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Robotics integrator Aerobotix has partnered with Minteq International to help speed up the production of hypersonic missiles and aircraft for U.S. Government projects. Under the agreement, Aerobotix will distribute Minteq’s FIREX RX-2390 Thermal Protection System (TPS) coating for hypersonic flight hardware.

Japan is the world´s number one industrial robot manufacturer – delivering 45% of the global supply. In recent years, the country’s robot suppliers have increased their production capacity considerably: Their export ratio rose to 78% in 2020, when 136,069 industrial robots were shipped. These are results published by the International Federation of Robotics (IFR) during the International Robot Exhibition (iREX) in Tokyo, March 09 to 12, 2022.

Startup technology firm Pony.ai has issued a recall for some versions of its autonomous driving system software. The reason for this recall is an October crash in California, according to U.S. regulators.

Security and risk management leaders must address seven top trends to protect the ever-expanding digital footprint of modern organisations against new and emerging threats in 2022 and beyond, according to Gartner.

I believe that especially now, in these times of hybrid and remote work, it is more important than ever to incorporate the automation undertaking as part of a larger program within an organization. You need to have direction and motivation as well as resource and budgetary commitment and these are all things a wider program can assist with.

In three years time RPA has become a widespread process automation tool in the US Federal Government. Several RPA programs implement the technology at scale and achieve significant results for the federal workforce, according to the report The State of Federal RPA,  which assesses RPA programs’ maturity and its impact.

NASA’s On-orbit Servicing, Assembly, and Manufacturing 1 (OSAM-1), the first to robotically refuel a satellite not designed to be serviced, and will also demonstrate assembly and manufacturing technologies and capabilities, has passed its mission critical design review (CDR). This is an important milestone that paves the way for the construction of the spacecraft, payloads, and ground system.

Mexico has officially started the COLMENA Project, the first Mexican lunar exploration mission. The mission, which will land on the moon in June, consists of five small robots that will be placed on the lunar surface. They are already on board the Peregrine Lander, made by the US Astrobotic company, and ready to travel the 384,400 kilometers that separate Earth from the moon.

According to travel research, most people plan their vacations 4 – 6 months in advance. When I reflect on my own vacation planning, I must say that I fall into this statistic. I feel it gives you just enough time to make travel arrangements, book excursions and get prepared. We recently booked our next vacation to Italy and now we can simply enjoy the daydreams until departure: Who will we meet? What adventures will we have? What type of wines will we try? And my personal favorite, how much gelato will we eat?

FANUC, supplier of CNCs, robotics, and factory automation has introduced the new CRX-5iA, CRX-20iA/L and CRX-25iA collaborative robots, the latest additions to its CRX series that includes the CRX-10iA and CRX-10iA/L collaborative robots. FANUC will demonstrate all five CRX models at IREX (International Robot Exhibition), March 9-12, 2022 at the Tokyo Big Sight in booth E4-04, and at IREX Virtual, March 1-18, 2022.