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RobotPlusPlus launches HighMate C20 cargo hold cleaning robot

Robotics Business Review

The Beijing-based company said its new robot cleaner enhances cargo hold cleaning, an essential part of bulk carrier operations. Ship owners need to be sure their cargo holds are cleaned properly, noted RobotPlusPlus. The post RobotPlusPlus launches HighMate C20 cargo hold cleaning robot appeared first on The Robot Report.

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Xwing and U.S. Air Force demonstrate fully autonomous cargo aircraft

Robotics Business Review

has demonstrated fixed-wing cargo-carrying capability in a point-to-point flight between two airbases using a specially modified Cessna 208B Grand Caravan. In air freight alone, just under 16 million metric tons of cargo was flown worldwide in 2023. For many airlines, cargo represents up to one-third of revenue. kg) payload.

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Kiwibot modifies its robot for ads, delivery and cargo needs

Robotics Automation News

Kiwibot, a developer of autonomous sidewalk robots, has launched what it describes as a “first-of-its-kind rent-a-robot” service to support companies in their cargo, advertising, and delivery needs.

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S.S. White Technologies to provide flexible rotary shafts for aircraft’s cargo door actuation system

Design World

White Technologies, a provider of flexible rotary shafts for the aerospace industry, has been selected by Heroux-Devtek Spain as the supplier of rotary flexible shafts and 90° gearboxes to provide a manual drive for the E-Jet Freighter E195F/E190F- aircraft main deck cargo door. Employing two S.

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Maersk and iB Cargo install Dexory’s robotics and AI technology in Bucharest distribution centre

Robotics Automation News

Dexory says its partnership with international shipping line Maersk is expanding into the Maersk and iB Cargo managed site in Romania, a distribution centre for a top home furnishing brand globally. The Bucharest deployment is the first of many outside of the UK to go live with the innovative technology, as part of the company’s […]

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Dutch cargo bike firm Babboe ordered to halt sales amid safety concerns

The Guardian Manufacturing

Regulator demands recall of two models, understood to affect about 10,000 of the popular products Dutch authorities have ordered a leading European manufacturer of cargo bikes to suspend sales and recall thousands of its products amid safety concerns over frame breakages.

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Italian port Livorno provides Comau exoskeletons to cargo handlers

Robotics Automation News

The logistics and cargo handling activities carried out in the port environment are largely managed manually by workers in order to ensure the required operational standards.

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