Tag: corporation
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Numurus secures $2 million to grow its open-source robotic applications software business
Numurus, a robotic solutions company and developer of NEPI, a commercial open-source software solution for robotic and smart sensing applications, has secured $2 million in funding led by Tokusui Corporation of America. The startup says the funds will help it to establish its position in the rapidly growing robotics and smart sensing markets. Combined with…
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Trimble implements new localization system for autonomous vehicles
Trimble has released details of the first deployment of its map-based localization system for land-based autonomous vehicle applications. IHI Corporation, a heavy industry manufacturer based in Japan, will retrofit its existing container and haulage trucks with a customized Applanix POS LV system as part of its broader autonomy capabilities for the transport of goods around…
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Ohio Transmission acquires AAP Automation
Ohio Transmission Corporation (OTC), an industrial equipment service provider and distributor headquartered in Columbus, Ohio, has acquired AAP Automation, a provider of machine automation and control solutions throughout the North and South West United States. AAP Automation will operate under OTC’s industrial products group segment. Headquartered in Englewood, Colorado, AAP Automation has three sales offices…
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Advanced Farm Technologies completes $25 million Series B funding round
Advanced Farm Technologies, developers of robotic technology for farmers, has completed a series B investment round raising $25 million to support the company’s growth in strawberry harvesting and the adaptation of its technology to apple harvesting. The Series B funding round was led by Catapult Ventures and included all the Series A investors Kubota Corporation,…
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Mitsubishi Electric to acquire Sharp factory to expand power device business
Mitsubishi Electric has agreed to acquire buildings and land from Sharp Fukuyama Semiconductor, a wholly owned subsidiary of Sharp Corporation located in Fukuyama, Hiroshima Prefecture, Japan. The acquired properties will serve as a new site where Mitsubishi Electric’s Power Device Works will process wafers for the manufacture of power semiconductors. New production facilities scheduled to…
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Mitsubishi and NTT take 30 per cent stake in HERE Technologies
HERE Technologies says Mitsubishi Corporation and Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation have completed their joint acquisition of a 30 per cent ownership stake in the company, after receiving regulatory approvals. HERE welcomes Mitsubishi and NTT as strategic investors. The two companies have co-invested in HERE via their recently established, jointly owned holding company COCO Tech…
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Toyota to offer rides in autonomous cars on public roads
Toyota Research Institute plans to make its Platform 4 (P4) automated driving test vehicle available for public demonstration rides next summer in Tokyo. Offered from July to September 2020, the P4 will demonstrate Toyota’s “Chauffeur” SAE Level-4 capabilities in a specific “mobility as a service” driving environment. The P4 experience will take place in Tokyo’s…
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Universal Robots and Phillips partner to provide integration with Haas machine tools
Universal Robots and Phillips Corporation have formed a partnership to make it easier to integrate with popular Haas CNC machine tools. The partnership with Phillips Corporation, the largest global distributor of best-selling Haas CNC machines, offers a fast track to spindle uptime with safe, easy-to-use, and cost-effective cobots Loading and unloading CNC machines is becoming…
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Mitsubishi Electric takes a stake in Realtime Robotics
Mitsubishi Electric Corporation has taken an equity stake in Realtime Robotics, Inc. a U.S. technology startup that develops and commercialises motion-planning technologies. Motion planning is the process of calculating and determining the optimised path that a robot should take to reach a goal without colliding with any obstacle. Realtime Robotics’ motion path planning solution performs…
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Okuma and Hartwig open tech centre in Houston
Okuma America Corporation, a world leader in CNC machine tool manufacturing, and Okuma distributor Hartwig, have opened a new Okuma Tech Center at Hartwig Houston in Texas, USA. The 23,000 sq ft showroom which features more than 20 machine tools – including larger machines specifically built for the oil and gas industry. Wade Anderson, Okuma…