Robotics Business Review

APRIL 25, 2024

UR cobots are can now use SRCI, a standard interface between PLCs and robots. Source: Universal Robots Collaborative robots are designed to be easy to use, but they also need to work with other systems. Universal Robots A/S announced that it has integrated the Standard Robot Command Interface, or SRCI, into its software.

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Robotics Business Review

APRIL 18, 2024

companies led March 2024 robotics investments. Credit: Eacon Mining, Dan Kara Thirty-seven robotics firms received funding in March 2024, pulling in a total monthly investment of $642 million. Micro-factories Bear Robo Bear Robotics tics 60,000,000 Series C U.S. Drone inspection Cambrian Robotics 3,500,000 Seed U.K.

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Robotics Business Review

MAY 6, 2024

From left: Jim Shaw, president of Zion Solutions Group; Steve Crowe, editor at The Robot Report; and Jonathan Hurst, chief robotics officer at Agility Robotics, with RBR50 winner Digit. Source: Agility Robotics To spread industrial settings, humanoid robots must prove their utility and integrate with enterprise systems.

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Robotics Business Review

JANUARY 4, 2024

2024 could be a year of building robotics momentum. Source: Adobe Stock 2023 was a year of great change within the robotics industry. We’ll see ripple effects from the latest booms in artificial intelligence and humanoid robots for years to come. Here are five robotics trends that we think will take center stage in 2024.

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Robotics Business Review

OCTOBER 6, 2024

Surgical robots and other automation can benefit from real-time operating systems, says BlackBerry QNX. However, in the world of surgical robotics, the blink of an eye is a lifetime. There are strict timing requirements to manufacture surgical robotics. But let’s break this down even further. Register now.

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Cisco Manufacturing

DECEMBER 15, 2022

Examples are, mobile robots, AGV(automated guided vehicles), and manufacturing infrastructure. This blog is the second in a series, bringing a lens on manufacturing logistics, dissecting the application flow and a little detail on why the serving wireless medium must behave in a particular way to support it.

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Robotics Business Review

JANUARY 3, 2024

Robotics investments reached about $418 million in November 2023 as a result of 40 funding rounds. With the November investments, robotics funding for the first 11 months of 2023 totals approximately $12.1 million), and China-based HCFA, a manufacturer and integrator of industrial automation and robotics products ($38 million).

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Robotics Business Review

OCTOBER 27, 2024

Indoor mobile robots rely on autonomous navigation for safe and efficient delivery. Source: Relay Robotics When we think of autonomous navigation, the first thing that usually comes to mind is self-driving cars. Relay robots in particular, are being deployed in busy hospitals and hotels across the world.

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Robotics Business Review

APRIL 29, 2024

Left: Vivian Chu and Andrea Thomaz, the co-founders of Diligent Robotics; right: Kathleen Brandes and Ros Shinkle, the co-founders of Adagy Robotics. Sources: Diligent Robotics, Adagy Robotics Almost half of all startups that began in 2021 were formed by women, according to human resources cloud software company Gusto.

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Robotics Business Review

SEPTEMBER 11, 2024

The Digit humanoid could work in distribution, retail and e-commerce, manufacturing, and third-party logistics. Source: Agility Robotics Agility Robotics Inc. Digit won the 2024 Robot of the Year as part of the RBR50 Robotics Innovation Awards. to deploy the robot in its logistics operations. Register now.

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Control Engineering

SEPTEMBER 12, 2023

billion by 2027, driven by demand from battery-driven applications and increased flexibility in manufacturing and logistics processes. Growth is particularly strong in North America and Asia, with China leading due to the mobile and industrial robotics sectors. The market for ultra-low voltage motors will be worth almost $6.5

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Robotics Business Review

JANUARY 12, 2024

Modern robotics has come a long way since the 1960s. We’ve created robots accurate enough to work on a production line and safe enough to maneuver around a facility floor. In these locations, the robotics charging challenges become more pronounced. Perhaps the most pressing problem of all is how to charge those robots.

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Automation Mag

SEPTEMBER 7, 2023

Rockwell Automation has signed a definitive agreement to acquire Ontario, Canada-based Clearpath Robotics. The combination of autonomous robots and PLC-based line control has long been a dream of plant managers in industries as diverse as automotive and consumer packaged goods.

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Control Engineering

AUGUST 22, 2022

Robotics Insights. Many companies are utilizing robot integration in their programmable logic controllers (PLCs). Integrating robots can be time-consuming, tedious and expensive. Programming a robot directly in the PLC is solution for future development and maintenance of a controller. New robot systems working group.

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Fabricating & Metal Work

NOVEMBER 16, 2024

the evolving role of automation in the manufacturing industry was on full display with new or upgraded cobots, industrial robots and autonomous systems, such as AMRs. It was hard to miss cobots or robots, whether they were part of a bending system or welding cell, or as part of a material handling system, among other processes.

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AU Manufacturing

DECEMBER 5, 2022

A large industrial robot and human dancer will perform an exclusive dance work before a crowd of 170 of Australia’s top roboticists and manufacturing industry leaders in Brisbane tonight. This is an interactive performance between robot and human in an industrial setting.”.

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Fabricating & Metal Work

NOVEMBER 16, 2024

Positioned as the newest addition to the XPR line with X-Definition technology, the Hypertherm® XPR460® plasma cutting system is an advanced plasma system that pays you back with maximum versatility, productivity and precision. With intelligent automation, the TPSD helps manufacturers reduce material waste, production time and labor costs.

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Automation Mag

APRIL 25, 2024

Universal Robots (UR) has now integrated the Standard Robot Command Interface (SRCI ) , a standardized cross-manufacturer data interface, into its software. UR explains that the SRCI is a new standard for robotics manufacturers that aims to create a single interface between PLCs and robots.

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Additive Manufacturing

AUGUST 30, 2022

An interview by Lauralyn McDaniel with Sam Onukuri, Head and Senior Fellow, Additive Manufacturing at Johnson & Johnson. He points out 4 key value drivers for using additive manufacturing in healthcare. it’s a long journey, but definitely I think we have made a lot of progress.” Says Onukuri. Says Onukuri.

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21st Century Tech

DECEMBER 24, 2023

In his first contribution to the blog site, he writes about the change that 5G is bringing to manufacturing. For manufacturing this is not an incremental improvement over previous communication protocols. When it comes to manufacturing, 5G is making a noticeable difference. Dijam is the Co-founder and COO of GridRaster Inc. ,

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E&T

JULY 12, 2023

This cute, kawaii robot has a special ability: to nibble on your finger. While you stopped that behaviour in the past – as sharp little teeth can hurt – this adorable robot lets you enjoy the same comfort.” Conveying a variety of emotions in a nonverbal way, this robot gives you comfort.” So, no weird noises? Oh no, wait.

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AU Manufacturing

FEBRUARY 20, 2023

Advanced Robotics for Manufacturing Hub has collaborated with various organisations to provide its expertise in design, additive manufacturing , and robotics for the Spinal Life Australia (SLA) project in an effort to increase remote care solutions for people with disability.

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Robotics Business Review

JUNE 7, 2024

The Intelligent Surgical Unit applies AI and machine vision to robot-assisted procedures. which has been developing “intra-operative augmented intelligence technology for operating rooms,” today announced that it has entered a definitive merger agreement with KARL STORZ Endoscopy-America Inc. per share in cash.

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Robotics Business Review

JULY 29, 2024

Forty-eight companies that make robots or relevant enabling technologies raised a total of $2.7 Robotics investments for the first six months of 2024 totaled about $8.4 billion in June 2024. At press time, this was the highest monthly funding total of 2024. It should be noted that these five companies raised more than $2.1

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Control Engineering

JULY 12, 2023

smart manufacturing and digital transformation. Control Engineering asked these questions and others about smart manufacturing and digital transformation to Jeff Winter, senior director industry strategy, manufacturing, Hitachi Solutions, and an industry expert on Industry 4.0 initiatives. Review differences in Industry 4.0,

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Control Engineering

NOVEMBER 11, 2023

Learning Objectives: Understand what technologies should be integrated into manufacturing automation and robotic processes Review current, available Industry 4.0 technology trends Learn the needed competences to complete a robotics and automation risk assessment Quickly establish Industry 4.0 To thrive within the Industry 4.0

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Gary Mintchell

JUNE 14, 2024

AI will definitely make these companies more profitable by enhancing efficiency and reinforcing their advantages. Their interest in the manufacturing sector waned. This may be robotics, software, and medicines to help an aging population. This may be robotics, software, and medicines to help an aging population.

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Manufacturer's Monthly

JANUARY 9, 2023

The Innovative Manufacturing CRC’s time is coming to an end after six years of extraordinary work for Australian manufacturing. Manufacturers’ Monthly reviews the CRC’s journey and outlooks for the future of Australia’s manufacturing SMEs and the broader ecosystem. IMCRC’s beginnings. Engaging industry.

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Gary Mintchell

JUNE 27, 2023

I named my new website 10 years ago The Manufacturing Connection because I saw that the future was not simply automation but connections of many types. The R&D organisation of a leading surgical robotics company was up to speed in less than 30 minutes. Here is an example. Authentise Threads delivers value immediately.

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Robotics Business Review

MARCH 18, 2024

Source: Titan Medical Titan Medical announced today that it entered into a definitive amalgamation agreement to combine with Conavi Medical. In a news release, the company said it conducted outreach to more than 40 potential counterparties and halted the development of its ENOS surgical robot in February 2023.

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Modern Machine Shop

MAY 28, 2024

MetalQuest is a precision manufacturer and internal FANUC integrator that recently added its first cell with a 3D vision system. “Bin picking is basically the Holy Grail of robotic automation,” says Scott Harms, president of MetalQuest Unlimited Inc. All photos provided by MetalQuest Unlimited Inc.

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Automation Mag

NOVEMBER 8, 2022

Until very recently, Marc Sauvé never imagined he’d be teaching his team members to program robots. “I I would never even have thought about a robot,” he says. That was something for car manufacturers.”. Like many Canadian manufacturers, CIS has been affected by the perennial shortage of skilled workers.

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Gary Mintchell

JUNE 3, 2024

Even when I ditched the manufacturing world and became a magazine editor, the cycles still affected me (and most of us, right?). What I seldom see are definitions of the varieties of AI. Examples could be autonomous mobile robots (AMRs) or self-driving automobiles and trucks. Perhaps the cognitive will actually be “autonomous.”

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Fabricating & Metal Work

JULY 22, 2024

The BC25 is a user-friendly, versatile, robotic 3D CNC cell and platform for cutting metal parts and profiles from mild steel, stainless steel, and aluminum for virtually any structural steel shape. Machitech will feature its recently updated Beamcut BC25 at Fabtech Orlando in Booth# S11059.

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Manufacturer's Monthly

APRIL 23, 2024

Image: Novarc Technologies Novarc Technologies, a full-stack robotics company specialising in the design and manufacturing of cobots and AI systems for robotic welding applications, aims to address the shortage in welders with their autonomous SWR cobots. Compared to more common industrial robots, the SWR has several advantages.

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Fabricating & Metal Work

MARCH 19, 2024

inch high-definition display so that any function can be easily visible and accessed from the customizable HOME screen or page list. The large, high-definition display makes it possible to make program revisions without needing to bring a laptop onto the manufacturing floor. Mitsubishi Electric Automation, Inc.’s

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Robotics Business Review

JUNE 17, 2024

As shown at CVPR, Omniverse Cloud Sensor RTX microservices generate high-fidelity sensor simulation from an autonomous vehicle (left) and an autonomous mobile robot (right). Industrial robots could use FoundationPose to identify and track the objects they interact with. Sources: NVIDIA, Fraunhofer IML (right) NVIDIA Corp.

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