEPTEMBER 8, 2024

Source: igus igus GmbH has supplied its E2.10 This robot from Robotise Technologies can autonomously navigate its environment and replace up to 300 hotel minibars. Service robots like JEEVES are an increasingly in-demand type of automation. Service robots like JEEVES are an increasingly in-demand type of automation.

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Robotics Business Review

AUGUST 6, 2024

Soft Robotics spinoff Oxiptal AI’s vision tech can detect bruises on produce, excess fat on proteins, burn marks on snacks, and more. Credit: Oxipital AI After two straight record years during the height of the COVID-19 pandemic, industrial robot sales have crashed back to reality, especially in North America.

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Robotics Business Review

SEPTEMBER 25, 2024

Kiva mobile robots and mini shelves in a warehouse. Source: Kiva Systems / Logistics Hall of Fame In 2003, Mick Mountz, Dr. Peter Wurman, and Prof. Raffaello D’Andrea invented a mobile robot for fulfillment in intralogistics, founded Kiva Systems, and created a category of automation that has grown over the past two decades.

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Robotics Business Review

MAY 25, 2024

[link] The Robot Report recently spoke with Ph.D. student Cheng Chi about his research at Stanford University and recent publications about using diffusion AI models for robotics applications. AI innovation accelerates How did you get your start in robotics? The UMI gripper was part of his Ph.D. Stanford researcher Cheng Chi.

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Robotics Business Review

MAY 21, 2024

Source: Hirebotics As robots increasingly make their way into the world, automation providers are focusing on making the end-user experience faster and easier than ever. The Auto DeltaWeld System is a MIG/Flux-cored, pulsed-capable power source designed for collaborative robots , according to Miller Electric Mfg.

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Robotics Business Review

JULY 16, 2024

Source: Fourier Fourier Intelligence Co. The Shanghai-based company said the strategic move reflects its commitment to expanding its innovations in humanoid robotics and rehabilitation technology. Fourier to continue developing humanoid The Fourier unit will continue developing the GR-1 general-purpose humanoid robot.

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Robotics Business Review

JULY 10, 2024

Source: SMW Electronics SMW Autoblok Group yesterday launched its new quick-change PRS Robotic Tool Changer line, which can be combined with a variety of pneumatic grippers and C40 Inductive Couplers for contactless, wear-free energy and signal transmission. The PRS Tool Changer provides contactless energy and signal transmission.

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Robotics Business Review

AUGUST 26, 2024

Credit: Eugene Demaitre BOSTON — One measure of success for a robotics cluster is how much funding its member companies obtain. “This remarkable achievement underscores the vital role MassRobotics plays in accelerating robotics innovation, commercialization, and adoption of advanced technologies,” stated the organization.

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Robotics Business Review

SEPTEMBER 12, 2024

Source: PickNik Robotics PickNik Inc. today launched MoveIt Pro Release 6, the latest version of its platform for developing robotic arm applications that were previously not possible or economically feasible. stated Dave Coleman, founder and chief product officer of PickNik Robotics. 16 and 17 in Santa Clara, Calif.

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Robotics Business Review

DECEMBER 18, 2024

The first open-source digital twin of the Mcity Test Facilitythe University of Michigan’s center for connected and autonomous vehicles and technologiesis now available to the public. ” The digital twin works with TeraSim , an open-source traffic simulator developed by Mcity researchers. .

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Robotics Business Review

JUNE 17, 2024

As shown at CVPR, Omniverse Cloud Sensor RTX microservices generate high-fidelity sensor simulation from an autonomous vehicle (left) and an autonomous mobile robot (right). Sources: NVIDIA, Fraunhofer IML (right) NVIDIA Corp. Industrial robots could use FoundationPose to identify and track the objects they interact with.

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Robotics Business Review

FEBRUARY 20, 2024

The company integrated 10 collaborative robots from Universal Robots using only internal resources. Cobots to the rescue SEAT’s maintenance team based its automation approach on experience gained from an earlier project from 2015 in which it installed UR cobots at its shotblasting and washing stations.

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Robotics Business Review

DECEMBER 19, 2024

OhmniLabs offers UV disinfection robots and telepresence robots. Source: Ohmnilabs Symbotic has acquired OhmniLabs, a Silicon Valley-based developer of healthcare robotics systems. Founded in 2015, OhmniLabs builds disinfection and telepresence robots. powered robotic and software platforms.

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Robotics Business Review

AUGUST 21, 2024

Source: Saildrone Two Saildrone Voyager uncrewed surface vehicles, or USVs, have surveyed 1,500 square nautical miles (5,144.8 The marine robots mapped areas that had never been mapped in high resolution. Source: Saildrone The post Saildrone maps unexplored areas of the Gulf of Maine appeared first on The Robot Report.

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Robotics Business Review

DECEMBER 13, 2024

Source: Levita Magnetics Levita Magnetics Inc. this week claimed that a surgeon has performed the worlds first procedure using two different surgical robots. The surgical robotics developer said the operation shows how platforms from different manufacturers might deliver better patient outcomes when used together.

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Manufacturer's Monthly

MAY 28, 2023

These characteristics are ideal for applications in medical and precision robotics, semiconductor and wafer handling systems or high-end machine tools. This axial kinematic is responsible for the compact outer dimensions of the new Galaxie ® in the standard sizes typically encountered in robotics applications.

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Robotics Business Review

JULY 10, 2024

Source: Granta Autonomy Conflicts in Ukraine and elsewhere have increased interest in autonomous systems for intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance missions. “Granta Autonomy is committed to ensuring our systems can be readily manufactured across Europe, reducing reliance on external sources.” million U.S.)

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Robotics Business Review

OCTOBER 11, 2024

Source: Marcin Szczepanski, Michigan Engineering Detroit is known as Motor City, the unofficial capital of the automotive world. Opened in 2015, Mcity was the world’s first proving ground designed for connected and automated vehicles. In 2022, a $5.1 In 2022, a $5.1

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i4.0 today

OCTOBER 26, 2023

Traditionally confined indoors for tasks like intralogistics and material handling, AGVs are breaking free into the great outdoors, driven by advancements in navigation technologies and the emergence of Autonomous Mobile Robots (AMRs). The hurdles are real, but so is the determination to overcome them. battery and rotors, etc.)

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i4.0 today

SEPTEMBER 19, 2023

Mobile robots have experienced substantial growth in the last decade due to their autonomous mobility, which has been propelled by advancements in robotics technology, autonomous navigation, and artificial intelligence. from 2015 to 2022. Trend of cumulative funding from 2015 to 2022.

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Robotics Business Review

NOVEMBER 25, 2024

Source: Imagry Autonomous vehicles often rely heavily on prior information about their routes, but new technology promises to improve real-time situational awareness for vehicles including buses. ” “And we’ve started working with transportation operators on providing autonomous buses,” he told The Robot Report.

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Robotics Business Review

NOVEMBER 30, 2024

Source: Mobile Industrial Robots While humanoid robots are taking their first steps into industrial applications, ASTM International is working on standards for mobile manipulators. Committee on Robotics, Automation, and Autonomous Systems is developing a standard designated as WK92144. The ANSI/RIA R15.08-1-2020

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AU Manufacturing

OCTOBER 5, 2022

These factors (rural/remote electrification and erosion prevention) are vital when considering a region such as the South Pacific where many islands struggle with a lack of access to renewable (or indeed any) energy sources and grapple with the impacts of climate change and consequent rising sea levels. Peter Cockbain AM – Newcastle.

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Manufacturer's Monthly

NOVEMBER 10, 2022

Founded in 2015, Energy Renaissance has spent the past seven years building its technology and business planning to enter manufacturing at the ‘ Renaissance One ’ plant in Tomago, just north of Newcastle in the Hunter Valley. Buying an automated system wasn’t going to be useful unless we knew how to do it manually.

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Fastener News Desk

OCTOBER 4, 2022

has confirmed last month that they are now certified by ISO, the International Organization for Standardization, as meeting the high standards for quality outlined in their ISO 9001:2015 edition. Sunnyvale, CA – Fastener distributor The Olander Company, Inc. For more information, visit [link] . #####.

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Modern Machine Shop

APRIL 9, 2023

The Going Pro funding source assists employers in training, developing and retaining current and newly hired employees. Carbide facilities have received 2023 Going Pro Talent Funds from the Department of Labor and Economic Opportunity-Workforce Development (LEO-WD) through the Michigan Works!

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Robotics Business Review

DECEMBER 4, 2024

Source: binder For demanding environments, Binder USA LP has introduced a new generation of molded M16 connectors, which it said are engineered to deliver reliability and performance even in the harshest conditions. It added that the new generation of connectors is lead-free, meeting the EU RoHS2 Directive 2011/65/EU , including 2015/863/EU.

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Fabricating & Metal Work

APRIL 6, 2023

Going PRO is a competitive funding source that provides a solution to skill shortages throughout the State of Michigan that awards employers to assist in training, developing and retaining current and newly hired employees. Tawas Tool Company, (East Tawas, Mich.), At Ossineke Industries, (Ossineke, Mich.),

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Modern Machine Shop

SEPTEMBER 12, 2024

Source: Tormach Inc. “In 2011, I began teaching at Hilldale and set out to bring robotics to our school. . “In 2011, I began teaching at Hilldale and set out to bring robotics to our school. We started VEX V5 in 2015 with three teams and today we have eight teams competing. all images) Tormach Inc.

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Manufacturer's Monthly

DECEMBER 3, 2024

The World Food Programme has deployed drones to assess areas affected by natural disasters, such as the aftermath of the 2015 earthquake in Nepal. Provided that there is a power source, DEWS can operate with virtually unlimited capacity and at almost any range. “As DEWS can offer distinct benefits for this purpose.

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Mold Making Technology

APRIL 6, 2023

As the industry changed, we became ISO 9001:2015 certified to accommodate customer needs. Mold inspection by hand, eye and a robotic probe is a specific investment area. Every piece is inspected by hand and a Zeiss Contura G2 CMM uses microscopic robotic probes to survey the inner and outer surfaces of the mold cavities.

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i4.0 today

MAY 15, 2024

which they opened in 2004 and expanded in 2015. “We are continually inspired by the trailblazers at OnLogic,” said Diane Abruzzini, COO & Co-Founder of Rigorous Technology , who use OnLogic computers to power their robotics solutions. locally sourced from Essex, VT.

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