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IFR: world sets record for operational robots in 2022

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million operational robots in 2022, according to the new World Robotics report from the International Federation of Robotics (IFR). The report also included information about robot density worldwide. Robot density measures the number of operational industrial robots per 10,000 employees in a country.

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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: Lower interest rates should help more companies invest in robotics.

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How Odense became a leading robotics city

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Robotics leaders such as MiR and UR will exhibit at R-24. Source: Invest in Odense The Danish city of Odense has 200,000 citizens, but how did it become a world leader in robotics? Back then, Denmark was a fairly anonymous country in the global, innovative robotics market. Thomas Visti is a serial robotics entrepreneur.

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MDA Space lands $250M contract extension from CSA for space station robot

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Source: MDA Space MDA Space this week announced that it has received a $250 million contract extension from the Canadian Space Agency. The contract will allow the company to continue supporting robotics operations on the International Space Station, or ISS, from 2025 to 2030. MDA Space’s Canadarm2 onboard the ISS in 2021.

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Pudu Robotics CEO predicts that service robot market will expand

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Parkhotel employees in Eisenstadt, Austria, celebrate the arrival of service robots. Source: Pudu Robotics Commercial service robots are more common in East Asia than elsewhere, but the rest of the world could catch up in 2024, according to Pudu Technology Co. Does Pudu offer robotics specifically for elder care?

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OSRF releases ROS 2 Jazzy Jalisco

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The Open Source Robotics Foundation (OSRF) yesterday released ROS 2 Jazzy Jalisco. Intrinsic, a spinout of the X moonshot division of Alphabet in mid-2021, acquired the Open Source Robotics Corporation in late 2022. Making a robot perform a behavior is often as simple as calling a quick service request.

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Canada officially named partner country for Hannover Messe 2025

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Canada was officially designated as the partner country for Hannover Messe 2025. It is an honour and a great opportunity for Canada to partner with Germany in hosting Hannover Messe in 2025. “It It is an honour and a great opportunity for Canada to partner with Germany in hosting Hannover Messe in 2025.