Day: January 31, 2022
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Open Ocean Robotics raises $4 million to develop autonomous boat
Open Ocean Robotics has completed a $4 million round of seed financing to advance its marine robotics and ocean data analytics platform. This included a $2.8 million non-dilutive investment from Sustainable Development Technology Canada, an agency of the Canadian government, and $1.2 million from a syndicate of international investors including Rhiza Capital and Cindicates. This…
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Crypto Trends to Watch For in 2022
Although 2021 was highly volatile, it was a fruitful year for cryptocurrencies. And all the credit goes to retail and institutional investors. Today, the crypto market has been capitalized from $800 billion on January 1 to $2.2 trillion, including some coins doing astronomically well in terms of price and uses. This increase has been distributed…
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Interview: Formic aims to change the way you integrate robotics and automation into your facility
Formic Technologies is a new type of company which, itself, is the result of the huge changes that are occurring in the robotics and automation market, what with all sorts of new robots and technologies emerging, none of which is cheap to buy, and creating an increasing amount of complexity when it comes to implementing…
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Roameo security robot patrolling theme park in US
Roameo, a security robot developed by Robotic Assistance Devices, is patrolling a Six Flags Magic Mountain theme park in the United States, according a report on the InsideTheMagic.net website, which adds that the company is hoping to persuade the Disney company to introduce it to its massively popular theme parks. Roameo has attracted a lot…
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NEC unveils autonomous mobile robot control system
NEC has developed a control technology that the company claims “doubles the efficiency of autonomous mobile robots” in warehouses while maintaining a high level of safety. NEC plans to put this technology into practical use by March 2024 and to have it installed in NEC’s co-operative AMRs in Japan. In recent years, the introduction of…