Proving that Central and Eastern Europe remains a powerhouse of hardware engineering matched with software, Gideon Brothers (GB), a Zagreb, Croatia-based robotics and AI startup, has raised a $31 million Series A round led by Koch Disruptive Technologies (KDT), the venture and growth arm of Koch Industries Inc., with participation from DB Schenker, Prologis Ventures, and Rite-Hite.
The round also includes participation from several of Gideon Brothers’ existing backers: Taavet Hinrikus (co-founder of TransferWise), Pentland Ventures, Peaksjah, HCVC (Hardware Club), Ivan Topčić, Nenad Bakić, and Luca Ascani.
McDonald's automated drive-thru is just the latest sign of robots taking over fast-food
Fast-food's biggest players are letting the robots right in through the front door as they seek out ways to overcome rising wages and worker shortages.
McDonald's CEO Chris Kempczinski disclosed at a recent Wall Street conference the company is testing automated voice ordering for its drive-thru. The tests are being conducted at about 10 locations in McDonald's backyard of Chicago, IL.
"We have over the last several years spent a lot of money that shows up in the G&A line, looking at better ways to automate the kitchen," Kempczinski said. "And this is could we do automated fryers, could you do automated grills. I mean let's push the envelope on how you can go with automation."
Robots Provide Flexibility for Cheesemaker | Automation World
Robotics come into play in the cheesemaker's palletizing operations. But for the most part, that level of complexity isn't needed in a facility producing such consistent product types and sizes. What's needed more is simplified automation.
As robots become increasingly prevalent in the food and beverage industry, especially on the packaging end, you might expect a state-of-the-art facility like MWC to have its fair share. But that complexity isn't needed in a facility producing consistent product types and sizes. Instead, MWC's operations lend themselves more to hard automation—traditional conveyors and case packers, for example—according to Jody Zepnick, CEO of Zepnick Solutions Inc. (ZSI).
Grape-Picking Robots Can Help Replace Manual Labor On Vineyards, UC Davis Research Shows –
SACRAMENTO (CBS13) – Grapes are California’s third-largest crop, valued at nearly $6 billion a year. There’s growing concern this season that there may not be enough people to work in the fields, but those workers may not be needed much longer.
New research at UC Davis is showing robots can help replace manual laborers and even change the way wine tastes. California’s wine industry is threatened by pests, drought, and wildfires, but now a lack of labor is creating another worry for farmers.
Agriculture Robots Market Revenue to Surpass USD 27.32
Major farmers, vertical & indoor farming operators, and farming organizations postponed developing and implementing agriculture robots. Also, considering opportunities in the healthcare sectors, robotics developers and sensor developers shifted their focus to medical robot applications. With the pandemic-driven lockdown, product prices spiked, and the demand lowered.
However, post lockdown limitations were relaxed, the agriculture robots market is regaining momentum. Innovative technology vendors have actively started finding new robotics application areas in monitoring and tracking environment and farming activities.
A system to benchmark the posture control and balance of humanoid robots
In recent years, roboticists have developed a wide variety of robots with human-like capabilities. This includes robots with bodies that structurally resemble those of humans, also known as humanoid robots.
Testing the performance of humanoid robots can sometimes be challenging, as there are numerous measures to consider when trying to determine their applicability in real-world scenarios.
Researchers at Technische Universität Berlin and the University Clinic of Freiburg recently created a system to evaluate the posture control and balance of both humans and humanoid robots. This system, presented in a paper pre-published on arXiv , is designed to assess balance and posture control of robots or humans as they perform different movements on a moving surface.
Storytelling robots send parents of young children into AI's 'uncanny valley'
Robots could one day work alongside human caregivers - MedCity News
Imagine being admitted into a long-term healthcare center, only to find out that it was being partly run by robots?
This may sound like some amusing sci-fi movie, or maybe even a little apocalyptic, but it’s actually a lot closer to reality than some people might think. You may be wondering if we should be worried about the thought of working more closely with robots, and I strongly believe the answer is ‘no.’ In fact, it’s not something we should fear, but is instead a futuristic solution to healthcare that we should be embracing with the utmost enthusiasm.
How Food Processors Can Use Robots to Improve Food Quality | FoodSafetyTech
Across industries, new innovations in robotics technologies are helping to speed up day-to-day work and improve product quality. Robots can be especially effective for businesses in the food processing industry, where a growing labor shortage poses trouble for processors.
While a number of critical industry tasks were difficult to fully or partially automate in the past, new robotics technology is helping to increase the number of potential applications for robots in the industry.
McDonald's replacing humans with robots at the drive-thru
BOCHUM, GERMANY - MARCH 25: (BILD ZEITUNG OUT) The McDonald's logo is seen on the facade of the fast food chain on March 25, 2020 in Bochum, Germany. (Photo by Mario Hommes/DeFodi Images via Getty Images)
Of course a situation like this calls for out of the box thinking. Ideas that no one has thought of before. So the fact it was McDonald’s who came up with a concept to try and fix the problem is not surprising. This is the same company that pretty much invented fast food as we know it after all.
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Croatia's Gideon Brothers raises $31M for its 3D vision-enabled autonomous warehouse robots https://t.co/bllfyTzNoY by @mikebutcher TechCrunch (from San Francisco, CA) Tue Jun 08 13:57:03 +0000 2021
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