In Episode 186 of The Robotic Report Podcast, co-hosts Mike Oitzman and Eugene Demaitre interview Mark Messina, the brand new managing director and CEO of ANSCER Robotics America.
Mark Messina, managing director and CEO, ANSCER Americas
Messina discusses his journey within the robotics trade, together with Kiva, Amazon Robotics, Geek+, and Addverb. He additionally explains the imaginative and prescient and expertise behind ANSCER Robotics and its strategy to market differentiation.
As well as, Messina emphasizes the significance of constructing helpful merchandise, the challenges of a saturated market, and his private targets in main the firm.
The dialog additionally touches on ANSCER Robotics’ operational methods, together with the significance of getting a frugal strategy, and the robotics sector’s potential for development amid commerce and different challenges.
Present timeline
- 6:50 – Information of the week
- 23:44 – Mark Messina, managing director and CEO of ANSCER Americas
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Information of the week
RightHand Robotics receives funding from Rockwell Automation
RightHand Robotics has secured a strategic funding from industrial automation large Rockwell Automation, although monetary specifics stay undisclosed. This funding adopted a 2024 operational restructuring and the reappointment of co-founder Yaro Tenzer as CEO. He’s tasked with increasing the automation provider’s presence throughout Europe and North America.
The corporate mentioned the credibility from Rockwell’s funding will facilitate the scaling of its RightPick 4 expertise. It makes use of synthetic intelligence, laptop imaginative and prescient, and complex robotic grippers to select numerous gadgets, no matter form or measurement, throughout numerous logistics workflows.
In different funding information:
- CaPow raised $15 million to energy world growth of robotic charging. The podcast interviewed Mor Peretz, co-founder and CEO of CaPow, again in Episode 132.
- Viam obtained $30 million to scale robotics growth platform. This adopted a $45 million spherical in March 2024.
- Aescape picked up about $80 million for its therapeutic massage robots.
ABB Robotics survey predicts EV manufacturing development in 2025
ABB Robotics‘ newest Automotive Manufacturing Outlook Survey revealed a typically optimistic view of electrical automobile (EV) development amongst trade leaders and suppliers for 2025, with a big majority predicting will increase. Particularly, 75% of the 434 respondents mentioned they anticipate EV output to rise, with 31% projecting development exceeding 10%, and 44% anticipating as much as a ten% enhance.
Nevertheless, regardless of this optimistic short-term outlook, skepticism relating to the feasibility of attaining 100% EV manufacturing by regional deadlines between 2030 and 2040 has grown, with 31% now deeming it not possible, up from 27% the earlier yr and 18% in 2022, leading to a complete of 65% expressing doubt about assembly these formidable targets.
New humanoid video from Boston Dynamics
A current video gives a behind-the-scenes take a look at the event and coaching of a humanoid robotic, exhibiting its building, upkeep, and programming, notably specializing in sequencing methods for automotive half meeting. Notable moments included Boston Dynamics‘ problem-solving strategy when Atlas didn’t put a canopy right into a bin.
This demonstrated the robotic’s means to recalibrate and modify its actions with an additional push for fulfillment. The video additionally confirmed Atlas’ means to rotate its torso and the way it may flexibly adapt to numerous duties in human-centric environments.
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