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RG Group has agreed a distribution and integration partnership with AutoGuide Mobile Robots. Rich Freeh, president and CEO of RG Group, headquartered in York, PA, announced the agreement with AutoGuide, a leading supplier of high payload autonomous mobile robots (AMRs). AutoGuide robots are used
We are entering an era of smart factories and automated manufacturing. While many speculate it to be the end of manual labor as we know it, the evidence points in a different direction. Industrial automation has ushered new ways that machines and human effort can collaborate to increase efficiency
Automation technology is playing a critical role helping safeguard people and processes during the global coronavirus crisis, according to the Association for Advancing Automation (A3). A3 is a US industrial association representing members in robotics, vision and imaging, motion control and motor
The industrial automation sector is “paying the price for failing to think big and invest bigger”, according to a report by GlobalData. The industrial automation sector was not in a great place before Covid-19 struck, having been slowed by flat capital expenditure and declining industrial producti
Industrial automation solutions provider Omron Automation Americas has released a new software package designed to simplify integration, maximize reliability and support flexibility in mobile robot applications. Omron says its Fleet Operations Workspace Core – shortened to “Flow Core” – is aimed a
According to recent research, there’s an escalating talent shortage in the manufacturing industry. As the sector benefits from advances in technology, including implementation of automated processes and robotics – the digital skills gap has only widened. In the 2018 Deloitte and The Manufacturing
HGZN has partnered with Hyundai Robotics to embark on a project to build smart factory to manufacture robots in Haining, China. The official groundbreaking ceremony for the “HGZN’s Intelligent Robot Industrialization Project” was held recently at the Economic Development Zone in Haining. With a st
Sensors giant SICK says its business has continued to grow despite a “challenging market environment”. Group sales by the sensor producer increased by 7 percent to €1,750.7 million during the 2019 fiscal year (2018: €1,636.8 million). Growth was considerably higher than the average for the sensor
ATI Industrial Automation and 3M will co-present a free webinar, Three Pillars of Successful Material Removal, on Thursday, May 14, 2020 at 12pm ET. The event, hosted by the Robotics Industries Association, will identify key concepts for successful robotic material removal. The presentations by Da
ABB, one of the world’s leading supplier of industrial robots, and Silicon Valley AI start-up, Covariant, have formed a partnership to bring AI-enabled robotics solutions to market, starting with a fully autonomous warehouse order fulfilment solution. ABB says the partnership brings together two c
Bosch Rexroth has selected Ubuntu Core for its app-based platform ctrlX Automation. ctrlX Automation leverages Ubuntu Core, designed for embedded devices, and snaps, the universal Linux application containers, to deliver an open source platform to remove the barriers between machine control, opera
Robotics Plus, an agricultural production automation company, has been named in the Thrive Top 50, an annual ranking of leading global AgTech companies exemplifying the best in agriculture innovation. Robotics Plus, the only New Zealand company to make the 2020 Top 50 ranking, was just one of five
Bright Machines made it easier for manufacturers of all sizes to procure and deploy next-generation factory automation with the introduction of Bright Machines Select. Bright Machines Select is a new microfactory-as-a-service model which brings all of the benefits of Software-Defined Manufacturing
Vecna Robotics, an automation provider in the materials handling space, has expanded its partnership with UniCarriers Americas, part of the Mitsubishi Logisnext family companies – the third largest forklift manufacturer in the world. Through this partnership, UniCarriers will manufacture and promo
Boston Dynamics, a developer of mobile manipulation robots, and OTTO Motors, a maker of industrial autonomous mobile robots (AMRs), have unveiled what they describe as “a demo of the future of warehouse automation”. In a video (see below), Boston Dynamics’s logistics robot, Handle, can be seen pic
Universal Robots, the market leader in collaborative robotics, will show attendees at North America’s largest supply chain expo how cobots can automate hard-to-staff palletizing and piece-picking tasks with new applications from partners MDCI Automation, RightHand Robotics, and Cross Automation. W
The world’s leading trade fair for intelligent automation and robotics, automatica, will take place in Munich from June 16 to 19. One main focus of the event will be on making automobile production more flexible. Numerous exhibitors will present alternatives to conventional assembly line pro
Epson Robots has selected Air Automation Engineering as one of its authorized service centers. Epson says the decision is part of an initiative to increase technical support in the Midwest US. Epson Robots claims to be the number-one SCARA robot manufacturer in the world. The company already has a
As cities continue to grow and evolve, with more people than ever wanting to live and work from within them, so to do the tactics used to house and control this city growth, without being detrimental to the quality of life or the environment. Here are some of the ways that buildings are modernisin
ASTI Mobile Robotics has won the “European Technology Award” in the category of “Automation”. The European Awards are organised by the Professional and Business Excellence Institute and were presented in a ceremony at the Ritz Hotel in Paris recently. The CEO of the company, Verónica Pascual, toge
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