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Image of the week: Human v humanoid

The World Robot Conference 2022, held in Beijing, wrapped up last Sunday, or so the robots would like us to think. But it would be remiss to just skip past this terrifying update on the ever-advancing skills of robotics experts, who can now not only design a robot with the same facial features as someone else, they can produce one that looks deeply unimpressed with its human counterpart. Humanoid robots with the ability to mimic human expressions to an uncanny extent were the stars of the show, with other robots manifesting in the shape of scientists Albert Einstein and Michael Faraday. Robotics companies are now mastering the art of imbuing their creations with more complex movements than just sitting, standing and walking about, giving them more dexterous hands, more realistic skin and in the scariest development yet getting them to smile.

The considerable debt pile at Cineworld, which admitted this week it was thinking about filing for Chapter 11 bankruptcy in the US.

Top Gun: Maverick has taken more than this much at the worldwide box office this summer, making it the sixth-highest grossing film in history, but a cinema chain cannot dine out on Tom Cruise alone.

Box office data from Comscore suggests global cinema takings are this much lower in 2022 than in 2019, with the number of actual releases down by an even greater degree.

French transport minister Clment Beaune has the not unreasonable belief, shared by many, that perhaps millionaires, billionaires and multibillionaires shouldnt just be allowed to zoom about all over the planet on private jets, burning it in the process. I think we should act to regulate flights by private jets, the ally of Emmanuel Macron told Le Parisien newspaper. France will now consult its EU partners on how to go about this, with transport ministers due to meet next month. Beaune (41) has a track record of saving on carbon emissions himself inadvertently, anyway. In 2001, while completing a years study at Trinity under the EUs Erasmus programme, he lived with other students in a rundown house near Seapoint Dart station. Sometimes it was like camping, he told The Irish Times in 2020. The heating didnt work and there was rarely hot water.

Nobodys economy is exactly in perfect shape at the moment, but in Britain, where Conservative Party members are preparing to install a new prime minister, the outlook looks especially gloomy.

1. Official recession forecast: The Bank of England expects the UK economy to slide into recession by Christmas, thanks to surging energy bills, and then keep shrinking for more than a year.

2. Soaring inflation: The annual rate of consumer price increases could hit 18.6 per cent in early 2023, analysts at investment bank Citi said earlier this week. UK inflation hasnt been that high since the 1970s.

3. Interest rate response: Investors now expect the Bank of England to raise the cost of borrowing to 4 per cent next year, more than doubling the current rate of 1.75 per cent.

4. Factory slump: A manufacturing downturn appears to have deepened this month amid staff shortages, supply bottlenecks and waning customer demand, while growth in services has turned anaemic.

5. Brexit: As OECD chief economist Laurence Boone put it earlier this summer, theres probably a bit of Brexit in the explanation for the UKs economic performance, which the OECD expects to be the second worst among G20 countries in 2023, behind only Russia.

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FREMONT, Calif., Aug. 02, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Safetrust, a pioneer in secure and virtual credential solutions, and Cobalt Robotics, the only machine learning startup to replace security guard posts with autonomous robots around the world, today announced the companies have further integrated Cobalts robotics with the Safetrust sensor ecosystem. The partnership allows Cobalt robots to connect with the Safetrust ecosystem of security offerings seamlessly.

Cobalt robots provide safety and security primarily through corporate office spaces, automating security workflows more reliably than humans. With this deeper integration between Safetrust and Cobalt, businesses can better track where the robots are located and how robots interact with people based on their credentials and instantly deploy robots in emergencies. This could include active shooter scenarios where robots have access to doors and areas in the building and can quickly respond.

Safetrust is a pioneer in identity, utilizing technology to offer employees safe, frictionless movement throughout their spaces, said Mike LeBlanc, President of Cobalt Robotics. Our robots provide the same comfortable and effective solution for companies around the world. Were proud to continue building the future of security with Safetrust.

This recent expansion allows Safetrusts and Cobalts customers to leverage technology even more as they face labor shortages and a high turnover of security personnel. As they deepen their relationships, security personnel can do more than they ever have before with smaller teams.

We are proud to support Cobalt in its critical mission to create advanced robotics, particularly for keeping spaces safe and secure, aligning with our vision of connected, seamless access, said Deon Chatterton, VP of Product Management for Safetrust. It becomes more than just a robot opening a door. A robot can integrate with a larger identity ecosystem, providing on-demand identification, like employee onboarding, visitor credentialing, mustering, detecting unauthorized people and resources in active shooter scenarios, and more.

Cobalts Remote Guarding Service SolutionCobalts Remote Guarding Service Solution includes state-of-the-art robots with over 60+ sensors including day-night cameras, 360-degree cameras, thermal cameras, depth cameras, LIDAR, and badge reading capabilities. Using machine learning, semantic mapping and novelty detection, the robot can independently identify and flag security-relevant anomalies like people, sounds, motion, doors and windows and missing assets. Each robot has a screen for communication between remote security specialists and people on-site.

In the event of an incident, Cobalts security specialists provide human assistance for complex situations. They will triage the incident, contact appropriate personnel and report back to the security team 24/7/365 based on collaboratively established post orders. They can also provide two-way video from the robot to greet employees, request badge credentials and ensure guest check in.

About SafetrustSafetrust delivers a touchless access experience that modernizes the new workplace to be secure, integrated, and convenient. Using virtual credentials stored in mobile phones or wearables, Safetrust enables employees to move seamlessly through secured doors, elevators, turnstiles, and more. Safetrust eliminates the need to replace access readers by leveraging existing infrastructure, providing a fast, cost-effective, and convenient upgrade path to touchless virtual credentials. Safetrust is headquartered in Fremont, California. For more information, visitwww.safetrust.com.

About Cobalt RoboticsCobalt Robotics is the only company to automate repetitive manual security and facility tasks with an integrated service which unifies state-of-the-art robotics, machine learning software, and expert human oversight. Its technology platform and 24/7 dedicated professional security services team improve safety, security and facility workflows with greater efficiency and predictability at substantially reduced costs, while allowing guards to focus on tasks that require judgment, empathy and decision making. Cobalts mobile robotics help companies make their spaces smarter, safer, and more secure, protecting both their employees and intellectual property. Leading enterprises including General Motors and Slack demonstrate that automation in the workplace is a top to bottom priority with Cobalt.Learn more at cobaltrobotics.com.

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A White Castle team member next to Miso Robotics' Flippy.

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Before the end of this year, a brand-new pizza purveyor plans to hit the Los Angeles area. But this isn't just another pizza place.

This company plans to serve pizza from trucks and the pies themselves are put together not by humans but by robotics developed by former engineers from SpaceX. The machine can produce a pizza every 45 seconds.

Benson Tsai, who founded Stellar Pizza in 2019 along with fellow SpaceX engineers Brian Lagone and James Wahawisan, got about two dozen former SpaceX employees to build a touchless pizza-making machine that fits in the back of a truck.

Stellar isn't the first company to conceive of robot-made pizza, and the early track record for the business model includes one notable failure. Softbank-backed Zume Pizza, which was once valued at $4 billion,shuttered its robot pizza delivery business in January 2020 and has sincepivoted to making compostable packaging.

Entrepreneurs are not giving up on the robot pizza concept, and they are taking it global as well. In February, Dubai launched an automated pizza kiosk, a project backed by chef Anthony Carron's 800 Degrees Go of Cleveland, which specializes in wood-fired cooking, and robot-based artisanal pizza maker Piestro of Santa Monica, Calif. The two plan to have3,600 machines deployed in the next five years.

The trend has moved far beyond pizza as well, with Miso Robotics, the maker of the Flippy 2 a robot arm that works the fryer at fast-food restaurants already deployed at Chipotle, White Castle and Wing Zone. It's being introduced to the Middle East market as well through a partnership with Americana, a franchisor and franchisee with over 2,000 restaurants in the region including KFC, Hardees and Pizza Hut.

Jake Brewer, Miso Robotics' chief strategy officer, said such machinery will soon be commonplace in restaurants.

"I believe that if anyone wanted to, they could go see a robot working in a restaurant in 2024, 2025," Brewer said. "You can go see robots cooking right now and that's only going to grow week over week."

Chipotle Mexican Grill worked with Miso Robotics to customize the "Chippy" robot, which cooks and seasons Chipotle's chips with salt and fresh lime juice. The robot is trained to recreate the exact recipe using artificial intelligence.

As of March, Chipotle was testing the robot at its innovation hub in Irvine, California, the Chipotle Cultivate Center. The company plans to use it in a restaurant in Southern California later this year and will determine if it will roll it out nationally.

"Right now, the general sense is that there's going to be a lot more robots," said Dina Zemke, assistant professor at Ball State University. She said in the past adding robotics to the staff was prohibitively expensive, but now there are more companies making kitchen-ready robots, which is helping to drive prices down.

A finished pepperoni pizza exiting a machine made by Stellar Pizza, a robotics-powered mobile pizza restaurant created by a team of former SpaceX engineers

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Fast-food preparation is made for robotics. "The recipes are highly standardized. And really, it's mostly heating an assembly," Zemke said. "No one's creating just the right secret sauce in the back of the house; all of that is provided through a commissary system."

Wing Zone, a 61-unit chain, is perhaps the most robotics-friendly fast-food restaurant right now. In May, the chain expanded its relationship with Miso Robotics. Wing Zone has been testing Flippy 2 in the last step of the wing-frying process and is using its Wing Zone Labs arm to develop fully automated Wing Zones.

Part of the adoption is driven by an inability to find workers. The National Restaurant Association reported last year that 4 in 5 operators are understaffed, and overall employment in the leisure and hospitality category that includes restaurant staffing has been the most challenged since the pandemic, according to data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics.

A recent report from Lightspeed found that 50% of restaurant ownersplan to install automation technologywithin the next two or three years.

For Chipotle, it's not about replacing workers butallowing them to complete more impactful tasksthan repetitive things like making chips.

"It started with, 'How do we remove some of the dreariness of a worker standing at the fryer and frying chip basket after chip basket?'" Chipotle chief technology officer Curt Garner told CNBC earlier this summer. "It allows our crew to spend more time doing culinary tests, serving guests," he said.

Clemson University professor Richard Pak, an expert on the use of autonomous technology, said automation works better for food that is cheap. "When you're paying for it, when you're paying more, you're paying for experience and artistry and experience," he said. "And so I don't know if these kinds of robots would be acceptable in higher-end restaurants. People would wonder what they're paying for."

Yet there is some trepidation in the broader restaurant market as well. Arecent pollby Big Red Rooster found that a third of diners don't want to see robots preparing their food.

For Stellar founder Tsai, the robotics are a means to an end: making sure that the company can deliver an affordable pizza pie that customers like. While pricing has not been finalized, he said the target price is "definitely sub-$10." A 12-inch pie of cheese pizza will run about $7, Tsai said.

The plan for Stellar, which has raised $9 million in funding, includes national expansion.

"The pizza market is a big, big market and as we sort of establish a foothold here in Los Angeles we will start to grow and expand outwards towards Las Vegas, towards Phoenix, towards Texas," Tsai said.

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ERLANGER, Ky., Aug. 2, 2022 /PRNewswire/ --AHS, a Hy-Tek Material Handling Company and leading full-service provider of integrated fulfillment and distribution solutions, has partnered with Tompkins Robotics, a global leader focused on the robotic automation of sortation solutions. This partnership will help to expand the automated material handling capabilities of AHS and the entire Hy-Tek organization. With Hy-Tek's comprehensive suite of services, the addition of the modular and scalable tSort Sortation solution will support a streamlined process, improve employee productivity, and maximize the return on investment for the supply chain industry.

"We are excited to start our partnership with Tompkins Robotics, a proven scalable and flexible robotic sortation solution," said Zac Boehm, Vice President of Innovation and Technology at AHS. "By formalizing our partnership, it allows Hy-Tek to add to its existing solutions by not only enhancing our G2P technologies, but allowing us to solve inbound, outbound, and product sortation with a scalable robotic solution."

Changing economic conditions, a tight labor market, and consumer spending habits require today's supply chain to be adaptable, scalable, and demonstrate a faster ROI than systems of the past. This new product offering will help AHS deploy a robotic sortation solution faster and more seamlessly than ever before.

"This partnership with Tompkins Robotics offers a simple, low-cost approach to sortation that can be quickly integrated into our customer's distribution and order fulfillment processes to drive efficiency and increase throughput," said Collette Henn, Sr. Manager of R&D and Software Deployment at AHS.

Tompkins Robotics systems can be deployed in every node of the supply chain. The modular solution deploys effectively in small operations in the backroom of a grocery, supercenter, or mall anchor store to large fulfillment centers processing millions of units a day. Their systems maximize performance, making our clients more agile, adaptable, profitable, and successful in today's dynamic marketplace.

"AHS is a leader in innovative solutions. This partnership gives AHS and the entire Hy-Tek organization the unique ability to leverage their wide range of automated and robotic material handling and fulfillment technologies for a truly integrated solution that delivers an industry-leading value proposition," said Thompson Brockmann, Vice President of Operations at Tompkins Robotics.

Headquartered in Columbus, OH, Hy-Tek is a material handling automation integrator serving clients in diverse end- markets and applications, including e-commerce, third-party logistics, and parcel. Hy-Tek was established as a combination of Hy-Tek Material Handling, WorldSource, BP Controls, Fascor, LCS, and AHS. Together, they operate as Hy-Tek Material Handling, LLC. Hy-Tek is the premier single-source provider of material handling solutions for a wide range of industries including manufacturing, distribution, retail, construction, food, electronics, and automotive. Since 1963, Hy-Tek and its best-in-class industry partnersincluding manufacturers of industrial equipment; conveyor systems; automated storage and retrieval systems; rack and shelvinghave been providing customers large and small with turnkey solutions. From customized one-of-a-kind handling and storage systems to pre-assembled buildings and off-the-shelf productsHy-Tek's experienced team of engineering, sales, operations, and project management professionals partner with customers to help enhance productivity, streamline processes, and boost profitability. With over 500 employees, Hy-Tek serves customers in the United States, Canada, and Mexico from offices in Georgia, Illinois, Kentucky, New Jersey, Ohio, Pennsylvania, and Tennessee. For more information, visitwww.hy-tek.com

AHS, a Hy-Tek Material Handling company, is a leading full-service integrator of automated fulfillment and distribution solutions, with a portfolio that encompasses 3PL, eCommerce, retail, wholesale, food and beverage, and healthcare. Headquartered inErlanger, Kentucky, AHS is committed to unlocking the full potential of the supply chain to help its clients better serve their customers. The company uses its strategic partnerships of equipment and robotics manufacturers to create best-in-class solutions that solve a wide variety of pain points-- proven by the success of its clients. AHS has created a reputable brand over the past 45 years by creating strong relationships with its partners and clients, inspiring innovation, and consistently exceeding customer expectations. For more information, visit http://www.ahs1.com

Tompkins Robotics is a global leader focused on the robotic automation of distribution and fulfillment operations. Our primary sortation system, tSort, consists of autonomous mobile robots that sort a wide range of items and parcels to consolidation points for order fulfillment, store replenishment, returns, parcel distribution virtually any process in the supply chain. Our systems maximize performance, making our clients more agile, adaptable, profitable, and successful in today's dynamic marketplace. For any additional information, please email us at [emailprotected]or see us at https://tompkinsrobotics.com/

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Chicago, Aug. 01, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Warehouse RoboticsMarket is expected to grow from USD 4.7 Billion in 2021 to USD 9.1 Billion by 2026, at a CAGR of 14.0% during forecasted period, according to a new report by MarketsandMarkets. Few of the drivers of warehouse robotics market include expanding e-commerce industry, increasing funding from venture capitalists, rising need for enhancing the quality and reliability of warehouse operations, and growing adoption of warehouse robotics by SMEs. However, factors such as high installation cost and lack of a skilled workforce are expected to restrain the market growth. The integration of Industry 4.0 with warehouse robots and technological advancements in AMRs are expected to create high growth opportunities in the warehouse robotics market.

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The warehouse robotics market is dominated by players such as

ABB Ltd. (Switzerland),

KUKA AG (Germany),

KION GROUP AG (Germany),

Daifuku (Japan),

FANUC Corporation (Japan),

Geekplus Technology (China), GreyOrange Pte. Ltd. (US),

Murata Machinery Ltd. (Japan),

Omron Corporation (Japan),

Toyota Industries Corporation (Japan),

Shopify, Inc. (Canada),

Hikrobot (China),

IAM Robotics (US),

inVia Robotics, Inc. (US),

JBT (US),

Knapp AG (Austria),

Locus Robotics (US),

Autonomous mobile robots (AMRs) segment is expected to grow at the fastest rate during the forecast period

The Autonomous mobile robots segment is expected to witness the fastest CAGR during the forecasted period. The increasing preference for e-commerce shopping platforms and the growing need for enhancing the efficiency of warehouses have led companies to focus on automation of operations. Besides, the increasing affordability and return on investment (ROI) are expected to drive the growth of the market segment. The growing adoption of mobile robots by large e-commerce companies, such as Alibaba Group (China), JD.com (China), Walmart (US), Kroger (US), Woolworth (Australia), Ocado (UK), Meijer (US), H-E-B (US), and Albertsons (US), is expected to further create lucrative opportunities for the providers of mobile robots.

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Picking and Packaging segment to hold the second largest market share in 2021

The picking and packaging segment was estimated to hold the second largest market share in the year 2021. With the growing popularity of online shopping, many e-commerce companies are implementing picking and packaging robots to streamine their operations and improve effeciency. Pick and place robots are used to pick a product from one location and place it at another. The robots used for the picking and placing operation of goods and products speed up the order processing time, reduce associated labor costs, and increase the accuracy and consistency of the operation. Some of the ompanies that offer these robots are Shopify, Inc. (6 River Systems) (Canada), Toyota Industries (Japan), FANUC Corp. (Japan), Berkshire Grey (US), Plus One Robotics (US), and RightHand Robotics (US).

China is expected to grow at highest CAGR in Asia Pacific region during forecast period

The e-commerce industry in China has evolved rapidly over the past 5 years supported by the high internet and smartphone penetration, increasing consumer confidence in online shopping, emergence of various e-commerce platforms, and availability of several payment solutions, such as Alipay and WeChat Pay. The pandemic further accelerated the growth of the industry as consumers buying behaviours have shifted towards online shopping. Some of the major players in the warehouse robotics market in China are Geekplus Technology (China), Hikrobot (China), Shanghai Quicktron Intelligent Technology Co. Ltd. (China), among others. The increasing trend of online retail shopping, rising number of start-ups in China that are developing mobile robots, and active funding by venture capitalists for the development of mobile robots are some of the key factors driving the growth of the warehouse robotics market in China.

The scope of the report covers detailed information regarding the major factors, such as drivers, restraints, challenges, and opportunities, influencing the growth of the warehouse robotics market. A detailed analysis of the key industry players has been done to provide insights into their business overviews; solutions and services; key strategies; new product launches; and partnerships, agreements, and collaborations; and recent developments associated with the warehouse robotics market.

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Robots suck.

Its a bold declaration for a startup founder aiming to work with robots or more accurately, the software that helps turn a tractor, tiller or forklift into an automated vehicle. But Stefan Seltz-Axmacher, who previously founded and led the now shuttered autonomous vehicle startup Starsky Robotics, is trying to make a point.

Theyre really difficult, they break all the time and getting to a stable product is really hard, Seltz-Axmacher said in a recent interview. Everyone kind of ends up building nearly everything from scratch, for nearly every application.

To make matters more complex, robots used in warehouses, mining, agriculture and other industrial environments have hyper-specific applications that are structured and are often repeated thousands of times. In other words, the farmer in Iowa, the yard truck operator in Florida and the e-commerce giant with 100 warehouses spread throughout the country have specific needs that no one else does.

Thats where Seltz-Axmacher, co-founder Ilia Baranov and their new startup Polymath Robotics hope to come in. The pair have developed a plug-and-play software platform and an accompanying SDK that allows companies to quickly and cost efficiently automate industrial vehicles. Think of it as SaaS for industrial robotics.

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Polymath Robotics, which came out of stealth Friday and is a Y Combinator Summer 2022 cohort, aims to become the Oracle of the robotics world. The startup is building basic generalizable autonomy designed to automate the 50 million or so industrial vehicles that are operating in closed environments today.

The San Francisco-based startups software is hardware and business model agnostic and focuses on all the features a company might need to run their automated robot, tractor, or forklift, including path planning, hazard detection, behavior trees, human detection, controls tuning and safety.

Polymath, under the lead of Baranov (who is CTO and previously led robotics teams at Clearpath Robotics and Amazon Lab 126) also created, and now released, a free tool called Caladan that lets users build on top of the companys software in simulation. And unlike other sims, this can be viewed and created on an internet browser and doesnt require the installation of other tools like ROS, Gazebo or even Linux, according to the company.

The Polymath Robotics software platform lets another startup, warehouse owner, farmer or mining company skip the often long process of building out autonomy, a safety layer and front-end app. Seltz-Axmacher said the software lets these users just focus on the app, connect to its REST API and command a virtual tractor, forklift or other kind of robot in sim.

Polymath is already driving unmanned and working with potential customers. But technical teams interested in seeing how it works can start building for free in simulation via its API.

Polymaths API tells the robot what to do, whether its in the simulation tool or in the real world. For instance, this TechCrunch reporter was able to control a tractor located in a dusty lot in Modesto, California via an internet browser while sitting at her desk in Arizona.

Of course, software alone cannot turn a tractor into an automated vehicle that operates without a human. Polymath has partnered with Idaho-based startup Sygnal Technologies to help on the hardware side of things by providing retrofits with their drive-by-wire kits.

Sygnals CEO and co-founder Josh Hartung knows a thing or two about automated vehicles and drive-by-wire systems. His previous startup PolySync, which has since shutdown, developed an automated vehicle software platform as well as a drive-by-wire kit that numerous other startups used in their own AV demos.

This time around, Hartung and his co-founder Trey German developed a drive-by-wire kit designed with redundant controls for the accelerator, brake and steering and proprietary switching technology. And its built with fleets and commercial deployments not demos in mind. After years of experiencing the hype around AVs and seeing numerous startups, including his own, get caught up in a cycle of demos and proof of concepts in order to get funding, Hartung believes the industry is finally shifting towards reality.

I believe the next stage of autonomy is actually returning to business principles, Hartung said, adding that Polymath seems well aligned with this shift.

It seems a number of angel investors have already taken notice of the 10-person team at Polymath.

While Seltz-Axmacher isnt ready to share exactly what the company has raised, he did list some of the companys angel investors, all of whom have backgrounds in autonomous vehicle technology, software and robotics. The group includes Catapult Ventures managing director Darren Liccardo, Thursday Ventures general partner Matt Sweeney, Cruise co-founder and CEO Kyle Vogt and Oliver Cameron, the former co-founder and CEO of Voyage who is now at Cruise, according to Seltz-Axmacher.

What were hoping is to make robotics look a lot more like SaaS in terms of how quick you can get in and out, he added.

Sweeney, who formerly worked at Neuralink and was product and engineering lead at Uber before launching Thursday Ventures, believes the startup has the right product, at the right time.

Whats appealing about this approach is that I can see a future of an Oracle-like company of robotics, Sweeney said. All sorts of business come to Oracle for hardware and software solutions for their business, and with minor configurations can plug it into their business. If you project forward 10 to 15 years where can this end up its an enormously audacious goal, but I think it can also continue to provide value all along the way.

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FREMONT One of Sandusky County's leading manufacturers is embarking on a multimillion dollar expansion project at its Fremont facility.

Motion Controls Roboticsexpects to create 18 full-time positions, generate$1.2 million in new annual payroll and retain $4.9 million in existing payroll as a result of the companys expansion project in Fremont, according to a news release last week from Gov. Mike DeWine's office.

The Ohio Department of Development announced last week the state's Tax Credit Authority (TCA) had approved assistance for seven projects, including the Motion Controls' expansion.

Collectively, the projects willcreate 660 new jobs and retain 3,333 jobs statewide and are expected to result in more than $39 million in new payroll and spur more than $51.8 million in investments across Ohio.

Motion Controls manufactures robotic case packing, robotic palletizing and machine tending; large-scale end-of-line robotic packaging and handling systems; vision-guided systems; robotic simulation; AVG systems; and intelligent robotic systems.

The TCA approved a 1.198%, six-year Job Creation Tax Credit for the Motion Controls project.

Motion Controls has more than 60 employees and generates approximately $20 million in annual gross sales.

Toledo-based Regional Growth Partnership, in a release, statedMotion Controls will invest more than $2 million to support increased automation technologies.

Scott Lang, president of Motion Controls, said demand for robotics will continue through at least 2030.

This expansion along with the discussion of building another facility close to our customers is all part of our 10-year plan, Lang said in a release.

The Fremont companyhas been experiencing steady growth, averaging more than 10% year over year.

The expansion project includes a 25,500 square-foot addition, with 1,300 square feet of internal office space. The company works in three large markets end of line packaging, omni channel fulfillment and general material handling.

The industries it serves includes food & beverage, consumer packaged goods and manufacturing.

JobsOhio, Regional Growth Partnership and the Sandusky County Economic Development Corporation worked collaboratively in moving this project forward.

The expansion project is expected to begin in 2023.

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Gurugram, India, Aug. 02, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) --

Increased Awareness of Digital Platforms: The pandemic has given a significant push to online shopping, leading to witness a grand rise in the introduction and up-gradation of digital and technology across various sectors, especially e-commerce and the online shopping sector with safe home deliveries. This has led wide awareness among people to shop online while they stay at home owing to the large number of internet users, owning smart phones and their presence on social media. Due to e-tailing, theres greater consumer trust to shop online also Increasing Smartphone access to rural Bakalas will fuel the grocery market.

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Technological Advancements in the KSA Online B2B Grocery Market: Robotics and drone delivery are going to revolutionize the online B2B grocery market by implementing robotic and drone delivery, companies like Sary and Retailo can provide more cost-effective solutions and drive the online grocery market. Artificial Intelligence (AI) and machine learning make it possible for the customer to have automated, personalized shopping experiences. AI is continuously collecting data and recommending the grocery products to the customers.

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South Korean automotive giants Hyundai and Kia have agreed a partnership to develop robotic technology for space exploration.

The two companies say they are now expanding their vision beyond the bounds of Earth and into space are specifically concentrating on robotics and Advanced Air Mobility (AAM).

Hyundai and Kia recently signed joint research agreements with six Korean research institutes and formed a consultative body to develop mobility solutions to explore the surface of the moon. This follows Koreas successful launch of a domestically produced rocket in June.

Yong Wha Kim, executive vice president, and head of R&D Planning & Coordination Centre of Hyundai Motor and Kia, says: We have taken the first step towards transforming our vision for robotics and the concept of Metamobility into reality.

We will expand the scope of human movement experience beyond traditional means of transport and beyond the bounds of Earth to further contribute to the progress of humankind and help create a better future.

The signing ceremony held in Korea was attended by Chung Kook Park, President and Head of R&D Division of Hyundai Motor and Kia as well as top officials from the six research institutes:

With collaboration expected to start as early as August, the consultative body will define the concept of lunar exploration mobility and major core technologies while developing and reviewing specific strategies and implementation measures to operate on the moon. Hyundai Motor and Kia will support the consultative body with their smart mobility technologies.

Under the multilateral research agreement, the participants from the private and government sectors will integrate their knowledge and capabilities to significantly advance their existing technologies and engineer new solutions for moon exploration mobility. Expertise will be brought across numerous areas, including exploration equipment, software for mobility operation and remote communication functionality.

With no air, extreme temperatures and countless craters and coatings of lunar dust composed of sharp and abrasive particles, the moons surface is an exceptionally harsh environment.

While it poses significant challenges to the development of surface exploration mobility, it also provides the ultimate proving ground and will deliver invaluable lessons for Hyundai and Kia to further accelerate the delivery of smart and sustainable mobility solutions on earth.

Hyundai and Kia have formed an internal consultative body with key personnel for the development and operation of lunar surface mobility. Resources will be brought to bear from Hyundai and Kias Robotics Lab in charge of robot development.

Hyundai and Kia will also collaborate on software and hardware design and interpretation, space environment response technology, and special equipment for conducting lunar exploration missions.

The multilateral agreement to develop mobility for exploring the moons surface represents a seminal moment in the history of Hyundai Motor and Kia that expands their vision for future mobility, including Robotics and AAM, to areas beyond the Earth.

Hyundai and Kia also expect to secure proprietary technologies for future mobility businesses in the process of the new lunar exploration mobility robotics development.

In January, Hyundai Motor announced its robotics vision of Metamobilty to help overcome the limitations of movement at CES 2022, which featured a video of Boston Dynamics robot, named Spot, exploring outer space.

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AAEON, a leading designer and manufacturer of industrial IoT and Edge AI solutions, has partnered with Cogniteam to develop ready-to-build robotic hardware that leverages Cogniteams Nimbus software, the leading drag and drop robotics operating system.

Companies who recognize a new market demand can immediately choose the AAEON system, device, or hardware thats right for them and know that it is fully supported with the Nimbus no-code integration. This means companies can quickly develop and deploy advanced GPS, light, and other sensors using field-tested software solutions.

Today, developing and deploying a robot is time and resource intensive. From the time a decision is made to build the robot, until it is actually deployed can often take years. By the time it is used for its initial purpose, the technology risks already being out of date. In response, AAEON partnered with Cogniteam to develop hardware systems that come with various foundational capabilities- all of which are pre-integrated with Nimbus. Without this key advantage, operators lack cloud-connected capabilities, which allow for over the air updates, monitoring, insights, and operational insights.

AAEON offers a wide range of hardware systems based on the NVIDIA Jetson line of SoCs for compatibility with Cogniteams Nimbus software. This line of embedded box PCs features the Jetson Nano (BOXER-8220AI Series) with a great cost-to-performance ratio, the Jetson Xavier NX (BOXER-8250AI Series) with flexible I/O features, the Jetson AGX Xavier (BOXER-8240AI Series) for enhanced AI performance, and the newest Jetson AGX Orin (BOXER-8600AI Series) for server class AI performance at the edge.

Since its launch, Cogniteams Nimbus has improved integration and widespread adoption of ROS and NVIDIA Jetson software packages. Developers pick from a catalog of algorithms, AI, process control, spatial recognition, and more. The robot can then be tested in a simulated environment to understand how the robot will handle various scenarios before it ever leaves the production floor.

We are honored to have AAEON offer parts that are Nimbus enabled, allowing rapid uptime by syncing with a virtual environment, said Yehuda Elmaliah, Co-founder and CEO of Cogniteam. In a few clicks, developers benefit from a system thats already familiar with AAEONs hardware specifications and abilities.Developers can choose off the shelf parts and significantly cut development time.

Moving the burden of integration from individual organizations to a centralized platform gives robot operators valuable analytics, fleet management capabilities, OTA updates, remote control features, and more. This integration allows anyone to access todays most advanced capabilities using pre-integrated AAEON components, said Owen Wei, Marketing and BD Manager at AAEON. Adding a cloud layer to a robots design keeps it up to date with continuous communication to the home base.

Integration demands will only increase as edge-devices begin carrying greater processing power and more advanced capabilities. Robots and components that are designed for cloud connectivity integrations benefit from a longer life, thanks to the ability for features to be added over time. Outfitting robots with tools for modern activities allows them to remain in the field longer without risk of becoming obsolete.

Source:https://www.aaeon.com/

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