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How humanoid robots can help narrow gaps between automation and labor

Robotics Business Review

The robotics industry has seen major growth and maturity in the past decade. Robots also are getting cheaper and more affordable. Robots are taking a greater role and improving automation in many ways, but are humanoid robots the next step? million unfilled positions in manufacturing.

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Manufacturing Software: Definition and Benefits for Your Business

Robotics Automation News

As such, it is used by large and new small and medium manufacturing companies. Manufacturing IT solutions are designed to streamline a manufacturer’s […]. Today, IT solutions are just as necessary as the machinery and heavy equipment used to produce products.

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Zion Solutions Group to be first systems integrator for Agility Robotics’ Digit

Robotics Business Review

From left: Jim Shaw, president of Zion Solutions Group; Steve Crowe, editor at The Robot Report; and Jonathan Hurst, chief robotics officer at Agility Robotics, with RBR50 winner Digit. Source: Agility Robotics To spread industrial settings, humanoid robots must prove their utility and integrate with enterprise systems.

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Rockwell Automation Signs Agreement to Acquire Clearpath Robotics.

Gary Mintchell

Autonomous robotics company’s acquisition to accelerate Rockwell’s end-to-end autonomous production logistics solutions Companies usually add a descriptive phrase following their name in a press release to describe what business they are in. a leader in autonomous robotics for industrial applications. Just watch. billion by 2027.”

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Female robotics founders discuss their journeys in the industry

Robotics Business Review

Left: Vivian Chu and Andrea Thomaz, the co-founders of Diligent Robotics; right: Kathleen Brandes and Ros Shinkle, the co-founders of Adagy Robotics. Sources: Diligent Robotics, Adagy Robotics Almost half of all startups that began in 2021 were formed by women, according to human resources cloud software company Gusto.

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Unleash the power of smart manufacturing while ensuring automation and robotic safety

Control Engineering

Learning Objectives: Understand what technologies should be integrated into manufacturing automation and robotic processes Review current, available Industry 4.0 technology trends Learn the needed competences to complete a robotics and automation risk assessment Quickly establish Industry 4.0 To thrive within the Industry 4.0

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Robotics investments reach $418M in November 2023

Robotics Business Review

Robotics investments reached about $418 million in November 2023 as a result of 40 funding rounds. With the November investments, robotics funding for the first 11 months of 2023 totals approximately $12.1 million), and China-based HCFA, a manufacturer and integrator of industrial automation and robotics products ($38 million).

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