Robotics Business Review

APRIL 17, 2024

which yesterday retired the older version of its humanoid robot after 15 years of development and today showed a preview of its successor. based company showed that its robot could walk, open a door, and maintain its balance while being shoved by a person holding a hockey stick, all without a tether. By 2016, the Waltham, Mass.-based

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Robotics Business Review

DECEMBER 26, 2023

Below are eight robotics acquisitions, in chronological order, that stood out to us in 2023. Its preliminary view is the acquisition may restrict competition in the market for robot vacuum cleaners. Berkshire Grey produces a variety of robots that address use cases in retail, eCommerce, grocery, 3PL, and package handling companies.

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E&T

AUGUST 3, 2023

The team studied industry data from the UK and 24 other European countries between 1995 and 2017 and found that, at low levels of adoption, robots have a negative effect on profit margins. However, at higher levels of adoption, robots can help to increase profits.

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Robotics Business Review

MAY 5, 2025

Aurora Driver follows the rules of the road Urmson, Sterling Anderson, and Drew Bagnell founded Aurora in 2017. Alongside Aurora, Kodiak Robotics , Gatik , and Torc Robotics are just some of the companies hoping to make autonomous trucking a standard. Despite this, the industry has been slow to make progress.

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Robotics Business Review

AUGUST 29, 2024

Founded in 2017, the company is backed by investors including SoftBank Group, NVIDIA, and Eclipse Ventures. “Together, we’re excited to work with automotive OEMs to bring autonomous driving technologies to consumers sooner.” In November 2021, it partnered with Serve Robotics , a robotic sidewalk delivery company.

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Robotics Business Review

FEBRUARY 3, 2024

billion on Cruise since 2017. Motional , the $4 billion joint autonomous vehicle venture created in 2017 by Hyundai and Aptiv, lost one of its main financial backers. Aptiv, a leading automotive parts supplier, said it will stop further funding after incurring millions in losses. Hyundai and Aptiv partnered in 2017 on Motional.

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Robotics Business Review

MAY 17, 2024

Aptiv is a leading automotive parts supplier. It launched Motional with Hyundai in 2017 as a joint venture initially worth $4 billion. ” The post Hyundai picks up some Aptiv shares of Motional for $448M appeared first on The Robot Report. .

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Control Engineering

MAY 30, 2023

Robotics insights Total robotics installations in manufacturing rose more than 10% in 2022 with the automotive industry being the main driver. Non-automotive industries were led by electrical/electronics, which posted almost 30% growth. Sales to automotive declined by 36% with 1,258 units installed in 2022.

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Robotics Business Review

APRIL 14, 2025

Founded in 2017, Gatik has developed autonomous vehicles ( AVs ) for middle-mile and short-haul logistics. The automotive and trucking industries self-certify,” said Dr. Adam Campbell, Gatiks head of safety. ” “We made the choice to conduct a rigorous level of evaluation,” he told The Robot Report.

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Robotics Business Review

MARCH 5, 2025

The company later fired Otto co-founder Anthony Levandowski, who helped build Googles first self-driving car, in 2017 after Waymo sued Uber for stealing trade secrets. During CES 2025, Mike Oitzman, senior editor at The Robot Report, took a ride in a Zoox robotaxi. Register now so you don't miss out!

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AU Manufacturing

OCTOBER 24, 2022

For the automotive industry , edge computing represents a solution to latency, bandwidth, and autonomy challenges, as well as regulatory and security requirements, that hold us back from reaching the full potential of data. Automotive manufacturers must follow the lead of their fellow industrial firms.

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Robotics Business Review

MAY 7, 2024

The London-based developer of embodied artificial intelligence (AI) for autonomous driving was founded in 2017. This investment will enable us to develop and launch our first Embodied AI products for the automotive industry, empowering OEMs to provide consumers with trustworthy and beneficial automated driving experiences,” he said.

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i4.0 today

NOVEMBER 14, 2022

It is designed to transform sensing in the automotive sector, and emerging markets in robotics, commercial vehicle applications, consumer, and mobile devices. TriEye, a global technology company specializing in cost-effective, next-gen imaging and 3D solutions announces the launch of its proprietary SEDAR platform.

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Robotics Business Review

NOVEMBER 13, 2024

CaseFlow orchestrates case-picking robots and workers, noted new CEO Karl Iagnemma. Source: Vecna robotics Vecna Robotics today announced that it has closed $14.5 based company provides mobile robots for materials handling. Iagnemma has been a robotics researcher and an entrepreneur. The Waltham, Mass.-based

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Robotics Business Review

AUGUST 7, 2024

Chris Urmson, Sterling Anderson, and Drew Bagnell founded the Pittsburgh-based company in 2017. The post Aurora closes upsized public offering with gross proceeds of $483M appeared first on The Robot Report. Aurora Innovation Inc. Its Aurora Driver is a self-driving system with a common core of hardware and software.

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Dinesh Mishra

DECEMBER 17, 2024

Additional pavilions concentrate on topics such as artificial intelligence, automation, clean technologies, hydrogen, e-mobility, and robotics. On the other hand, Canada imports a significant amount of machinery, automotive products, chemicals, and high-tech equipment from Germany.

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Robotics Business Review

MAY 23, 2024

Chris Urmson, Sterling Anderson, and Drew Bagnell founded Aurora in 2017. The post Volvo launches VNL Autonomous truck equipped with Aurora software appeared first on The Robot Report. The first is to use its virtual driver developed in house for trucks and machines working within confined applications.

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Robotics Business Review

OCTOBER 25, 2024

” Established in 2017, WeRide provides autonomous driving systems ranging from SAE Level 2 to Level 4. from IPO, private placement appeared first on The Robot Report. The company holds autonomous driving licenses in China, the UAE, Singapore, and the U.S. The post Chinese AV developer WeRide brings in $458.5M

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Foley

APRIL 11, 2023

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.

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Fabricating & Metal Work

SEPTEMBER 26, 2024

Today, with its comprehensive suite of light-industrial, heavy-industrial and robotics and automation products, the brand serves industries that serve the world, including shipbuilding, healthcare, research, aerospace, automotive, pipelines, power generation, repair & maintenance, process industry, transport and mobile machinery and more.

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i4.0 today

MAY 23, 2023

In addition to keeping the palm-sized miniature design, the PCSF51 product design has also reduced the height of the heat dissipation module by 4mm, delivering a breakthrough for miniature motherboard performance in industrial automation, robotics, edge computing, and visual systems.

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Additive Manufacturing

SEPTEMBER 4, 2022

million and will be used for the partial repayment of convertible bonds 2017/2024 as well as for funding ongoing business operations. The Company sees robot vision and material processing as key growth drivers for its digital manufacturing business to deliver customers end products, components, and contract processing services.

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Modern Machine Shop

MAY 19, 2024

At any given time, up to four pallets loaded with workpieces were in the manufacturing cell: one in the CNC being machined, two to the side in ready stations and a fourth in the robot’s second arm. This time, the entire cell — robot and CNCs — was controlled by Soflex software (from Soflex Fertigungssteuerungs-GmbH ).

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Mold Making Technology

FEBRUARY 29, 2024

At any given time, up to four pallets loaded with workpieces were in the manufacturing cell: one in the CNC being machined, two to the side in ready stations and a fourth in the robot’s second arm. This time, the entire cell — robot and CNCs — was controlled by Soflex software (from Soflex Fertigungssteuerungs-GmbH ).

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Robotics Business Review

APRIL 25, 2024

Source: Outrider Between the automated warehouse and self-driving long-haul vehicles, there is the opportunity to add robotics to yard management. In 2017, we recognized that autonomously moving 50,000-lb. ” Learn from Agility Robotics, Amazon, Disney, Teradyne and many more. . Outrider Technologies Inc. based company.

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Robotics Business Review

JANUARY 17, 2024

. “At least once a year since 2000, Ansys has acquired and/or announced a major technology sharing partnership with another company,” wrote Shawn Wasserman, a former Ansys employee, on Engineering.com , a sibling site to The Robot Report. “Today, however, the script has been flipped.”

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Modern Machine Shop

NOVEMBER 5, 2023

As a tooling company largely serving automotive, the near-overnight shutdown in the industry hit West Ohio Tool hard. ” West Ohio Tool pairs several machines with robots, but otherwise only runs a single shift, on weekdays only. Automotive is still the company’s top industry, but it only makes up about 70% of its clientele.

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Fabricating & Metal Work

AUGUST 23, 2022

In addition, Bluco’s application engineers will be on hand to chat with visitors about the end-to-end welding, positioning and robotics solutions Bluco is best known for. Bluco Modular Fixturing Solutions for Robotics. Eliminate Laborious Bin Picking Tasks with Kawasaki’s New Robot. Bluco Modular Fixturing Solutions for Welding.

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E&T

DECEMBER 5, 2022

His target is 10 billion miles, which is about 50 per cent more than the total miles driven worldwide in 2017. Though electrically powered robots will be cleaner than diesel LDVs and become more so as renewables continue to build out, the key to fewer delivery miles may lie less in the last-mile technology but in the logistics management.

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Robotics Business Review

DECEMBER 27, 2024

This year, six of our top 10 stories were about or mentioned humanoid robots. In addition to falling robot sales in North America, our readers were also interested in growing robotics communities in the U.S. Here are the top 10 most popular stories on The Robot Report in 2024. and big trade shows. Read more. Read more.

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Robotics Business Review

NOVEMBER 1, 2024

October was another busy month for the robotics industry. Here are the top 10 most popular stories on The Robot Report in October 2024. Here are the top 10 most popular stories on The Robot Report in October 2024. Robots in these fields rely on miniature DC motion technology, which require state-of-the-art motion control.

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Frost & Sullivan Manufacturing

SEPTEMBER 26, 2023

trillion in 2017 to USD 1.3 which require high amounts of energy for production, concerns around energy security and imperatives around climate change and the Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs). Global clean energy spending has been ramping up and these investments have increased from an estimated USD 1.0 CAGR during the same period.

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Robotics Business Review

FEBRUARY 24, 2025

Established in 2017, WeRide provides autonomous driving systems ranging from SAE Level 2 to Level 4. The post WeRide to deploy its GXR robotaxi in Beijing appeared first on The Robot Report. GXR is also approved for commercial operations on highways, including routes to and from Beijing Daxing International Airport.

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Robotics Business Review

JANUARY 9, 2025

Established in 2017, WeRide provides autonomous driving systems ranging from SAE Level 2 to Level 4. The post WeRide deploys autonomous shuttle at Zurich Airport appeared first on The Robot Report. The company has conducted research and development, testing, and operations across 30 cities in seven countries.

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Modern Machine Shop

FEBRUARY 20, 2023

The company is Productive Robotics. And one aspect of the story that sort of takes it to another level is that the company's products are collaborative robots or Cobots. Zac Bogart, President of Productive Robots and ZBE : I'm Zac, Zac Bogart. Why is that? Brent Donaldson: So here's Zac Bogart.

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Canadian Manufacturing

FEBRUARY 27, 2025

Bellmann said there’s a lot of interest in capitalizing on a trade deal that Canada and the European Union signed in 2017 – the Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement, known as CETA. “I’m asking the question to interlocutors throughout Canada that I meet with – how can we make CETA even more operational? .”

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