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Robotic lawn mowers market to grow to $1.3 billion this year

July 10, 2020 by David Edwards Leave a Comment

The global market for robotic lawn mowers is expected to reach $1.3 billion in 2020, growing at an annual rate of more than 12 percent during the period 2019-2025.

The is according to a study by Research and Markets called Insights on the Robotic Lawn Mowers Global Market to 2025.

The year-on-year growth of robotic lawnmowers will be in the double-digit due to the high demand from Europe, North America, and APAC, coupled with the rise in awareness of these devices in developing countries. [Read more…] about Robotic lawn mowers market to grow to $1.3 billion this year

Robotic surgery: Catheter navigation proving to be the fastest growing sector

July 10, 2020 by David Edwards Leave a Comment

IDTechEx reports that the robotic surgery market will reach over $12 billion by 2030. Within this industry, catheter navigation is an emerging, but lesser known application, that is rapidly gaining traction.

IDTechEx’s findings are detailed in the recently published report Innovations in Robotic Surgery 2020-2030: Technologies, Players & Markets.

Catheters are widely used to conduct an intervention within the blood vessels or airways. Traditional catheter ablation procedures have a success rate of approximately 60 percent and can be very long – sometimes several hours. [Read more…] about Robotic surgery: Catheter navigation proving to be the fastest growing sector

Boston Scientific introduces ‘touchless distribution’ at its distribution center

July 10, 2020 by David Edwards Leave a Comment

Boston Scientific has offices in more than 100 countries and says it is committed to changing lives through innovative medical solutions that improve the health of patients around the world.

At the distribution center in Kerkrade, Boston Scientific began automating its distribution center in 2013. The aim of the manufacturer and distributor of medical products is: “touchless distribution”.

The implementation of intralogistics company Inther Group’s Automated Document Applicator (ADA) is an important part of this.   [Read more…] about Boston Scientific introduces ‘touchless distribution’ at its distribution center

How much money should you have to dropship on Amazon?

July 7, 2020 by Polly Leave a Comment

The popularity of e commerce as an industry is growing rapidly. The growing pains of starting a small business have been dulled by the advent of dropshipping.

Aspiring entrepreneurs can now easily start their own online business without worrying about storing or buying inventory ahead of time.

This means the massive amount of capital that is normally required to start your own business has diminished substantially. [Read more…] about How much money should you have to dropship on Amazon?

The worst items to dropship on Amazon

July 2, 2020 by Polly Leave a Comment

Amazon may have every single product under the sun, but that doesn’t mean you should try to sell anything from the site.

Some products are so terrible that trying to promote them will only cost you money.

These products might even cost you your business’s reputation as customers will complain, and orders will be canceled. Here’s a list of the goods every dropshipper needs to stay far away from. [Read more…] about The worst items to dropship on Amazon

Opinion: Innovation is in need of better platforms to support its growth

July 2, 2020 by Mai Tao Leave a Comment

By Frederick Bravey, business development manager, SVV

Innovation is adapting faster with no signs of slowing down. In this fast-paced environment, innovation is in need of better platforms to support its growth. Corporations today are facing extensive challenges in getting new innovative ideas to market.

According to Harvard Business School professor Clayton Christensen, there are over 30,000 new products introduced every year, and 95 percent fail, resulting in huge amounts of time wasted on failed concepts.

However, corporations are now looking toward new ways to greatly reduce their lead time as well as expanding their horizons beyond their current business models. [Read more…] about Opinion: Innovation is in need of better platforms to support its growth

Elementary Robotics raises $13 million for its machine learning and computer vision offerings to industry

July 1, 2020 by David Edwards Leave a Comment

Elementary Robotics, a Los Angeles-based robotics startup, has raised $12.7 million in its Series A funding round led by Threshold Ventures, an early-stage investor in technology companies.

Founded in 2017, Elementary has built a hardware and software platform for applying machine learning and computer vision to the industrial world for intelligent automation of quality and traceability workflows.

The new capital, which also had participation from existing investors Fika Ventures, Fathom Capital and Toyota AI Ventures, is being used to allow Elementary Robotics to continue developing and installing its automation products at scale. [Read more…] about Elementary Robotics raises $13 million for its machine learning and computer vision offerings to industry

BA Systèmes to upgrade its AGV implementation for Hesbaye Frost

June 29, 2020 by David Edwards Leave a Comment

BA Systèmes is to upgrade its implementation of automated guided vehicles for its long-term client Hesbaye Frost.

Hesbaye Frost renews its confidence in BA Systèmes to replace its entire AGV installation in operation since 2000 in its site in Geer, in Belgium.

As part of the project, BA Systèmes will proceed to the equipment replacement and to the supervision software environment upgrading to achieve higher performance on this site operating in a deep-frozen environment. [Read more…] about BA Systèmes to upgrade its AGV implementation for Hesbaye Frost

Hokuyo releases upgraded safety scanner

June 17, 2020 by Elaine Leave a Comment

Hokuyo, a global manufacturer of sensor and automation technology, has announced a new firmware update on the safety laser scanner “UAM-05LP-T301”. (See video below.)

The firmware has been updated periodically since the product release in 2015 and this is the fifth update. The firmware is updated to meet every challenging customer’s requirement and to adapt to the fast changing market trends. The newest version is 2.4.0.

With its small profile and 5 metre protection range, UAM-05LP-T301 is “the world’s smallest, longest protection range safety laser scanner”, says Hokuyo. [Read more…] about Hokuyo releases upgraded safety scanner

Honeywell forms business units for unmanned aerial systems

June 16, 2020 by David Edwards Leave a Comment

Honeywell has formed a new business unit dedicated to the growing Unmanned Aerial Systems (UAS) and Urban Air Mobility (UAM) industries.

The UAS business unit will continue Honeywell’s momentum and leadership in these emerging markets, utilizing Honeywell’s technology, software, services and certification expertise to meet customers’ needs in these markets.

Mike Madsen, president and CEO, Honeywell Aerospace, says: “Urban Air Mobility and Unmanned Aerial Systems will play an increasing role in the future of aerospace, with potential applications in all-electric urban air taxi vehicles, hybrid-electric unmanned cargo drones, optionally piloted airplanes, delivery drones and everything in between. [Read more…] about Honeywell forms business units for unmanned aerial systems