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U.S. automotive industry increased robot installations by 10% in 2024

Robotics Business Review

FANUC is a Japanese world leader in robotics and factory automation. have been investing more in automation. The IFR said that total installations of industrial robots in the automotive industry increased by 10.7%, reaching 13,700 units in 2024. automotive sales dropped 15% in 2024 compared to 2023.

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Automotive industry likely to continue leading robotics growth, says A3

Robotics Business Review

Automotive manufacturing will continue to drive North American robotics adoption, says A3. 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. Burnstein: The automotive industry in the U.S. The Ann Arbor, Mich.-based

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Zebra Technologies to acquire vision unit from Photoneo Brightpick Group

Robotics Business Review

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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Jeff Burnstein, president of A3, shares top automation trends for 2023

Automation Mag

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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Hyundai to buy ‘tens of thousands’ of Boston Dynamics robots

Robotics Business Review

While Figure has not revealed the identity of its first customer, the company said BMW Group had tested Figure 02 for handling fitted sheet-metal parts on its automotive production line for two weeks in Spartanburg, S.C. Hyundai acquired Boston Dynamics from SoftBank in 2021 for $880 million.

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Robots used in the automotive industry worldwide cross the 1 million mark, says IFR

Automation Mag

The automotive industry has the largest number of robots working in factories around the world, says the International Federation of Robotics (IFR). The automotive industry effectively invented automated manufacturing,” says Marina Bill, president of IFR, in a press statement. “The

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Cloud-based ERP and MES Solution Improves Production at Automotive Parts Supplier

Gary Mintchell

This case study falls a little short of my vision for Automation World when we began 20 years ago. Inductive Automation entered the fray in 2003 upping the ante. But…check out this case study sent to me by Plex (a Rockwell Automation company). Founded in 2021, AVA has expanded significantly and now ships approximately 52.2