In this episode, Steve, Mike and Dan discuss the 2022 RBR50 awards and talk about some of their favorite innovations from the last year.
Collaborative Robotics News
Inside the RBR50
A closer look at notable innovators from this year’s RBR50 Robotics Innovation Awards.
RBR50 Robotics Innovation Awards 2022
The RBR50 Robotics Innovation Awards honor technology, business, and market innovations, as well as the robotics and automation organizations worldwide that were responsible for them.
Report: cobot market to grow 20-30% annually
Cobots have broken out of manufacturing and into the wider service sector. For this reason, the cobot market will start to be more closely related to the performance of the wider macro economy.
UR+ ecosystem adds VR solutions to teleoperate cobots
Extend Robotics’ AMAS lets users control robotic arms remotely from anywhere in the world. The system will be joining the UR+ ecosystem.
Teradyne’s Robotics Summit keynote to discuss how cobots can solve labor crisis
Greg Smith, president of the Industrial Automation Group at Teradyne, will discuss the market drivers of human scale automation and present a model of the market potential for collaborative robots.
Open Robotics emphasizing interoperability at Robotics Summit
Brian Gerkey, co-founder and CEO of Open Robotics, will discuss how companies are addressing interoperability and what options are available to vendors, end users, and integrators.
Kinova Robotics launches Link 6 cobot arm
A combination of performance and design characteristics makes roller screws an ideal solution for many robotics applications.
Researchers enable robot to manipulate dough
A new technique could enable a robot to manipulate squishy objects like pizza dough or soft materials like clothing.
RightHand Robotics names Vanderlande integration partner
Vanderlande to help scale RightHand Robotics’ RightPick system to general merchandise warehouses and distribution centers around the world.
Warehouse automation: mapping your maturity and next steps
Learn how warehouse automation will benefit your organization and how to take your automation journey to the next level.
Bosch acquires majority of Kassow Robots
Bosch said the acquisition enables it to offer one-stop solutions, especially for the consumer goods and mobility industry including battery production as well as for the semiconductor production.
MassRobotics celebrates 5th anniversary
MassRobotics’ Five-Year Impact Report details all the organization has accomplished since it officially launched in 2017.
DOBOT unveils second-gen M1 Pro SCARA cobot
The DOBOT M1 Pro is a SCARA cobot created to achieve human-machine collaboration and equipped with important safety features.
Veo Robotics names Gray Solutions certified integration partner
Veo Robotics’ FreeMove is an advanced safety system for industrial workcells with human-robot collaboration.
Robotics Summit early bird registration ends March 11
Taking place May 10-11 at the Boston Convention Center, the Robotics Summit & Expo will bring together the brightest minds in robotics to share their commercial robotics development experiences.
FANUC expands CRX series with 3 cobots
The latest CRX cobots are meant to complement FANUC’s existing line of CR and CRX cobots that now total 11 cobot model variations.
RightHand Robotics raises $66M for piece-picking system
The RightPick 3 piece-picking system combines an intelligent gripper, vision system, and control software with learning as a form of hand, eye, coordination providing accountability for picking success.
Automata raises $50M for life sciences automation
The financing will be used to further develop its lab automation platform Automata Labs for use in and outside of the UK.
How a box manufacturer tackled labor issues with robotics
Box manufacturer Alliora had wanted to add automation to its production lines for a while. Unfortunately, its first experience was difficult.