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Network provider Verizon has acquired Austrian-based incubed IT, the creator of a software platform that provides autonomous navigation tools to administer, manage and optimize mixed fleets of robots in industrial settings. This acquisition will expand Verizon’s robotic capabilities to power robotic automation for enterprise customers, for a large part based on 5G.

An independently managed company of Siemens AG, Siemens Mobility has been a leading provider of transport solutions for over 160 years while developing its portfolio constantly through innovation. We wanted to know more precisely how Siemens Mobility is also digitizing its internal processes, so we asked Benjamin Bock specifically about the business benefits of Robot Process Automation (RPA) at Siemens Mobility.

Siemens Mobility ist ein eigenständig geführtes Unternehmen der Siemens AG. Siemens Mobility ist seit über 160 Jahren ein führender Anbieter im Bereich Transportlösungen und entwickelt sein Portfolio durch Innovationen ständig weiter. Wir wollten genauer wissen, wie Siemens Mobility auch seine internen Prozesse digitalisiert und haben Benjamin Bock speziell nach den Business Benefits der Robot Process Automation alias RPA bei Siemens Mobility befragt.

On the 16th of September 2019, eagle lsp was founded. Now, barely eighteen months later, the company has over 50 employees, two DAX-30 clients and three Business Units. This growth clearly shows the hunger for cost efficiency and high quality in legal services. Automating certain legal processes, especially those that cost a large amount of time and have a repetitive nature is a huge driver for growth at eagle lsp.

Using theoretical calculations, an international team of researchers, including scientists from the Center for Humans and Machines at the Max Planck Institute for Human Development, shows that it would not be possible to control a superintelligent AI. The study was published in the Journal of Artificial Intelligence Research.

Researchers at the University of Zurich and the Delft University of Technology have found that information from onboard cameras can be used to stabilize a drone and keep it flying autonomously after one rotor suddenly gives out.

The International Telecommunication Union (ITU) – the United Nations specialized agency for information and communication technologies (ICTs) – has launched a new Focus Group to support the emergence of ICT networks able to control their behaviour autonomously in the interests of efficiency. Participation is open to all interested parties.

German Bionic, manufacturer of robotic exoskeletons, has closed US $20 million in Series A financing. The round was led by Samsung Catalyst Fund and MIG AG with participation from Storm Ventures, Benhamou Global Ventures, and IT Farm. The financing round will enable German Bionic to expand its market and technology leadership for connected exoskeletons as well as ramp up development of its unique cloud robotics platform.

At the Global IBM Watson Center Munich cloud AI solutions are demonstrated on real use cases. Until March 2020, visitors from all over the world came for hands-on experience with the AI-controlled robots in person: customers, partners, the press. But then came Corona. How do you manage such a global know-how center in these social distancing times?

AutoGuide Mobile Robots, manufacturer of high-payload autonomous mobile robot (AMR) systems, announced the opening of a new European office. The office in Munich supports sales, service and support, as well as deployment and training, throughout greater Europe. Local staff will work closely with its European system integrators to meet increasing demand for AutoGuide’s innovative autonomous mobile robots.