Robotics Business Review

FEBRUARY 12, 2024

North American automakers pulled back in robot orders last year. Source: A3 After two years of record sales, North American robot orders declined by 30% in 2023, said the latest report from the Association for Advancing Automation, or A3. Learn from Agility Robotics, Amazon, Disney, Teradyne and many more.

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Robotics Business Review

APRIL 5, 2024

Sewing machines were controlled via ROS to synchronized apparel operation with a robot. The ARM Institute and its members said they believe that the key lies within robotics and automation. It then developed a flexible robotic system to assemble fabric pieces into garments. Not only does this mean that the U.S.

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Control Engineering

AUGUST 30, 2022

For the third-straight quarter, robot sales in North America hit a record high, driven by a resurgence in sales to automotive companies and an ongoing need to manage increasing demand to automate logistics for e-commerce. The larger trend towards robots being used to benefit more companies in North America continues,” Burnstein said.

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Control Engineering

AUGUST 31, 2023

Robotics insights The North American robotics market has experienced a significant decline for the second consecutive quarter due to a sluggish U.S. economy and high interest rates, resulting in a 37% drop in robot orders and a 20% decrease in value in Q2 2023 compared to the same period in 2022. A slow U.S.

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Automation Mag

AUGUST 31, 2023

Association for Advancing Automation’s (A3) latest report shows a decline in North American robot orders for the second quarter in a row after record purchases in 2021 and 2022. This decline follows a record-setting year in 2022 when North American companies ordered 44,196 robots, marking an 11 percent increase over 2021, the previous record.

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Robotics Automation News

SEPTEMBER 29, 2022

Addverb, an autonomous mobile robots maker, has agreed a strategic partnership with ABCO Systems, a distribution solutions provider that specializes in streamlining warehousing operations.

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Control Engineering

MAY 16, 2023

North American companies ordered fewer robots in the first quarter of 2023 than for the same period last year. Automotive customers accounted for 68% of all robot orders in Q1, with 5,659 robots purchased. They also might be waiting to see the latest innovations in robotics at Automate 2023 next week in Detroit.

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Robotics Business Review

MARCH 27, 2024

Accenture Ventures announced a strategic investment in Sanctuary AI , one of the companies developing humanoid robots. The Robot Report reached out to Sanctuary to learn more about the investment but hadn’t heard back at press time. Agility Robotics has piloted its Digit humanoid with Amazon and GXO Logistics.

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Automation Mag

AUGUST 29, 2022

The latest stats from the Association for Advancing Automation (A3) show that robot sales remain high for the third consecutive quarter. A resurgence in robot demand from automotive companies, as well as increasing demand for logistics automation in e-commerce, has contributed to the high numbers.

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Automation Mag

AUGUST 22, 2022

Dematic has entered into a strategic partnership with warehouse robotics expert Dexterity. Dematic will now offer full-task robotics globally as part of its intelligent automation solutions. Dematic will deploy robotic systems already contracted with Dexterity’s consumer goods manufacturing, retail and parcel customers.

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i4.0 today

MARCH 31, 2023

Packaging is extremely important for the delivery of quality products in a variety of industries, such as food and beverage, pharmaceutical and other fast-moving consumer goods. A second interactive display will highlight how quick it is to install the company’s robotic solutions. Today Magazine.

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i4.0 today

AUGUST 3, 2022

ABB is expanding its FlexPicker® Delta robot portfolio with the IRB 365. Responding to the rise in e-commerce and growing demand for shelf ready packaged goods, the IRB 365 has been developed for applications including food and beverage, pharmaceuticals and consumer goods, where production line speed and adaptability are essential.

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HGR Inc.

DECEMBER 8, 2022

How Robotics Can Help Manufacturers Solve Labor Shortages. Mark Allinson | Nov 8, 2022 | Robotics & Automation. Alex Sixt | Dec 6, 2022 | The Robot Report. Decreases in industrial supply and consumer goods pushed the overall trade deficit $4 billion to $78.2 Watch as a leading integrator of Industry 4.0

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Canadian Manufacturing

OCTOBER 19, 2023

(CNW Group/Nulogy Corporation) TORONTO — Nulogy, a provider of supply chain collaboration solutions, and Formic, a robotics company, announced a partnership to jointly strengthen manufacturing supply chains through their respective SaaS (Software as a Service) and RaaS (Robotics as a Service) product offerings. ” .”

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Fabricating & Metal Work

MAY 2, 2023

To highlight its newly launched KMP 600-S diffDrive mobile platform AGV system, KUKA partnered it with a KR IONTEC robot in a cell developed by Mujin for palletizing and depalletizing consumer goods. KUKA will spotlight the Airskin safety technology on two industrial robots. requirements.

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Robotics Automation News

JULY 21, 2022

Learn More About Who is Liable for a Truck Accident Consumer goods are transported across locations by commercial trucks over 75 percent of the time. Truck transportation is essential to the economy of American cities and communities.

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MEM

APRIL 20, 2023

Jim is a Rolls-Royce trained Fuel systems engineer with 10 years’ experience in Additive Manufacturing (AM), supporting the Aerospace, Medical, Automotive, Optics, Military, Robotics, and Consumer goods markets UK wide. He has a particularly keen interest in new AM developments in machinery, processes, and materials.

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Control Engineering

NOVEMBER 17, 2022

Produced by the Association for Advancing Automation (A3), Automate will feature advances in robotics, vision, artificial intelligence (AI), motion control and other technologies from more than 600 exhibitors. Automate , is returning to Detroit for a second straight year, running from May 22-25, 2023.

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Manufacturer's Monthly

NOVEMBER 2, 2022

3D Systems has acquired Titan Additive LLC (Titan Robotics), the Colorado-based designer and fabricator of large-format, industrial 3D printers. Titan Robotics is the only manufacturer offering hybrid tool head configurations that include pellet extrusion, filament extrusion, and a spindle tool head for precision finishing.

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Automation Mag

JULY 22, 2022

Accenture is set to acquire Cambridge-based Eclipse Automation, a provider of customized manufacturing automation and robotics solutions. The company makes automated manufacturing systems to produce sophisticated products for life sciences, industrial equipment, automotive, energy and consumer goods companies.

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Canadian Manufacturing

DECEMBER 14, 2022

” Nulogy’s Multi-Enterprise Supply Chain Business Network Platform enables fast-moving consumer goods brands and their upstream supply networks to collaborate on a centralized, data-driven platform. This recognition is a positive indicator of our work to build stronger, more sustainable supply chains in 2023 and beyond.”

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Robotics Business Review

FEBRUARY 13, 2024

TGW Logistics’ RovoFlex picking robot can handle a variety of items, from grocery and fashion to industrial and consumer goods. Source: TGW Logistics TGW Logistics Group GmbH said it has applied its more than 50 years of experience in developing automated systems into its latest picking robot.

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i4.0 today

SEPTEMBER 19, 2023

Including packaging, medical, automotive, electronics and consumer goods. Integrated into the machine is a side-entry robot from automation specialist Campetella, which efficiently removes the lids from the mould tool, stacking them onto a conveyor belt. Producing six flower pots every 3.5

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Manufacturer's Monthly

AUGUST 29, 2023

Major Australian manufacturing sectors (footwear, fashion, light consumer goods) went offshore for financial reasons and the age of mass consumerism and the internet changed our buying habits,” she said. Walker went on to detail how manufacturing in the South East of Melbourne bounced back from this.

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Additive Manufacturing

AUGUST 27, 2022

With this modular approach, the rotating platform can be mated with a variety of printing technologies and can even accommodate pick-and-place robotic systems that can embed electronics or other features into the body of the component as it is printed.

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Additive Manufacturing

OCTOBER 3, 2022

Smith+Nephew First with Revision Knee on Robotics Platform : Smith+Nephew announced the first cases for revision knee replacement utilizing its CORI◊ Surgical System. Dr. Thorsten Seyler of Duke University performed the first cases on August 17, 2022, combining Smith+Nephew’s handheld robotics technology with its LEGION◊ Revision Knee System.

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Mold Making Technology

SEPTEMBER 26, 2023

Industries served include automotive, appliance, lawn and garden, hunting and fishing, RV, marine, packaging and consumer goods. For MTE, an automated end of arm tooling (EOAT) robot has been the latest advancement added to the shop. One Tederic NEO.T500-i3800b w/ linear servo robot (TLR-RTE1400).

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MEM

NOVEMBER 18, 2022

RapidDirect is a rapid prototyping service of choice for clients in aerospace, robotics, medicines, automotive, consumer goods, and many other industries. RapidDirect assists companies with their manufacturing needs by their self-owned factories and strong manufacturing partner network to satisfy clients.

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Control Engineering

AUGUST 17, 2023

Learning Objectives Understand how advances in PC-based controls, motion controls and robotics for food and packaging are making automation for food and beverage packaging easier to automate. seconds) and KR IonTec robot can help for food processing.

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i4.0 today

SEPTEMBER 4, 2023

At PLAST 2023 in Milan, Sumitomo (SHI) Demag Italia showcases the company’s own-label robotics series, alongside two energy-efficient and compact IntElect machines equipped with digital tools and remote monitoring. Packaging and medical are continuing to perform strongly and consumer goods remains as important as ever.

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Dinesh Mishra

JANUARY 30, 2023

Today, a lot of CNC manufacturers in India and across the world are integrating additive manufacturing and Robotics into their mainline production process. New concepts like hyper-personalization and end-use parts (see box End-Use Parts and Stratasys FDM Technology ) have brought down cost-per-part to a significant degree.

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Additive Manufacturing

JANUARY 5, 2023

Amorphology Partners with AddiTec for the Additive Manufacturing of Multi-Metal Robotics Gear Components : Amorphology Inc , a NASA spinoff, has partnered with Additive Technologies (AddiTec), a founding partner of Meltio , to develop the additive manufacturing of multi-metal gear components for robotics. and Siemens Ltd.,

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Mold Making Technology

FEBRUARY 21, 2024

Source: VizSeek Robot Slicer Software Simplifies Wire-Laser Metal 3D Printing Technology Source: Meltio Meltio created the Meltio Space toolpath generator to facilitate the use of its metal 3D printing solutions. update for SprutCAM X, the company’s all-in-one CAD/CAM/OLP software suite for complex and creative robot tasks.

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Manufacturer's Monthly

AUGUST 2, 2023

And consumer goods companies have leveraged AM to offer unique and customisable products, differentiating themselves in crowded marketplaces. Of note is the expansion in the capabilities of larger format printers – particularly those leveraging robotic techniques.

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Dinesh Mishra

SEPTEMBER 19, 2022

Hrishikesh Kulkarni has an extensive experience of over 14 years in the field of Automation & Robotics Industry. Hrishikesh played an instrumental role in setting up strategic partnerships especially in the Machine Tool and Robotics segments. The focus is on the four areas of mobility, automation, consumer goods and logistics.

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i4.0 today

OCTOBER 6, 2023

where insulation is required, as well as in medical and healthcare products and the consumer goods sector. For the LSR automotive showcase, the cell features a customised Sepro SDR 22X robot. Manufacturing four burr-free dental components every 25 seconds, a Sumitomo (SHI) Demag SAM-C5 robot performs the demoulding task.

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E&T

SEPTEMBER 12, 2022

Headed by Dr Andy Levers, DIF is a purpose-built environment to support collaborations and partnerships between academia and industry in the areas of computer and data science, robotics and engineering. You can (and I did) theatrically spill virtual liquid everywhere in the simulation, while creating no mess with actual liquid.

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