Robotics Business Review

APRIL 1, 2024

March 2024 was a non-stop month for the robotics industry. Here are the top 10 most popular stories on The Robot Report this past month. Subscribe to The Robot Report Newsletter or listen to The Robot Report Podcast to stay updated on the latest technology developments. Read More 8. Read More 7. Read More 6. Read More 5.

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JUNE 12, 2024

ABB robot factory in Michigan. Credit: ABB Robot sales continue to be slow in North America, according to the Association for Advancing Automation (A3). A3 said robot sales in North America were down 6% in the first quarter of 2024 compared to the same period in 2023.

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Robotics Business Review

JANUARY 17, 2024

Toyota will use robots simulated on NVIDIA Isaac Sim and controlled by READY Robotics’ ForgeOS. Source: NVIDIA READY Robotics today announced that it is collaborating with Toyota Motor Corp. to enhance safety and efficiency in automotive production. and NVIDIA Corp. Santa Clara, Calif.-based

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Robotics Business Review

FEBRUARY 12, 2024

North American automakers pulled back in robot orders last year. 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. Learn from Agility Robotics, Amazon, Disney, Teradyne and many more.

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Robotics Business Review

MAY 28, 2024

Source: Realtime Robotics Manufacturing can benefit from increasingly intelligent robots as much as any other industry. Realtime Robotics today announced that it has secured a strategic investment from Mitsubishi Electric Corp., leading its recently opened Series B round.

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Robotics Business Review

JUNE 29, 2024

Also present: ARMAR-7 robot from KIT. Source: BMBF/Hans-Joachim Rickel Germany’s leading robotics centers are coming together to establish the Robotics Institute Germany, or RIG. Participants said they want RIG to become the central contact point for robotics in Germany. Angela Schoellig from TUM and Prof.

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Robotics Business Review

FEBRUARY 22, 2024

From left to right: Shin Hee-Dong, president of KETI’; Lee Jung-ho, CEO of Rainbow Robotics; and Dr. Michael Pausch, CTO of Schaeffler Industrial, agreed to jointly develop mobile manipulators for manufacturing. ” Learn from Agility Robotics, Amazon, Disney, Teradyne and many more. .

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Robotics Business Review

SEPTEMBER 22, 2024

SandRob robot can sand, polish, and trim complex shapes of any scale or size, the company said. based company develops advanced medical imaging and precision robotics technology. It holds 75 issued and pending patents on its medical imaging and robotics platforms in the U.S., The initial funding of $13.5 EU, and other countries.

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Robotics Business Review

APRIL 17, 2024

which yesterday retired the older version of its humanoid robot after 15 years of development and today showed a preview of its successor. based company showed that its robot could walk, open a door, and maintain its balance while being shoved by a person holding a hockey stick, all without a tether. By 2016, the Waltham, Mass.-based

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Robotics Business Review

JULY 19, 2024

Continental mobile robots are deployed in logistics operations at manufacturing facilities. Credit: Continental Continental Mobile Robots, a Frankfurt am Main, Germany-based division of Continental’s Automotive Group Sector, has developed mobile robots for use in automotive plants.

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Robotics Business Review

DECEMBER 27, 2024

This year, six of our top 10 stories were about or mentioned humanoid robots. In addition to falling robot sales in North America, our readers were also interested in growing robotics communities in the U.S. Here are the top 10 most popular stories on The Robot Report in 2024. and big trade shows. Read more. Read more.

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Robotics Business Review

SEPTEMBER 24, 2024

NVIDIA CEO Jenson Huang ended his GTC 2024 keynote presentation backed by images of all of the various humanoid robots currently on the market that are powered by the Jetson Orin computer. Developers of artificial intelligence and humanoids are using NVIDIA tools, from the edge to the cloud. There are also two inflection points.

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Robotics Business Review

MAY 7, 2024

ABB Robotics is already expanding its lineup of modular industrial robot arms. These new robots join ABB’s recently launched IRB 5710-IRB 5720 and IRB 6710-IRB 6740 modular robots. Altogether, ABB said it modular robot lineup offers 46 different variants that can handle payloads between 70kg-620kg.

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Robotics Business Review

OCTOBER 11, 2024

Robotic Crew founders at RoboBusiness 2023. Robotic Crew offers staffing in Latin America for robot development, as well as operations and fleet management. “About two years ago, we spun out of WeDevelop, a company that was providing software engineers,” said Ricardo Petrazzini , founder and CEO of Robotic Crew.

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Robotics Business Review

JULY 27, 2024

Interact Analysis’ survey gave insights into what end users expect from autonomous mobile robots. Source: Adobe Stock Mobile robots have become an essential part of the automation landscape in recent years. Interact Analysis, a market research firm , revealed the results of its 2024 Mobile Robots Buyer Survey.

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Robotics Business Review

OCTOBER 1, 2024

September 2024 brought unique business deals, exciting events, and even the return of a robotics industry veteran. Other popular stories this month gave insights into the state of the robotics industry worldwide. Here are the top 10 most popular stories on The Robot Report this past month. Robotics investments top $1.3B

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Robotics Business Review

SEPTEMBER 20, 2024

. | Source: ABB Robotics With each passing year, labor shortages and complexity increase for the healthcare industry. ABB Robotics asserted this week that robotics and automation can help solve these problems. ABB Robotics asserted this week that robotics and automation can help solve these problems.

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Robotics Business Review

MAY 28, 2024

Comau is expanding from automotive manufacturing to logistics applications such as pick and place. Comau SpA recently said it is shifting from traditional robotics to software-driven systems and industry-agnostic technologies. million industrial robots today to 2.6 million industrial robots today to 2.6 million by 2029.

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OCTOBER 23, 2024

Horizon Robotics said its SuperDrive system offers human-like autonomous driving. Source: Horizon Robotics Horizon Robotics, a Chinese developer of autonomous driving technology , is raising HK$5.4 million worth of Horizon Robotics shares in the IPO, regulatory filings showed.

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Robotics Business Review

SEPTEMBER 17, 2024

Siemens is adding Teradyne robots to its visitor experience at MxD, which also hosts the EY digital operations hub. Source: EY Teradyne Robotics today announced that it is developing a robotics showcase at the MxD (Manufacturing x Digital) innovation center in Chicago with Siemens AG. based Teradyne Inc.

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Robotics Business Review

FEBRUARY 27, 2024

We’re in the midst of a decade of unprecedented transformation, driven in part by the global pandemic and geopolitical events that are fundamentally changing the way we manufacture and deliver goods, according to the International Federation of Robotics, or IFR. AI itself is not new to robotics. It is rapidly changing what is possible.

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APRIL 24, 2024

Magna International will manufacture more delivery robots. Source: Serve Robotics Serve Robotics Inc. to increase production of Serve’s sidewalk delivery robots. Aurora, Ontario-based Magna is one of the world’s largest automotive suppliers. based Serve Robotics spun out of Uber Technologies Inc.

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Robotics Business Review

MARCH 23, 2024

NVIDIA CEO Jensen Huang (left) with the Apollo humanoid robot. — Among the highlights of GTC this week was the convergence of artificial intelligence and humanoid robotics. announced that it working to integrate its Apollo humanoid robot with Project GR00T, NVIDIA Corp.’s Apptronik Inc.

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Robotics Business Review

SEPTEMBER 18, 2024

The GuideNOW system provides adaptive real-time robot guidance based on AI and 3D vision. The Paris-based company said it will use the round to expand its operations and accelerate the development of its AI-powered 3D vision guidance technology for robots. Credit: Inbolt Inbolt today announced that it has secured €15 million ($16.4

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Manufacturer's Monthly

JUNE 19, 2023

As industries that have always prioritised innovation as a way to make processes more efficient and cost-effective, manufacturing and robotics have a long and illustrious history. Fast forward to the present day and the controlled manufacturing environment is seen as the ideal testing ground for new robotics and automation systems.

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Robotics Business Review

MAY 30, 2024

robotics roadmap. has a culture that uniquely encourages innovation, but a lack of strong coordination among academia, government, and industry affects the development and deployment of technologies such as robotics, according to the 2024 edition of “A Roadmap for U.S. Robotics: Robotics for a Better Tomorrow.”

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Robotics Business Review

APRIL 12, 2024

The Phoenix humanoid robot is being developed to enable embodied AI and support general-purpose applications. Credit: Sanctuary AI Humanoid robot developer Sanctuary Cognitive Systems Corp., or Sanctuary AI, is entering a new strategic partnership with automotive components supplier Magna International Inc.

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Robotics Business Review

SEPTEMBER 3, 2024

AMD said its processors enable robotic surgery such as with Intuitive Surgical’s da Vinci system. Source: AMD The need for robotic surgery is well established, but most systems are still costly to purchase, operate, and maintain, noted Advanced Micro Devices Inc.

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AU Manufacturing

OCTOBER 2, 2022

TeamViewer and Hyundai Motor Company will cooperate to maximise digitalisation benefits in HMGICS’ smart factory using TeamViewer’s augmented reality (AR) platform, which includes mixed reality (MR) and artificial intelligence (AI) capabilities. billion devices around the world.

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Robotics Business Review

DECEMBER 30, 2024

The founders of Photoneo Brightpick Group, which is separating its vision and robotics units. unit, which provides vision sensors and artificial intelligence for robotics. based Brightpick won Application of the Year in the 2024 RBR50 Robotics Innovation Awards for Autopicker. acquisition of its Photoneo s.r.o.

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JANUARY 11, 2024

Sevensense said its VSLAM technology can improve mobile robot navigation. Source: ABB After a challenging year for autonomous mobile robot, or AMR, providers, industry leaders are continuing to consolidate. ABB had invested in Sevensense in 2021, the same year it acquired ASTI Mobile Robotics for $190 million. billion to $9.5

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Robotics Automation News

SEPTEMBER 20, 2023

The world of DIY automotive repair has seen remarkable transformations over the years. Enthusiasts who once relied solely on their trusty wrenches and diagnostic skills are now entering a new era – one where robots and automation can and likely will play a pivotal role.

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Robotics Business Review

JULY 15, 2024

Training machine learning models for self-driving vehicles and mobile robots is often labor-intensive because humans must annotate a vast number of images and supervise and validate the resulting behaviors. said its approach to artificial intelligence is different. Source: Helm.ai The Redwood City, Calif.-based ” Helm.ai

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Robotics Business Review

JUNE 2, 2024

Credit: eCential Robotics (left), Amazon Robotics (right) In addition to artificial intelligence products, NVIDIA Corp. founder and CEO Jensen Huang announced several robotics-related items during his keynote today at COMPUTEX in Taiwan. The company has also updated Jetson for Robotics in NVIDIA JetPack 6.0.

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Robotics Business Review

JANUARY 5, 2024

The company’s MIRAI vision system uses artificial intelligence to control industrial and collaborative robot arms in real time. “I’ve been working in enterprise business-to-business software for my entire career,” Jackson told The Robot Report. “What I bring to the table is, No.

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Robotics Business Review

JULY 9, 2024

The World AI Conference brought together 18 humanoid robotics companies from across China. Credit: WAIC After almost two years of climbing the hype curve, humanoid robots are reaching the point of maturity where it is becoming viable to deploy them into real-world applications. based Tesla. Register now.

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Automation Mag

FEBRUARY 16, 2023

In a new report, the International Federation of Robotics (IFR) analyzed the top five trends shaping robotics and automation in 2023. IFR shared in a press statement that the stock of operational robots around the globe hit a new record of about 3.5 New trends in robotics attract users from small enterprise to global OEMs.”

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