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Kodiak Robotics expands into Texas and begins first autonomous freight deliveries
Kodiak Robotics, a startup developing self-driving technology for long-haul trucking, has started making its first commercial deliveries with a safety driver behind the wheel. Kodiak achieved this milestone just 16 months after the company was formed. Kodiak also announced it will be supporting its growing testing and freight operations from a new facility in North…
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Hanwha Aerospace acquires US aircraft engine component manufacturer
Hanwha Aerospace has signed a deal to fully acquire EDAC Technologies, an American aircraft engine component manufacturer. The deal is expected to be worth around USD 300 million, which will be finalised once negotiations are completed. The Korean company made a preliminary bid for EDAC Technologies in April of 2019 and entered a period of due…
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Swisslog wins major order from Ikea in Malaysia
Swisslog, a warehouse automation company, has received a major order from Ikea Supply in Malaysia. The contract is valued at approximately €43 million. The project comprises of 215,000 pallet locations of clad-rack, 21 warehouse pallet stacker cranes Vectura, the pallet conveyor system ProMove, the electric Monorail System and the core of the system, the Swisslog…
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GM confirms discussions to sell Lordstown Complex to Workhorse
General Motors has confirmed that it is in discussions with Workhorse Group and an affiliated, newly formed entity to sell the company’s Lordstown Complex in Lordstown, Ohio. The move – which was informally announced by US President Donald Trump earlier – has the potential to bring significant production and electric vehicle assembly jobs to the…
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Mitsubishi Electric takes a stake in Realtime Robotics
Mitsubishi Electric Corporation has taken an equity stake in Realtime Robotics, Inc. a U.S. technology startup that develops and commercialises motion-planning technologies. Motion planning is the process of calculating and determining the optimised path that a robot should take to reach a goal without colliding with any obstacle. Realtime Robotics’ motion path planning solution performs…
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OnRobot opens Singapore office for its robot end-of-arm tools
OnRobot, the Danish end-of-arm tooling specialist, is opening regional headquarters in Singapore. OnRobot says it will closely focus on the growing demand of end-of-arm-tooling (EOAT) in robotics automation in Southeast Asia. OnRobot specializes in EOAT for collaborative applications, where machines and humans come together to automate, for faster and cost-effective production.
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Misty Robotics selects Microsoft’s .NET Core for its robot platform and tools
Misty Robotics, the creator of the Misty robot developer platform, has chosen Microsoft’s .NET Core for use with its robot platform and related tools. Misty is focused on enabling developers to build skills for its robots that offer value and utility for personal and business use. Today, Misty Robotics is successfully leveraging the Universal Windows…
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Exoskeleton market projected to grow to $6 billion
The current robotics limelight tends to focus on the ability of new innovations to automate tasks, but a less publicized development is taking place whereby passive exoskeletons have been slowly deployed and adopted to help augment the capability of human workers. Exoskeleton popularization through passive suits will provide a base for increased resources for powered…
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Dow launches new electromagnetic interference shielding technologies
Dow returns to The Battery Show Europe this year to showcase its broad and growing portfolio of conductive silicone technologies with the launch of DowSil EC-6601 Electrically Conductive Adhesive. This next-generation material is engineered for reliable performance and electromagnetic compatibility in various transportation, communications and consumer electronics applications. It combines strong shielding against electromagnetic interference…
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Fujitsu begins production of post-K supercomputer
Fujitsu Limited has announced that, working with RIKEN, it has completed the design of Post-K, the successor to the K supercomputer. The Japanese Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (MEXT) is aiming to start the public service of Post-K around 2021 or 2022. Fujitsu has now concluded an official contract with RIKEN to…