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Warehouse robot maker 6 River Systems has raised $25 million in Series B financing.
The funding round was led by Menlo Ventures, with participation from all existing investors including Norwest Venture Partners, Eclipse Ventures and iRobot.
6RS will use the investment to enhance its first collaborative fulfillment robot, called “Chuck”. [Read more…] about 6 River Systems raises $25 million for its warehouse robots
Plastic Molded Concepts, a plastics injection molding manufacturer, has installed Rethink Robotics’ Sawyer robot at its Eagle, Wisconsin facility to drive business growth and offer high-quality jobs for workers. (See video below.)
Rethink claims that PMC has found that using Sawyer “increases throughput efficiency and job quality” in its facility.
PMC has turned to automation to boost the productivity of its 38 molding machines. As a first step, Sawyer is making parts for a pressure gauge.
Larry Floyd, president at PMC, says: “We qualify our success in terms of efficiency, and there’s no better solution to efficiency than automation. [Read more…] about PMC ‘increases efficiency and quality’ with Rethink Robotics’ Sawyer
Universal Robots says it has reached 25,000 unit sales of its collaborative industrial robot range.
The company has now achieved the same unit sales as Omron, according to the Robotics and Automation News list of top robot companies with the most installations.
The figure for Omron has not been updated for a while, but that does not diminish Universal Robots’ achievement. [Read more…] about Universal Robots sells 25,000 units
Malaysia is a southeast Asian country with a population of about 32 million, and a diverse ethnic mix which includes 50 per cent Malays, 23 per cent Chinese and 12 per cent “indigenous”, along with 7 per cent Indians and 9 per cent “others”, according to the most recent study.
Its location and geography – with thousands of miles of coastline and almost 30 ports – make Malaysia an ideal logistics hub for the Asia-Pacific region and beyond.
The largest port in the country is said to be Port Klang, which used to be called Pelabuhan Swettenham. Like any major port, it has road and rail connections to the rest of the country and beyond – to Singapore and Thailand among other places. [Read more…] about Country insight: Robotics and automation set to make in-roads into Malaysian logistics industry
Omron Automation will demo its wide-ranging innovations in robotics, sensing, control, safety, vision and more at the SAE World Congress Experience (WCX) this April in Detroit, USA..
One of the company’s key demos at WCX 2018 will feature the FH vision system, a powerful solution for high-speed inspection for automotive and electronic applications.
The LD Mobile Robot exhibit will show how self-navigating autonomous intelligent vehicle (AIV) can adapt to a wide variety of applications and payloads.
[Read more…] about Omron to show factory automation solutions at WCX
Fujitsu and FamilyMart have started a field trial to introduce digital technologies including robots and blockchain at a FamilyMart shop in Taiwan.
Fujitsu Limited and Fujitsu Taiwan will deliver a customer experience that includes store guidance using the communication robot, Robopin, a content delivery service, FlowSign Light, which utilizes visible light communications, and the video communication solution FlowSign Video.
A “stamp rally” promotion will also be conducted that makes use of blockchain technology.
[Read more…] about Fujitsu partners with FamilyMart to trial robotic grocery store
Comau has announced a new system integrator partner in Michigan, Fibro Lapple Technology (FLT). FLT is a leading manufacturer of automation solutions in the areas of automotive, mechanical engineering and general industry.
As a system partner in handling, transport and installation technology, FLT offers individual complete solutions and standard modules in first-class quality.
“The diverse experience that FLT has in a variety of industries is the key to our partnership being a success”, says James Lakin, Comau Robotics NAFTA Partner Manager.
[Read more…] about Comau Robotics partners with FLT in Michigan
To celebrate the sale of 25,000 cobots worldwide, Universal Robots is giving away its first and only Gold Edition cobot, shipped free of cost, to the lucky customer who orders the 25,000th cobot.
With its joints painted in a gold-coloured finish, this Gold Edition cobot will be available in the UR3, UR5 or UR10 model.
“With this historic milestone, we celebrate not just the success of Universal Robots in empowering customers, but also the successes of our customers in innovating and changing their workplace with collaborative robots,” said Jürgen von Hollen, President of Universal Robots.
Since RoboticsAndAutomationNews.com was launched a couple of years ago, we’ve learned a lot.
One of the things we’ve learned is that there are many interesting trade shows around the world related to the industries we cover.
The technologies within robotics and automation are present in just about every industry and business sector on Earth, so our content could be highly diverse, but we tend to concentrate on manufacturing and logistics, although not exclusively – we do take a look at other areas part of the time. [Read more…] about At the centre of events worldwide
