Day: September 7, 2017
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Coca-Cola orders robotic warehouse system from Swisslog
Swisslog has secured an order for the first of its PowerStore intralogistics systems from Coca-Cola Malaysia. As part of Coca-Cola Malaysia’s investment of RM500 million ($119 million) to expand the size and production capacity of its current plant at Bandar Enstek, the company has commissioned Swisslog for a flexible, robotic, data-driven automated warehouse for intralogistics.…
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Cambridge Medical unveils its new surgical robot
Cambridge Medical Robotics, which is developing a surgical robot, has released the first photographs of the system, Versius. The images show the “revolutionary” design of the robot, including its “highly versatile” surgical bio-mimicking arms. The release of the photographs marks a major milestone, says CMR, which aims to make minimal access surgery available to all…
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US politicians approve driverless car bill
The US House of Representatives has passed a bill to create a national framework for the development and testing of driverless cars. Until now, the situation has been that each individual state deals with automakers which want to test and develop autonomous cars in their area. The new measure would allow automakers to acquire permits…
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Taiwan to develop ‘affordable’ industrial robots for factories and warehouses
The Industrial Technology Research Institution of Taiwan says it is working with local manufacturers to develop what it says will be more “affordable” robots for factories and warehouses – in other words, collaborative robots. This is according to a report in the Taipei Times. Patrick Yu, acting division director of ITRI’s mechanical and mechatronics systems…
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John Deere to buy lettuce farming robot maker Blue River Technology
John Deere, the farming machinery giant, has reached a deal to buy lettuce farming robot maker Blue River Technology for $305 million. Blue River also provides a range of other technology solutions – such as a weed killing machine, drone sensing and phenotyping solutions – to the precision agriculture sector, principally using machine learning. The…