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BAE Systems signs agreement to use Airlander blimp for defence operations

E&T

HAV said Airlander could be used for “long-endurance airborne communications and surveillance” with the ability to carry up to 10 tonnes of logistics payload. Its ability to operate from any reasonably flat surface, including water, with minimal infrastructure, also offers significant mobility for defence operations.

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ABB Opens Expanded Manufacturing Facility in Michigan

Modern Machine Shop

Source: ABB ABB has opened its re-fitted U.S. The expanded facility will support ABB Robotics’ specialist centers, including its packaging and logistics hub in Atlanta, Georgia; its life sciences and healthcare hub at the Texas Medical Center in Houston, Texas; and AI research lab in San Jose, California.

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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. 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. BMW plans to see what a Figure 01 humanoid robot can do in its factory.

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Teralta launches clean hydrogen system to power pulp mill in Prince George, B.C.

Canadian Manufacturing

” Once the hydrogen infrastructure is in place and operational, the Prince George mill would benefit from a clean source of energy to help power the operation. As a producer of clean hydrogen, we have been looking at ways we can capture this energy source and provide it as a carbon-free alternative to local markets. ”

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Slamcore Aware provides visual spatial intelligence for intralogistics fleets

Robotics Business Review

Source: Slamcore Just as advanced driver-assist systems, or ADAS, mark progress toward autonomous vehicles, so too can spatial intelligence assist manually driven vehicles in factories and warehouses. Slamcore Aware is designed to be simple and quick to commission. At MODEX today, Slamcore Ltd.

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Sanctuary AI enters strategic relationship with Magna to build embodied AI robots

Robotics Business Review

In December 2023, Sanctuary secured patents for numerous technologies developed both internally and through strategic acquisitions from external sources. The key to getting a good fit in the short term is understanding how to overlap that type of analysis with the type of capability that you can deliver,” he said.

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Will autotech ventures race east in 2024?

Robotics Business Review

Source: LinkedIn As The Robot Report reported last October, one of the biggest autotech stories of the year was the stalling of Cruise after California’s Department of Motor Vehicles suspended its driverless testing license. Meili founder Samantha Lee demonstrated an in-hospital vehicle simulator as an autotech example. Click here to enlarge.