Robotics Business Review

DECEMBER 30, 2024

Its Brightpick unit offers AI robots for warehouses to automate order fulfillment , from order picking and consolidation to dispatch and stock replenishment. The company spun off in 2021 from Photoneo Brightpick Group. In 2021, Zebra acquired autonomous mobile robot ( AMR ) provider Fetch Robotics for $290 million. and Europe.

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Robotics Automation News

JULY 22, 2022

billion in 2021, a 38 percent year-on-year growth, according to a report by ABI Research, a technology intelligence firm. Global robotics venture capital investments reached $5.7 The growth was driven by successful startups from key markets such as the United States, China, the United Kingdom, and Israel.

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Robotics Automation News

JANUARY 30, 2024

Linux server automation tools have become indispensable for streamlining complex processes and enhancing system performance. As enterprises increasingly pivot towards digital solutions, the adoption of automation tools has surged, with a 2021 McKinsey survey indicating that 70% of businesses automate at least one function.

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Robotics Business Review

JANUARY 4, 2025

He also shares insights from his podcast, Re-Automated, and highlights the significance of the new Polyscope X platform for developers. Following the acquisition, Photoneo Brightpick Group will rebrand itself as Brightpick and operate independently, concentrating on the development and deployment of AI-powered robots for warehouse automation.

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Gary Mintchell

MAY 1, 2025

This news exemplifies large automation companies seeing software as a means of growthand serving customers. For more than a decade, the two companies have successfully collaborated in the provision of solutions and services for internal and external digital transformation (DX), with Yokogawa investing in Web Synergies in October, 2021.

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Robotics Automation News

NOVEMBER 13, 2022

Since launching their collaboration in 2021, Comau and Rockwell Automation have been jointly working to leverage the power of robotic solutions to help businesses increase the speed of innovation and maximize their manufacturing efficiencies.

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Robotics Automation News

APRIL 8, 2023

Convergix Automation Solutions, an automation solutions company backed by private equity firm Crestview Partners, has completed the acquisition of Eagle Technologies, a Bridgman, Michigan-based systems integrator specializing in turnkey automated production and testing solutions.

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Robotics Business Review

MAY 13, 2025

DHL said it has invested more than 1 billion in automation within its contract logistics division over the last three years. ” DHL said more than 90% of its warehouses worldwide use at least one form of automation or digitalization. In 2021, Hyundai acquired Boston Dynamics from SoftBank for $880 million. companies.

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Robotics Automation News

NOVEMBER 18, 2022

Nabors Industries has launched its Canrig Red Zone Robotics (RZR) Rig Floor Module, a modular rig upgrade that automates routine drilling activities. In 2021, Nabors and ExxonMobil proved fully automated […].

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Cisco Industrial Automation

SEPTEMBER 14, 2022

Industry research shows that by 2023, 30% of manufacturers will enhance their shop floor digital twin with real-time signal transponder data, leading to an 80% reduction in logistic bottlenecks in shop floor and storage areas – Source: IDC FutureScape: Worldwide Manufacturing 2021. Operability in various plant conditions (ex.

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Automation Mag

APRIL 17, 2023

Advances in automation technologies are transforming the industrial manufacturing landscape. Automation experts share their predictions on trends that Canadian manufacturers need to watch out for in 2023 and respond to accordingly. This slight drop over 2021 is not alarming, as orders often fluctuate for any number of reasons.

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Robotics Automation News

OCTOBER 14, 2022

Statista reveals that as of November 2021, there were 10,755 startups in the Americas alone. By Yevhen Krasnokutsky, AI/ML Solution Architect at MobiDev Fintech startups are flourishing since our lives shifted to an online format.

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Gary Mintchell

NOVEMBER 28, 2022

There was Automation Fair and then meetings and then Thanksgiving. Plenty of time to digest everything I learned and experienced at Rockwell Automation’s event. The 2021 event in Houston was abbreviated. Specifics — Rockwell Automation Products. They skipped 2020, of course. FactoryTalk Design Hub.

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The Automation Blog

DECEMBER 27, 2022

In today's Top Ten we're listing the all-time most popular episodes of The Automation Podcast using the combined stats from TheAutomationBlog.com, YouTube, and Audio Podcasting platforms we publish to (iTunes, Spotify, etc.). Episode Awards: Staying Power (was #4 in 2021). #09: 09: PowerFlex 755TS VFD (P90). by IFM with Yuen Li (P58).

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Robotics Business Review

MARCH 7, 2024

After working at Siemens for a decade and stops at Ready Robotics and Rapid Robotics, Aparicio hopes his new startup Reshape Automation can chip away at this problem. Reshape Automation wants to make it easier for the U.S. manufacturing and logistics industries to adopt automation. Automation can be daunting for a lot of folks.

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Robotics Business Review

APRIL 23, 2024

Rockwell works with partners to streamline automated manufacturing. Source: Business Wire Rockwell Automation yesterday announced that it is working with Microsoft “to enable intelligent factories by simplifying complexity and helping empower customers to achieve sustainability goals and operational excellence.”

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Manufacturer's Monthly

NOVEMBER 29, 2022

Automation, robotics and collaborative robots (also known as cobots) have the power to change the way the welding and manufacturing industries work. According to a recent report commissioned by Google, automation has the power to deliver a $2.2 This includes $1 trillion boost from accelerating the rate of automation and a $1.2

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Robotics Business Review

AUGUST 2, 2024

The Robot Report Podcast · The State of Warehouse Automation In Episode 158 of The Robot Report Podcast, Steve Crowe and Mike Oitzman discuss the week’s news. You’ll also hear the State of Warehouse Automation panel that was one of the highlights from the Robotics Summit & Expo.

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Automation Mag

NOVEMBER 14, 2022

Comau and Rockwell Automation are showcasing the benefits of the full integration of Comau’s articulated robots with the unified robot control platform by Rockwell Automation at the Automation Fair on November 16 and 17 in Chicago. The companies launched their collaboration in 2021.

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Robotics Business Review

MAY 8, 2025

FANUC is a Japanese world leader in robotics and factory automation. have been investing more in automation. By contrast, the Association for Advancing Automation (A3) reported earlier this year that U.S. However, in other key areas of manufacturing automation, the US lags behind its competitors.

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Gary Mintchell

SEPTEMBER 6, 2022

ISA100 WCI, NAMUR, ODVA, PI, VDMA, and ZVEI Plan to Partner with FieldComm Group and OPC Foundation to Collaboratively Develop the Process Automation Device Information Model Standard. New co-owners of the PA-DIM specification include ISA100 WCI, ODVA, PROFIBUS/PROFINET International, NAMUR, VDMA, and ZVEI.

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Robotics Automation News

MARCH 13, 2023

Fernride, which specializes in autonomous trucking, and Terberg, a maker of terminal tractors, have agreed a collaboration to develop an automated terminal tractor CE certified for commercial production. The partnership started in 2021 and […]

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Robotics Business Review

MAY 9, 2025

The Robot Report Podcast Safety and Efficiency in Robotics Design In Episode 195 of The Robot Report Podcast, our guest isGiovanni Campanella, the Industrial Automation and Robotics General Manager at Texas Instruments (TI). By contrast, the Association for Advancing Automation (A3) reported earlier this year that U.S.

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Robotics Business Review

JANUARY 10, 2024

Robot density data reveal the state of automation worldwide and allow us to compare regions and countries,” Marina Bill, President of the IFR, said. Most automated countries worldwide Robot density by country in 2022. Source: IFR South Korea was the most automated country by robot density in 2022, according to the IFR.

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Manufacturer's Monthly

MAY 26, 2024

120mm sleepers, up to nine meters long / Image: Sunset Sleepers Since being nominated in the 2023 Endeavour Awards for their excellence in growth, we check-in with concrete sleeper manufacturer, Sunset Sleepers, to find out more about their plans to automate production. The company is now on a mission to improve across all fronts.

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Robotics Business Review

OCTOBER 30, 2024

Here are the winners from 2024 , 2023 , 2022 , and 2021. Application of the Year: The winner will be a use case that has previously been difficult to automate and where robotics and automation have demonstrated a clear benefit over previous processes. The deadline for submissions is Friday, December 20, 2024.

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Robotics Business Review

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Robot density serves as a barometer to track the degree of automation adoption in the manufacturing industry around the world,” stated Takayuki Ito, the IFR’s new president. The economies of Korea, Singapore, mainland China, and Japan were among the top ten most automated countries in 2023.

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Cisco Industrial Automation

APRIL 27, 2022

By some accounts, manufacturing was the most attacked industry in 2021. Automate deployment and monitoring. To save time and effort and avoid risk, IT teams automate network infrastructure configuration with software-defined network management tools like Cisco DNA Center. Meanwhile, cyber-attacks are increasing.

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Design World

SEPTEMBER 23, 2022

ABB has launched its first range of rebranded Autonomous Mobile Robots (AMRs) following its acquisition of mobile robot leader ASTI Mobile Robotics in 2021. Since adding AMRs to its portfolio, ABB is the only company with a comprehensive and integrated offering of robots, AMRs, and machine automation solutions. “At

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Robotics Business Review

APRIL 17, 2025

Source: ABB One of world’s top industrial automation providers is becoming more independent. “Only robotics and discrete automation declined from last year. But importantly, they showed a positive sequential development, and the machine automation division improved to a break-even level.”

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Manufacturer's Monthly

NOVEMBER 28, 2022

This month marks a major milestone for OMRON , a global automation giant with a proud history spanning nearly 90 years. OMRON Oceania will now be known as OMRON Automation and Robotics to better reflect the company’s core business. The possibilities of automation and robotics continue to expand at every opportunity.

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Robotics Automation News

FEBRUARY 12, 2024

After record orders in both 2021 and 2022, robot sales in North American declined by 30 percent in 2023, according to the latest report from the Association for Advancing Automation (A3). Companies purchased 31,159 robots in 2023, compared to 44,196 ordered in 2022 and 39,708 in 2021.

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Robotics Automation News

JULY 28, 2022

According to the Association for Advancing Automation, these Q1 numbers represent growth of 28 percent and 43 percent respectively over the first quarter of 2021 and 7 percent and […].

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Robotics Business Review

NOVEMBER 12, 2024

Brightpick’s Autopickers automate both mobile manipulation and each picking tasks. Brightpick spun off in 2021 from Bratislava, Slovakia-based Photoneo , a developer of 3D robotic vision sensors and intelligence software. The system stood out for its ability to automate both mobile manipulation and each picking.

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Automation Mag

SEPTEMBER 18, 2024

Apply today to the Canadian Automation Awards. This is a chance to showcase successful automation implementation within Canadian discrete manufacturing plants! The latest automation technologies and solutions can go a long way in managing problems and improving efficiencies in manufacturing facilities. APPLY TODAY!

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Modern Machine Shop

FEBRUARY 5, 2023

JIMTOF 2022 took place over the course of six sun-drenched days in mid-November at Tokyo Big Sight, the sprawling convention and exhibition complex that served as central command for TV and media crews during the Covid-delayed Tokyo Olympics in 2021. To a certain degree, that demand has been unleashed.

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Robotics Business Review

FEBRUARY 12, 2024

Source: ABB The Association for Advancing Automation, or A3, today released its quarterly and end-of-year report on robot orders in North America for 2023. It found that sales were down by 30% but noted that 2021 and 2022 were record-setting years. An exciting new crop of startups [is] taking part in our Automate Startup Competition.

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