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The persistent economic challenges facing manufacturing persist with regional inflation, global conflicts, an aging workforce, disruptions in the supply chain, health epidemics, and other compounding factors, each playing a role. Business owners who reassess their strategy and consider automation are ahead of the curve. As demonstrated throughout the COVID pandemic, businesses equipped with automation were more resilient to shifts when compared to their counterparts. ASME noted that “investing in automation and robotics was one way companies coped with the loss of workers.” Manual jobs like palletizing were relatively straightforward...... Read Full article on HadNews

Starship Technologies, the autonomous robot delivery services provider, has secured a fresh round of funding to power the next phase of its development. Led by Plural and Iconical, the funding round raised $90 million for the San Francisco-based company, taking its total funding to the figure of $230m since its inception in 2014. Starship was founded by Ahti Heinla in Tallinn, Estonia, alongside Danish entrepreneur Janus Friis – the latter was the founder of Skype where the pair worked together. Initially, their formidable robot machines were built for explorations on Mars but a change of tack resulted in the launch of Starship Technol...... Read Full article on HadNews