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Essentium, a provider of 3D printing solutions for industrial additive manufacturing, has closed $22.2 million in Series A funding.
The round was led by BASF Venture Capital with participation from Materialise, Genesis Park, and previous seed round investors.
BASF Venture Capital Investment Manager, Sven Thate, will join the Essentium board. [Read more…] about Essentium closes $22.2 million in Series A funding
Industrial automation giant Omron has released a new collaborative robot in partnership with TechMan. (See video below.)
The companies say the Omron-TM collaborative robot automates repetitive tasks and enhances human-machine collaboration, and is now available worldwide.
Omron Automation Americas says the release of its new TM Series collaborative robot will facilitate collaboration between humans and machines. [Read more…] about Omron releases new collaborative robot in partnership with TechMan
Giant Food Stores has started installing robots in all its stores, which is at least 172 locations.
The installation is said to be one of the largest applications of in-store robotics innovation in the US.
The robot model, called “Marty”, was developed by Badger Technologies, which specialises in retail automation. [Read more…] about Giant Food Stores puts robots into all its stores
Amazon is “field testing” a small delivery robot as part of its premium service, Amazon Prime. (See video below.)
The robot, called Amazon Scout, is a “fully-electric delivery system” designed to safely get packages to customers using autonomous delivery devices, says the company in its blog.
These devices were created by Amazon, are the size of a small cooler, and roll along sidewalks at a walking pace. [Read more…] about Amazon ‘field testing’ delivery robot as part of premium service
Festo and Lely have developed the fifth generation of a milking robot – called “Astronaut A5”.
The companies say the strategic partnership between the two family-owned companies creates “technological advantages” which place them “at the forefront of robotic milking technology”.
The collaboration between Lely and Festo for nearly 20 years demonstrates how a simple customer-supplier relationship can evolve into a strategic partnership on an equal footing. [Read more…] about Festo and Lely unveil new version of milking robot
PepsiCo has enrolled its “Hello Goodness snackbot” into college. (See video below.)
What the company calls “the friendliest new freshman” at University of the Pacific in Stockton, California, arrived on campus earlier this month. And it’s stocked with snacks and beverages.
Snackbot is described as an “outdoor, self-driving robot” which brings snacks and beverages from Hello Goodness, a curated portfolio of brands from PepsiCo, to hungry college students. [Read more…] about PepsiCo sends Robby’s delivery robot to college
First robot delivery service integrated with student meal plans debuts at George Mason University today
Sodexo, a food services and facilities company, and Starship Technologies, a robotics company, have partnered to launch robot food delivery services at George Mason University’s Fairfax, Virginia campus. (See video below.)
Beginning today, Mason’s 40,000 students, faculty and staff can access the Starship Deliveries app (iOS and Android) to order food and drinks to be delivered anywhere on campus, within minutes.
Blaze Pizza, Starbucks, and Dunkin’ are the first retailers to participate, with more to be announced in the coming weeks. Each on-demand delivery costs just $1.99. [Read more…] about Starship Technologies partners with Sodexo to launch ‘world’s largest fleet of delivery robots on a university campus’
Samsung has partnered with ecom – owned by Pepperl+Fuchs – to launch a ruggedized tablet for hazardous industries.
The companies say the tablet “increases safety, ease-of-use for mobile workers in oil and gas, chemical, pharmaceuticals and other industries operating in hazardous environments”.
ecom says the next generation of the Tab-Ex 02 DZ1 is based on the ruggedized Samsung Galaxy Tab Active2. [Read more…] about Samsung partners with Pepperl+Fuchs to launch ruggedized tablet for hazardous industries
GreyOrange has expanded its autonomous mobile robot solution portfolio with the launch of a new modular sortation system and upgraded versions of Butler and PickPal.
The robotics and warehouse automation company will launch its new modular sortation system and demonstrate upgraded versions of its Butler and PickPal at LogiMAT 2019, to be held in Stuttgart, Germany on 19-21 February.
Today, retailers and logistics businesses face many new kinds of complexities and challenges due to the unprecedented growth in volumes, combined with the volatility of peak periods and increased pressure to cut operational costs. [Read more…] about GreyOrange to launch new warehouse automation products at LogiMAT
Custom computing solutions manufacturer MBX Systems has unveiled its new hardware manufacturing orchestration software.
The company has introduced the platform at the I/ITSEC conference a couple of months ago.
MBX Systems will showcase an advanced software toolset called Hatch that provides industry-first hardware manufacturing orchestration and visibility for companies using MBX’s engineering and manufacturing services to deploy their solutions. [Read more…] about MBX unveils hardware manufacturing orchestration software
