TyroMotion GmbH (AT)

ABB

ABB is a Swedish-Swiss multinational corporation headquartered in Zürich, Switzerland, operating mainly in robotics, power, heavy electrical equipment, and automation technology areas. ABB has about 105000 employees in over 100 countries, and their total revenue in 2020 is 26.5 billion USD, with a 7% decrease compared to 2019. They were demonstrating two collaborative robot arm units at the Robotics and Automation 2021 event, where IDTechEx visited their booth.

Mitsubishi Electric

IDTechEx had a conversation with Mitsubishi Electric at Robotics & Automation 2021. Mitsubishi Electric, as a core company of Mitsubishi Group, now has over 150000 employees overall the world, generating a turnover of about 40 billion USD in 2020. Mitsubishi Electric produces a wide range of robots to cater to the full spectrum of modern requirements.

First 3D Printing Filaments Made From Post-Consumer Single Use Plastic

Single-use plastic waste has been successfully transformed into 3D printing filaments - which will eventually be used by businesses to make sustainable new products - as part of a multi-million pound international research project, led by Manchester Metropolitan University.

NXP: Automotive Radar Components

NXP are one of the largest suppliers of semiconductor products in the world. One of the ways it contributes to ADAS and autonomous automotive technologies is through its radar components. IDTechEx spoke to NXP about current technology and future trends in radar components at the 2021 ITS World Congress in Hamburg

PragmatIC Semiconductor Appointment to Board of Directors

PragmatIC Semiconductor announces that Birger Steen has joined its Board of Directors. Birger is Board Chair of multiple technology businesses including Internet of Things pioneer and global Bluetooth LE market leader Nordic Semiconductor ASA, business network innovator Pagero AB, and German care technology leader myneva GmbH.

Volocopter: Electric Multicopter

Volocopter GmbH, based near Munich in Germany, are developing an electric vertical take-off and landing multicopter, with plans for a commercial launch in 2023. IDTechEx spoke with Volocopter at the ITS World Congress 2021

Element Logic

IDTechEx spoke to Sam Woodward, Sales Support UK at Element Logic at the Robotics and Automation 2021. As a distributor of AutoStore, Element Logic is headquartered in Kløfta, Norway, and has about 180 employees. AutoStore provides cube-based warehouse automation. Their products allow the bins/totes to be stacked up to 16 layers, with robots on the top to pick and retrieve goods. AutoStore has many partners worldwide, including well-known Swisslog and Dematic, to distribute the products, and Element Logic is one of them.

Licella

Licella has developed a catalytic hydrothermal reactor for recycling biomass and end-of-life plastic. IDTechEx spoke with Senior VP of Business Development in North America, Dr Alan Del Paggio.

Parmley Graham

IDTechEx briefly spoke to Parmley Graham at the event Robotics & Automation 2021. They are a distributor and reseller of automation solutions and components. They are Siemens' approved partner, and the partner of some world's top companies in industrial automation, including ABB, Festo, Rethink Robotics, etc. They now employ about 90-100 people, headquartered in Gateshead, the UK, and are active in the UK market.

Wise Robotics

IDTechEx spoke to Joe Daft, Robotics Automation Champion and Head of Robotics at Wise Robotics at Robotics & Automation 2021. They provide AGV fleet management software that monitors, manages and operates mobile robots, with the flexibility to use in conjunction with existing ERP or WMS system. Wise Robotics is based in Lincoln, the UK, employing about 10 people.

Invar

IDTechEx spoke to Liam Firkin, Business Development Manger at Invar at Robotics and Automation 2021 event. Their headquarter is in Cranfield, the UK, and they have about 100 employees worldwide. Invar is fully an integrator for all types of warehousing automation solutions.

Remix Robotics

IDTechEx spoke to Glen Cahill, the director of Remix Robotics at the event Robotics & Automation 2021. Remix Robotics is a small start-up with only seven employees, founded in July, 2018. They are an automation design agency and integrator that builds customised robotic systems. They also have services of training, maintenance, and scaling the existing automation systems.

FlowStore

FlowStore was an intralogistics equipment manufacturer based in Hayes, the UK, selling directly to end-users. The conveyor system is their key product, and the most unique features of it are that: 1) the system is much lighter and simpler compared with conventional conveyors, and 2) it uses mostly gravity to drive the movement of material flow.

Cassioli Automatic Material Handling

IDTechEx spoke to Jose Luis Lopez Garcia, Business Development Manager at Cassioli at Robotics & Automation 2021. Cassioli is a material handling equipment manufacturer and integrator, based in Torrita di Siena, Italy. They employ about 500 people worldwide. Their active regions are Europe, Japan and Brazil. Cassioli has diverse products that can cover every procedure (e.g. picking, sorting, transporting) in the material handling operations.

Lucas Systems

IDTechEx spoke to James Hart, Business Development Manager, EMEA at Lucas Systems. They are headquartered in the US, but now have a regional office in Bracknell, the UK for the EMEA market. 99 employees now work for this company, generating an averaging annual turnover of about 15-20 million USD. In the event they were presenting only videos that introduced functions and interfaces of their software.

BrilloPAK

IDTechEx briefly spoke to Brillopak at the event Robotics and Automation 2021. BrilloPAK is a British manufacturer of automated packing and palletising systems. The company now employs about 20 people, based in Tonbridge, Kent, and is active primely in the UK and Europe market. They sell their products mainly to end-users but also integrators. Morrisons, the fourth largest chain of supermarkets in the UK, is one of their biggest customers and end-users.

RARUK

IDTechEx spoke to Ross Lacy, mobile robot product manager at RARUK automation. They employ about 30 people, generating an average annual turnover of 15-20 million USD in recent years. RARUK is a robotic solution distributor for many types of robotics products, but the primary ones are collaborative robots from Universal Robots, mobile robots from Mobile Industrial Robot (MiR), and robots and components from Robotiq.

CubeSat to Assess Origins of Hot Plasma in the Sun's Corona

NASA has selected the CubeSat Imaging X-Ray Solar Spectrometer, led by Southwest Research Institute, to measure the elemental composition of hot, multimillion-degree plasmas in the Sun's corona - its outermost atmosphere. The nanosatellite is expected to be launched in 2024 as a secondary payload on another satellite launch. CubIXSS will determine the origins of hot plasma - highly ionized gas - in solar flares and active regions.

ADLINK

IDTechEx spoke to Mark Turner, AI, IOT, Edge & Embedded Computing Sales Director, UK & Ireland at ADLINK. They are a computer manufacturer, making industrial computing systems to open standards such as PICMG, COM Express, or ROS. They were displaying various industrial computing systems, including robotic control and vision systems.

Technology to Produce Unbreakable Screens

Researchers have unlocked the technology to produce next-generation composite glass for lighting LEDs and smartphone, television and computer screens. The findings will enable the manufacture of glass screens that are not only unbreakable but also deliver crystal clear image quality.