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IFR: world sets record for operational robots in 2022

Robotics Business Review

The report also included information about robot density worldwide. Its economy benefits from two large robot buyers, as well as a strong electronics industry and automotive industry. Automation by region Average robot density worldwide from 2013-2022. The world set a record with 3.9 In 2021, Singapore had a population of 5.45

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GM invests another $850M into Cruise as it expands manual operations

Robotics Business Review

Cruise has long had its sights set on deploying its driverless robotaxis in San Francisco, where it was founded in 2013. Starting with manual operations, where a human driver controls the vehicles without autonomous systems engaged, allows the company to gather road information and create maps.

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Boston Dynamics debuts electric version of Atlas humanoid robot

Robotics Business Review

In the meantime, the company itself changed owners, from Google in 2013 to SoftBank in 2017 and most recently to Hyundai in 2020. ” In the new video below, the previous version of Atlas handles automotive parts and real products weighing up to 25 lb. “Each product in the series informs the launch of the next.”

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What's So Cool About Manufacturing? Students Use a Camera to Find Out

Mold Making Technology

This information comes from a white paper on the manufacturing labor market, by the Delaware Valley Industrial Resource Center (DVIRC). The kids were fascinated with the wire EDM and the CNC hard mill used to cut mold plates for a Tier 1 automotive customer.” For more information, contact Hannah McGarry at hmcgarry@dvirc.org

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EVs energise the market but we need to drive long term growth

SMMT

Disappointingly, however, semiconductor shortages continued to stifle overall deliveries, with the impact more noticeable in the new light commercial vehicle market where November registrations fell to the lowest recorded level for the month since 2013.

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Celebrating a decade of additive manufacturing excellence

Manufacturer's Monthly

The Markforged story began in 2013 with years of research and development, culminating in a milestone achievement in 2014 when the company unveiled the world’s first 3D printer capable of printing in continuous carbon fibre. Making strides in Australia Markforged 3D printers are having a major impact on Australian manufacturing.

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Automation, Electrification, and Connectivity: The Auto Industry in the ITC

Foley

Automakers and their suppliers have long been participants in unfair trade investigations before the International Trade Commission (“ITC”), but the scope and subject matter of automotive-related investigations is evolving. This is particularly evident in recent ITC investigations involving semiconductor chips. 337-TA-928.