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The global robot end effector market size is expected to reach $4.2 billion by 2028, rising at a market growth of 12.6% CAGR during the forecast period, according to a report by ResearchAndMarkets.com.

BMW Group Plant Regensburg uses an end-to-end digitalised and automated process for inspection, processing and marking of painted vehicle surfaces in standard production. AI-controlled robots process each vehicle individually to meet quality standards. This ensures more stable operations, shorter lead times and a consistently high level of vehicle surface quality. Data stored in the cloud also enables optimal analysis of causalities.

Engineers at the University of Waterloo have discovered a new way to program robots to help people with dementia locate medicine, glasses, phones and other objects they need but have lost. 

Digitization and AI have become a matter of intense public discourse. However, this leads to more questions than answers. This is where automatica, held from June 27 to 30, 2023, comes in with its digital solutions and components from the fields of robotics, machine vision, and assembly technology: It’s a place where visitors gain first-hand knowledge of how these technologies can increase the efficiency, safety, and sustainability of industrial production.

OrionStar USA has announced that Lucki, its AI Delivery robot, has been integrated with ChatGPT. This integration means Lucki can communicate with customers, leveraging ChatGPT’s advanced AI capabilities.

A team of physicists, engineers, and mathematicians at the Georgia Institute of Technology are using the movement of centipedes to develop a new theory of multilegged locomotion. They created many-legged robotic models, discovering the robot with redundant legs could move across uneven surfaces without any additional sensing or control technology as the theory predicted.

The global construction robots market is expected to reach $3,542.8 million by 2030, according to a report by Grand View Research. The market is projected to grow at a Compound Annual Growth Rate (CAGR) of 17.5% from 2023 to 2030, driven by the increasing need for environmentally friendly and affordable construction, reduced environmental impact and labor costs.

Boston Dynamics’ robot Spot has been integrated with ChatGPT by a team at ML.School. This integration allows the robots to perform automated missions while interpreting and responding to voice-enabled queries in real-time.

OTTO Motors and Kollmorgen have announced a strategic technical collaboration on autonomous material handling. They will jointly develop self-driving vehicle applications to OEMs and System Integrators that deliver material handling solutions to end-users globally.

The robotics industry in the Netherlands has expanded fast and must become more commercially focused to bridge funding gap and realize growth prospects, says industry association.