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Boosting supply chains through automation and robotics

Control Engineering

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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Robotics Factory adds five startups to its residency pilot cohort

Robotics Business Review

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

Robotics Business Review

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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Odense Robotics culture of collaboration can overcome economic challenges, says CEO

Robotics Business Review

Søren Elmer Kristensen, CEO of Odense Robotics, greets global delegates at R-24. Credit: Eugene Demaitre ODENSE, Denmark — Last week, the R-24 conference for robots, automation, and drones demonstrated why the city of about 206,000 residents is one of the most vibrant for technology in Europe and the world.

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Top 10 most popular robotics stories of 2023

Robotics Business Review

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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Balancing B2B and B2C – the modern supply chain fulfilment challenge

Manufacturing & Logistics IT

Following Manhattan Associates’ Manhattan Exchange 2018 event in Amsterdam last week, Manufacturing & Logistics IT spoke with the company’s Senior Director – Product Management, Adam Klein, about the changing supply chain landscape and how state-of-the-art software, mobile devices, automation and robotics solutions can leverage major benefits for (..)

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Figure AI raises whopping $675M to commercialize humanoids

Robotics Business Review

Figure said it plans to use the funding to grow its AI training, manufacture more robots, and hire the engineers necessary to get production units to market in the 2024-2025 timeframe. Our vision at Figure is to bring humanoid robots into commercial operations as soon as possible,” Adcock said in a release.

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