Robotics Business Review

FEBRUARY 3, 2024

Source: Intuitive Surgical The surgical robotics space saw a major shakeup last year. J&J now plans to submit Ottava for FDA investigational device exemption (IDE) in the second half of 2024 in order to start clinical trials. The da Vinci SP surgical robotics system. Robotics is hard. Robotics in healthcare is hard.”

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Polytron

DECEMBER 13, 2023

This involves identifying potential vulnerabilities, establishing contingency plans, and diversifying supply chain sources to mitigate future disruptions. Polytron is a member of the System Integrator Hall of Fame having been awarded in 2015, 2019, and now 2024.

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Robotics Business Review

JANUARY 6, 2024

Source: CMR Surgical CMR Surgical Ltd. CMR Surgical aims to accelerate robot adoption CMR Surgical said it plans to launch new technologies to further support the utilization of Versius in 2024. Editor’s note : This article was syndicated from MassDevice , a sibling site to The Robot Report. The Cambridge, U.K.-based

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Mold Making Technology

AUGUST 3, 2024

Welcome to our July roundup of must-read articles! We've carefully curated the top articles that captivated our audience, ensuring you stay informed and inspired. MMT Chats: Award-Winning 2024 Mold Apprentice of the Year Adam Conley of Omega Tool Inc. Source |Hammonton Mold Co. MTD) Mold Maker of the Year award.

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Modern Machine Shop

DECEMBER 26, 2024

As 2024 draws to a close, it is great to look back on the articles that piqued our audience’s interests the most. Here, we have compiled a list of the top ten most-viewed articles of 2024. How to Achieve Unmatched Accuracy in Very Large Workpieces Source: Dynamic Tool Corporation Dynamic Tool Corp.

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Mold Making Technology

AUGUST 28, 2024

As August comes to a close, we've gathered this month's most viewed articles with valuable insights for moldmaking professionals. These articles and more on this list offer practical knowledge to enhance your operations. These articles and more on this list offer practical knowledge to enhance your operations.

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Mold Making Technology

JANUARY 30, 2024

Source: (top left) Boucherie, (top right) TK Mold & Engineering, (bottom left) Emuge-Franken, (bottom right) Plastic Ingenuity The top ten most-viewed articles in January were not only a testament to what our readers took an interest in—they reflect what is trending in our small but mighty world of moldmaking. Dapra Corp.,

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Mold Making Technology

MARCH 5, 2025

Sources: Standex Engraving Mold-Tech, Cimatron, Incoe Corp., From workflow efficiencies to cutting-edge tooling strategies, this roundup highlights the top articles that made an impact last month. From workflow efficiencies to cutting-edge tooling strategies, this roundup highlights the top articles that made an impact last month.

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Robotics Business Review

FEBRUARY 2, 2025

Source: Proprio A looming U.S. Meanwhile, UC Berkeley s Ken Goldberg and Intuitive Surgical s Gary Guthart introduced in 2024 an augmented dexterity approach where AI-driven overlays assist surgeons in real time, aiming to reduce errors and boost overall outcomes. Can you provide a brief history of Proprio?

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Robotics Business Review

MARCH 3, 2024

Source: Virtual Incision Virtual Incision announced that the FDA granted marketing authorization to its MIRA miniaturized surgical robotic system. Source: Virtual Incision The MIRA platform received IDE approval in October 2020 , followed by approval for an IDE supplement in April. It plans for gynecological procedures in 2024.

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Robotics Business Review

FEBRUARY 20, 2025

Source: CMR Surgical CMR Surgical Ltd. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) in October 2024. Editor’s Note: This article was syndicated from The Robot Report sibling site MassDevice. yesterday announced that more than 30,000 surgical cases around the world have been completed using its Versius system. The Cambridge, U.K.-based

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Robotics Business Review

JULY 15, 2024

Source: Think Surgical Think Surgical continues to forge new partnerships involving its handheld surgical robots and implants for total knee arthroplasty (TKA). markets in the second half of 2024. Editor’s Note: This article was syndicated from The Robot Report’s sibling site MassDevice.

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Robotics Business Review

JANUARY 30, 2025

Source: Comau While policies around alternative energy sources may shift, overall energy demand is still leading to growing interest in automation. ” Lisbon, Portugal-based EDP claimed that 98% of its energy comes from renewable sources, and it has installed solar capacity of more than 4GW. Last year, Comau S.p.A.

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Gary Mintchell

NOVEMBER 3, 2023

I don’t do “Top 10 Trends for Next Year” articles. Part of these questions were spurred by these two news items about Arduino , that open source inexpensive hardware platform. Distribution partners remain Arduino’s primary go-to-market source, with 2024 forecasts estimated to be over 200% YoY. I find them worthless.

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Robotics Business Review

FEBRUARY 1, 2024

30, 2024 with the spaceMIRA from Virtual Incision onboard. Source: NASA Virtual Incision’s MIRA surgical robot system has made it to the International Space Station (ISS). Source: Virtual Incision MIRA includes a small, self-contained surgical device inserted through a single midline umbilical incision in the patient’s abdomen.

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Mold Making Technology

FEBRUARY 11, 2024

The uncertainty is expected to persist in 2024, with The Economist describing it as a "second cold war" and "multipolar disorder." The article highlights the growing pressure on manufacturers to advance productivity, given the substantial rise in labor costs. Check out the full article here.

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Modern Machine Shop

APRIL 6, 2025

Retention Above All Material sourcing became a universal challenge in the aftermath of the pandemic, affecting East Coast Precision just as much as other shops. Life in Plastic Our previous articles about East Coast Precision have detailed many of the techniques the shop has learned and honed for working with plastic parts.

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Robotics Business Review

FEBRUARY 16, 2024

Source: Stryker Stryker Corp. About a year ago, Stryker suggested that the robotic platform would have significant application expansions in 2024. The company said it expected a Mako Spine launch in the second half of 2024, with Mako Shoulder out by the end of 2024. The Mako robotic-assisted surgery system.

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Robotics Business Review

SEPTEMBER 14, 2024

Source: ifm efector Automated mobile robotics is the obvious answer to increased consumer demand and continuing labor shortages today. Industry-standard and open-source programming languages make it easier – and faster – for your end user to get their fleet up and running. So, why haven’t AMRs “crossed the chasm” into mass adoption?

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Mold Making Technology

DECEMBER 1, 2024

Source | Thinkstock Talent isn't just important — it's the cornerstone of national competitiveness. Source | U.S. Source | U.S. Source | Photo Editor SDK Wells also emphasizes the importance of data-driven decision-making. But here's the kicker: the U.S.

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Robotics Business Review

JULY 17, 2024

Source: Daniel Moore on LinkedIn CMR Surgical this week appointed Daniel Moore as non-executive chair of its board of directors, effective immediately. Source: CMR Surgical Earlier this year, CMR launched vLimeLite, an integrated fluorescence imaging system that works with its Versius Plus surgical robot.

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Robotics Business Review

NOVEMBER 3, 2024

Due to high interest rates, elevated inventory, and sluggish demand, the global machinery industry has been facing a tough year in 2024. As of last month, 12 more companies have launched new linear smart conveyance products in 2024. Editor’s note: This article was syndicated from Interact Analysis.

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Robotics Business Review

JANUARY 30, 2024

Source: Lifeward ReWalk Robotics yesterday unveiled new corporate branding to officially begin operating as “Lifeward.” The rule was finalized in November and went into effect at the beginning of 2024. Editor’s note: This article was syndicated from MassDevice , a sibling site to The Robot Report.

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Robotics Business Review

SEPTEMBER 9, 2024

Source: THINK Surgical THINK Surgical Inc. markets in the second half of 2024. Editor’s note: This article was syndicated from The Robot Report sibling site MassDevice. The TMINI robotic surgical system features a wireless handpiece that assists surgeons in performing total knee replacements.

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Robotics Business Review

FEBRUARY 1, 2025

When the team first announced a new software suite using this approach in early 2024, Luo said they were heartened that others could quickly replicate their success using the open-source software on their own. The lab also chose to make its research open source so that other researchers could use and build on it.

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Robotics Business Review

APRIL 19, 2024

Intuitive placed eight of its next-generation da Vinci 5 systems in the first quarter of 2024. Source: Intuitive Surgical Intuitive Surgical Inc. per diluted share, for the three months ended March 31, 2024, up 53% from the first quarter of 2023. The Sunnyvale, Calif.-based Total revenue was $1.89

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Robotics Business Review

SEPTEMBER 28, 2024

Source: NVIDIA Vision-language models, or VLMs, combine the powerful language understanding of foundational large language models with the vision capabilities of vision transformers ( ViTs ) by projecting text and images into the same embedding space. It is fully open source and runs on-device. How to reason over a spatial memory.

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Robotics Business Review

MAY 13, 2024

Wise, chief product officer of Agility Robotics , outlined why humanoids or mobile manipulation robots (MMRs), are the next step in her presentation “The Next Frontier of Automation: Mobile Manipulation Robots (Humanoid Robots)” at Automate 2024 in Chicago. Submit your presentation idea now.

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Robotics Business Review

JUNE 28, 2024

A version of Endiatx’s PillBot as of June 2024. Source: Endiatx Endiatx LLC is planning a pivotal trial for its swallowable, steerable Pillbot robot camera at Mayo Clinic campuses this year. Source: Hardy Wilson for MDO Endiatx partnership with Mayo Clinic continues Rochester, Minn.-based The Hayward, Calif.–based Register now.

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Robotics Business Review

APRIL 3, 2024

Source: Asensus Surgical Asensus Surgical Inc. premium to the closing price of Asensus stock on April 2, 2024. In January 2024, the company showed LUNA off to surgeons, conducting an in vivo lab evaluation of the next-generation surgical robot. The Intelligent Surgical Unit powers the Senhance surgical robot system.

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Robotics Business Review

FEBRUARY 4, 2024

Source: CMR Surgical Nearly a year after he took over as CEO at CMR Surgical, Supratim Bose said the surgical robotics company is set for more growth. Hear more from Bose, co-founder and CMO Mark Slack and co-founder and CTO Luke Hares at DeviceTalks Boston , May 1–2, 2024. CMR Surgical’s Versius surgical robotics system in action.

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Robotics Business Review

FEBRUARY 9, 2024

Source: CMR Surgical CMR Surgical Ltd. The company also said it marks the first in a series of product releases planned for 2024. “I Editor’s note: This article was syndicated from MassDevice , a sibling site to The Robot Report. CMR Surgical’s Versius surgical robotics system in action.

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Robotics Business Review

FEBRUARY 25, 2024

Source: Zimmer Biomet Zimmer Biomet announced last week that it received FDA 510(k) clearance for its ROSA Shoulder System, which it claimed is the first surgical robot for shoulder replacement. in the second half of 2024. Editor’s note: This article was syndicated from The Robot Report sibling site MassDevice.

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21st Century Tech

AUGUST 28, 2024

When charged using renewable sources their emission contributions fall even further. In its first four months in 2024, BYD, China’s premier EV builder sold more than 434,000 cars. The US offer in 2024 is $7,500. A recent article in the L.A. EVs are environmental and climate change difference-makers.

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Robotics Business Review

FEBRUARY 18, 2024

Source: Adobe Stock Robotically assisted total knee arthroplasty, or TKA, has skyrocketed in popularity, but a new analysis of registry data has raised some questions about the benefits of surgical robots for knee-replacement patients. Knee replacement expectations for surgical robots may be misaligned, says study.

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Robotics Business Review

MARCH 18, 2024

Source: Titan Medical Titan Medical announced today that it entered into a definitive amalgamation agreement to combine with Conavi Medical. The companies expect the transaction to close on or around July 15, 2024. Editor’s Note: This article was syndicated from The Robot Report’s sister site MassDevice.

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Fastener News Desk

JUNE 24, 2024

IN THE NEWS with Fastener News Desk the Week of June 17, 2024 We’ve got a great episode on tap for you this week with lots to report, loose fasteners, incorrect torquing, fastener acquisitions, and MDM’s 2024 Top Fastener Distributor list, with several industry events happening this week and more!! Read full article from Reuters.

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