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Nauticus to supply Aquanaut to Petrobras Brazil

September 6, 2023 by David Edwards

Nauticus Robotics, a developer of autonomous robots using artificial intelligence for data collection and intervention services for the ocean industries, has been awarded a contract with Petrobras, one of the world’s largest energy companies, to deploy Aquanaut, the company’s autonomous subsea robot, to support Petrobras’ offshore activities.

Petrobras has ramped up efforts recently in robotics and artificial intelligence and is pioneering their application to the offshore sectors.

Toward that end, this relevant contract was competitively awarded to Nauticus and will utilize Aquanaut in Petrobras’ Deepwater Production Field using supervised autonomy for infield inspection services. [Read more…] about Nauticus to supply Aquanaut to Petrobras Brazil

Filed Under: Marine, News Tagged With: aquanaut, artificial, autonomous, awarded, brazil, contract, contracts, energy, inspection, intelligence, largest, nauticus, offshore, operator, petrobras, relevant, robot, robotics, robots, services, subsea, worldwide

Korea Association of Robot Industry to operate Korea Pavilion at Automate Show

May 20, 2023 by David Edwards

The Korea Association of Robot Industry (KAR) says it will be operating a “Korea Pavilion” at the Automate Show, which starts in a couple of days. Nine Korean companies will feature their products in Korea Pavilion located in booth number 3250 and 3452.

KAR has participated in many trade shows held in Europe and East Asia for the decades, but it has never participated in Automate or any other trade shows held in the US.

While China remains the largest market for Korean robot companies with exports worth of $319 million, The United States is the second-largest market with exports amounting to $204 million, according to the Korean Robot Industry Survey. [Read more…] about Korea Association of Robot Industry to operate Korea Pavilion at Automate Show

Filed Under: Industrial robots, News Tagged With: america, association, automate, automation, companies, demand, exports, held, industry, kar, korea, korean, largest, market, markets, north, participated, pavilion, products, robot, robotics, robots, states, trade, united

European retail giant Otto Group to install more than 100 Covariant robots at fulfilment centres

May 10, 2023 by Sam Francis

Otto Group, one of the largest online retailers in Europe, is entering into a long-term strategic partnership with Covariant, an AI robotics company. 

Covariant’s AI-powered robots will be used to automate a wide range of manual fulfilment activities that require hand-eye coordination and object manipulation – supporting Otto Group to enhance services for its customers and to take another important step towards a digitalized and AI-driven future.

The Otto Group will deploy Covariant robots to increase operational efficiency, build resilience against labour market challenges, and improve the overall quality of work within their fulfilment centres. [Read more…] about European retail giant Otto Group to install more than 100 Covariant robots at fulfilment centres

Filed Under: Logistics, News Tagged With: ai, ai-powered, centres, company, covariant, customers, europe, european, fulfilment, future, group, largest, market, operational, otto, partnership, robotics, robots, services, solutions, times

iFarm to build ‘world’s largest’ automated vertical farm in Mexico

April 26, 2023 by Mark Allinson

iFarm, a vertical farming technologies provider, has agreed a collaboration with Opus 2G Group (Mexico) to build a whopping automated high-tech vertical farm in the Smart City of Tehuantepec in Oaxaca in the south of Mexico.

Built with cutting-edge vertical farming technologies, the farm will have a cultivation area of 38.500 square meters and will become the largest vertical farm in the world.

Smart City of Tehuantepec will be set up by the holding Opus 2G Group in frames of the project The Smart Industrial Corridor Benito Juarez (CIINT). The initiative forms part of the governmental project, Interoceanic Corridor of Tehuantepec Isthmus. [Read more…] about iFarm to build ‘world’s largest’ automated vertical farm in Mexico

Filed Under: Agriculture, News Tagged With: automated, build, city, farm, farming, group, ifarm, largest, mexico, oaxaca, opus, project, smart, tehuantepec, vertical

Baidu aims to create ‘world’s largest fully driverless ride-hailing area’

December 28, 2022 by Mai Tao

Baidu, an AI company with strong internet foundation and often referred to as China’s equivalent of Google, has embarked on a major expansion of its commercialized fully driverless robotaxi service in Wuhan.

The new expansion would triple the size of its current operation area, increasing the number of robotaxis in service and expanding operating time to include key evening hours.

The move marks a major milestone on Baidu’s ambitious autonomous ride-hailing roadmap, as the company plans to put an additional 200 fully driverless robotaxis into operation across China in 2023, aiming to cover “the largest fully driverless ride-hailing service area in the world” by the end of the year. [Read more…] about Baidu aims to create ‘world’s largest fully driverless ride-hailing area’

Filed Under: Autonomous vehicles, News Tagged With: apollo, area, autonomous, baidu, china, city, commercial, company, driverless, driving, evening, expansion, fully, hours, intelligent, largest, operation, ride-hailing, robotaxi, robotaxis, service, technology, time, wuhan

Carolina Handling creates ‘world’s largest pallet painting’

November 14, 2022 by Mark Allinson

Carolina Handling set the record for creating the world’s largest pallet painting on October 10 in Greenville, South Carolina when it completed a 26,235-square-foot portrait of Lady Liberty.

Presented in partnership with pallet provider 48forty Solutions, The Patriotic Pallet Project featured 2,500 wooden pallets painted 16 different colors and placed in a grid like pattern to reveal the iconic likeness of Lady Liberty. Assembly of the painting was recorded for a video to be released on Veterans Day, November 11.

Donna Waldrep, Carolina Handling director of marketing, says: “We realize that what we do every day is probably not that exciting to those outside our industry. [Read more…] about Carolina Handling creates ‘world’s largest pallet painting’

Filed Under: Design, Features Tagged With: associates, carolina, focus, forty, handling, industry, lady, largest, liberty, material, military, painting, pallet, patriotic, project, raymond, service, solutions, veterans, waldrep

Magazino expands robot fleet to 57 in Zalando logistics centers

November 4, 2022 by Mark Allinson

Magazino, a robotics manufacturer from Munich, Germany, is increasing its robot fleet in more Zalando logistics locations to a total of 57 Toru robots. This is the largest single order in the company’s history. 

At the same time, it underlines the importance of Toru as a fundamental building block of automated processes in modern e-commerce logistics.

The mobile, intelligent picking robots will be used in the Zalando logistics centers in Lahr, Erfurt and Verona, Italy. They support the picking of shoes ordered online and their provision for sorting and packaging. [Read more…] about Magazino expands robot fleet to 57 in Zalando logistics centers

Filed Under: Logistics, News Tagged With: centers, colleagues, erfurt, expansion, fleet, future, lahr, largest, load, logistics, magazino, mobile, online, operation, order, picking, processes, robot, robots, support, toru, verona, zalando

Wolfspeed to build ‘world’s largest’ silicon carbide materials facility in North Carolina

October 13, 2022 by Mark Allinson

Wolfspeed, a developer of silicon carbide technology, says it will build a new, state-of-the-art, multi-billion-dollar materials manufacturing facility in Chatham County, North Carolina.

The investment is targeted to generate a more than 10 fold increase from Wolfspeed’s current Silicon Carbide production capacity on its Durham campus, supporting the company’s long-term growth strategy, accelerating the adoption of Silicon Carbide semiconductors across a wide array of end-markets and unlocking a new era of energy efficiency.

Gregg Lowe, president and CEO of Wolfspeed, says: “Wolfspeed is the industry leader in supplying the materials required to meet the accelerating demand for next generation semiconductors and creating a more sustainable future for all. [Read more…] about Wolfspeed to build ‘world’s largest’ silicon carbide materials facility in North Carolina

Filed Under: Materials, News Tagged With: a&t, carbide, carolina, change, company, development, energy, facility, largest, manufacturing, materials, mm, north, partnership, silicon, state, university, wafers, wolfspeed

Unigel installs first industrial-scale green hydrogen production site in Brazil using ThyssenKrupp technology

September 1, 2022 by David Edwards

Unigel has built the first industrial-scale green hydrogen plant in Brazil.

The company, which is one of the largest chemical companies in Latin America and the largest manufacturer of nitrogen fertilizers in Brazil, has invested a total of $120 million in the development of the production site for green hydrogen.

In the first phase of the project, Unigel installed three 20 MW standard electrolyzers from ThyssenKrupp Nucera, adding up to a total capacity of 60 MW. The plant will feed one of the largest green ammonia plants by capacity when it starts its production. [Read more…] about Unigel installs first industrial-scale green hydrogen production site in Brazil using ThyssenKrupp technology

Filed Under: Environment, News Tagged With: ammonia, brazil, capacity, company, energy, green, hydrogen, industrial, largest, mw, nucera, plant, production, project, renewable, thyssenkrupp, unigel

Sweden’s largest pharmacy chain partners with GreyOrange to increase warehouse automation

July 9, 2022 by Mai Tao

Apotek Hjärtat, Sweden’s largest pharmacy chain, has signed a new partnership with GreyOrange to develop automation solutions for its new 20,000 square meter e-commerce warehouse that will open in September in Norrköping.

Through the partnership, Apotek Hjärtat will take the next step in automating its logistics. The warehouse that supplies pharmacies with goods is already largely automated, but the new collaboration gives Apotek Hjärtat the conditions to continue to improve customer experience through faster and smoother deliveries.

Eric Lundberg, CEO of Apotek Hjärtat, says: “Through the collaboration, we continue to automate our logistics flows and thereby lay the foundation for the next generation of e-commerce offering. [Read more…] about Sweden’s largest pharmacy chain partners with GreyOrange to increase warehouse automation

Filed Under: Logistics, News Tagged With: apotek, automation, ceo, collaboration, companies, company, conditions, continue, customer, experience, global, greyorange, hjärtat, largest, logistics, solution, sweden, technology, warehouse

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