Robotics Business Review

FEBRUARY 22, 2024

AutonomyOS is designed to help automate manufacturing tasks. The Laval, Quebec-based company said it plans to use the financing to commercialize robots using its proprietary AutonomyOS platform for manufacturers struggling with labor shortages in high-mix production environments. .” Source: Omnirobotic Omnirobotic Inc.

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Robotics Business Review

MARCH 17, 2025

Founded in 2016, Flexiv has established offices in Silicon Valley, Shanghai, Beijing, Taiwan, and Singapore. The company said this strategic expansion reflects both the increasing popularity of robotic automation solutions in the region and Flexivs expanding global presence. This expansion also aligns with broader industry trends.

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Manufacturer's Monthly

APRIL 8, 2025

The firstalmond trees were planted in 2016, with additional plantings in 2019 leading to afully integrated orchard-to-export operation. link] Image: Entegra Automation & robotics drive export-ready almonds Thefinal stage of productionwhere almonds are packaged in50-pound boxesrelies onrobotic automation.

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Gary Mintchell

SEPTEMBER 3, 2024

company as a Group Center of Competence and the overall Business Area (BA) structure that Phoenix Contact first implemented in 2016. Heath Scoggin has been promoted to President of the BA Device Connectors and will lead Phoenix Contact Development and Manufacturing legal entity, Process Management, and Quality.

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Manufacturer's Monthly

APRIL 23, 2024

Image: Novarc Technologies Novarc Technologies, a full-stack robotics company specialising in the design and manufacturing of cobots and AI systems for robotic welding applications, aims to address the shortage in welders with their autonomous SWR cobots.

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Robotics Business Review

JANUARY 21, 2025

Watch Out visualizes a highly automated workcell that can fit into a container. Source: Watch Out Manufacturers face widespread shortages of skilled labor, but more intelligent automation could alleviate the problem, according to Watch Out. ” In 2016, Laporte and Perret launched Watch Out, and Mariette joined them in 2019.

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Automation Mag

SEPTEMBER 19, 2023

FDT Group, an international, non-profit industry association supporting the evolution of the FDT (Field Device Technology) standard for industrial device management, announced that André Uhl, vice-president of technology and architecture for Schneider Electric’s industrial automation business, was elected as chairman of its board.

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Robotics Business Review

AUGUST 9, 2024

READY Robotics, a Columbus, Ohio-based company founded in 2016, has shut down. It was best known for its ForgeOS robot-agnostic operating system, but it recently branched out into automation consulting and launched a palletizing system. million Seed round in 2016. Rockwell Automation signed up to distribute READY Cells.

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Modern Machine Shop

SEPTEMBER 10, 2023

Automating low-volume, high-mix, high-complexity parts isn’t just possible — it’s profitable. Précinov , a precision machine shop based in Lévis, Quebec, has managed to double sales by adopting bar feeders and PartNR systems engineered by Mirabel, Quebec-based automation provider Waybo.

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Modern Machine Shop

SEPTEMBER 3, 2023

With 10% of its job openings going unfilled company-wide, Thyssenkrupp Bilstein has relied heavily on integrating automation into its workflow. That might sound strange, but at Thyssenkrupp Bilstein ’s Hamilton, Ohio, facility, the collaborative robots (cobots) that help with automation projects and part inspection are named after U.S.

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Gary Mintchell

MARCH 25, 2023

Automation suppliers continue to pay a little lip service to open but also continue to try to keep as much proprietary as possible in order to make switching suppliers difficult for customers. Will the Open Process Automation initiative change things? That company faced upgrading its automation platforms at considerable expense.

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Manufacturer's Monthly

NOVEMBER 2, 2022

The Innovative Manufacturing Cooperative Research Centre (IMCRC) , yesterday opened its two-day Australian Manufacturing Innovation Showcase at The Timber Yard in Port Melbourne. Today, we’ve come together to champion Australian manufacturing, demonstrate research capabilities and share our industry’s successes.

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Manufacturer's Monthly

MARCH 18, 2024

Over the course of the last seven decades, the Victoria-based and family-owned manufacturers, Hardman Bros and R&I Instrument and Gear Co, have been gearing up to enhance their manufacturing capabilities. Image: Hardman Bros With around 145 years of combined history, Hardman Bros and its subsidiary R&I Instrument and Gear Co.

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AU Manufacturing

NOVEMBER 2, 2022

The Innovative Manufacturing Cooperative Research Centre (IMCRC), yesterday opened its two-day Australian Manufacturing Innovation Showcase at The Timber Yard in Port Melbourne. Today, we’ve come together to champion Australian manufacturing, demonstrate research capabilities and share our industry’s successes.

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i4.0 today

SEPTEMBER 5, 2022

The Manufacturing & Supply Chain Conference & Exhibition , which is being held at the SEC Glasgow on the 13 th October 2022, will serve as a national forum for manufacturers and operators involved throughout the associated supply chains from across Scotland to gather to discuss pressing issues facing the industry.

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Robotics Business Review

AUGUST 13, 2024

Source: Brinkman Automation Automation, and cobots in particular, promise to relieve workers from tedious and repetitive tasks so they can focus on more complex and value-added activities. They will also share videos of the cobots in action and provide practical guidance on how to start your own automation journey.

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Robotics Business Review

DECEMBER 12, 2024

Spun out of ETH Zurich in 2016, ANYbotics said its mobile robots can automate real-time data collection in challenging environments, making them suitable for routine inspections , remote operations, or predictive maintenance. Were proud to support their mission to enable the automation of industries through edge AI and connectivity.

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Gary Mintchell

NOVEMBER 6, 2023

IIoT-enabled IPCs like RevPi are ideal for automation, data connectivity, motion control, robotics support, machine visualization, and many more applications. The post The Rise of Revolution Pi Open-Source Industrial PC appeared first on The Manufacturing Connection.

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Dinesh Mishra

DECEMBER 17, 2024

At the worlds leading industry show, Canada will highlight its industrial strength in areas such as automation, energy, digital transformation, and green technology. Manufacturing and energy supply contribute roughly 10.5 Canada is Partner Country at HANNOVER MESSE 2025 under the theme The futures here.

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Robotics Business Review

SEPTEMBER 1, 2024

“China’s rapid development in industrial robot automation is extraordinary,” stated Marina Bill, president of the International Federation of Robotics ( IFR ). Since 2016, the electrical and electronics industry has replaced the automotive industry as the main customer and growth driver of industrial robots in China.

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Modern Machine Shop

FEBRUARY 11, 2025

Coon Rapids, Minnesota-based rms Company is a contract medical device manufacturer. Machine shops looking for automation have a variety of options, ranging from long-standing technologies such as bar feeders, pallet changers and industrial robotic arms to newer solutions such as cobots, autonomous robots and various software products.

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Modern Machine Shop

FEBRUARY 28, 2023

When contemplating automation, it is easy to envision a robot moving material from point A to point B, parts coming out of a machine and being ferried by conveyors to the next step, or pallet changers reloading fresh stock back into a machine. Utilizing the U.S. Since 2014, however, its total spending had been steadily declining. measurement.

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Robotics Business Review

JUNE 13, 2024

Since 2016, Atronia has supported igus with smart plastic sensors. encompasses automation, artificial intelligence, and networking for greater productivity, agility, and safety. This allows us to start series manufacturing for the Industry 4.0 Industry 4.0 demands mass production of critical sensors Industry 4.0

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Robotics Business Review

APRIL 22, 2024

It develops and manufactures general-purpose, adaptive robots. Founded in 2016, Flexiv produces the Rizon arm with seven degrees of freedom and the Moonlight force-controlled parallel robot. based EsVata Shutter automate sanding of window blinds. Rizon has automated shutter sanding at EsVata. The Santa Clara, Calif.-based

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Robotics Business Review

JUNE 20, 2024

today announced that it is conducting an early-stage proof-of-concept program with robot manufacturer Apptronik Inc. We’re excited to partner with Apptronik to develop their AI-enabled humanoid robot,” stated Adrian Stoch, chief automation officer at GXO Logistics. GXO Logistics Inc. Apollo is 5 ft. tall, can carry 55 lb.

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Robotics Business Review

MARCH 13, 2024

robotics headquarters and manufacturing facility in Auburn Hills, Mich. stated Sami Atiya, president of ABB’s Robotics and Discrete Automation Business Area. “We had our first manipulator roll off the line in 2016, and ABB is still the first major robotics company to manufacture systems in the U.S.,”

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Robotics Business Review

DECEMBER 31, 2023

” ANYbotics spun out of ETH Zurich in 2016 and sold its first systems in 2017. ANYbotics focuses on autonomous reliability ANYbotics has manufactured ANYmal robots since 2019. ANYbotics said this adoption “begins a new chapter in industrial automation and safety.”

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Automation Mag

AUGUST 15, 2022

The future of the manufacturing and automation technology sector looks bright. To highlight the achievements of each individual selected for the Top 10 Under 40 list, Manufacturing AUTOMATION will feature one of 2022’s winners every week for the next 10 weeks. in Waterloo, Ont. in Waterloo, Ont.

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Control Engineering

MAY 25, 2023

Bundy Group, an investment bank and advisory firm, provides an update on mergers & acquisitions and capital placement activity for companies that address the manufacturing and plant management fields. The Bundy Group reported 15 automation transactions in the month of May. packaging industry. Learn more. Learn more. Learn more.

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Automation Mag

MARCH 7, 2023

The focus of this partnership is to provide students with the tools necessary to support them in their learning and develop their abilities prior to entering the manufacturing sector. Through this partnership, the company is investing in solutions to meet the skilled labour needs that the Canadian manufacturing sector requires today.

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Robotics Business Review

MARCH 1, 2024

General Motors, which acquired Cruise in 2016, said this week it will cut spending on the robotaxi unit by about $1 billion in 2024. The Frankfurt, Germany-based organization attributed growing demand for automation to technological innovations. Let’s start with Cruise. Read More 8. Read More 6. Read More 4.

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i4.0 today

APRIL 3, 2024

an award-winning EMS provider of turnkey contract manufacturing services, offers a perfect factory environment that seamlessly blends robotic automation with human expertise. For more information about Absolute EMS and its comprehensive electronics manufacturing services, visit www.absolute-ems.com. Absolute EMS, Inc.,

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Fabricating & Metal Work

NOVEMBER 16, 2024

And technology is rapidly evolving thanks to automation and cobots, as examples. While we strive to put as many talented workers as possible in jobs within manufacturing, we also enable customers to do more with less, at higher quality and shorter lead times,” Williams noted. It is one of the largest U.S.

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Fabricating & Metal Work

MAY 11, 2023

i5s COBOT Overview – SD 480p Universal Robots (UR) is not only the most widely used collaborative robot arm in the manufacturing industry, the UR cobots have also become the platform of choice for a fast-growing ecosystem of innovative OEM solutions.

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Fabricating & Metal Work

JUNE 14, 2024

Next time you sit in a bus, train or ferry seat, consider that manufacturing career opportunities come in many forms. At Freedman, welding automation demonstrates the company’s commitment to keeping manufacturing jobs in Chicago and elevating employees through training, support, listening to feedback and applying technology.

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Control Engineering

DECEMBER 6, 2022

China passed the United States in robot density for the first time as the nation is putting enhanced emphasis on robotics and automation to keep up with manufacturing demand. Asia as a whole is embracing robotics and automation with the continent having four countries in the top 5 and six countries in the top 8.

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Robotics Business Review

SEPTEMBER 3, 2024

According to the Association for Advancing Automation (A3), sales of industrial robots in North America declined 30% in 2023. a leading developer of logistics automation, has acquired “substantially all of the assets” of Veo Robotics Inc. or DJI, in the U.S. Read More 4. Symbotic acquires Veo Robotics for $8.7M Symbotic Inc.,

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