
European headquarters opened in Amsterdam
Locus Robotics has opened its European headquarters in Amsterdam. The provider of autonomous mobile robots (AMR) for robotic warehouse automation is establishing this location to support customers in Europe.
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Locus Robotics has opened its European headquarters in Amsterdam. The provider of autonomous mobile robots (AMR) for robotic warehouse automation is establishing this location to support customers in Europe.

The handling of dimensionally unstable and sensitive ribbon cables is difficult due to their low rigidity and requires a great deal of dexterity, meaning that assembly is still mainly carried out manually.
Without collision measurement and biofidelic measurement systems, it has not yet been possible to determine the maximum permissible speeds of a cobot. This is now set to change.

The MiR250 Hook from MIR can automatically pick up and move transport trolleys. The autonomous robot moves loads of up to 500 kg using a trailer system.
Particularly high safety requirements apply at the interfaces between humans and robots. However, this is precisely where enormous efficiency potential can be exploited, as the example of the modernization of a 'Kitkat' factory shows.

The Kion Group licenses Fraunhofer IML's LoadRunner technology for its group of companies. The autonomous vehicle swarm equipped with artificial intelligence is to be further developed and industrialized in a joint enterprise lab.

Locus Robotics, provider of autonomous mobile robots (AMR) for fulfillment warehouses, has acquired Waypoint Robotics, active in the field of autonomous, omnidirectional mobile robots for industrial use.

Universal Robots (UR) can be found at Motek with a large number of practical applications.

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