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The global educational robot market size is expected to grow from USD 1.4 billion in 2022 to USD 3.2 billion by 2027, at a CAGR of 17.3% during the forecasted period, according to the report “Global Educational Robot Market by Type. Forecast to 2027” by ResearchAndMarkets.com.

AGILOX has added ODM, an autonomous dolly mover, to its range of intelligent transport systems controlled by swarm intelligence. AGILOX is thus targeting a completely new area of application: the transport of small load carriers.

NSK is working to assist society by developing new service robot technology, including robotic devices for moving patients in medical settings. In October 2021, the company joined a Japanese government initiative to implement robotic technology in hospitals and help prevent the spread of Covid-19. NSK is now working to develop its robotic technologies further through dialogue with frontline medical staff.

Phantom Auto, provider of remote operation software, has acquired Voysys AB, developer of video communication technology. With this technology they want to provide customers in the logistics sector with human-centric technology, to combat the labor shortage.

Velodyne Lidar today announced the company has acquired Bluecity, a Montreal-based artificial intelligence (AI) software company whose lidar-based solutions solve safety, traffic and infrastructure issues. With the all-stock acquisition Velodyne wants to deliver AI-powered autonomous vision solutions.

Elbit Systems UK recently conducted successful demonstrations of its Seagull Uncrewed Surface Vessel (USV) to showcase its autonomous mine hunting technology for the UK Ministry of Defence (MOD). The Wilton Industry Show and Experiment (WISEX) showed the robots mine hunting capabilities under operational conditions.

Eighty-five per cent of infrastructure and operations (I&O) leaders that do not currently have any full automation expect to become more automated in the next two to three years, according to a new survey by Gartner. Gartner predicts that by 2025, 70% of organisations will implement structured automation to deliver flexibility and efficiency, an increase from 20% of organisations in 2021.

Daniel Dines used this week’s Forward 5 to share some now-familiar memories of UiPath evolution—but also showcases an intriguing new type of personal automation

People accept human nurses overruling patient autonomy and deciding on forced medication, but this trust does not extend to nursing robots.

If there’s one quote that UiPath probably wants you to take away from this week’s Forward 5, it’s got to be this from the RPA giant’s new Co-CEO, Rob Enslin: “If you go big with automation, if you embrace it as the way you operate and the way you innovate–automation will go big with you.”