Modern Machine Shop

FEBRUARY 13, 2025

Source (all figures): Gardner Intelligence The Metalworking Index landed at 48.3 in January, rising to levels not seen since mid-2021. A reading above 50 indicates expansion; below 50 indicates contraction. in January 2025 marking four consecutive months of improvement as we kick off the new year.

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Robotics Business Review

JANUARY 8, 2024

The Open Source Robotics Foundation (OSRF) has released a new version of Open-RMF that is available on Iron Irwini, the ninth release of ROS 2, and ROS 2 Rolling Ridley. Open RMF was launched in October 2021. Open-RMF won an RBR50 Robotics Innovation Award in 2021 for its efforts around robot interoperability.

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Robotics Business Review

NOVEMBER 24, 2024

More about the Metals HUB Program The Metals HUB program was established by the SDA in 2021 and formally launched in June 2022 as a strategic initiative aimed at revitalizing the metals manufacturing sector in Chicago’s South Suburbs or Southland. Apply to speak. manufacturing faces worsening labor shortages in coming years.

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Robotics Business Review

JANUARY 10, 2024

Source: IFR South Korea was the most automated country by robot density in 2022, according to the IFR. This shouldn’t come as a surprise, as South Korea was the most automated country in 2020 and 2021. In 2021, Singapore had a population of 5.45 It rose to 5th place in 2021 and stays there in 2022.

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Robotics Automation News

SEPTEMBER 1, 2023

billion people lacking safe drinking water access as of 2021. Traditional water sources are strained, and the need for innovative, sustainable solutions is more pressing than ever. […]

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Robotics Business Review

MAY 24, 2024

The Open Source Robotics Foundation (OSRF) yesterday released ROS 2 Jazzy Jalisco. Intrinsic, a spinout of the X moonshot division of Alphabet in mid-2021, acquired the Open Source Robotics Corporation in late 2022. Open-RMF won an RBR50 Robotics Innovation Award in 2021 for its efforts around robot interoperability.

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Manufacturer's Monthly

NOVEMBER 24, 2024

Aircraft exports also experienced strong surges in recent years, particularly in 2020 and 2021, with 120 and 105 units, respectively. The data provides insight into the role of the defence industry in the economy between 2016 and 2021, offering a snapshot of its contribution over time. per cent and 0.44 per cent during this time.

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Robotics Business Review

MARCH 25, 2025

Source: IFR While other countries debate the best mix of public policy, academic research, and private investment to advance their economies, the People’s Republic of China is focusing on robotics. Source: IFR Humanoids a ‘frontier technology’ The U.S. ” Register now so you don't miss out! Click here to enlarge.

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E&T

MARCH 28, 2023

In 2022, renewable energy sources such as wind, solar, hydro, biomass, and geothermal, produced more electricity than coal for the first time in the United States. Additionally, renewable generation surpassed nuclear generation for the second time, the first time being in 2021.

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Canadian Manufacturing

NOVEMBER 19, 2024

” Direct emissions from EAF are negligible, particularly if the electricity is sourced from renewable energy. As of 2021, steelmaking using EAF accounted for 30 per cent of global steel production. Planned steelmaking capacity based on EAF is now 43 per cent.

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Robotics Business Review

APRIL 8, 2025

Source: Cyngn Cyngn Inc. US-11,186,234-B2 Vehicle Sensor Systems 11/30/2021 1. Cyngn’s patent portfolio includes AI and cloud approaches for autonomous vehicles. last week said it has obtained its 22nd U.S. patent for its autonomous vehicle technologies. US-11,372,115-B2 Vehicle Localization 6/28/2022 2.

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Robotics Business Review

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Source: IFR Factories worldwide are continuing to adopt more robots, according to the International Federation of Robotics, or IFR. In 2022, it was the 10th most automated country worldwide, and in 2021, it was the ninth most automated country. Robot density in the manufacturing industry in 2023, according to the IFR.

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SMMT

JULY 11, 2022

Industry greener and cleaner with less energy use and more sustainable energy sourcing. in 2021 compared with the previous year to reach its lowest level since records began, according to new research from the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders (SMMT). In 2021 the number of training days per employee increased by 5.6%

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Robotics Business Review

FEBRUARY 12, 2024

Source: ABB The Association for Advancing Automation, or A3, today released its quarterly and end-of-year report on robot orders in North America for 2023. It found that sales were down by 30% but noted that 2021 and 2022 were record-setting years. The Ann Arbor, Mich.-based Automate 2024 will be from May 6 to 9 in Chicago.

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Canadian Manufacturing

DECEMBER 8, 2022

We soft launched Legacy Plastic in 2021 and we are thrilled with the amount of interest that it has received from companies that want to incorporate recycled content into their products. Sourced plastic materials fall into three sources.

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E&T

OCTOBER 12, 2023

Green h ydrogen is a versatile, storable, potentially zero-carbon fuel source that has been hailed as a solution for countries to reach their net-zero targets. Last month, the UK dropped from second to eighth place on the International Hydrogen Progress Index between 2021 and 2023.

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Robotics Business Review

FEBRUARY 2, 2025

Source: Proprio A looming U.S. Rural communities face the sharpest edge of this predicament: 136 rural hospitals closed between 2010 and 2021, leaving 60% of non-metro counties lacking adequate surgical care in 2019. Source: Proprio How did you develop the Paradigm surgical navigation platform? Gabriel Jones, Proprio CEO.

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Plastics News

DECEMBER 1, 2022

July and more than 3 percent vs. September 2021. One market watcher told Plastics News that regional PVC resin sales are down more than 1 percent overall, but were down 25 percent in October compared to the same month in 2021. The source added that customer inventories and winter weather will affect the market heading into 2023.

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Robotics Business Review

NOVEMBER 12, 2024

Source: Brightpick Brightpick today announced that it has raised an additional $12 million in a mix of equity and debt funding. Brightpick spun off in 2021 from Bratislava, Slovakia-based Photoneo , a developer of 3D robotic vision sensors and intelligence software. which is expected to generate 50% of its revenue in 2024.

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Robotics Business Review

APRIL 14, 2025

Source: Gatik Gatik AI Inc. based company launched its first driverless commercial transportation service with Walmart in 2021 and Kroger in 2023. TUV SUD has audited the Safety Case Evaluation and functional safety for Gatik’s self-driving trucks. aims to set the bar high for autonomous truck safety. The Mountain View, Calif.-based

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Frost & Sullivan Manufacturing

DECEMBER 10, 2024

Highlighting Challenges and Trends Demonstrating urgency, a series of global disruptions is underscoring the need for nearshoring: Interrupting Trade Routes : Experiencing losses of $10 billion daily, the 2021 Suez Canal blockage is exposing the vulnerabilities of traditional supply chains.

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Robotics Business Review

AUGUST 9, 2024

Multiple sources told The Robot Report a funding round fell through at the last minute, which caused the company to lay off its staff and close its doors. Back in 2021, Gibbs said the goal was for ForgeOS 5 to do for robots what Windows did for PCs and Android did for smartphones. So where did things go wrong? and elsewhere.”

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E&T

DECEMBER 20, 2022

Over the last few years, researchers have made significant improvements to tandem solar cell technology, with a view towards achieving more sustainable energy sources. . In 2021, various teams from HZB achieved a record efficiency value of 29.8 per cent, a remarkable efficiency jump over the 2021 value.

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Robotics Business Review

NOVEMBER 21, 2024

Source: AeroVironment AeroVironment, a defense contractor based in Arlington, Virginia, has agreed to acquire BlueHalo in an all-stock transaction worth approximately $4.1 BlueHalo generated approximately $886 million of revenue in 2023, compared to $759 million and $660 million in 2022 and 2021, respectively. billion in revenue.

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Robotics Business Review

JANUARY 31, 2024

Source: NASA/JPL-Caltech NASA’s Ingenuity helicopter’s time on Mars came to an end last week. April 19, 2021: Ingenuity completes first flight Ingenuity made history when it completed the first powered, controlled flight on another planet. An image showing Ingenuity’s damaged rotor blade after its 72nd flight on Jan.

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Cisco Industrial Automation

APRIL 27, 2022

By some accounts, manufacturing was the most attacked industry in 2021. Troubleshooting takes too long when the source of the problem might be your own network, the internet, a failed application, the cloud provider’s network, or the cloud application itself. Meanwhile, cyber-attacks are increasing.

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Robotics Business Review

FEBRUARY 22, 2024

Source: PickNik Robotics PickNik Inc. Since its launch in 2021, MoveIt’s features have grown beyond its easy-to-use user interface and powerful behavior-tree builder, said PickNik Robotics. MoveIt Pro better reflects the platform’s expanded capabilities, says the company.

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Modern Machine Shop

FEBRUARY 2, 2025

Source: Index Corp. in January 2021 and has overseen much of the company’s growth. Index Corp. has announced that Michael Huggett will succeed Cris Taylor as the company’s president and CEO. Huggett brings with him over 30 years of industry experience. ” Taylor took the helm of Index Corp.

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Gary Mintchell

AUGUST 3, 2022

Recently I interviewed Tabitha Upshaw, senior director of Brand, Reputation and Impact to learn more about the results reported in the 2021 Corporate Impact report just announced about a month ago. of electricity sourced from renewables, plus 113,542 square feet of new buildings and remodels designed to LEED/WELL standards.

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E&T

JANUARY 4, 2023

per cent or 162 terawatt-hours compared to 2021, partly as a result of the massive price increases for natural gas and electricity and mild weather. In 2019, Germany pledged to close all of its coal-fired plants by 2038 and move towards alternative energy sources. gigawatts of capacity. gigawatts of capacity.

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E&T

JANUARY 10, 2023

However, the team believed that leveraging deep-learning techniques, which use artificial neural networks to analyse data sets, can significantly improve the production process, and allow the creation of an open-source, ready-to-use and highly customisable toolset for planetary mapping. . "We

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Manufacturer's Monthly

SEPTEMBER 8, 2022

In 2021, Western Australian mines produced about half the world’s lithium, at an estimate of 55,000 metric tons. In 2021, Energy Renaissance based in the Hunter Region in NSW, became Australia’s pilot lithium-ion battery production facility. Lithium-ion batteries are the most popular battery used today.

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Robotics Business Review

MAY 9, 2024

Source: Techman Robotics Techman Robot launched its TM30S collaborative robot arm for palletizing this week. In 2021, OMRON bought a 10% stake in Techman Robot. A source at OMRON told the Robot Report that it is working with NEURA to diversify its offerings to weather modern geopolitics. lbs) and a reach of 1,702 mm (67.01

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Robotics Business Review

MARCH 3, 2024

Source: Virtual Incision Virtual Incision announced that the FDA granted marketing authorization to its MIRA miniaturized surgical robotic system. Source: Virtual Incision The MIRA platform received IDE approval in October 2020 , followed by approval for an IDE supplement in April. centers.

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HGR Inc.

AUGUST 11, 2022

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E&T

NOVEMBER 16, 2022

Estonia sold 1,583 heat pumps per 100,000 people in 2021 and Poland sold 259 per 100,000 people, 25 times and 4 times more than the UK’s 63 respectively. Global growth in the heat pump market 2021 was the highest on record at 13 per cent. For example, France has 3.1 million installed and Norway has 1.3

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Robotics Business Review

SEPTEMBER 5, 2024

Source: Johnson & Johnson A Delaware judge ruled that Johnson & Johnson, or J&J, must pay $1 billion in damages to Auris Health shareholders, according to media reports. After the iPlatform won out over the Verb Surgical Robot, Ethicon bought out Verily’s stake in Verb and rolled Verb into Auris, according to Will back in 2021.

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