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

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Source: FANUC America The latest numbers of the International Federation of Robotics (IFR’s) show automakers in the U.S. 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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Apptronik partners with Google DeepMind to advance humanoid robots with AI

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Source: Apptronik A year full of humanoid robot news is ending with more developments. The robot earned Apptronik a 2024 RBR50 Robotics Innovation Award for its bespoke linear actuators. In March, Mercedes-Benz said it is testing Apollo in automotive manufacturing. The Apollo robot combines humanoid hardware and AI.

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Automotive industry likely to continue leading robotics growth, says A3

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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.

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Standard Bots launches 30kg robot arm and U.S. production facility

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Source: Standard Bots Standard Bots yesterday unveiled a new robot and announced that it has expanded its production facility in Glen Cove, N.Y. The IFR’s latest numbers show that total installations of industrial robots in the automotive industry increased by 10.7%, reaching 13,700 units in 2024. While the U.S.

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

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Source: Boston Dynamics Boston Dynamics Inc. Boston Dynamics released an electric version of its Atlas robot in April 2024. In 2024, GXO officially deployed a small fleet of Digit humanoids from Agility Robotics at a Spanx facility in Georgia. At the time, the Waltham, Mass.-based

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Slip Robotics picks up $28M for trailer loading/unloading robots

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SlipBot moves automotive parts for Nissan in Mississippi. Source: Slip Robotics For more than a century, truck trailers have been loaded and unloaded in the same way, leading to wasted time for drivers and dangerous bursts of activity for forklift operators. Register today to save 40% on conference passes!

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Zebra Technologies to acquire vision unit from Photoneo Brightpick Group

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Source: Photoneo Photoneo Brightpick Group today announced that it has agreed to Zebra Technologies Corp.s In October 2024, Brightpick raised $12 million, and it said it has secured a total of $47 million in funding to date. based Brightpick won Application of the Year in the 2024 RBR50 Robotics Innovation Awards for Autopicker.

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