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  • Osaro and Geek+ partner to integrate robotic warehouse solutions

    Osaro and Geek+ partner to integrate robotic warehouse solutions

    Osaro, a specialist in in machine-learning-enabled robotics for e-commerce, has agreed partnership that integrates its pick-and-place robots with groundbreaking Geek+ warehouse automation systems. The new alliance offers businesses a one-stop solution for their warehouse fulfillment operations and a strategy to boost the ROI of their autonomous mobile robot systems (AMRs) and automated storage and retrieval…

  • ABB predicts top US robotics trends

    ABB predicts top US robotics trends

    With annual revenue in the US robotics market expected to grow at 5.62 percent, resulting in a market volume of over $9 billion by 2027, John Bubnikovich, president of ABB US Robotics Division, is making several predictions on key trends in in robotics automation in the US for 2023 and beyond. Bubnikovich says: ”The impact…

  • 5 Ways Robotics Can Improve Manufacturing Output

    5 Ways Robotics Can Improve Manufacturing Output

    The introduction of robotics in the manufacturing sector has been advancing quickly over the past few decades, with a resulting increase in production outputs and reducing associated costs. Automation is proving to be a powerful tool for manufacturers at all levels; it eliminates labor costs and provides large increases in scalability of product output. Companies…

  • Maximizing ROI: How Investing in a High-Quality Case Erector Can Benefit Your Business

    Maximizing ROI: How Investing in a High-Quality Case Erector Can Benefit Your Business

    Case erectors are an integral part of every business, and their role is essential in keeping your company running smoothly. They maintain equipment running properly, reduce downtime and increase productivity in your workplace. But how can you get the most out of having a high-quality case erector?

  • Will a robot take my job? Notre Dame researcher says this view is overly pessimistic

    Will a robot take my job? Notre Dame researcher says this view is overly pessimistic

    With the impact of industrial robots on the US labor markets in the past two decades, and an ever-increasing presence of machine-driven technology (such as artificial intelligence and ChatGPT), many employees have feared that one day robots will take their jobs. Not necessarily so, according to research recently published by Yong Suk Lee, an assistant…

  • Plus One Robotics raises $50 million in new funding

    Plus One Robotics raises $50 million in new funding

    Plus One Robotics, a provider of advanced AI vision software and solutions for robotic parcel handling, has raised $50 million in Series C funding. The round was led by Scale Venture Partners, with Partner Rory O’Driscoll joining the board of directors. Top Tier Capital Partners, Tyche Partners, ROBO Global Ventures, Translink, McRock, and Pritzker Group…

  • Future of Agriculture: What Does Automated Vertical Farming Look Like?

    Future of Agriculture: What Does Automated Vertical Farming Look Like?

    Today, automation is revolutionizing productivity and bringing other benefits across almost all industries. Agriculture is also shifting from manual labor towards a highly automated model where almost no workers are required on site. Challenges faced by conventional agriculture such as limited water resources and farmland have facilitated the development of high-tech greenhouses and indoor vertical…

  • Carbon Robotics adds LaserThinning capability to its LaserWeeder

    Carbon Robotics adds LaserThinning capability to its LaserWeeder

    Carbon Robotics, an AI and robotics company specializing in agriculture, has introduced what it says is “the industry’s first LaserThinning capability”, continuing the “rapid innovation” of its LaserWeeder system. LaserThinning targets areas where vegetable crops are purposefully overseeded and then thinned for optimal crop spacing, growth and yield. This is particularly valuable for farmers growing…

  • Scythe Robotics secures $42 million new financing to accelerate production of zero-emissions autonomous mower

    Scythe Robotics secures $42 million new financing to accelerate production of zero-emissions autonomous mower

    Scythe Robotics, a startup company developing advanced, commercial-grade autonomous solutions for the professional landscape industry, has raised $42 million in Series B financing. The round was led by Energy Impact Partners and included additional new investors ArcTern Ventures, Alumni Ventures, and Amazon’s Alexa Fund alongside participation from existing investors True Ventures, Inspired Capital and more.…

  • Berkshire Grey and Locus Robotics combine to offer ‘industry-first’ cross-platform robotic automation

    Berkshire Grey and Locus Robotics combine to offer ‘industry-first’ cross-platform robotic automation

    Berkshire Grey, a provider of robotic solutions that automate supply chain processes, and Locus Robotics, a builder of autonomous mobile robotics for logistics and distribution warehouses, have agreed a partnership with the unveiling of their combined solution that integrates the Berkshire Grey Robotic Shuttle Put Wall (BG RSPWi) with Locus Origin and Locus Vector bots.…