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    Machine Design
    Christopher Thrasher, engineering welding technician, A.O. Smith Corporation, Johnson City, Tenn., appreciates the value of having an AGV helping with heavy lifting.
    July 15, 2024
    Mobile Industrial Robots (MiR)
    Runner (automated its internal transportation and material handling through XIAMEN) Corp., a player in China’s kitchen and sanitary ware industry, has a fleet of 12 AMRs, helping to create accurate, efficient and labor-free logistics processes.
    June 11, 2024
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    Examples of the medical robotics markets include CT scanners, X-ray machines and motorized mobility wheelchairs.
    June 6, 2024
    Siemens
    Siemens Industrial Copilot is the first generative artificial intelligence assistant for engineering in an industrial environment. Connected to the Totally Integrated Automation (TIA) Portal, the copilot enables users to find the right help topic and to generate a basic visualization and code faster for programmable logic controllers (PLC).
    June 3, 2024
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    May 21, 2024

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