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When will the mobile robot vendor base consolidate?

Control Engineering

Part of the reason that the industry is not yet consolidating is the fact that “mobile automation” captures a multitude of robot types, industries and applications. Despite numerous acquisitions the mobile robot market is in fact not consolidating. The same figure for collaborative robot arms is even higher, at nearly 85%.

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Manufacturer marks 50 years with manufacturing, R&D expansions

Control Engineering

The first facility opened in 2018 in Billerica, Mass., The complex houses the Festo North America logistics and warehouse center. These products include valve terminals, gantry robots, robotic surgical arms, automated pipettes for laboratory devices, and systems for semiconductor manufacture to name a few.