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

Robotics Business Review

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. Slip Robotics is driving a level of change in the supply chain industry not seen since the containerization of sea freight.

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Top 10 robots seen at CES 2024

Robotics Business Review

LAS VEGAS — CES 2024 featured a wide range of emerging technologies, from fitness devices and videogames to autonomous vehicles. But robots always have a significant presence in the sprawling exhibit halls. The robot is capable of going up and down stairs through the implementation of compliant wheels. The 150 lb. (68

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Will autotech ventures race east in 2024?

Robotics Business Review

Source: LinkedIn As The Robot Report reported last October, one of the biggest autotech stories of the year was the stalling of Cruise after California’s Department of Motor Vehicles suspended its driverless testing license. Submit your nominations for innovation awards in the 2024 RBR50 awards.

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Another Turn of the Wheel: Test Runs of Class 8 Autonomous Truck Fleets to Begin on Public Roads in the US

Frost & Sullivan Manufacturing

Autonomous trucks have long been seen as the solution to overburdened road freight networks and inefficient logistics chains. Our forecasts indicate that Level 4 autonomous trucks – if commercialized as anticipated by 2024-2025 – have the potential to transport about ~22% of the annual freight tonnage in the US by 2040.

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Embrace Disruption: The Supply Chain

Fabricating & Metal Work

In response, metalworkers continue to invest in automation, robotics and machinery to speed up their processes, manufacturing highly precise and accurate components and parts. The company is a consultant and systems integrator of hardware, conveyors, mezzanines, sorters, robotics, automation and software.

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Outrider uses reinforcement learning to speed path planning by tenfold

Robotics Business Review

today said it has deployed advanced reinforcement learning, or RL, techniques to maximize freight throughput at customer sites. The company said its RL models can increase path-planning speed by 10x and enable the Outrider System to move freight more efficiently and safely through busy, complex distribution yards. The Brighton, Colo.-based

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Beyond ground transportation: The rise of drone logistics

Robotics Business Review

Wing says its drone logistics systems are lightweight, lab-tested, and real-world approved through 350,000+ commercial deliveries across three continents. Consequently, businesses have been compelled to reconsider their plans to find more economical and effective methods, including drone logistics.

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