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Hyundai Acquires Robotics Firm Boston Dynamics from SoftBank

June 23, 2021 By CollisionWeek Editor

Hyundai Acquires Robotics Firm Boston Dynamics from SoftBank

Hyundai Motor Group, Boston Dynamics, Inc. and SoftBank Group Corp. (SoftBank), on June 21 announced the completion of the Group’s acquisition of a controlling interest in Boston Dynamics from SoftBank, following the receipt of regulatory approvals and other customary closing conditions. The deal valued the mobile robot firm at $1.1 billion. Additional financial details were […]

Filed Under: News Tagged With: Acquisitions, Artificial Intelligence, Autonomous Vehicles, Boston Dynamics, Hyundai, Robotics

Interview: Mario Dimovski, TradieBot Industries and Plastfix

February 27, 2020 By CollisionWeek Editor

Mario Dimovski Interview

Australia-based innovator has developed virtual reality programs to help train entry-level painters, augmented reality technical information systems and a robotic 3-D printing headlight Repairbot. Longtime readers of CollisionWeek are familiar with Australia-based TradieBot Industries. Over the past few years, the company has launched a project to develop a robotic 3-D printing Repairbot to fix damaged […]

Filed Under: Feature Tagged With: 3D Printing, Interview, Plastfix, Plastic Waste, Robotics, Tradiebot Industries

Ford Purchases Humanoid Delivery Robots

January 7, 2020 By CollisionWeek Editor

Ford Delivery Robots

Agility Robotics is launching Digit, a robot with arms and legs to work with humans and in human spaces, for commercial sale and Ford Motor Company is the first customer, receiving the first two robots off the line. This latest milestone continues the existing partnership between Agility and Ford to explore ways to help commercial […]

Filed Under: News Tagged With: Ford Motor Company, Robotics

Nissan Teaches Robots to Make Replacement Sheet Metal Parts

October 2, 2019 By CollisionWeek Editor

According to the vehicle manufacturer it could make parts for discontinued models more widely available. Nissan announced has developed a new way to use robots to make car parts out of sheet steel, a breakthrough that could make replacement parts for discontinued models more widely available for customers. Nissan hopes to commercialize the proprietary technique, […]

Filed Under: News Tagged With: Nissan, OEM Parts, Robotics

Tradiebot Industries Announces Collaboration on 3D Scanning Technology

May 22, 2019 By CollisionWeek Editor

Tradiebot Industries and Shanghai Digital Manufacturing (SHDM) today launched a collaborative project directed at developing 3D scanning technologies. Australia-based Tradiebot is developing robotic 3D printing technology it hopes will have applications in the collision repair industry. In March, its Repairbot project 3D printed a replacement bracket onto a headlight assembly. The collaboration announced today will […]

Filed Under: News Tagged With: 3D Printing, Agreements Signed, Australia, Robotics, Tradiebot Industries

Robot 3D Prints Replacement Bracket onto Headlight Assembly

March 8, 2019 By CollisionWeek Editor

Australia’s Swinburne University of Technology reported that its Repairbot project has achieved a major milestone, using a robot to successfully 3D print a replacement lug on an automotive headlamp assembly. The Repairbot project is an industry collaboration with  Tradiebot, supported by collision repair facility operator AMA Group, and backed by the federal government via the […]

Filed Under: News Tagged With: 3D Printing, AMA Group, Australia, Robotics, Tradiebot Industries

AMA Group, Australian Robotics Firm Developing Collision Repair-Bot for Plastic Parts

August 24, 2018 By CollisionWeek Editor

Tradiebot Industries logo

The Advanced Manufacturing Growth Centre (AMGC) in Australia is supporting a collaborative project with Tradiebot Industries to deliver the world’s first automated vehicle panel repair system. As part of the project, Tradiebot Industries will collaborate with the University of New South Wales (UNSW) ARC Training Centre for Automated Manufacture of Advanced Composites (AMAC) on developing […]

Filed Under: News Tagged With: AMA Group, Australia, Robotics, Tradiebot Industries

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