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Ambi Robotics, formerly Ambidextrous Laboratories., introduces AmbiOS, an advanced robot operating system based on simulation-to-reality artificial intelligence (AI). AmbiOS rapidly trains robots before deployment to pick and pack items for fast and affordable integration. The technology powers the company’s two flagship products, AmbiSort and AmbiKit.

Boston Dynamics has revealed Stretch, its new box-moving robot designed to support the growing demand for flexible automation solutions in the logistics industry. This debut marks the company’s official entrance into warehouse automation, a fast-growing market fueled by increased demand in e-commerce.

The promise of process mining is using large volumes of data to analyse and optimise processes. Are these tools a key to value creation?

ServiceNow has signed an agreement to acquire Intellibot, a robotic process automation (RPA) company based in Hyderabad, India. Intellibot extends ServiceNow’s core workflow capabilities by helping customers automate repetitive tasks for intelligent, end‑to‑end automation.

UiPath on Friday filed for an initial public offering on the New York Stock Exchange. No details of the target pricing or timing have been disclosed. Two months ago UiPath raised $750m in a round that valued it at $35bn. And last week it announced it had acquired Cloud Elements, to combine an enterprise-grade user interface (UI) and API-based automation capabilities in a single platform. 

Hanson Robotics, the creator of  the much-hyped robot Sophia will work with Immervision’s JOYCE to further evolve machine perception to help deliver human-like vision.

According to the latest Canalys research, 3.5 million passenger cars worldwide were sold with level 2* autonomy driving features in Q4 2020, growing 91% year-on-year. Level 2 autonomy driving features were in 30% of new vehicles sold in the US, 20% in Japan, 19% in Europe and 12% in China. For the full-year 2020 11.2 million cars sold with level 2 features, a growth of 78% compared to 2019.

Robotic Assistance Devices will integrate EAGL Gunshot Detection Technology into all its security devices. A Gunshot Detection System is defined as a system that can recognize as well as identify the location of gunfire or other weapon fire. This detection can be done using an array of acoustic sensors.

UiPath has acquired API integration platform Cloud Elements. With this acquisition UiPath combines an enterprise-grade user interface (UI) and API-based automation capabilities in a single platform. Cloud Elements has a wide customer base, including companies like SAP, Capital One, DocuSign, iCIMS, FIS, Axway, PaySimple, TeamPay, Dun & Bradstreet, and Xerox.

According to a Deloitte Global RPA Survey, more than half the companies (53%) included in the study have already started their RPA journey, while 19% of respondents plan to implement RPA in the next two years. 78% of those who have already adopted RPA expect to significantly increase their investment over the next three years. What does this mean? That RPA is expected to achieve “near universal adoption” within five years.