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BMW testing Figure 01 humanoid at South Carolina automotive plant

Robotics Business Review

Source: Figure AI The interest in humanoid robots continues to gain steam. BMW said its Spartanburg facility is the largest automotive exporter in the U.S., Brett Adcock, Figure’s founder and CEO, said the initial tasks include moving bins and boxes and other “various logistics things” inside the BMW body shop.

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

Robotics Business Review

Source: ABB After a challenging year for autonomous mobile robot, or AMR, providers, industry leaders are continuing to consolidate. Collectively, these robots complement each other’s view to form a complete map, enabling them to work autonomously in a rapidly changing environment.” and Germany.” and Germany.”

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Automotive Aftermarket Looks to 4Rs and Closed Loop Ecosystem for Sustainable End-of-Life Battery Management

Frost & Sullivan Manufacturing

End-of-life business models view value extraction from used batteries through two lenses: one, recycling for material recovery, and two, reuse in automotive and energy storage applications. Schedule your Growth Pipeline Dialog™ with the Frost & Sullivan team to form a strategy and act upon growth opportunities: [link].

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LimX Dynamics shows off its CL-1 humanoid’s stair climbing abilities

Robotics Business Review

It added that it plans to focus on hazardous scenarios, high-end customer service, automotive manufacturing, and in-home services. Because it wants its humanoids to be general-purpose robots, LimX said it doesn’t tailor different algorithms for specific functions, forms, application scenarios, or variations on those scenarios.

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Boston Dynamics debuts electric version of Atlas humanoid robot

Robotics Business Review

Roboticists continued to improve Atlas, giving it a smaller form factor and more sensors, training its artificial intelligence, and enabling it to do increasingly impressive feats. ” In the new video below, the previous version of Atlas handles automotive parts and real products weighing up to 25 lb.

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A National Rail Service Operator and an Automaker Find Synergies in Electric Vehicle (EV) Battery Second Life Use

Frost & Sullivan Manufacturing

Kia will dispatch its old batteries via the DB logistics network – DB Schenker and DB Cargo – to energy storage startup, Encore. Schedule your Growth Pipeline Dialog™ with the Frost & Sullivan team to form a strategy and act upon growth opportunities: [link]. The process is simple and effective.

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Würth Group closes 2022 fiscal year with EUR 19.95 billion in sales

Fastener News Desk

Service leadership, a very high level of product availability combined with above-average logistics expertise are the reasons for this very good development. Mechanical engineering and the automotive industry remain the sectors most affected by material shortages. Content Source: . In many sectors, bottlenecks are easing.