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Making workforce diversity business as usual

SMMT

The number of senior industry leaders being nominated for these awards has grown exponentially since its launch in 2016 and their recognition is well deserved. Industry commitments such as the Automotive Council’s DE&I Charter are fundamental to that end. Further details and tickets can be found here.

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UK Auto manufacturing charges up with £20bn investment boost in 2023

SMMT

UK automotive manufacturing secures £20 billion in investment over the course of 2023 – more than in the previous seven years combined. Notes to editors 1 SMMT calculations based on all publicly announced investment in UK automotive production and R&D from Jan-Nov 2023. Total announced investment 2016-2022 inclusive: £16.2

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Apptronik to integrate Apollo humanoid with NVIDIA general-purpose foundation model

Robotics Business Review

Apptronik iterates humanoid robot design Apptronik spun out of the Human Centered Robotics Lab at the University of Texas at Austin in 2016. Last week, Apptronik announced that Mercedes-Benz was testing Apollo for automotive manufacturing applications. Learn from Agility Robotics, Amazon, Disney, Teradyne and many more.

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Cruise and Motional backers slash robotaxi funding

Robotics Business Review

General Motors, which acquired Cruise in 2016, said this week it will cut spending on the robotaxi unit by about $1 billion in 2024. According to the Detroit Free Press , GM president Mark Reuss said at the event that it will likely take Cruise four to five years to earn back the trust of the public. Let’s start with Cruise.

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Boston Dynamics debuts electric version of Atlas humanoid robot

Robotics Business Review

By 2016, the Waltham, Mass.-based ” In the new video below, the previous version of Atlas handles automotive parts and real products weighing up to 25 lb. Spot is a quadruped used in facilities inspection and other tasks, and Stretch is designed to unload trucks. “Each product in the series informs the launch of the next.”

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Exciting times ahead for Ireland’s polymer manufacturers

i4.0 today

Customers and business officials will all get the opportunity to tour the new facility at a ‘ribbon cutting’ launch event planned towards the end of the summer. Sumitomo (SHI) Demag won Best Technology Application of the Year two years running at the Plastic Industry Awards (2015 and 2016). Since the mid 1960’s to be precise.

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Is using AI for full self-driving a good idea? Musk says yes, but AI watchdog says no

Robotics Business Review

SAE International (formerly the Society of Automotive Engineers) defines Level 4 autonomy as a hands-off-the-steering-wheel mode in which a vehicle drives itself from Point A to Point B. One example was Olli, a 3D-printed electric vehicle (EV) that was a highlight of IMTS 2016 , the biggest manufacturing show in the U.S. If not, stop.