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 business, together with Kiva, Amazon Robotics, Geek+, and Addverb. He additionally explains the imaginative and prescient and expertise behind ANSCER Robotics and its method to market differentiation.
As well as, Messina emphasizes the significance of constructing useful merchandise, the challenges of a saturated market, and his private objectives in main the firm.
The dialog additionally touches on ANSCER Robotics’ operational methods, together with the significance of getting a frugal method, 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 big 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 stated 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 choose numerous objects, no matter form or measurement, throughout varied 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 improvement 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 car (EV) development amongst business leaders and suppliers for 2025, with a major majority predicting will increase. Particularly, 75% of the 434 respondents stated they anticipate EV output to rise, with 31% projecting development exceeding 10%, and 44% anticipating as much as a ten% improve.
Nonetheless, regardless of this constructive 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 unattainable, up from 27% the earlier 12 months 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 supplies a behind-the-scenes take a look at the event and coaching of a humanoid robotic, displaying its development, upkeep, and programming, notably specializing in sequencing methods for automotive half meeting. Notable moments included Boston Dynamics‘ problem-solving method when Atlas didn’t put a canopy right into a bin.
This demonstrated the robotic’s capability to recalibrate and alter its actions with an additional push for fulfillment. The video additionally confirmed Atlas’ capability to rotate its torso and the way it might flexibly adapt to varied duties in human-centric environments.
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