Stäubli Robotics says it is expanding the robotics solutions the company offers to the life sciences market. The Covid-19 crisis has spurred life sciences labs to ramp up output at warp speed – and Stäubli Robotics says it is helping to meet critical needs. As the challenges multiply and pressure

Hyundai Robotics has signed a deal with Samsung Engineering for the “construction of the Smart Piping Shop” and a business agreement for “the automation of steel frame manufacturing”. Seo Yoo Seong, COO of Hyundai Robotics, and Choi Sung-an, president of Samsung Engineering, attended the signing c

AV&R and APN, two Quebec companies operating in the aerospace market, combine their expertise in a collaborative and innovative project. This initiative is part of Mach Fab 4.0 (Aéro Montreal) and aims to develop technologies for the complete automation of high product mix deburring operations

The vast majority of today’s desktop applications are designed for users to perform certain operations: document creation, calculations, data analysis, and so on. Often, these applications have built-in macro-language to create code that uses these services, for example in the case of repetitive o

ForwardX Robotics has launched six new products under its Max range of autonomous mobile robots: Max 300 Lift Lite, Max 300 Conveyor, Max 600 Conveyor, Max 1200 Standard, Max 1200 Lift, and Max 1200 Conveyor. All the new robots are built to safely and efficiently automate material handling within

Too many small- and medium-sized businesses risk losing out on the next big industry transformation, says Søren Peters, CEO of the world’s first digital robot hub, HowToRobot.com. The hub aims to increase robot adoption globally by breaking down the barriers to automation for smaller businesses. R

In today’s tech-driven world, more and more companies are resorting to automation and taking help from relevant software programs to increase effectiveness and boost performance. While some still consider it a threat, automation can enhance your company’s progress if used in the right way. Softwa

By Sharmila Annaswamy, IoT Analytics Software is increasingly replacing hardware in industrial environments. Software-based programmable logic controllers (Soft PLCs) today are reliable, powerful and flexible. Soft PLC adoption is expected to double between 2019 and 2025, posing an “innovator’s di

Oqton, an American-Belgian software company specialising in artificial intelligence-powered solutions for the manufacturing industry, has raised more than $40 million in a Series A financing round, led by Fortino Capital, a leading B2B software investor, by PMV, the regional Flemish investment fun

The global food and beverage robotic system integration market for pick and place application was estimated at $17.5 million in 2017 and is projected to reach $40.1 million by 2025, according to a new market study published by Coherent Market Insights. The North America market is projected to reac

For quite a while now, experts have predicted that a wave of automation would remake labour markets. For businesses, it would be the beginning of a new age of efficiency. For workers, it would be a job apocalypse. But no matter how you viewed it, the automation wave wasn’t expected to crest

November 2020 marks a significant milestone for the CC-Link Partner Association (CLPA), as the organization will celebrate its 20th anniversary. Over the past two decades, the CLPA has been supporting automation vendors and end users worldwide to create converged Smart Factories by providing open

Fanuc America, the world’s largest industrial robotics company, is partnering with Plus One Robotics, a machine vision specialist, to combine their technologies to meet the needs of their mutual customers in e-commerce. The new flexible fulfillment solution incorporates a Fanuc robot and Plus One’

Companies are “determined to improve warehouse automation”, according to new research by Honeywell Intelligrated. The survey reveals “improving automation processes” is the most common near-term goal for e-commerce, logistics and food and beverage companies. Despite the current pandemic, businesse

The General Service Administration (GSA) has installed an automated record filing and retrieval system from robotics technology company AutoStore inside a recently completed Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) central records complex in Winchester, Virginia. The facility includes the country’s f

Coop, one of the leading food retailers in Sweden, has chosen SSI Schaefer as its general contractor for intralogistics to provide a highly automated logistics solution for the company’s new 77,000 sqm distribution center in Eskilstuna, Sweden. Coop’s new distribution center, strategically p

Ridecell, the startup providing fleet management software for autonomous vehicles, has secured $45 million in its Series C financing round. The round was led by new investor, Fort Ross Ventures, and includes new investor Solasta Ventures. Existing investors Activate Capital, Denso, LG Technology V

Wrapify, the advertising tech platform for brands powered by out-of-home and the gig economy, has agreed a “first-of-its-kind” autonomous bot delivery campaign alongside partners Kiwibot, the delivery robot company, and Gong, the revenue intelligence platform, kicking off in San Jose and coming so

Humans are prone to exhaustion and errors when subjected to monotonous work. Automation of such tasks will free the employees from the drudgery of repetitive tasks and they can handle more creative and strategic responsibilities in their reclaimed time. RPA makes this possible. Organizations are

The admin assistant role has been a staple of businesses for many decades. Even the smallest businesses see fit to employ some sort of admin assistant or receptionist to take care of daily tasks. It’s their job to respond to emails, schedule meetings, answer calls, and so on. The benefit of