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.

Robotics 115

Robotics Robotics Logistics Automation 115

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.

Automotive 59

Automotive Manufacturing Function Sourcing 59

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.

Automotive 109

Automotive Robotics Robotics Sourcing 109

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.

Automation 102

Automation Logistics Supply Chain Robotics 102

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.

Artificial Intelligence 86

Artificial Intelligence Robotics Robotics Automation 86

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.”

Electronic Design Automation (EDA) 89

Electronic Design Automation (EDA) Electronics Automation Robotics 89

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 ).

Automation 52

Automation Robotics Robotics Manufacturing 52

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.

3D printing 52

3D printing Additive manufacturing Digital manufacturing Aerospace 52

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.

Automotive 98

Automotive Cycle time Aerospace Fit 98

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.

Automation 75

Automation Automotive Electronics Supply Chain 75

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.

Robotics 52

Robotics Robotics Form Automation 52

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.

Automation 52

Automation Supply Chain Smart manufacturing Robotics 52

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.

Logistics 75

Logistics Robotics Robotics Cargo 75

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.

Sourcing 52

Sourcing Cargo Value chain Logistics 52

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.

Robotics 40

Robotics Robotics Supply Chain Automation 40

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.

Automotive 52

Automotive Robotics Robotics Sourcing 52