Day: December 19, 2022
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ABB launches new industrial collaborative robot
ABB has launched the Swifti CRB 1300 industrial collaborative robot, bridging the gap between industrial and collaborative robots. Combining “class-leading” speed and accuracy with expanded load handling capability of up to 11 kg, the Swifti CRB 1300 can be used in a wide variety of production and product handling applications – from machine tending and…
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Kollmorgen Automation partners with Front AGV
Kollmorgen Automation, is partnering with Front AGV, a Swedish integrator and designer of automated guided vehicles (AGVs), to create “top-level AGV solutions”. Front AGV is part of 3Button Group, an automation group specialized in user-friendly and advanced robotic solutions for the consumer, food and automotive industries. The solutions cover a range of processes in the…
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Motional mobility study shows ‘consumer trust in autonomous vehicles is growing’
Autonomous mobility developer Motional has released new findings from its third annual Consumer Mobility Study, which looks at shifting consumer perceptions toward autonomous vehicles (AVs), as well as preferred AV use cases across generational and gender demographics. The study found that only one-third (33 percent) of Americans feel uncomfortable with the level of safety, security,…
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Uber Eats and Cartken partner to offer sidewalk robot deliveries
Uber Technologies, and Cartken, a delivery robots company, have formed a new partnership for food deliveries via automated robots in Miami, Florida. Uber Eats consumers in Miami will have the opportunity to have orders delivered by Cartken’s self-driving robot. Starting today, Uber and Cartken will begin operating with select merchants in the Dadeland area of…
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MOV.AI releases Flow ROS robot development environment
MOV.AI, developer of the Robotics Engine Platform announced today the beta release of Flow, a visual Integrated Development Environment (IDE) designed especially for ROS-based robot software. This open IDE speeds up and streamlines robot software development with a visual representation of ROS projects that makes it easy to understand ROS projects and allows simple and…
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Fruitcore Robotics raises €23 million to further commercialize Horst robot
Fruitcore Robotics, the startup creator of Horst robots, has raised €23 million to “enable companies of all sizes – from medium-sized businesses to global corporations – to introduce robotics and automation solutions into their manufacturing”. Three years after its market launch, Fruitcore Robotics is already automating several hundred different applications in 29 different industries in…
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Renatus Robotics launches automated robot warehouse system with ‘one-stop pick and pack’ technology
Renatus Robotics has launched what it claims is “the world’s first automated robot warehouse system with ‘One-Stop Pick & Pack’ technology”. Renatus enables a single worker to perform picking, consolidating, and packing operations all in one stop, operations that have traditionally required workers and dedicated material handling equipment at each step. This system revolutionizes inventory…
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SafeAI raises $38 million funding to develop autonomous heavy equipment
SafeAI, a developer of autonomous solutions for heavy equipment, has raised $38 million in its Series B round of funding with key investors including Builders VC, McKinley Management, George Kaiser Family Foundation, and Energy Innovation Capital. Additionally, Moog Inc joined the round as a strategic investor. SafeAI retrofits construction and mining vehicles with aftermarket hardware…
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Getting your warehouse holiday-ready: How technology can help you ride the tide during the busiest time of the year
By Pieter Feenstra is the CEO of Addverb Technologies’ EMEA region The holiday season is right around the corner and hype is in the air. With customers in their deal-hunting mode getting ready to score the best deals, and businesses offering competitive discounts for limited periods to trigger a sense of urgency, it sure is…