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The state of AI, robotics heading into 2025

Robotics Business Review

Editor’s Note: Join us on January 21, 2025 for a free State of the Robotics Industry webinar. In reality, labor and automation have always had a complex relationship, neither totally in opposition nor totally aligned, and that is likely to continue through 2025. Well continue to hear about RFMs in 2025.

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Teradyne robotics group lays off 10% of global staff

Robotics Business Review

Source: Universal Robots Economic uncertainty has taken a toll on the robotics industry, including leading vendors. “This restructuring increases our efficiency and reduces our robotics breakeven revenue from $440 million in 2024 to $365 million in 2025.” UR and MiR consolidated R&D facilities and headquarters in 2024.

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Automotive industry likely to continue leading robotics growth, says A3

Robotics Business Review

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. While North American companies ordered 31,159 robots in 2023, compared with 44,196 in 2022 and 39,708 in 2021, A3 said it expects activity to pick up later this year and into 2025.

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Chinese automaker to use UBTECH humanoid

Robotics Business Review

Ubtech says its humanoid robots can be used in industrial manufacturing, exhibition halls, warehousing and logistics, commercial office services, home services, and college and research institutions. According to the document, China aims to mass-produce humanoids by 2025.

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Fastenal Company Reports 2024 Annual and Fourth Quarter Earnings

Fastener News Desk

January 17, 2025 WINONA, Minn.–(BUSINESS Moderation in the rate of growth reflects a difficult comparison in our warehousing end market as a result of strong holiday-related shipments we experienced in the fourth quarter of 2023. Our goal for weighted FASTBin and FASTVend device signings in 2025 is between 28,000 to 30,000 MEUs.

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Grinding Technology Prepares Manufacturers for Business Challenges

Modern Machine Shop

Studer handled the year’s supply chain difficulties through building strong partnerships with suppliers, using a risk management approach by dual or multi-sourcing, and coordinating its engineering and purchasing departments. Studer’s roboLoad is a robotic automation system for its S121, S131 and S141 grinding machines.

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Automate Day One: Turning data into information for better context

Control Engineering

It will also be more diverse in its locations in the future with the event returning to Chicago in 2024, Detroit in 2025 and an unnamed western city for 2026 according to multiple sources. We want to facilitate that conversation with their partner, whomever it might be.” Context can arrive in other ways, too.