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Top 5 Robot Trends 2022
Source: IFR Robots with new features capture new areas Frankfurt, Feb 16, 2022 — The operational stock of industrial robots hit a new record of about 3 million units worldwide – increasing by 13% on average each year (2015-2020). The International Federation of...
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KUKA robots play key role in University of Michigan NSF Grant research
As part of a $2 million National Science Foundation Grant, robots from KUKA Robotics are helping the University of Michigan (U of M) advance research that could result in robots working side-by-side with humans on building construction sites. The research involves...
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The Factories of the Future Awards 2022 reward the commitment to automation, Artificial Intelligence and sustainability in industry
Once again, the Factories of the Future Awards 2022 are back in Barcelona. From 29 to 31 March, Advanced Factories will once again host these awards, which recognise the work, leadership and transformation of those companies that are committed to innovation and adapt...
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SciRoc Challenge: Service robotics in Smart Cities & TIAGo
Following the success of the ‘SciRoc Challenge’ in 2019, last week the city of Bologna in Italy hosted the second edition of the robotics event. The ‘Smart City Robotics Challenge’ 2021 (SciRoc) took place at the spectacular Palazzo Re Enzo, in the main square at the...
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Decathlon chooses PAL Robotics’ StockBot to deploy across stores worldwide
In the world of retail automation, it is clear that many store managers are still lacking the tools to provide the best possible service and experience to their customers. In addition, management is not always aware of the complete picture in order to be able to...
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Results in the framework of S4Game project
The project “Training of Soft Skills for Surgical teams using an immersive Serious Game” (S4Game) has been funded with support from the Erasmus+ Programme of the European Union. The main goal of the project is to provide health professionals (surgeons, nurses,...
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ABB to acquire ASTI Mobile Robotics Group to drive next generation of flexible automation with Autonomous Mobile Robots
ABB today announced it will acquire ASTI Mobile Robotics Group (ASTI), a leading global autonomous mobile robot (AMR) manufacturer with a broad portfolio across all major applications enabled by the company’s software suite. This will expand ABB’s robotics and...
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Mobile Manipulation Hackathon
The Mobile Manipulation Hackathon is a remote competition open to any Academic, Research or Industrial Organisation interested in mobile manipulation. Hackathon participants will be able to extend the capabilities of TIAGo and TIAGo++ and demonstrate their...
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Advanced Factories 2021 for Industry 4.0 in Catalonia: AMRs, project SIMBIOTS and more
We want to thank the organisers and everyone we met at Advanced Factories 2021 for what was once again a great event! The Advanced Factories annual event in Barcelona addresses the latest developments in industrial automation and industry 4.0. If you missed this...
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Investment in Robotics Research – Global Report 2021
As the economies reopen from the pandemic, Asia, Europe and America adjust their robotics research funding programs (R&D). What are the targets of the officially driven government programs today? This has been researched by the IFR and published in the 2021 update...
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