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BMW testing Figure 01 humanoid at South Carolina automotive plant

Robotics Business Review

BMW said its Spartanburg facility is the largest automotive exporter in the U.S., Brett Adcock, Figure’s founder and CEO, said the initial tasks include moving bins and boxes and other “various logistics things” inside the BMW body shop. STR is an AMR optimized for intralogistics work in BMW’s automotive factories.

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Automotive Aftermarket Looks to 4Rs and Closed Loop Ecosystem for Sustainable End-of-Life Battery Management

Frost & Sullivan Manufacturing

million xEVs that need to have their original batteries retired due to aging-related erosion of energy storage capacity between 2020 and 2030. between 2020-2030 due to the aging of original batteries. The key driver behind this rapid growth will be the projected 1.9 Frost & Sullivan forecasts a €1.39

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Mutual Synergies: How Leasing and Electric Vehicles Can Drive Growth in Tandem

Frost & Sullivan Manufacturing

The automotive industry was severely hit by the pandemic, with a 13.6% dip in global car sales in 2020, a more significant slide than during the financial crisis of 2008. In 2020, new electric car sales grew by 40% from 2019 levels, and by 2021, global EV sales reached around 6.5 during 2020-2025. as of 2021.

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Boston Dynamics debuts electric version of Atlas humanoid robot

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In the meantime, the company itself changed owners, from Google in 2013 to SoftBank in 2017 and most recently to Hyundai in 2020. ” In the new video below, the previous version of Atlas handles automotive parts and real products weighing up to 25 lb. “We’re beginning in their factory,” he told The Robot Report.

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The Benefits of a Smart Connected Commerce for MSMEs in APAC

Frost & Sullivan Manufacturing

In South Asia, India’s MSMEs have one of the highest shares (49% in 2020) in exports. In APAC, exports from MSMEs accounted for approximately $896 billion in 2020. Partner with strong logistics companies for seamless logistics operations, resulting in greater customer satisfaction.

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8 noteworthy robotics acquisitions of 2023

Robotics Business Review

In January 2020, Softbank participated in Berkshire Grey’s $263 million Series B financing round. million for 6 River Systems , which makes autonomous mobile robots (AMRs) for logistics applications. Softbank’s logistics robotics portfolio includes AutoStore, Balyo, and Berkshire Grey. Ocado paid roughly 2.8%

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ABB Extends No-code Wizard Easy Programming to Industrial Robots

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Since it was first released in 2020, Wizard Easy Programming has been widely adopted in a range of applications using ABBs collaborative robot portfolio, comprising the YuMi ® , SWIFTI TM , and GoFa cobot families.