Category: Featured companies
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IDS introduces AI-complete industrial vision solution: ‘Even more functions thanks to free upgrade’
The recently released software update for the IDS NXT platform provides users of the all-in-one AI solution IDS NXT ocean with many new features. It extends the system’s AI capabilities to include object detection, offers turnkey solutions with vision apps and, with a new development environment, ensures that users can program their own image processing…
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BlueBotics to give digital demonstration of path to mobile robot development
BlueBotics, a provider of autonomous navigation technology, is attending this year’s ProMat Digital Experience (DX) event to highlight how it can help smooth the path to successful automated guided vehicle and mobile robot development, installation and operation. During the digital event, which runs from April 12 to 16, BlueBotics will explain and fully demonstrate the…
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Webinar: Fast Solution for Speed and Separation Monitoring in a Collaborative Robot Application
Register here: https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_-anVothsTM2a7mMUOfdViQ SICK Sensor Inc announces the latest webinar in association with Robotics and Automation News. Collaborative robot adaptation is growing faster than ever before and leading the charge is Universal Robots. SICK has partnered with UR to create the fastest way to implement speed and separation monitoring for collaborative robot applications. The webinar…
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FORT Robotics raises $13 million in funding
FORT Robotics, a technology company creating safety-and-security solutions for autonomous machines, has closed on $13 million in funding led by Prime Movers Lab, an investor in breakthrough scientific startups. With the new investment, FORT will more than double the size of its workforce and expand its product offerings in key markets. Samuel Reeves, founder and…
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PI USA adds ROS drivers to its hexapod robotic positioners
PI USA has added Robot Operating System (ROS) drivers to its hexapod 6-axis robotic positioners. ROS, managed by ROS.org, is a flexible framework for robotics software development, and PI has released ROS drivers for its full compact H-811 hexapod range. These miniature 6 degrees-of-freedom robotic positioning systems provide sub-micron precision for applications including Silicon Photonics…
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Efficient production of even the smallest of series
Human-robot collaboration: Advantages for manual production The video below will show you why human-robot collaboration holds enormous benefits for staff in manual assembly and enables companies to efficiently produce very small series in semi-automated processes. item Industrietechnik developed a system for human-robot collaboration with the aim of lightening the load on workers in manual assembly…
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BlueBotics’ ANT navigation drives autonomous vehicles over 10 million kilometers
BlueBotics’ ANT navigation software for warehouse vehicles is now estimated to have driven automated guided vehicles and autonomous mobile robots over 10 million kilometers. ANT stands for “automation navigation technology” and has been installed in vehicles used for applications ranging from warehousing and manufacturing to commercial cleaning services, ultra-violet disinfection and more. Dr Nicola Tomatis,…
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Ibeo and SICK partner in ‘largest ever’ LiDAR co-operation agreement
Ibeo Automotive Systems and SICK Sensor Intelligence are partnering in what is described as the “largest ever LiDAR co-operation agreement”. The technology partnership between Hamburg-based automotive LiDAR specialist Ibeo and SICK will result in a 3D solid-state LiDAR sensor for industrial applications. The technology, developed by Ibeo to automotive standards, is based on a new…
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Silicon Valley Robotics awards two honors to SICK
The Silicon Valley Robotics group awarded SICK two honors as a part of the SVR’s inaugural Good Robot Industry Awards. This program celebrates robotics, automation, and artificial intelligence that helps to solve global challenges. SVR is a non-profit industry cluster and coalition of robotics companies and startups, representing the robotics cluster in northern California. The…
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SICK microScan safety scanners now offer Fail Safe over EtherCAT
SICK’s microScan3 family of safety laser scanners is now offering Fail Safe over EtherCAT (FSoE) integration. SICK says this is the world’s first safety laser scanner with this capability. Originally launching in 2016, the microScan3 is an extremely intelligent and durable safety laser scanner that enhances machine availability and productivity due to its safeHDDM scanning…