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The future of safety in robotics with Ouster Lidar

Robotics Business Review

The company said it achieved this record just 24 weeks after reaching its 4 billionth pick in October 2024. Waymo, which won the 2025 RBR50 Robot of the Year , announced in late 2024 that it had surpassed 5 million driverless trips to date. By comparison Ziplinesaid it has used drones to deliver 1.45

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PillBot lets doctors see inside the human body

Robotics Business Review

See it live You can see Endiatx CEO Torrey Smith demo PillBot live during the closing keynote of RoboBusiness 2024. According to CEO Torrey Smith, the bill of materials for the device only costs $35. The device is designed to be remotely controlled and easy to swallow (easier, that is, than the insertion of the endoscope).

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Accelerate Program of Pittsburgh Robotics Factory opens applications for its third cohort

Robotics Business Review

Sector-specific programming includes understanding how to manufacture at scale and cost, developing a bill of materials, and designing for manufacturing and assembly. The consultancy has predicted that 80% of people will engage with robots on a daily basis by 2030, up from less than 10% in 2024.

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Nokia AIMS Releases “True” Automated Inventory Counting Capability

Gary Mintchell

Top management awarded the task of the accuracy of the bills of material to me for several years. New Nokia AIMS customers who sign up in 2024 will receive this capability for free, for one year. Inventory counting capability is now available to customers in the United States.

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3 reasons mobile robots haven’t reached mass adoption

Robotics Business Review

High Bill of Material (BoM) Cost: developing a viable product with a scalable or saleable company model involves significant investment. The company won a 2024 RBR50 Robotics Innovation Award for its Obstacle Detection System that helps simplify mobile robot development. This expense eventually gets passed to the customer.

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Hannover Messe 2025: Critical Manufacturing to Demonstrate How MES Can Deliver Measurable, Transformative Outcomes

i4.0 today

Features include end-to-end material traceability, bill of material (BOM) variations management, dynamic data management tools, state-of-the-art analytics, and a complete digital twin of the shop floor to check operational metrics against key performance indicators (KPIs).

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RoboBusiness to discuss autonomy challenges in mobile robotics

Robotics Business Review

By focusing on reducing the bill of materials (BoM), teams are making trade-off decisions on performance, while simultaneously incurring silent costs that are not measured or managed. Opteran won a 2024 RBR50 Robotics Innovation Award for this work. At RoboBusiness , which takes place Oct. 16-17 in Santa Clara, Calif.,

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