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What do customers expect from mobile robots?

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Interact Analysis’ survey gave insights into what end users expect from autonomous mobile robots. Source: Adobe Stock Mobile robots have become an essential part of the automation landscape in recent years. This proportion, however, varied greatly by company size and sector.

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Amazon’s Vulcan robot uses force sensing to stow items

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Amazon is opening new automation opportunities by deploying its first robots that leverage force and touch sensing to improve material handling tasks. One of the classic applications for robots at Amazon warehouses is centered around the goods to person (G2P) solution with the Kiva robots.

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EDP partners with Comau on ‘factory on a truck’ for solar installations

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Comau worked with EDP to test this heavy-duty robot for solar panel installation. The installation frequency has to triple in the next three years to meet European expectations, and EDP needed a solution that was very flexible.” ” The companies went from a pilot in 2022 to a large-scale test in October 2024.

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9 sessions to see at the Robotics Summit Engineering Theater

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A talk being given at the 2024 Robotics Summit’s Engineering Theater. For the second time, the show floor at the Robotics Summit & Expo will feature an Engineering Theater. At that stage, attendees can learn from some of the world’s leading robotics developers and component providers.

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Realtime Robotics celebrates motion-planning collaboration with Mitsubishi Electric

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Realtime Robotics demonstrates a multi-robot workcell during Mitsubishi Electric’s visit. Credit: Eugene Demaitre BOSTON — As factories and warehouses look to automate more of their operations, they need confidence that multiple robots can conduct complex tasks repeatedly, reliably, and safely.

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Robotics Summit & Expo announces conference agenda

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The Robotics Summit & Expo , produced by The Robot Report , has unveiled the first look at its conference agenda for the April 30-May 1 event at the Boston Convention and Exhibition Center. The Robotics Summit & Expo brings together 5,000+ developers focused on building robots for a variety of commercial industries.

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

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The Phoenix humanoid robot is being developed to enable embodied AI and support general-purpose applications. Credit: Sanctuary AI Humanoid robot developer Sanctuary Cognitive Systems Corp., Through this expanded partnership, Sanctuary plans to equip Magna’s manufacturing facilities with general-purpose AI robots.

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