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DHL buying 1,000+ Stretch robots from Boston Dynamics

Robotics Business Review

Through a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU), DHL plans to deploy 1,000+ additional Stretch robots from Boston Dynamics by 2030. DHL and Boston Dynamics have been working together since 2018. The logistics giant has also deployed the robot in the United Kingdom and Europe, achieving unloading rates of up to 700 cases per hour.

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LOXO expands into Germany with self-driving logistics subsidiary

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Amin Amini, Lara Amini, and Claudio Panizza founded the company in 2018. It said it aims to further integrate its vehicles into the supply chain and advance the state of commercial vehicle automation. The post LOXO expands into Germany with self-driving logistics subsidiary appeared first on The Robot Report.

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Robotics Factory adds five startups to its residency pilot cohort

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The Robotics Factory is dedicated to creating, accelerating, and scaling Pittsburgh-area startups. Source: Robotics Factory The Robotics Factory has accepted five companies to its Scale Residency program. ESTAT Actuation, KEF Robotics, Thiopoly, Thorne Baby, and Piximo make up the organization ‘s first residency cohort.

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Top 10 most popular robotics stories of 2023

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Noteworthy robots from Apptronik, Figure, and Boston Dynamics, among others, dominated 2023 robot news. If you’ve been keeping tabs on the robotics industry in 2023, you won’t be surprised to see that six out of our top 10 articles this past year were about humanoid robots. Read more. Read more. Read more.

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ABB, NVIDIA, DHL, Teradyne to discuss state of robotics at RoboBusiness

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Robotics is inherently challenging because it requires inputs across disciplines, from mechatronics and electrical engineering to software and artificial intelligence. Predicting the future of robotics innovation is also difficult, because it is subject to numerous technical hurdles, as well as investor and market pressures.

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Boosting supply chains through automation and robotics

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Supply Chains Insights. The pandemic has put a spotlight on supply chain issues when demand for critical products went up and the supply side couldn’t keep up. To help fix this problem, robotics and automation were brought on the scene. Since over 98% of suppliers in the U.S.

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U.S. manufacturers invested heavily in robotics in 2023, finds IFR

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Total installations of industrial robots rose by 12% and reached 44,303 units in 2023, as U.S. manufacturers invested heavily in more automation, reported the International Federation of Robotics, or IFR, today. The first IFR outlook on preliminary results shows again strong robotics demand across all major segments of U.S.

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