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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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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. Elon Musk talks about autotech on X.

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Autonomous trucking developer Kodiak Robotics to go public via SPAC

Robotics Business Review

Kodiak delivers freight daily for its customers across the southern United States using its autonomous technology. Source: Kodiak Robotics Kodiak Robotics Inc. In 2024, Kodiak delivered to first driverless trucking product to a customer. Army vehicles. These include affiliates of Soros Fund Management, ARK Investments, and Ares.

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Wandlebots on the future of robot programming

Robotics Business Review

Source: Fortune Magazine The company’s financial performance has deteriorated, with a 23.4% revenue decline in fiscal 2024, dropping from $890.6 This decision follows the collapse of its planned acquisition by Amazon, a deal that was ultimately derailed by antitrust concerns, despite iRobot’s efforts to recover its footing.

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2024 to be the year of the Sustainable Supply Chain

Manufacturer's Monthly

The year 2024 will see the logistics industry make its most significant shift to date towards sustainability, with investments in this space set to skyrocket, according to MEGATRANS show director, Lauren Chartres. The post 2024 to be the year of the Sustainable Supply Chain appeared first on Manufacturers' Monthly.

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Fastener Distributor Index (FDI) | March 2024

Fastener News Desk

Demand commentary leaned overall fairly positive but balanced out by a noticeable uptick in comments regarding continued rises in freight/container costs and labor strikes/delivery issues. The FDI is a monthly survey of North American fastener distributors, conducted with the FCH Sourcing Network and Baird. up from 50.5 in February.

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IN THE NEWS with Fastener News Desk the Week of September 23, 2024

Fastener News Desk

HOST: Lisa Kleinhandler Thank you, Cris, I’m Lisa Kleinhandler, Editor-in-Chief at Fastener News Desk reporting the latest news making headlines the week of September 23, 2024. orders already on the rise for the first half of 2024. Join the NFDA for three days of education, networking, fun, and California sunshine October 16-18, 2024!