Month: October 2022
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Galen Robotics closes oversubscribed $15 Million Series A funding round
Galen Robotics, which describes itself as a “digital-surgery-as-a-service pioneer”, has completed the first close for an oversubscribed Series A round with $15 million in funding, including investment from Ambix Healthcare Partners, from Menlo Park, California. Galen Robotics has submitted a new collaborative soft tissue surgical robot, intended to address unmet needs in the market, to…
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Foundry workers given ‘robotic’ glove to improve grip and protect hands
Waupaca Foundry is using an innovative adaptive technology to support workers who manually grind iron castings in the foundry. The “Ironhand” glove is claimed to be the world’s first soft exoskeleton designed for the human hand to improve grip strength and reduce effort. The system was tested at the iron casting supplier’s Etowah, Tennessee casting…
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T.I.E. Industrial purchases Robots.com and Robotworx brands
T.I.E. Industrial, an aftermarket supplier of CNC parts, refurbished industrial robots and general automation repair, has acquired Robots.com and the RobotWorx name. The asset acquisition expands the T.I.E. brand family, leveraging decades of experience in robotic equipment sales, repair and service to position Robots.com as an end-to-end partner in manufacturing automation. T.I.E. Industrial did not…
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Attabotics introduces new robot to ‘increase warehouse efficiency’
Attabotics, which describes itself as “the world’s first 3D robotics supply chain system for modern commerce”, has unveiled its Attabot 2022, the first commercialized version of its proprietary robot. Built stronger and smarter than its predecessor, the Attabot 2022 boasts a simplified mechatronic design that reduces operational costs while increasing the efficiency of automated picking…
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Rockwell Automation launches FactoryTalk Design Hub
Rockwell Automation, which claims to be the world’s largest company dedicated to industrial automation and digital transformation, has launched FactoryTalk Design Hub. FactoryTalk Design Hub is intened to enable industrial organizations to transform their automation design capabilities with a more simplified, productive way to work powered by the cloud. Teams of all sizes, skillsets, and…
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Kollmorgen Automation partners with Spanish Association of Mobile Robotics
The Spanish Association of Mobile Robotics (ARME) and Kollmorgen Automation have entered into a strategic partnership to offer high quality integration solutions for AGVs and mobile robots, based on the NDC8 platform. With this union, ARME aims to strengthen the position of AGVs and mobile robots at the Spanish market. Tobias Byfeldt, vice president, Kollmorgen…
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Mujin debuts new robotic case handler for warehouse automation
Robotic solutions provider Mujin has debuted its latest product, QuickBot, a comprehensive, quick-deployment robot cell for case handling. The company says the launch of its warehouse solution is poised to make robotic automation in North American logistics a “no-brainer”. The first application to become available is a depalletizing solution for automating one of the most…