Posts by founder@asianroboticsreview.com (Tom Green)

News briefs for the week take a look at BMW announcing the first-ever Factory in a Box as an add-on to its production lines, cobots braving gamma rays to make medical radioisotopes, highly dexterous, deep-sea cobots saving human divers from harsh environments, ABB does it again with yet another acquisition for AMR leadership, and Mujin Robotics and Accenture partner in hope of jumpstarting robot-AI automation in Japan.

News briefs for the week take a look at what’s happening with cobots at the International Robot Exhibition 2023 in Tokyo, called simply IREX. The convergence of cobots with genAI is continuing briskly. Many cobots, the important ones (over 30 specialized cobot manufacturers are sporting nearly 125 cobot models) are now racing to acquire genAI capabilities. IREX was a perfect event to showcase the best and to see what has happened so far.