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Inrotech has received an order for an extensive set of welding robots for shipbuilding in the United States. The Inrotech-MicroTwin and Inrotech-Crawler were purchased by Halter Marine in Pascagoula, Miss., and will be used during construction of United States Coast Guard’s new Polar Security Cutter. The 460-foot vessel will support U.S. national interests in Arctic and Antarctic waters.

Did you ever meet someone with real anxiety? It’s tough. There is no real reasoning behind it. Panic is at the door. I used to work at an airline, and a common fear is the fear to fly. It could be a combination of multiple anxieties, like fear of heights and claustrophobia. Or an irrational fear the plane will somehow malfunction and crash when you are on it. Just explaining that a plane is a safer way to travel than driving a car will not do the trick.

RPA is booming. A growing number of organisations recognize the potential of robots to eliminate repetitive administrative tasks for their workforce. But as RPA is growing, it is also evolving into an even more intelligent digital workforce. The combination of AI and RPA already enhances many automation solutions. Rocking Robots talked tot wo experts on the subject: Boris Krumrey, Global VP Automation Innovations at UiPath and Mathijs Gast, CEO of Dutch AI/RPA provider Ciphix.

A new Brighton-based RPA (Robotic Process Automation) start-up has just opened its virtual doors–and says it’s already winning business in its target market of micro companies and small traders.

The popularity of process mining rapidly increases: more and more companies embark on a process…

Klinikum Chemnitz, a leading public hospital based in Saxony, is the first German hospital to install Versius, a Surgical Robotic System by CMR Surgical. It has now been used in over 1,000 clinical cases across Europe, Australia and India. Versius will be used by Klinikum Chemnitz in a broad range of laparoscopic (minimal access or keyhole) procedures.

Annual installations of industrial robots more than tripled within ten years (2010-2019) reaching 381 thousand units in factories around the world. The International Federation of Robotics shows top 5 trends shaping industries around the globe. “The mission to combine traditional production with ´go digital strategies´ puts robots in a pole position,” says Dr Susanne Bieller, General Secretary of the IFR.

Last week The Banking Scene organized a webinar on Automation in Banking. In an hour long discussion the benefits and pitfalls of automation in finance were discussed. This report summarizes the proceedings: “Be very transparent with your compliance team, your security team, cybersecurity team, and specifically in relation to the vendors that you’re going to engage with for these different components to build out your RPA and Intelligent Automation tool stack”.

Teradyne today announced that Kim Povlsen has been appointed President of Universal Robots. Povlsen, a Danish native, brings global executive leadership from a high-tech and commercial perspective and will lead Universal Robots’ next stage of growth and innovation. His appointment reinforces Teradyne´s commitment to Universal Robots’ Danish origin and its role in further developing the local robotics community. Kim begins his new role at Universal Robots on March 1, 2021.

Customer contact must deal with a fairly complex ecosystem of fragmented data across different sources. To manage this mission critical ecosystem, a robot can play an essential role and eliminate challenges like fragmented data and delivering personalization. And above all, to eliminate the frustration a lot of customers experience (CX) in their dealings with companies: ‘30% of a total call duration is silent time.’