Robotics Automation News

DECEMBER 25, 2022

Collaborative robots, also commonly known as cobots, refer to robots that work side-by-side with human operators. Unlike industrial robots that are separated from human operators, cobots share the same working space as humans. Co-operative robots refer […].

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Robotics Business Review

MAY 13, 2024

The robotics industry has seen major growth and maturity in the past decade. Robots also are getting cheaper and more affordable. Robots are taking a greater role and improving automation in many ways, but are humanoid robots the next step? Submit your presentation idea now.

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Robotics Automation News

JUNE 16, 2023

What is the FX liquidity provider definition? The foreign exchange (forex) market is the largest and most liquid financial market globally, with trillions of dollars exchanged daily. Within this vast market, liquidity plays a crucial role in ensuring smooth and efficient trading operations.

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Robotics Business Review

FEBRUARY 19, 2024

Credit: Royal National Institute of Blind People Visually impaired people may soon be able to use AI-powered robotic service dogs to navigate the world around them. The robot uses artificial intelligence to not only assist its users to move independently, but also to speak to them about what’s going on around them.

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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

AUGUST 28, 2024

The Ozmo robotic window cleaner operates on a skyscraper in New York City. Source: Skyline Robotics Cleaning the windows of skyscrapers around the world meets the definition of dull, dirty, and dangerous jobs for robot assistance. ” Skyline Robotics’ Ozmo cleans a building facade.

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Cisco Manufacturing

DECEMBER 13, 2022

Examples are, mobile robots, AGV (automated guided vehicles), and manufacturing infrastructure. This blog is the first in a series, bringing a lens on robots and AGV, dissecting the application flow and a little detail on why the serving wireless medium must behave in a particular way to support it. 2) Manufacturing logistics.

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Gary Mintchell

SEPTEMBER 12, 2023

Autonomous robotics company’s acquisition to accelerate Rockwell’s end-to-end autonomous production logistics solutions Companies usually add a descriptive phrase following their name in a press release to describe what business they are in. a leader in autonomous robotics for industrial applications. Software was sexy. Just watch.

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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

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

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

MAY 29, 2024

Figure 1: Global Robotics Investment – Trailing 12 Months. Robotics investments reached at least $466 million in April 2024, the result of 36 funding rounds. Providers of collaborative robots scored the two largest rounds. China’s Rokae, a provider of collaborative and industrial robots, secured $70 million in April.

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Robotics Business Review

JANUARY 30, 2024

Lifeward, formerly ReWalk Robotics, offers a portfolio of exoskeletons for those with spinal cord injuries, brain injuries, multiple sclerosis, and more. Source: Lifeward ReWalk Robotics yesterday unveiled new corporate branding to officially begin operating as “Lifeward.”

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Robotics Automation News

DECEMBER 22, 2022

Today, IT solutions are just as necessary as the machinery and heavy equipment used to produce products. As such, it is used by large and new small and medium manufacturing companies. This software is also designed for those who have factory businesses such as import/export trade.

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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

MARCH 6, 2024

Robotics investments totaled $578 million in January 2024 as the result of 46 funding rounds. The largest robotics investment in January 2024 was a $100 million round secured by Norway-based 1X , a developer of humanoids (See Table 1 below). Chinese humanoid developer Robot Era raised $14 million in February.

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Robotics Business Review

JUNE 25, 2024

Robotics investments for May 2024 topped $2.1 Robotics funding through May 2024 totals approximately $5.7 The two largest robotics investments were raised by autonomous driving companies. Agrobotics Elephant Robotics Estimate Series B China Robot Arms Esper Bionics $150,000 Other U.S.

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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

FEBRUARY 7, 2024

Robotics companies raised $749 million in December 2023 as a result of 41 investments. Robotics investments reached about $12.9 In December 2023, makers of autonomous mobile robots for indoor applications such as e-commerce fulfillment were well represented. Outdoor Mobile Robots GreyOrange 135,000,000 Series D U.S.

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Robotics Business Review

SEPTEMBER 11, 2024

Source: Agility Robotics Agility Robotics Inc. The company said Ricoh will help it expand its customer-support capabilities throughout North America, better preparing it for larger deployments of its bipedal mobile manipulation robot, Digit. Digit won the 2024 Robot of the Year as part of the RBR50 Robotics Innovation Awards.

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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

APRIL 8, 2024

Massachusetts celebrates National Robotics Week. Credit: Adobe Stock To kick off National Robotics Week, Massachusetts Governor Maura T. It was great to see the innovative work being done in robotics from high school students in North Andover to cutting-edge startups at MassRobotics.”

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Robotics Business Review

SEPTEMBER 4, 2024

Robotics companies raised approximately $1.3 That figure is a result of 47 investments for producers of robots and robotics enabling technologies. Robotics companies raised $2.7 Robotics investments will be a major topic at RoboBusiness , which is produced by The Robot Report and runs Oct. Register now.

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Robotics Business Review

SEPTEMBER 16, 2024

Source: Mach9 Robotics Autonomous vehicles, delivery robots, and aerial drones all rely on geospatial data, as do construction and utility firms. Mach9 Robotics Inc. Baikovitz worked under Chuck and Red Whittaker at Carnegie Mellon University’s (CMU’s) Robotics Institute, as well as with the U.S.

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Robotics Business Review

OCTOBER 4, 2024

Fifty producers of robots and robotics enabling technologies received funding in August 2024, pulling in a total of approximately $1 billion. billion average The Robot Report has tracked each of the previous 12 months. Investment targeted to robotics companies for the first eight months of 2024 equals about $10.86

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Robotics Business Review

OCTOBER 3, 2024

3Laws’ Supervisor is a software layer that operates between the autonomy stack and the robot to monitor and correct motion commands in real-time to deliver collision avoidance, geofencing, system stability, and other necessary outcomes. Credit: 3Laws Robotics 3Laws Robotics has secured $4.1M 3Laws Co-Founder Prof.

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Control Engineering

SEPTEMBER 12, 2023

Growth is particularly strong in North America and Asia, with China leading due to the mobile and industrial robotics sectors. Mobile robots are expected to account for a significant portion of the market by 2027. In China, the market is being driven heavily by both the mobile robotics as well as the industrial robotics sector.

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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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Robotics Automation News

AUGUST 10, 2022

Amazon and iRobot have entered into a “definitive merger agreement” under which Amazon will acquire iRobot. iRobot is the well known maker of innovative cleaning products for the home, including the Roomba vacuum cleaning robot.

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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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Gary Mintchell

OCTOBER 14, 2024

This news incorporates a lot of things currently receiving media attention—data integration and visualization solution that incorporates robotic process automation (RPA). Yokogawa Electric Corp. has announced the global release in all markets other than Japan of OpreX Intelligent Manufacturing Hub.

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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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Robotics Business Review

APRIL 27, 2024

Conavi and Titan said they are continuing work on the all-stock transaction under a definitive amalgamation agreement first announced last month. Titan Medical licenses IP, evaluates options Toronto-based Titan Medical had developed patented technology for robot-assisted surgery ( RAS ), including through a single access point.

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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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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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Automation Mag

APRIL 1, 2025

For businesses like Attabotics, a Canadian robotics manufacturer attending ProMat, this was a concern. approach to tariffs has, from my perspective, been a little reactionary and haphazard, we cant plan for anything until we know whats true, said Scott Gravelle, CEO of the Calgary-based robotics company. Because the U.S.

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Robotics Business Review

JUNE 8, 2024

Source: Intuitive Surgical Part of the promise of robot-assisted surgery is that it enables increasingly complex but minimally invasive procedures, which allow for better patient outcomes. Decaestecker had performed such operations since 2017 using the da Vinci Multiport system, which is equipped with four robotic arms.

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