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Top 5 robotics trends for 2024, according to the IFR

Robotics Business Review

Source: IFR The International Federation of Robotics, or IFR, today listed its picks for the top five global robotics trends of this year. The IFR noted that the stock of operational robots around the world attained a new record of about 3.9 The average robot density, or number of robots per 10,000 human workers, rose to 151.

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Manufacturer Realizes Vast Improvement in the Quality of Welds, and Greater Visibility Into Robotic Downtime

Fabricating & Metal Work

Highlands introduced 17 cell type 1 package robot systems with positioner. is a privately held, vertically integrated contract manufacturing company specializing in welding, metal stamping, powder coat painting, assembly, warehousing, and distribution. Panasonic has been Highlands’ robotic welding partner since 1998.

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Interview: Bryan Dean, CEO and co-founder, Dragonfly Aerospace

E&T

Bryan Dean is describing his personal mission for Dragonfly Aerospace that designs and manufactures satellite cameras for monitoring what’s happening on Earth from orbit. This is a key moment for Dragonfly Aerospace,” says the South African engineer, “and we are thrilled to be delivering EOS SAT-1 with a number of firsts.

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Xaba and Lockheed Martin collaborate to test autonomous robots in airframe manufacturing

Canadian Manufacturing

Xaba and Lockheed Martin identified a use case focused on a typical robotics work cell used in any aerospace factory to test how Xaba’s xCognition “synthetic brain” could empower a commercial robot with greater intelligence and understanding of its body and the task it is about to execute while ensuring required quality and tolerances are achieved.

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Xaba and Lockheed Martin team up to test cognitive autonomous robots in airframe manufacturing

Automation Mag

Xaba, developers of AI-driven robotics and CNC machine controller, and Lockheed Martin recently collaborated to evaluate the automation of crucial manufacturing operations using the global aerospace company’s industrial robots integrated with Xaba’s proprietary physics-informed deep artificial neural network model, xCognition.

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International Federation of Robotics shares top robotics trends for 2024

Automation Mag

The International Federation of Robotics (IFR) has shared a press statement outlining the top global robotics trends for 2024. The stock of operational robots around the globe hit a new record of about 3.9 Workers will no longer need specialized programming skills to select and adjust the robot’s actions, shares IFR.

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Robotics, automation & the new era of materials science

Manufacturer's Monthly

This has led to significant advances in energy storage materials, flexible electronics, advanced composites , additive manufacturing , and novel biomedical materials for prosthetic implants, drug release and mRNA vaccines just to name a few. In our experience, robotics complements our human expertise and input, rather than replacing it.