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Loomia Smart Skin Developer Kit to help give humanoid robots a sense of touch

Robotics Business Review

Source: Loomia Most robots, including emerging humanoids, don’t have the ability to sense what they’re touching. We didn’t set out to build a robotics product,” stated Maddy Maxey, founder of Loomia. patents, and its Loomia Electronic Layer (LEL) has been deployed in automotive, industrial , and robotics applications.

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Welding skills shortage requires a multi-pronged solution

Manufacturer's Monthly

Even before the global pandemic, the number of welding trade workers in Australia was in steady decline falling by 8 per cent in five years, from 75,800 in 2014 to 69,600 in 2019. Cobots are robotic arms that are designed to work alongside human beings being smaller, lightweight, more versatile, and easier to program than industrial robots.

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A productivity game-changer

Manufacturer's Monthly

The steel sub-contractor specialises in structural steel and metalwork fabrication, but has adopted robotics and the latest 3D technology to produce a variety of steel structures with increased precision. In 2014, the company began investing in robotics. Out with the old, in with the new.

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2023: The year ahead for automation market M&A, capital markets

Control Engineering

Automation market insights The global economy has gone through some challenges due to supply chain bottlenecks and other issues, which has led some to believe a mild recession might be on the horizon. From 2014 to 2021, the U.S. Courtesy: Bundy Group Automation outlook 2023: 2. Global Private Market Fundraising Report.”