Robotics Business Review

MAY 8, 2025

A FANUC robot working in car manufacturing. FANUC is a Japanese world leader in robotics and factory automation. Source: FANUC America The latest numbers of the International Federation of Robotics (IFR’s) show automakers in the U.S. is installing more robots, it isn’t producing most of them.

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Robotics Business Review

SEPTEMBER 3, 2024

Luxolis’ computer vision technology provides edge and background detection for electronics manufacturing. Source: Luxolis Electronics manufacturing is an example of a sector that requires automation with high levels of precision. Their stated goal was to improve efficiency and safety.

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Robotics Business Review

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Robot density in the manufacturing industry in 2023, according to the IFR. Source: IFR Factories worldwide are continuing to adopt more robots, according to the International Federation of Robotics, or IFR. The Frankfurt, Germany-based IFR noted the growth in its “World Robotics 2024″ report.

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Robotics Business Review

NOVEMBER 6, 2024

The CLX robotic vision stack was inspired by human eyesight. Source: CynLr CynLr, or Cybernetics Laboratory, today said it has raised $10 million in Series A funding. The Bengaluru, India-based company specializes in “visual object sentience,” robotics, and cybernetics. He also cited plant-level automation customers.

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Robotics Business Review

MARCH 25, 2025

Shanghai-based Fourier Intelligence provides one example of humanoid robot development in China. Source: IFR While other countries debate the best mix of public policy, academic research, and private investment to advance their economies, the People’s Republic of China is focusing on robotics. Click here to enlarge.

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Robotics Business Review

DECEMBER 17, 2024

ABBs is working with T-Robotics and Mbodi to make robots more autonomous, intuitive, adaptive, and efficient. Source: ABB Robotics Artificial intelligence promises to make industrial robots smarter and easier to use, but innovators need help getting them there. ” Both T-Robotics and Mbodi.ai

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Robotics Business Review

MARCH 28, 2024

Source: Delta Electronics SAN JOSE, Calif. — Artificial intelligence and robotics both devour power, but simulation, next-generation processors, and good product design can mitigate the draw. ’s GTC event last week, Delta Electronics Inc. Learn from Agility Robotics, Amazon, Disney, Teradyne and many more.

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Robotics Business Review

FEBRUARY 1, 2025

At UC Berkeley, researchers in Sergey Levines Robotic AI and Learning Lab eyed a table where a tower of 39 Jenga blocks stood perfectly stacked. Then a white-and-black robot, its single limb doubled over like a hunched-over giraffe, zoomed toward the tower, brandishing a black leather whip.

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Robotics Business Review

FEBRUARY 6, 2025

Robotics, digitalization, and vertical and precision agriculture can improve yields, says HELUKABEL. Source: Adobe Stock The agriculture industry is faced with tremendous changes driven by climate change, a growing global population, and the increasing scarcity of resources such as water and farmable land.

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Robotics Business Review

NOVEMBER 3, 2024

Interact Analysis here discusses two new growth areas it has identified from its research and conversations with manufacturers: smart conveyance technology and robots with machine-integrated control. Steady growth is forecast for machine-integrated robots over the next five years.

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Robotics Business Review

APRIL 15, 2024

maxon says its deep vertical integration allows it to provide all key components of a tightly integrated robotics drive from a single source. Source: maxon maxon has launched its new drive systems portfolio that is specifically designed for modern robotics applications. maxon says this is one of its strengths.

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Robotics Business Review

NOVEMBER 19, 2024

Source: ANELLO Photonics Self-driving vehicles, mobile robots, and drones need multiple sensors for safe and reliable operation, but the cost and bulk of those sensors have posed challenges for developers and manufacturers. ’ You want the robot to stay within a tenth of a meter across a distance of half a mile. .

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Robotics Business Review

NOVEMBER 22, 2024

Source: Red Cat Red Cat Holdings Inc. Red Cat expects increased defense demand San Juan, Puerto Rico-based Red Cat provides integrated robotic hardware and software for military , government, and commercial operations. Part of the company’s ARACHNID family of systems, the drones are designed for electronic warfare operations.

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Robotics Business Review

SEPTEMBER 1, 2024

Unitree robots at the World Robotics Conference 2024 in Beijing. Source: Unitree At its recent Third Plenum, China mapped out the direction of its economic policies. Beijing wants to adapt to the latest round of industrial transformation by using robots as an engine for growth. The operational stock surpassed the 1.5

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Robotics Business Review

JANUARY 10, 2024

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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Robotics Business Review

MAY 28, 2024

Source: Comau If change is constant in technology, even established industrial automation providers must adapt to keep up. Comau SpA recently said it is shifting from traditional robotics to software-driven systems and industry-agnostic technologies. million industrial robots today to 2.6 million industrial robots today to 2.6

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Robotics Business Review

MARCH 4, 2025

[link] A group of researchers at New York University have developed and launched AnySense, an iOS app optimized for gathering visual training data for generalizable robotics models. To support the capture of RUM training data, the Generalizable Robotics and AI Lab (GRAIL lab) at NYU created “the Stick.”

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Robotics Business Review

SEPTEMBER 24, 2024

The operational stock of industrial robots worldwide. Source: IFR World Robotics The International Federation of Robotics’ latest World Robotics report recorded 4,281,585 units operating in factories worldwide in 2023. Source: IFR China is by far the world’s largest market for automation.

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Robotics Business Review

JULY 6, 2024

Robotic arms in large-scale 3D printing deposit materials layer by layer, transforming production. Source: Replique In the realm of modern manufacturing and automation, the integration of robotics continues to redefine industry standards. Additive manufacturing plus robotics can transform industries.

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Robotics Business Review

SEPTEMBER 15, 2024

Opentrons’ Flex Prep robot can perform pipetting tasks such as sample reformatting, plate prep, dilutions, concentration normalization, cherry-picking, and more. Source: Opentrons Opentrons Labworks, Inc. launched its Flex Prep robot this week. Register now.

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Robotics Business Review

FEBRUARY 8, 2024

KUKA’s KR FORTEC industrial robot aims to provide high dynamic performance to achieve shorter cycle times. Source: KUKA KUKA AG has revealed its KR FORTEC industrial robot. This latest robot fits between KUKA’s KR QUANTED and KR FORTEC ultra robots. cm) and can handle payloads of up to 529 lb.

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Robotics Business Review

JUNE 2, 2024

The NVIDIA Isaac platform powers electronics, healthcare and industrial applications. Credit: eCential Robotics (left), Amazon Robotics (right) In addition to artificial intelligence products, NVIDIA Corp. founder and CEO Jensen Huang announced several robotics-related items during his keynote today at COMPUTEX in Taiwan.

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Robotics Business Review

JUNE 1, 2024

ETRI’s robotic hand with omnidirectional tactile sensors. Source: ETRI Researchers from the Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute (ETRI) are developing tactile sensors that detect pressure regardless of the direction it’s applied. These abilities make up the core of the technology.

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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

FEBRUARY 22, 2024

From left to right: Shin Hee-Dong, president of KETI’; Lee Jung-ho, CEO of Rainbow Robotics; and Dr. Michael Pausch, CTO of Schaeffler Industrial, agreed to jointly develop mobile manipulators for manufacturing. ” Learn from Agility Robotics, Amazon, Disney, Teradyne and many more.

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Robotics Business Review

OCTOBER 4, 2024

Estun was among the many companies showing humanoid robots at CIIF in China. Credit: Georg Stieler Over the past three years, more than half of the world’s robots were sold in China. While not historically seen as a technological leader in robotics, China is increasingly setting global trends in this industry.

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Robotics Business Review

MAY 28, 2024

Source: Realtime Robotics Manufacturing can benefit from increasingly intelligent robots as much as any other industry. Realtime Robotics today announced that it has secured a strategic investment from Mitsubishi Electric Corp., Realtime is working with Mitsubishi Electric to develop its motion planning software.

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Robotics Business Review

SEPTEMBER 3, 2024

AMD said its processors enable robotic surgery such as with Intuitive Surgical’s da Vinci system. Source: AMD The need for robotic surgery is well established, but most systems are still costly to purchase, operate, and maintain, noted Advanced Micro Devices Inc.

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Robotics Business Review

JANUARY 9, 2024

Source: Epson Epson America Inc. announced today that the GX10B and GX20B, larger models in its GX-B series of SCARA robots, are now available through its channel distributor partners. “These new SCARA robots are powerful, automation solutions with a low total cost of ownership, expanding opportunities for our partners.”

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Fastener News Desk

OCTOBER 5, 2024

Record 4 Million in Factories Worldwide Frankfurt, September 24th, 2024 — The new World Robotics report recorded 381,964 industrial robots working in US factories – an increase of 12%. The US electrical/electronics industry remained stable up 1% at 3,900 units. All these industries have a high demand for robots.

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Robotics Business Review

APRIL 23, 2024

The new PixONE force-torque sensor on an industrial robot. Source: Bota Systems Bota Systems AG today released PixONE, a sensor that brings together high-performance electronics with a compact, lightweight design. Zurich-based Bota said it designed its latest sensors for “seamless integration into robotic systems.”

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Robotics Business Review

SEPTEMBER 9, 2024

The new Reacher collaborative robot arms from Rethink Robotics. Credit: Rethink Robotics Rethink Robotics is making a bold return to Boston with a new roster of collaborative robot arms, autonomous mobile robots, and a mobile manipulator. “But everyone knows Rethink Robotics as being in Boston.”

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Robotics Business Review

MARCH 7, 2025

Source: ABB ABB this week said it plans to invest $120 million in the U.S. The company was recognized with a 2024 RBR50 Robotics Innovation Award for its modular industrial robot arms. appeared first on The Robot Report. A rendering of ABB’s new 320,000-sq.-ft. facility to be built in Selmer, Tenn.

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Robotics Business Review

MARCH 29, 2024

Mecademic Absolute Calibration is intended to improve performance, mitigate risk, and shorten robot deployment times. Source: Mecademic Mecademic, a developer of compact, high-precision industrial robots, this week announced Mecademic Absolute Calibration, or MAC.

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APRIL 22, 2024

The PUDU T300 mobile robot dis designed for use in tight aisles with heavy payloads. Source: Pudu Robotics Pudu Technology Co. said today at Hannover Messe that it is expanding from service robots into supply chain applications with the new PUDU T300 mobile robot.

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Robotics Business Review

MARCH 13, 2024

Source: ABB ABB Ltd. robotics headquarters and manufacturing facility in Auburn Hills, Mich. The company said the site will support ABB Robotics’ development and production of leading systems in and for the Americas. robotics headquarters in Auburn Hills, Mich., robotics headquarters in Auburn Hills, Mich.,

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E&T

JANUARY 18, 2023

The robot designed by the Tel Aviv University team is able to detect and interpret electrical signals it receives from the biological sensor, as a response to the presence of a nearby odour. . The biological sensor's sensitivity to smell is 10,000 times higher than that of existing electronic devices, the researchers said. “We

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