Rockwell and Microsoft plan to jointly provide systems for factory design, real-to-simulation digitization, and cloud management.
Labor shortages still driving robotics adoption, finds HowToRobot
HowToRobot said its findings confirm that businesses see robots and automation as a supplement to human labor, not a replacement.
Ruland Manufacturing taps Flexxbotics for robotic machine tending
The machine tending system from Flexxbotics enables Ruland’s UR cobots to communicate directly with its FANUC RoboDrill machinery.
Neura Robotics to move production from China to Germany
By the end of 2024, Neura Robotics will ramp up its production capacities in Metzingen while reducing them in China.
Omnirobotic obtains $500k to expand product offerings for manufacturers
Omnirobotic plans to use the funding to commercialize robots using its AutonomyOS AI platform for applications such as sanding.
Flexxbotics teams up with Vention to release combined machine tending offering
The companies say that customers benefit from the combination of Flexxbotics’ robot machine tending system with Vention’s MAP offering.
Automotive industry likely to continue leading robotics growth, says A3
The automotive industry will keep driving North American robotics adoption despite the current economic slowdown, according to A3.
Jacobi Robotics shortens robot programming cycle in partnership with Formic
Jacobi Robotics has launched new path-planning and optimization system with Formic to accelerate palletizing applications.
Flexxbotics gets support to add robots to production from co-founder of SOLIDWORKS, Onshape
Flexxbotics has raised funding and received advice to provide its robot process-control software to more manufacturers.
Flexxbotics reduces changeover time to 10 minutes at SpiTrex Orthopedics
Flexxbotics’ systems enable robots to communicate directly with SpiTrex’s FOBA laser marking systems and change jobs in real time.
HLS Engineering Group and Realtime Robotics team up to optimize production
HLS Engineering Group and Realtime Robotics are jointly providing technology to help manufacturers identify and resolve potential production bottlenecks.
Southwire to deploy Ready Robotics systems at 5 facilities
Southwire announced a partnership with Ready Robotics, a developer of automation systems that overcome the obstacles faced by manufacturers.
A3: North American robot orders drop for 2nd quarter in a row
37% fewer robots were purchased in April through June of 2023 than during the same period of 2022, according to A3’s latest report.
Renishaw launches line of industrial automation products
Renishaw is building on its existing expertise and technologies for industrial metrology applications with its new RCS product line.
Bosch Rexroth opens production plant in Mexico
Bosch Rexroth opens a new plant in Querétaro, Mexico to complement the activities at the established sites in North America.
Contoro Robotics brings in $4.7M
This round follows a round from 2022 that totaled $1.3 million, and brings the Contoro Robotics’ total funding to date to $6 million.
Inside sewts’ textile-handling robots
sewts creates autonomous robots that handle textiles and anticipate how they behave using 2D and 3D cameras from IDS Imaging Development Systems.
SoftBank makes offer to acquire Balyo shares
SoftBank Group has entered into an agreement to acquire a 41.8% stake in Balyo for €11.8 million, around $12.9 million.
Hesai Technology, CRATUS partner to develop autonomous warehouse systems
Hesai and CRATUS will work together to release a series of drivers, middleware and end solutions centered around Hesai’s QT128 LiDAR sensors.
Cincoze adds to its line of embedded computers for industrial automation
Cincoze recently launched the DX-1200 embedded computer, the latest addition to its Rugged Computing – DIAMOND product line.
Maturi Jagadish discusses product development at Brain Corp
Product Management Director Maturi Jagadish discusses the product development and market fit strategy processes at Brain Corp.
Amazon’s ARMBench dataset helps train pick-and-place robots
Dataset of images collected in an industrial setting features more than 190,000 objects to train pick-and-place robots.