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Epson Robots has launched its IntelliFlex Feeding System, powered by Epson Robots’ IntelliFlex Software and Vision Guide.
Epson says the IntelliFlex Feeding System delivers a “simplistic and affordable feeding solution” to accommodate a wide variety of parts for advanced applications in medical, consumer, automotive, electronics and more.
Available in June, 2019, it was showcased at the recent Automate Show. [Read more…] about Epson launches IntelliFlex parts singulation solution
DXC Technology has reached an agreement to support BMW’s autonomous vehicle development through the automaker’s “High Performance D3” platform.
DXC provides services that help to provide and simplify data analysis and train the necessary algorithms to reduce the time and cost of developing autonomous vehicles.
The BMW Group High Performance D3 platform supports the company’s own autonomous vehicle development program and gathers enormous amounts of road driving data from the global BMW research and development fleet. [Read more…] about BMW and DXC partner to accelerate development of autonomous driving
Startup company Arevo is to manufacture ‘world’s first’ 3D-printed carbon fiber unibody bike frames for the new line of e-bikes from Franco Bicycles.
Arevo, a Silicon Valley company specializing in composites manufacturing through digitalization, says the partnership with boutique bike manufacturer Franco Bicycles will deliver “the world’s first 3D printed, continuous carbon fiber single-piece unibody frame” for Franco’s “Emery” brand.
The companies will showcase the new “Emery One” e-bike in booth S9 at the Sea Otter Classic bicycling event in Monterey, California, April 11-14, during exhibition hours. [Read more…] about Arevo to manufacture ‘world’s first’ 3D-printed carbon fiber unibody bike frames
Mining vehicles giant Komatsu has created what it describes as a “center of excellence” for its massive autonomous haulage trucks.
The company says the new facility brings together product, technology and service experts from across the company.
The official name of the facility Center of Excellence for Autonomous Haulage Systems, its driverless trucks. [Read more…] about Komatsu establishes ‘center of excellence’ for its autonomous haulage trucks
Montratec has unveiled what it describes as “revolutionary and sensational automation technology” at this year’s Automate Show.
At the automation technology trade fair, the US-positioned German company demonstrated several new product developments of their future-oriented automation and transport system “montrac”.
In particular, the innovative features of the new transport shuttle-generation “MSH5” are setting the next milestone in the field of intra-logistics and process automation. [Read more…] about Montratec unveils ‘revolutionary and sensational’ automation technology at ProMAT
Brain Corp, a San Diego-based artificial intelligence and robotics company, says it will be expanding its relationship with retail giant Walmart.
Brain Corp will provide its operating system, BrainOS, to an additional 1,500 robotic floor cleaners nationwide by the end of the year.
This deal will increase the prior announcement of 360 robotic floor cleaners powered by BrainOS operating in Walmart stores to a fleet totaling 1,860 machines. [Read more…] about Brain Corp to supply another 1,500 floor cleaning robots to Walmart
Starship says its autonomous delivery robots have now travelled over 200,000 miles – the equivalent of driving around the world more than eight times
Starship Technologies, the world’s leading provider of autonomous delivery services, today announced that it has passed the major milestone of 50,000 commercial deliveries.
The company’s robots have travelled in over 100 cities around the world, operating commercially every day in local neighbourhoods and university and corporate campuses across five different time zones.
Today, Starship celebrates its one year anniversary of operation in Milton Keynes, in the UK, having seen the number of houses served in the town grow by 450 percent in the last year. [Read more…] about Starship Technologies celebrates 50,000 autonomous deliveries with its robots
RightHand Robotics, a provider of autonomous robotic piece-picking solutions, has released its RightPick2 solution, the company’s next-generation, integrated software and hardware product platform.
The launch was made at the ongoing ProMat Show in Chicago, a major showcase for material handling automation for supply chain, distribution and manufacturing.
RightPick2 is an autonomous piece-picking platform that handles the core task of picking and placing individual items as part of a wide range of warehouse workflows and processes. [Read more…] about RightHand Robotics system surpasses 10 million picks with RightPick platform
Epson Robots has expanded its SCARA robot lineup with the introduction of four new robots – the LS3-B, LS6-B, LS10-B and LS20-B.
The new robots will be available in the summer and fall of 2019 with the LS10-B shipping in June.
The LS10-B SCARA robot will be showcased at the ongoing Automate Show, at Epson Robots booth #7566. [Read more…] about Epson expands industrial robot lineup
Funding to accelerate development of robot-enabled solutions to agricultural industry labor challenges, says the company
Augean Robotics, a Philadelphia-based startup developing a collaborative robotic platform for the agriculture industry, says it has raised $1.5 million in its seed funding round.
The round was led by ffVC, with participation from S2G Ventures, Radicle Growth, and several others. As part of the round, Adam J. Plotkin from ffVC and Kirk Haney from Radicle Growth joined Augean’s board.
Augean says it provides robot-enabled solutions to the agriculture industry, addressing the significant labor challenges faced by today’s growers–chief among them rising wages and a shrinking workforce. [Read more…] about Augean Robotics raises $1.5 million to commercialize farm robot
