Tag: leader
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Mitsubishi Electric agrees strategic investment in Otto Motors to accelerate industrial automation
Mitsubishi Electric, a factory automation solutions provider, has agreed a strategic investment in Clearpath Robotics, the parent company of autonomous mobile robot leader, Otto Motors. With more than 4 million hours of production experience, Otto Motors’ pioneering autonomous mobile robot (AMR) technology and award-winning software are used by Fortune 500 companies to deliver productivity and…
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DB Schenker opens giant new automated e-commerce logistics hub in Spain
DB Schenker, a supply chain management and logistics service provider, has started operations at one of the largest automated e-commerce facilities servicing its retail customers in Spain, Portugal and France. Operations in the 50,000 sq meter state-of-the-art warehouse in Guadalajara have started with 150 employees on newly created jobs, more than 200 robots and an…
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PTC to acquire product lifecycle management provider Arena Solutions
Computer-aided design specialist PTC has signed a definitive agreement to acquire Arena Solutions, a software as a service (SaaS) product lifecycle management (PLM) platform provider. The acquisition will further PTC’s strategy to be the leader in the rapidly-growing market for SaaS-based product development software, enabling the company to deliver a complete CAD + PLM SaaS…
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Universal Robots sells 50,000 collaborative robots
Collaborative robot manufacturer Universal Robots is celebrating “unprecedented sales” with the delivery of its 50,000th unit to German company VEMA. Collaborative robots – or cobots – remain the fastest growing segment of industrial automation, projected to grow at an annual growth rate of 30.37 percent during 2020–2025. Cobot market pioneer Universal Robots solidified its frontrunner…
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Siasun Robotics agrees ‘strategic co-operation’ with Dassault Systèmes
Siasun Robotics has agreed a “strategic co-operation” with Dassault Systèmes, one of the largest software companies in Europe and the maker of popular engineering design applications such as Solidworks. On November 23, the 2020 China Robot Industry Development Conference was successfully held in Qingdao High-tech Zone. Siasun, one of China’s largest industrial robotics companies, and…
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Autonomous boats could be your next ride
Five years in the making, MIT’s autonomous floating vessels get an upgrade in size and learn a new way to communicate aboard the waters The feverish race to produce the shiniest, safest, speediest self-driving car has spilled over into our wheelchairs, scooters, and even golf carts. Moreover, recently, there’s been movement from land to sea,…
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Daimler Trucks and Waymo partner on the development of autonomous SAE Level 4 trucks
Daimler Trucks and Waymo have signed a broad, global, strategic partnership to implement autonomous SAE Level 4 technology. Their initial effort will combine Waymo’s industry-leading automated driver technology with a unique version of Daimler’s Freightliner Cascadia, to enable autonomous driving. Waymo brings over a decade of experience building what it has trademarked as the “World’s…
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Brain Corp and UniCarriers to develop autonomous mobile robots for material delivery
Brain Corp and UniCarriers have agreed a technology partnership to develop autonomous material delivery robots for use in retail, warehouses, airports, and other dynamic environments. Brain Corp is an artificial intelligence company creating core technologies in the robotics industry, and UniCarriers Americas Corporation (UCA) is one of the world’s largest high-performance material handling equipment companies,…
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ASTI Mobile Robotics wins European Technology Award for automation
ASTI Mobile Robotics has won the “European Technology Award” in the category of “Automation”. The European Awards are organised by the Professional and Business Excellence Institute and were presented in a ceremony at the Ritz Hotel in Paris recently. The CEO of the company, Verónica Pascual, together with Jean-Michel Beghin, president of Keensight Capital, and…
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Mass customization platform KBMax named ‘visual configuration leader’
KBMax, a company which provides mass customization services to the manufacturing sector, says it has been named “visual configuration leader” by G2 Crowd, a website which collates and presents reviews from users of software. KBMax mainly offers its services through its website, and primarily categorizes itself as a “CPQ” platform, a well-known term in sales…