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Apptronik partners with Google DeepMind to advance humanoid robots with AI

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Source: Apptronik A year full of humanoid robot news is ending with more developments. The robot earned Apptronik a 2024 RBR50 Robotics Innovation Award for its bespoke linear actuators. In March, Mercedes-Benz said it is testing Apollo in automotive manufacturing. The Apollo robot combines humanoid hardware and AI.

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Automotive industry likely to continue leading robotics growth, says A3

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Automotive manufacturing will continue to drive North American robotics adoption, says A3. 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. Burnstein: The automotive industry in the U.S.

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Slip Robotics picks up $28M for trailer loading/unloading robots

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SlipBot moves automotive parts for Nissan in Mississippi. Source: Slip Robotics For more than a century, truck trailers have been loaded and unloaded in the same way, leading to wasted time for drivers and dangerous bursts of activity for forklift operators. Register today to save 40% on conference passes!

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Zebra Technologies to acquire vision unit from Photoneo Brightpick Group

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Source: Photoneo Photoneo Brightpick Group today announced that it has agreed to Zebra Technologies Corp.s In October 2024, Brightpick raised $12 million, and it said it has secured a total of $47 million in funding to date. based Brightpick won Application of the Year in the 2024 RBR50 Robotics Innovation Awards for Autopicker.

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Rockwell Automation adds NVIDIA Omniverse to digital twin software

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Source: Rockwell Automation Rockwell Automation is integrating NVIDIA Omniverse application programming interfaces (APIs) into its Emulate3D digital twin software. based company employs 27,000 people in more than 100 countries as of fiscal year-end 2024. The Milwaukee, Wis.-based

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5 robotics trends to expect in 2024

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2024 could be a year of building robotics momentum. Source: Adobe Stock 2023 was a year of great change within the robotics industry. Entering into 2024, a number of promising technologies and use cases are primed for growth. Here are five robotics trends that we think will take center stage in 2024.

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Horizon Robotics raises $696M in Hong Kong’s biggest IPO of 2024

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Source: Horizon Robotics Horizon Robotics, a Chinese developer of autonomous driving technology , is raising HK$5.4 According to Reuters , this is the largest IPO in Hong Kong in 2024. These are automotive-grade products optimized for energy and cost-efficient smart driving systems.

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