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Cobalt Robotics has raised $35 million in its Series B funding round, led by Coatue.
The company says the investment round will enable it to expand its security robots-as-a-service throughout the US.
Cobalt Robotics is a physical security service provider that builds indoor autonomous robots to make security and facility operations more effective. [Read more…] about Cobalt Robotics raises $35 million Series B funding with Coatue
Bright Machines has launched what it says the “first software-defined microfactory”.
The term “software-defined” is often used in computer networking and implies that a system is less dependent on specific – perhaps expensive – hardware and more defined by the software.
Bright Machines says it is delivering its vision of integrating software and artificial intelligence into every phase of the manufacturing cycle with the introduction of Bright “Microfactories”. [Read more…] about Bright Machines launches ‘first software-defined microfactory’
Wentworth Club and John Deere have agreed a new, exclusive partnership for the supply of golf course maintenance equipment to the world famous West, East and Edinburgh Championship Courses at Virginia Water in Surrey, from spring 2019.
The deal includes automated and autonomous vehicles and equipment.
Wentworth Club has been the host venue since 1984 for the PGA Championship tournament, which is regarded as the flagship event on the European Tour. [Read more…] about John Deere in exclusive partnership with Wentworth Club to supply golf course maintenance equipment
Comau Robotics has unveiled a new solution to create digital factories. The company calls it ‘in.Grid’ and describes it as an industrial internet of things platform.
In the digital factory everything is connected: the machines, the robots, and the individual production units that communicate with each other and with the operators.
Elements transfer data in real time to a central system capable of interpreting and analysing them, thereby making the whole process workflow more efficient.
[Read more…] about Comau Robotics launches IIoT platform to create digital factories
Denso has partnered with Honeywell to develop hybrid-electric and fully-electric propulsion systems for urban air mobility.
By converging their automotive and aerospace expertise, Denso and Honeywell seek to create propulsion systems that make air travel cleaner, quieter, more efficient and easier to maintain.
Urban air mobility is intended to provide more efficient movement of people and things within cities to improve safety and decrease ground traffic.
[Read more…] about Denso and Honeywell partner on urban air mobility
An art group, ‘robotlab’, has installed a Kuka robot in the city of Dordrecht to transcribe the Bible. The art project is part of the festivities for the 400th anniversary of the Synod of Dordrecht – a seminal event in the history of Dutch Protestantism.
The art group, in existence since 2000, examines the relationship between humans and robots. Since the group’s inception, Matthias Gommel, Martina Haitz and Jan Zappe have organised more than 100 exhibitions.
The current ‘bios [bible]’ project is using a robot from the Kuka’s KR CYBERTECH series to independently transcribe the Bible in Dutch.
[Read more…] about Kuka robot becomes a part of Dutch cultural history
