“Denmark continues to rank amongst the world’s leading robot nations, delivering a strong 12% growth last year and even higher rates in segments such as collaborative and mobile robots. Global labour shortages at end users are fuelling demand for automated solutions and extending deployment of Danish robotic and drone technologies to new sectors such as logistics, retail, construction, healthcare and energy,” says Mikkel Christoffersen, CEO, Odense Robotics.
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Business use of holograms is on the brink of breakthrough
“Getting value from data” has been a common mantra in automation for some time. But providing insight into really large amounts of data has always been a problem. Holograms now appear to be ideally suited for this. The Dutch Tekle Holographics has quickly grown into a worldwide forerunner in the field of data visualization with its holographic technology. Following a notable presence at CES this year and partnerships with Nvidia and SAS, organizations from a wide variety of industries are showing interest in the business use of holograms.
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With demand for robots growing as companies in multiple sectors look for new ways to enhance their productivity and competitiveness post-pandemic, ABB has compiled a set of growth predictions, looking at key trends driving demand for robots in the coming year.
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Starting 5 November, KLM Cityhopper will be introducing Virtual Reality (VR) training for pilots flying Embraer 175 and 190 aircraft. Developed in-house, the VR training courses will allow pilots to make more effective use of their training time and will also yield cost savings. KLM Cityhopper is the first airline to integrate VR into its pilot training for Embraer aircraft.
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CIOs and CFOs who want to maximize the benefits of automation increasingly turn to the next step, the addition of Artificial Intelligence (AI) functions. Increasingly, automation solutions are designed to help organizations tackle not only single processes but achieve end-to-end automations, by adding technologies like machine learning (ML) and natural language processing. This week UiPath organized the AI Summit, where these trends were discussed. Rocking Robots sat down with Boris Krumrey, Global VP Automation Innovations at UiPath.
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Blog: How to capture product data from price tags with OCR
by Guestby GuestFor many retailers, competitive pricing analysis is the key to increase their revenue and stay ahead of competition. Global shifts are forcing these companies to become more data-centric, collect and analyze pricing data, map their position against competitors, and offer optimal prices.
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Gartner: Board of Directors, not IT, main decision maker for emerging technology investments
Fifty-three per cent of organisations report their board of directors are among the main decision makers for emerging technology (ET) investments, just behind chief information officers (CIOs) and chief technology officers (CTOs), according to a recent Gartner survey.
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The automation of routine tasks is at the top of the agenda for Carsten Gram Andersen, CFO of Blue Ocean Robotics. The company markets the brands UVD Robots, GoBe Robots and PTR Robots, which open the door to automated disinfection, rehabilitation and telepresence. Blue Ocean Robotics is based in Denmark, the most digitalised country in Europe; more specifically, in the city of Odense, also known as the “European capital of robotics”. Carsten Gram Andersen sees his primary task as being able to free up as much time as possible to focus on business analysis of the company’s performance because that is where the finance department can really generate value for the rest of the organisation.
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SS&C Technologies Holdings today announced it has completed its acquisition of Blue Prism for approximately $1.6 billion (£1.25 billion). Blue Prism is a robotics process automation (RPA) company headquartered in the U.K., whose services are used by more than 2,000 businesses worldwide.
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Chipmaker Nvidia is investing $10 million Serve Robotics, an Uber spin off. The last mile delivery-startup will use this to expand its sidewalk delivery robot service outside of the current locations where it operates, Los Angeles and San Francisco.