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Accenture invests in humanoid maker Sanctuary AI

Robotics Business Review

We see huge potential for their robots in post and parcel, manufacturing, retail, and logistics warehousing operations, where they could complement and collaborate with human workers and automate tasks that traditional robotics can’t.” In early 2021, Accenture acquired Pollux , a provider of industrial robotics and automation.

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Samurai Awards 2022 in Manufacturing & supply chain

Dinesh Mishra

Who Can Apply: Manufacturing Companies Include all types of manufacturers ranging from Automotive, Aerospace, White Goods,Power, Medical, and Electronics, to OEMs. Supply Chain Organizations Include 3PL, 4PL, transporters (surface, air, sea), industrial real estate developers, freight forwarders, warehousing sector companies.

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Veteran tech exec Peggy Johnson named Agility Robotics CEO

Robotics Business Review

Wise sold autonomous mobile robot maker (AMR) Fetch Robotics to Zebra Technologies in 2021 for $290 million. Ash Sharma, managing director at Interact Analysis, has said warehousing offers humanoids the perfect combination of repetitiveness and menial work, coupled with a lack of standardization and a lack of uniformity of things handled.

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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. It found that sales were down by 30% but noted that 2021 and 2022 were record-setting years. based association added that it expects both automotive manufacturers and non-automotive sectors to resume ordering more robots in the coming year.

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Global Robot Report Highlights UK’s Urgent Need to Increase Automation

i4.0 today

A record 517,385 new robots were installed in 2021 – an impressive 31% uplift from 2020. But, from a UK perspective, the IFR results were more sobering.

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Robotics and Automation in 2022 – Can They be a Hedge to Recession?

i4.0 today

Nevertheless, IDTechEx believes that the market will start to take off within two years thanks to the ‘smart factory’ proposals by leading automotive manufacturers, such as Audi. fold increase for social robots by 2032 compared with 2021. Industry 5.0 in 2030 is expected to add more momentum to the cobot industry.

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Collaborative robot market has strong long-term future

Control Engineering

Collaborative robot insights The collaborative robot (cobot) market dropped 20% in 2022 after a strong 2021, which led some to worry the market was heading for a downturn for the future. Following a rapid rebound in 2021 in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, the growth rate of the collaborative robot (cobot) market dropped to around 20%.