As is the case with any type of infrastructure, sewers require regular maintenance. But the often narrow pipes below the ground are difficult to access. Instead of unearthing them at great expense, users of trenchless renovation procedures use specialized robots that carry out the work in the interior of the pipelines. Pipetronics is manufacture of sewer robotics. Markus Lämmerhirt, a member of the management board, talks about the highly specialized industry.
The vision of Rocking Robots is to report on the interaction between humans and robots. The interviews we published this year show that we as humans are increasingly successful in making robots work for us. However, it remains important to pay attention to pre-eminently human issues such as ethics, acceptance and safety. Where that happens, applications of technology arise that actually help us as humans.
United Robotics Group, with offices in Bochum, Germany and Paris, opens its North American subsidiary based in Los Angeles, California, and simultaneously launches a human-robot collaboration with CobiotX.
Ganymed Robotics, developer of computer vision software and robotics technologies for orthopedic surgeons, announced it has raised €21 million in the oversubscribed first close of its Series B funding. The round was led by Cathay Health, with participation of Credit Mutuel Innovation, Kurma Partners, BNP Paribas Développement and internationally renowned surgeons.
The United Robotics Group (URG), a subsidiary of the RAG-Stiftung in Essen, has reached an agreement with SoftBank Robotics Group Corp. (SBRG) to acquire their French subsidiary SoftBank Robotics Europe SAS (SBRE). SBRG will acquire a minority stake in URG and the two companies will continue to cooperate in the global marketing of various robots. By acquiring SBRE, URG will become one of the biggest service robotics companies in Europe.
From 28 to 30 June, the thirteenth edition of the European Robotics Forum (ERF) will take place in Rotterdam. With about a thousand visitors, this will be the largest robotics event in Europe, where a diverse group of participants, from industry and science to government and end users, will exchange views on a wide range of topics.
Deenova annonce aujourd’hui avoir remporté le contrat exclusif du lot 2 (jusqu’à présent le plus important et le plus étendu) de l’appel d’offres UNIHA pour l’automatisation des pharmacies pour les quatre prochaines années, s’imposant ainsi face à tous les concurrents du marché.
Manutan, leader européen du e-commerce BtoB spécialisé dans la distribution d’équipements et de fournitures aux entreprises et aux collectivités, a déployé une solution de Robotic Process Automatisation au sein de son département Finances.
Des équipements de ski Salomon aux raquettes de tennis Wilson en passant par les montres Suunto, Amer Sports règne sur une douzaine de marques qui pèsent dans le business sportif. A la tête du Centre de Services Partagés Finance d’Amer Sports à Cracovie en Pologne, Hervé Hachet alimente les besoins opérationnels des équipes du groupe en Europe, en Amérique du Nord et en Australie.
La convention de l’USF s’est tenue les 6-7 octobre à Lille. L’occasion de vérifier les migrations cloud et les orientations souhaitées par la communauté des utilisateurs SAP francophones.
