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Dexory secures $80 million funding to drive global expansion goals

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Dexory, the leading robotics and data intelligence company, has successfully closed an $80 million Series B funding round.

The round was led by DTCP, with participation from Latitude Ventures, Wave-X and Bootstrap Europe, along with existing investors Atomico, Lakestar, Capnamic and several angels from the logistics industry. As part of this investment, DTCP’s Michael Rager joins Dexory’s board of directors.

The new funding, made up of a mix of equity and growth debt, will support an expansion of their artificial intelligence (AI) powered features across the DexoryView platform, grow its global team and accelerate the deployment of its autonomous robots with customers like GXO, Maersk, DB Schenker and beyond. [Read more…] about Dexory secures $80 million funding to drive global expansion goals

PepsiCo automates its first warehouse in Poland with Mecalux

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The intralogistics group Mecaluxhas installed PepsiCo’s first automated warehouse in Poland. The leading global food and beverage company has operated along the Vistula River since the 1970s, opening its first factory in Michrów in 1991.

With 9,000 locations for finished goods, this space is part of the Środa Śląska factory. The plant – the multinational’s most sustainable in Europe – is responsible for distributing thousands of pallets of potatoes daily.

The facilities, which cover an area the size of seven football pitches, “produce bags of potato crisps and other snacks for the European market, primarily Germany”, says PepsiCo. [Read more…] about PepsiCo automates its first warehouse in Poland with Mecalux

Peachtree Corners launches autonomous vehicle in partnership with May Mobility and T-Mobile

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Peachtree Corners, a smart city in the state of Georgia, United States, has agreed a partnership with autonomous driving technology provider May Mobility to implement its autonomous vehicle solutions.

The implementation will utilize the vehicle 5G communications infrastructure Peachtree Corners has developed in the city with T-Mobile.

This marks May Mobility’s first-ever deployment in the state of Georgia, providing its one-of-a-kind on-demand autonomous solution for reliable transportation. [Read more…] about Peachtree Corners launches autonomous vehicle in partnership with May Mobility and T-Mobile

MassTech and Healey-Driscoll Administration award more than $3.5 million to manufacturers across Massachusetts

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The Healey-Driscoll Administration and MassTech Collaborative’s (MassTech’s) Center for Advanced Manufacturing (CAM) announced more than $3.5 million in grants to 23 manufacturing companies through the Massachusetts Manufacturing Accelerate Program (MMAP), which aims to strengthen supply chains and spur growth in the manufacturing sector.

The grants will support the creation of up to 130 advanced manufacturing jobs in Massachusetts and training for up to 151 workers.

Massachusetts Economic Development Secretary and MassTech board chair Yvonne Hao announced the awards during the fourth annual Manufacturing Mash-Up, an annual event hosted by CAM that brings together companies, students, and state officials to foster innovation and strengthen partnerships in the manufacturing sector. [Read more…] about MassTech and Healey-Driscoll Administration award more than $3.5 million to manufacturers across Massachusetts

Inaugural humanoid robot industry event reflects ‘tremendous amount of interest’

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The Humanoid Robot Forum, the first event focused exclusively on this growing robotics category, has released its agenda with experts poised to outline the latest advancements, strategies and applications in manufacturing, logistics and daily life.

The forum is being organised by the Association for Advancing Automation, or A3, one of the world’s leading robotics and automation industries associations.

Speakers at this inaugural event, held October 7 in Memphis, Tennessee, will include Melonee Wise of Agility, Jeff Cardenas of Apptronik, Adrian Stoch of GXO, Huan Tan of UBTECH, Brendan Schulman of Boston Dynamics and Aaron Prather of ASTM International along with other visionaries from Collaborative Robotics, HaptX, NEURA Robotics, Persona AI, Reflex Robotics, Stokes Educational Services, Synapticon and WiBotics. [Read more…] about Inaugural humanoid robot industry event reflects ‘tremendous amount of interest’

Comau to build automated lab test system for chemistry insitution in Slovenia

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Comau has secured a public tender with the National Institute of Chemistry in Slovenia, to industrialize flexible machines for advanced cell formation and testing.

The collaboration aims to develop and industrialize flexible machines for the formation and testing of advanced cell technologies at varying working temperatures. The project was started in June, and is expected to end by the end of 2025.

The scope of the project is to deliver a technology path (from design to installation and commissioning) for the industrialization of flexible machines that manage both the formation and testing of various cell formats. [Read more…] about Comau to build automated lab test system for chemistry insitution in Slovenia

Cyngn unveils new 12,000 lb-capacity tugger for warehouses

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Cyngn has unveiled its first complete build of its next-generation 12,000 lb DriveMod Tugger.

The vehicle construction was successfully completed and demonstrated at the facility of its OEM partner, Motrec International.

This key milestone achieves the previously announced upgrade that increases towing capacity from 6,000 lb to 12,000 lb and marks a step forward for integrating Cyngn’s proprietary DriveMod technology with Motrec’s MT-160 tow tractor at scale. [Read more…] about Cyngn unveils new 12,000 lb-capacity tugger for warehouses

Flexiv’s fish fillet shaping solution automates breaded cod production

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Flexiv, a developer of general-purpose robotics solutions, has launched what it calls “a revolutionary fish fillet shaping application”.

Fully automated by the Rizon 4 adaptive robot, the solution utilizes a combination of computer vision and force-control to identify and shape breaded fish fillets, so that consumers receive portions of a uniform size and shape.

Developed for one of Asia’s leading seafood producers, this task was traditionally performed by manual labor, where employees had to carefully shape each fillet to ensure a consistently sized end product. [Read more…] about Flexiv’s fish fillet shaping solution automates breaded cod production

ABB launches ‘groundbreaking ultra accuracy’ feature for GoFa collaborative robots

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ABB Robotics has launched “Ultra Accuracy”, which it describes as a new industry-leading feature for its GoFa collaborative robot range.

The industrial giant says that Ultra Accuracy delivers “the highest level of precision available in cobots, enabling over 10 times greater path accuracy compared with other cobots on the market”.

Andrea Cassoni, global head of collaborative robots for ABB Robotics, says: “As industries look to automation to enhance product quality and achieve tighter tolerances – continuously decreasing the maximum allowable deviation from the standard in quality control – there is a growing need for robots that can perform tasks with exceptional precision.

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Nuro to license its autonomous driving system to automakers

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Nuro has decided to license its Nuro Driver autonomous driving system directly to automakers and mobility providers to “to accelerate autonomous vehicle development and deployment timelines”.

The Nuro Driver is built on Nvidia’s end-to-end safety architecture, which includes Nvidia GPUs for AI training in the cloud and an automotive-grade Nvidia Drive Thor computer running the Nvidia DriveOS operating system inside the vehicle.

The Nuro Driver has demonstrated its reliability and safety in real-world conditions with more than 1 million autonomous miles completed across its fleet of R&D vehicles and zero at-fault incidents. [Read more…] about Nuro to license its autonomous driving system to automakers

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