Steve Crowe, Author at Design World Design Engineering News, Engineering Videos, Engineering Resources Mon, 28 Oct 2019 17:51:48 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.2 https://www.designworldonline.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/cropped-designworld5-32x32.png Steve Crowe, Author at Design World 32 32 Softbank Whiz cleaning robot available outside of Japan https://www.designworldonline.com/softbank-whiz-cleaning-robot-available-outside-of-japan/ https://www.designworldonline.com/softbank-whiz-cleaning-robot-available-outside-of-japan/#respond Tue, 17 Sep 2019 18:45:04 +0000 https://www.designworldonline.com/softbank-whiz-cleaning-robot-available-outside-of-japan/ Tokyo-based Softbank Robotics is bringing its Whiz commercial cleaning robot to Hong Kong and Macau on trial and subscription basis. These are the first two markets outside of Japan that Whiz has been made available. Softbank named Intelligent Cleaning Equipment (ICE) the exclusive Whiz distributor for Hong Kong and Macau. Whiz leverages the autonomous navigation…

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]]> https://www.designworldonline.com/softbank-whiz-cleaning-robot-available-outside-of-japan/feed/ 0 CMR Surgical raises $240M for Versius surgical robot https://www.designworldonline.com/cmr-surgical-raises-240m-for-versius-surgical-robot/ https://www.designworldonline.com/cmr-surgical-raises-240m-for-versius-surgical-robot/#respond Tue, 17 Sep 2019 15:14:35 +0000 https://www.designworldonline.com/cmr-surgical-raises-240m-for-versius-surgical-robot/ Cambridge, U.K.-based CMR Surgical raised a $240 million Series C round for its Versius surgical robot. CMR Surgical said it will use the funding to launch the Versius surgical robot “imminently” in Europe and Asia, with “further international expansion expected thereafter.” The Series C round included existing backers LGT Lightstone, Escala Capital Investments, Cambridge Innovation…

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]]> https://www.designworldonline.com/cmr-surgical-raises-240m-for-versius-surgical-robot/feed/ 0 New UR16e cobot designed for heavy-duty applications https://www.designworldonline.com/new-ur16e-cobot-designed-for-heavy-duty-applications/ https://www.designworldonline.com/new-ur16e-cobot-designed-for-heavy-duty-applications/#respond Tue, 17 Sep 2019 05:28:35 +0000 https://www.designworldonline.com/new-ur16e-cobot-designed-for-heavy-duty-applications/ Universal Robots added the UR16e collaborative robot to its e-Series line-up that was first introduced in June 2018. The UR16e features a 16 kg (35 lbs) payload, which is the company’s strongest cobot ever. The UR16e also has a 900 mm reach and ± 0.05 mm repeatability. The UR3e, UR5e and UR10e, the other cobots in UR’s e-Series,…

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