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On the occasion of the company’s 75th anniversary, FAULHABER received a special honor by the municipality of Schönaich: From November 1, the street leading to the company site will be called Faulhaberstraße and the company building will bear the house number 1.

The automotive industry has the largest number of robots working in factories around the world: Operational stock hit a new record of about one million units. This represents about one third of the total number installed across all industries, according to the International Federation of Robotics (IFR).

Machina Labs today announced the completion of an investment by Lockheed Martin Ventures (LMV), the venture arm of Lockheed Martin Corporation. Machina Labs combines AI and robotics to rapidly manufacture advanced sheet metal products. This latest funding brings the total raised by Machina Labs to $21.8M.

Last week, the fifth edition of the National Cobot Day took place at Olmia in Tiel. Visitors could network and exchange knowledge about the rapidly growing cobot market in a relaxed atmosphere. ‘We see that robots are not used to replace people, but to enable them to do other, more challenging work.’

ABB is entering into a strategic partnership with US-based startup Scalable Robotics, to enhance its portfolio of robotic welding systems. Through 3D vision and embedded process understanding the Scalable Robotics technology allows customers to program welding robots without the need for coding.

Aerobotix and FerRobotics, two robotics companies based in the U.S. and Austria respectively, announced they have partnered to create an End of Arm Tool automated sander for hazardous environments, to reduce human involvement in hazardous tasks. 

Realtime Robotics, provider of collision-free autonomous motion planning for industrial robots, today announced that it has teamed with Siemens to integrate its RapidPlan software with Siemens Process Simulate, in the company’s Tecnomatix portfolio.

At IMTS in Chicago, September 12-17, OnRobot will demonstrate an automated, application-centered software platform for robotic deployment. D:PLOY is presented as a turning point in OnRobot’s strategic evolution that began with its line of intuitive robotic tools and software, expanding the concept of collaborative automation.

Universal Robots’ UR20 makes its U.S. Debut at IMTS 2022, Expanding Cobot Automation in Machining Industry. Earlier this Cobot was unveiled in Europe at Automatica 2022.

Accenture buys Canadian Eclipse Automation, provider of manufacturing automation and robotics solutions. With this acquisition Accenture will be able to offer automated production lines that combine cloud, data and artificial intelligence (AI).