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Robot-based metrology market to reach $396.2M by 2026, Frost & Sullivan

Canadian Manufacturing

Robot arm 3D. SAN ANTONIO — Frost & Sullivan’s recent analysis suggests that the global robot-based metrology market will reach $396.2 million by 2026. CNW Newswire).

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FANUC Lands Global Robot Deal with Volvo Cars

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Leading automation supplier FANUC has signed a contract with Volvo Cars to supply industrial robots to the automotive manufacturer’s plants across the globe, including its new battery production facilities in Europe, Asia and America. During the same phase, FANUC will also supply robots to sites in Ghent, Belgium, and Daqing, China.

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Sevensense acquisition to add VSLAM smarts to mobile robots, says ABB

Robotics Business Review

Sevensense said its VSLAM technology can improve mobile robot navigation. Source: ABB After a challenging year for autonomous mobile robot, or AMR, providers, industry leaders are continuing to consolidate. ABB had invested in Sevensense in 2021, the same year it acquired ASTI Mobile Robotics for $190 million. billion to $9.5

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ABB Acquires Sevensense, Expanding Leadership in Next-generation AI-enabled Mobile Robotics

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ABB today announced that it has acquired Swiss start-up Sevensense, a leading provider of AI-enabled 3D vision navigation technology for autonomous mobile robots (AMRs). The acquisition follows ABB’s minority investment in Sevensense after it joined the company’s innovation ecosystem in 2021, the same year ABB acquired ASTI Mobile Robotics.

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ABB to Invest $280 million in Its European Robotics hub in Sweden

Fabricating & Metal Work

The new factory will feature autonomous mobile robots (AMRs) as a key component in transporting materials and products between the warehouse, assembly stations and assembly departments. Replacing the existing robotics facilities at the site, the new Campus is planned to open in late 2026.

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FANUC Welcomes £4.5bn Windfall for UK Manufacturing

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Including £2bn for the automotive industry, £975m for aerospace and £960m for clean energy, the funding will be available to UK manufacturers from 2025, following the next general election. In 2025-26, the scheme will be rolled out across all the whole of England before its UK-wide expansion from 2026-27.

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Nikon Decision to Submit a Public Takeover Offer for Shares of SLM, based in Germany

Additive Manufacturing

per SLM Share (the “Takeover Offer”) accompanied by a public offer to the holders of the Convertible Bonds 2026 (as defined below) issued by SLM (the “Bonds Offer”) (the Capital Increase, the Takeover Offer and the Bonds Offer together: the “Acquisition”). i), (ii) and (iii) collectively the “Convertible Bonds 2026”). JPY 84 billion).