How can Autonomous Mobile Robot (AMR) adoption challenges – for critical processes such as deployment, management, scaling and optimization – be addressed and overcome? Attend this webinar to find out.
Robotics Summit & Expo Call for Presentations – DEADLINE JANUARY 7th
Third year technical design and development event for producers of commercial class robotics systems returns to Boston in May 2022 with deepened coverage, an expanded expo floor, and co-locates with the Healthcare Robotics Engineering Forum.
Voyant Photonics Secures $15.4M for Novel, Chip-Scale, LiDAR Solution for 3D Machine Perception
Voyant’s tiny, high performance, chip-based FMCW LiDAR provides a cost-effective 3D sensing solution for many use cases, including applications in vertical market segments characterized by high production volumes and equally high levels of cost-sensitivity.
AMR Provider ForwardX Robotics Lands $31M Series C, Brings Total Investments to $110M
Provider of autonomous mobile robots and support software will use latest round for R&D and to further expand into key markets including the United States.
German Bionic – Start-Up Profile – ‘Connected’ Industrial Exo Improves Operational Efficiency & Workplace Safety
The Cray X powered exo integrates with industrial IoT environments and Smart Factory ecosystems. Real-time data captured during operations can be used to measure and improve worker health and safety, and increase the efficiency of industrial and logistics processes.
Healthcare Robotics Engineering Forum Opens Call for Presentations
International technical conference and expo addresses engineering challenges faced when designing and developing healthcare robotics products and services. The event comes to Boston in May 2022 and co-locates with the Robotics Summit Conference & Expo.
Robotics Solutions for Warehouse, Fulfillment and Distribution Center Operations – Webinar Wednesday, Dec 15, 2021
How can robotic automation be applied within warehouses and distribution centers to improve efficiency, increase flexibility, and reduce costs? Attend this webinar to find out.
Robotics Summit & Expo Opens Call for Presentations for May 2022 Event
Third year technical design and development event for producers of commercial class robotics systems returns in 2022 with deepened coverage, an expanded expo floor, and co-locates with the Healthcare Robotics Engineering Forum.
ROEQ – Start-Up Profile – Critical Enabling Technologies for Autonomous Mobile Robots
ROEQ’s solutions deliver a quick ROI, increasing both the productivity and efficiency of autonomous mobile robots, along with improving overall AMR utilization.
Autonomous Mobile Robotics Week Focuses on AMR Adoption Opportunities & Challenges
Week long digital event series is designed specifically to address challenges, and alleviate the burden, of AMR selection, adoption and management.
ABB Drops $190M for AMR Supplier ASTI Mobile Robotics
Robot Report’s Steve Crowe reviewed ABB’s Q3 2021 financials to learn how much the company paid out for Spanish AMR provider ASTI Mobile Robotics.
Mobile Robots Rapidly Mainstreaming – By 2025, AGVs and AMRs Deployed in 53K Facilities
Business, technological, and social drivers, as well as the Covid pandemic, have had an accelerative effect on the mobile robotics sector, particularly for autonomous mobile robots (AMRs). Deployments are up and increasing rapidly, and you can expect more of the same in the future.
Locus Robotics’ Acquisition of Waypoint Robotics – Everyone Wins
The Autonomous Mobile Robotics (AMR) market continues to churn with investments, acquisitions and partnerships. Mike Oitzman, Editor of the Mobile Robot Guide, provides his take on Locus Robotics’ recent acquisition of Waypoint Robotics.
RightHand Robotics’ Bin-Bicking Solution, Plus Waymo’s Taxies and Locus Robotics’ 500Mth Pick
In this podcast, Right Hand Robotics’ Yaro Tenzer discusses discuss bin-picking solutions. Plus Waymo expands service into San Francisco and Locus Robotics celebrates their 500Mth pick.
The Next Big On-Demand Thing – The Robotics Enabled, Cloud Kitchen
The food delivery sector faces serious supply chain challenges that could reduce consumer adoption and limit growth. A cloud kitchen execution architecture, supported by high levels of robotic automation, can address the problem while providing consumers with greater choice and value, and entrepreneurs with numerous business opportunities.
ABB’s Acquisition of ASTI Mobile Robotics
Sami Atiya, CEO, ABB Robotics and Verónica Pascual, CEO, ASTI Mobile Robotics discuss ABB’s acquisition of ASTI. Interact Analysis’ Ash Sharma also weighs in.
ABB’s Acquisition of ASTI Underscores Growing Role of AMRs on Production Floors
ABB, a key supplier of industrial robots, extends its offering portfolio to include AMRs and AGVs. Other industrial automation providers – and not limited only to robotics suppliers – are sure to follow suit.
How the UR+ Ecosystem is Fueling Cobot Market Growth
Learn how Universal Robot’s UR+ platform, an extensive collection of tested and certified products and technologies such as grippers and end-effectors, vision systems, simulation software, programming tools and more, can ease and speed deployment of robotics applications.
Blue Ocean Robotics’ CEO Claus Risager Discusses Robotic Disinfection Systems, Zebra Technologies Acquires Fetch Robotics, and More
In Episode 47 of The Robot Report Podcast, Blue Ocean Robotics CEO Claus Risager discusses the company’s early entry into disinfection robots before COVID-19 struck. Also, the future of Fetch Robotics after the Zebra Technologies acquisition, Aurora’s SPAC play, Abundant Robotics’ shutdown, and the Ingenuity Mars Helicopter.
Photoneo – Start-Up Profile – MotionCam-3D Provides 3D Capture and Reconstruction of Objects in Motion
Photoneo implements Parallel Structured Light technology in a 3D camera – MotionCam-3D – which allows the capture of objects moving up to 140 km/h, delivering a point cloud resolution of 0.9 Mpx (and 2Mpx in the static mode).
Webinar – Robotics-as-a-Service (RaaS): Technology Trends & Business Models
Robotics-as-a-Service (RaaS) business models have found favor with both providers and users of advanced robotics systems. Attend this online session on July 21st to learn how companies are employing RaaS models business , along with the various business, legal, technical and operational aspects of the approach.
Fetch Robotics to Prosper Following Acquisition by Zebra Technologies – Interact Analysis
Zebra Technologies announced that it would be acquiring autonomous mobile robotics supplier Fetch Robotics. Interact Analysis’ Ash Sharma breaks it all down.
AMR’s Optimizing (and Reinventing) Supply Chain Operations
Autonomous mobile robots, along with the first commercial autonomous mobile manipulation robots, can be used to automate many DC and warehouse tasks. They also enable whole news ways of executing warehouse operations, which in turn are increasing the resiliency and flexibility of supply chain workflows.
Ambi Robotics’ Sorting / Kitting Systems Trained in Simulation
Ambi Robotics’ Ken Goldberg and Jim Liefer discuss Ambi’s recent US $6 million Seed round, and picking robots trained using simulations. Also, Carbon Robotics CEO Paul Mikesell on weeding robots.
RBR Essential Robotics Announcements – April 9 – 16, 2021
RBR essential announcements for the interval ranging from April 9 – 16, 2021 include notices from Cruise, Ocado Group, Oxbotica, Canvas, Multiply Labs, Pickle Robot, Gaussian Robot, and Memic Innovative Surgery.