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Archives for November 2021

Stellar Pizza prepares to launch its robotic pizza restaurant in Los Angeles

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Innovative, robotics-powered mobile pizza restaurant, Stellar Pizza, announces it is preparing for launch in Los Angeles in the Spring of 2022.

Under the direction of former SpaceX engineer turned CEO, Benson Tsai, Stellar Pizza uses cutting-edge technology and advanced robotics to create an automated, touchless machine that bakes pizza from scratch in under five minutes.

Revolutionizing the pizza-making and delivery process, Stellar Pizza’s efficient, state-of-the-art technology was developed by Tsai and his team of fellow former SpaceX engineers. Stellar’s team of experts extends to the culinary division. [Read more…] about Stellar Pizza prepares to launch its robotic pizza restaurant in Los Angeles

Why Your Company Should Be Using Custom Packing Tape

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Here are seven ways the use of custom packing tape can benefit your company.

Packing tape might be a simple roll of stationary and yet, it is extremely functional. To keep your cargo safe and sound during shipping and while in transit, packing tape is crucial. For example, it protects your products from contamination.

It’s not uncommon for packages to be damaged while loading and unloading from one place to another. These small tears can let in harmful contaminants, that is why using proper packing tape is very important for the integrity of your products. [Read more…] about Why Your Company Should Be Using Custom Packing Tape

Flexiv gains ‘world’s first’ CE and ETL certification for ‘force-controlled robot’

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Flexiv, a maker of “general-purpose” robotics, has received CE and ETL approval for their Rizon 4 robot, making it the “first-ever” seven-axis force-controlled adaptive robot to achieve both certifications at the same time, according to the company.

Demonstrating the “intrinsic safety” of the Rizon 4 robot, the CE and ETL approval was awarded by the world’s foremost testing, inspection, certification and assurance provider, Intertek. Accepted in the EU and Northern America, the approval enables Flexiv to distribute the Rizon 4 in the European Union, Canada, and the USA.

Meeting or exceeding the strict CE and ETL requirements, the Rizon 4 was subjected to hundreds of individual testing, evaluations, and assessments focused on machinery safety, electrical safety, functional safety, environmental reliability, electromagnetic compatibility, and collision detection. [Read more…] about Flexiv gains ‘world’s first’ CE and ETL certification for ‘force-controlled robot’

Avoiding Catalytic Converter Theft: Ideal Tips for Keeping Your Automobile Safe

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A catalytic converter is one of the costliest parts of a vehicle. Many countries around the world have it within their laws not to allow any vehicle on the roads without a working catalytic converter. The exhaust fumes released by vehicles running on gasoline play a key role in global warming. Catalytic converters save us from this horror by negating the effects of these toxic gases. However, there is always a catch with such great benefits.

Catalytic converters, being as expensive as they are, is one of the key attractions for roadside thieves who are always on the lookout for precious materials to steal. The primary reason behind stealing these devices lies more in their composition than operability. The focus of this article is to make the public aware of the imminent danger they are facing from potential thefts. [Read more…] about Avoiding Catalytic Converter Theft: Ideal Tips for Keeping Your Automobile Safe

Top Tech Trend: The Best Robotics that Simplify Our Life

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Robotics is an emerging form of technology that promises to simplify our lives a great deal in the near future.

Although robotics has emerged in some forms, like manufacturing, the truth is that robotics can help people in many unique ways. In particular, robotics has emerged as a means of helping people involved with dating online through the application of the “soft” side of robotics and automation.

The ability to get involved with online dating is helpful to minorities in the dating scene, like gay men or seniors. [Read more…] about Top Tech Trend: The Best Robotics that Simplify Our Life

Mecademic Robotics expands into huge markets with its tiny robot

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Mecademic Robotics, the Canada-based maker of a tiny industrial robot, is expanding into some of the largest robotics markets in the world.

The company has reached strategic agreements with new “value-added partners” which will enable it to grow into reginal markets in the US, Canada, France, Germany, and Australia.

As the global market continues to see increased demand for small industrial robot arms, Mecademic says it has increased its production capacity and regional presence to better serve its customers.

Mecademic describes its new partners – which are Allied Automation (USA), The Knotts Company (USA), Electromate (Canada), Pagès Group (France), LMZ (Germany), and Andrew Donald Design Engineering (Australia) – as “cutting-edge automation solution providers”. [Read more…] about Mecademic Robotics expands into huge markets with its tiny robot

6 Ways Restaurant Technology is Automating and Optimizing Operations

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With the increase in competition and advancement in restaurant technology, businesses have to automate their operations to meet the ever-changing customer demands.

Restaurant technology speeds up processes, optimizes operations, increases customer satisfaction, and provides a cost-effective way to run the organization.

Read on for six ways restaurant technology is automating and optimizing operations. [Read more…] about 6 Ways Restaurant Technology is Automating and Optimizing Operations

Miso Robotics unveils ‘faster, more customizable’ burger-flipping robot

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Miso Robotics has unveiled the newest model of Flippy, its flagship burger-flipping robot.

Flippy 2 is based on “key learnings and feedback” from Miso’s partner White Castle, who installed the original Flippy to a location in the Chicagoland area in September 2020 and plans to expand to additional locations once the pilot is over.

Miso says Flippy 2 takes over the work for an entire fry station and performs “more than twice as many food preparation tasks” compared to the previous version including basket filling, emptying and returning. [Read more…] about Miso Robotics unveils ‘faster, more customizable’ burger-flipping robot

Autonomous driving software startup Helm.ai raises $26 million in new funding

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Helm.ai, creator of next-generation AI software for autonomous driving, today announced it has raised $26 million in series B funding.

This funding will help Helm.ai better serve its rapidly growing customer base, and accelerate product expansion of its highly scalable approach to autonomous driving software.

Additional funding in this round was from JM Partners, Base Capital Funding, and Freeman Group, with additional participation from Nicolas Berggruen, ACVC Partners, OneWay Ventures, Binnacle Partners, Nadia Asoyan, Vlad Tenev, Mark Leslie, Jeff Rothschild, and Neil King. [Read more…] about Autonomous driving software startup Helm.ai raises $26 million in new funding

Top Firmographic Data Sources and How to Leverage Them

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B2B interactions can be extremely complex. To satisfy your clients, your business needs access to specific information that tells you more about the people working at the enterprise and gives you an insight into the buying habits of the company.

More specifically, during B2B interactions, you do not only need to sell your products and services to a company’s rep but also make sure that your solution addresses the company’s needs specifically. Personalization is key, and finding reliable firmographic sources can help your company thrive in the competitive business landscape. [Read more…] about Top Firmographic Data Sources and How to Leverage Them