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LOXO expands into Germany with self-driving logistics subsidiary

Robotics Business Review

Source: Schindler Group LOXO AG today opened its first international subsidiary in Munich, Germany. Germany’s strong logistics market, advanced automotive infrastructure, and progressive legislation surrounding autonomous vehicles make it the ideal location for us to further our middle-mile and mobile distribution projects.”

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Visibility & Resiliency: Letting Your Factory Work For You

Cisco Industrial Automation

Industry research shows that by 2023, 30% of manufacturers will enhance their shop floor digital twin with real-time signal transponder data, leading to an 80% reduction in logistic bottlenecks in shop floor and storage areas – Source: IDC FutureScape: Worldwide Manufacturing 2021.

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The 5 biggest robotics industry trends of 2023

Robotics Business Review

2023 has been full of exciting innovations within the robotics industry. As 2023 comes to an end, let’s look back at some of the biggest trends in the robotics industry this year. As 2023 comes to an end, let’s look back at some of the biggest trends in the robotics industry this year.

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2023 robot orders down 30% from 2022 in North America, according to A3

Robotics Business Review

Source: A3 After two years of record sales, North American robot orders declined by 30% in 2023, said the latest report from the Association for Advancing Automation, or A3. These 2023 robot orders were divided almost equally among automotive (15,723 robots sold) and non-automotive companies (15,436 robots sold).

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Figure AI ships Figure 02 humanoid robots to a paying customer

Robotics Business Review

Source: Brett Adcock via LinkedIn Humanoid robots are starting to move from development and trials to commercial use. Since emerging from stealth in January 2023, the Sunnyvale, Calif.-based In May 2023, Figure AI raised $70 million in Series A funding, and that July, Intel Capital invested in the company. Figure AI Inc.

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Pickle Robot gets orders for over 30 unloading systems plus $50M in funding

Robotics Business Review

Source: Pickle Robot Robotic truck unloading fits the classic definition of dull, dirty, or dangerous jobs worth automating. Pickle Robot customers are experiencing the value of ‘Physical AI’ applied to a common logistics process that challenges thousands of operations every day,” said AJ Meyer, founder and CEO of Pickle Robot.

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Samsung increases stake in Rainbow Robotics, establishes Future Robotics Office

Robotics Business Review

Source: Rainbow Robotics Samsung Electronics Co. More recently, Rainbow in 2023 opened a branch office in Schaumburg, Ill., In addition, Samsung plans to use Rainbow Robotics RB cobots , dual-arm mobile manipulator , and autonomous mobile robots ( AMRs ) to automate manufacturing and logistics tasks. Samsung first acquired a 14.7%

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