Day: March 30, 2021
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ANYmal robot being put to work inspecting BASF facility
Robot maker ANYbotics has unveiled its collaboration with BASF, one of the largest global chemical manufacturers, which involves the use of the ANYmal robot for inspections at Ludwigshafen, Germany. (See video below.) The two companies say the collaboration “displays the efficiency, quality, and scalability of robotic inspection and data-collection capabilities in complex industrial environments”. On…
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Toyota-backed investment fund Woven Capital buys stake in Nuro
Woven Capital, an $800 million global investment fund established by the Toyota Research Institute, has made an equity investment in Nuro, a robotics company developing autonomous delivery vehicles. The investment is part of Nuro’s Series C round of funding, advancing its work in designing and engineering self-driving road vehicles to transform local commerce through autonomous…
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GreyOrange upgrades its warehouse automation system to enable movement of heavy items
GreyOrange, a warehouse robotics and automation company, says its GreyMatter fulfillment operating system now supports unmanned heavy payload movement, directing its Ranger Intralogistics robots to move heavy payload inventory within warehouse zones. GreyMatter continuously assesses Distribution Center (DC) performance and deploys intelligent Ranger IL robots to transfer a diverse range of inventory payloads that weigh…
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Universal Robots develops interface for Siemens engineering portal
Universal Robots, the world’s largest collaborative robots manufacturer, has developed an interface for the engineering portal of Siemens, one of the world’s largest industrial technology companies. The companies say that integrating Universal Robots’ collaborative robots into complex machines and manufacturing environments will soon be a process machine builders and systems integrators can “seamlessly handle” through…
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Yaskawa Motoman has sold 500,000 industrial robots
Yaskawa Motoman, one of the world’s largest industrial automation companies, has sold 500,000 industrial robots. The company says cumulative shipments of Motoman Yaskawa’s industrial robots reach 500,000 units last month – February 2021. Yaskawa has attracted a wide range of customers worldwide since its first all-electric industrial robot in Japan Motoman-L10 was shipped in 1977.
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Manufacturing Data Summit launches online on 1st-2nd June
This is a one-of-a-kind opportunity for digital transformation leaders across Europe to join forces with hundreds of experts from across the regions manufacturing industry. Throughout the 2-day program, attendees will learn how to leverage new technologies, and hone their skills on topics including industrial IoT, AI, Machine Learning & Big Data, in order to accelerate…