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Exotec robots ‘save warehouse workers from walking nearly 30 million kilometres’
Data published by Exotec says that, since the company’s first delivered site in 2017, its warehouse robots have covered a distance of 28,791,005 kilometres (17,889,901 miles) – equivalent to 37 return trips to the moon. The company says its Skypod robots have logged over 5 million kilometres (3.1 million miles) at the longest drive site,…
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ANYbotics to provide steelmaker Outokumpu with its canine inspection robot
Outokumpu, one of Europe’s largest producers of stainless steel, has signed a deal with ANYbotics, a supplier of four-legged robots. ANYbotics will provide its autonomous robotic inspection solution ANYmal to automate routine inspection at Outokumpu sites in Europe. Outokumpu and ANYbotics formally announced the partnership ahead of the Green Steel World Conference.
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Construction robotics company Kewazo raises $10 million in Series A funding
Kewazo, a construction robotics startup, has closed its $10 million Series A funding round, bringing the total funds raised to date to approximately $20 million. The round was led by Fifth Wall, with notable participation from Cybernetix Ventures, Unorthodox Ventures as well as the construction software company Nemetschek. Existing investors True Ventures and MIG Capital…
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Embark launches coast-to-coast autonomous trucking network
Embark Trucks, a developer of autonomous technology for the trucking industry, has launched its “coast-to-coast backbone of the Embark Coverage Map”, preparing key Sunbelt markets to be served by Embark fleet partners. The Coverage Map includes nine transfer point sites in cities across the Sunbelt, including new locations in Dallas, El Paso, Atlanta, and Jacksonville,…
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Logistics giant GEODIS orders 1,000 warehouse robots from Locus Robotics
GEODIS, a global transport and logistics provider, and Locus Robotics, a maker of autonomous mobile robots for fulfillment warehouses, have reached a new expansion agreement to install a total of 1,000 LocusBots at GEODIS’ worldwide warehouse locations over the next 24 months. This represents one of the industry’s largest AMR deals to date. Eric Douglas,…
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SRI unveils autonomous digger for construction sites
SRI, a technology development company founded in 1946 by Stanford University, has unveiled an autonomous digger for construction sites and other similar heavy-duty applications. (See video below.) The “smart excavator” can be operated remotely and comes with an augmented reality system which makes the process secure, more convenient, and “as easy as playing a video…
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Sumitomo develops robot that climbs steel walls
Japanese industrial giant Sumitomo Heavy Industries says it has developed a “novel robot capable of traveling over curved steel walls by magnetic adhesion”. The achievement is part of a robot development project at Sumitomo’s Technology Research Center, aiming to automate various manufacturing tasks at industrial sites. The development was achieved under Challenge Program 1, launched…
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Nachi-Fujikoshi launches new ‘high-speed, high-precision’ robot series
Japanese industrial robot giant Nachi-Fujikoshi has launched what it describes as a series of “high-speed, high-precision robots”. The company says it developed the new robots “in response to customer demands for higher precision, further improving productivity, and miniaturizing electrical and electronic components”. The three new robots are the MZ07F and MZ07LF with higher speed and…
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DHL surpasses 100 million units picked with Locus Robotics machines
DHL Supply Chain, the contract logistics subsidiary of Deutsche Post DHL Group, says it has surpassed 100 million units picked in its North American facilities by LocusBots from Locus Robotics. The milestone was achieved in DHL’s Hanover Township, Pennsylvania location, fulfilling orders for a major apparel retailer. The milestone achieved in this facility is one…
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Tennant’s robotic cleaning machines give Glad Group a winning edge
Building services contractors are strengthening their cleaning capabilities in the retail sector, among others, with ever-improving robotics technology. At a time when hygiene, efficiency and the smart use of labour have never been more important in the building services space, the case for robotic cleaning machines is clear. Robotic floor scrubbers, in particular, are increasingly…