The International Federation of Robotics (IFR), Germany, released its annual World Robotics Report, which showed an annual global sales value of $16.5 billion in 2018.

Conveyco Technologies, Bristol, Conn., released Stacker-Bot, a flow rack autonomous mobile robot (AMR) replenisher.

SICK, Inc., Minneapolis, opened what is said to be the first Industry 4.0-ready digital plant in Freiburg, Germany.

New research from Interact Analysis, UK, shows huge potential growth in the importance of autonomous mobile robots (AMRs), specifically in order fulfillment applications.

The collaborative robotics (cobot) market will become increasingly mainstream over the next 10 years, according to “Industrial Collaborative Robots Market Tracker,” new analysis from ABI Research, New York.

Retailers are not prepared to support the next wave of technologies like artificial intelligence (AI), chatbots and augmented reality (AR), according to a report from WBR Insights, New York.

Alert Innovation, Inc., North Billerica, Mass., partnered with Murata Machinery Ltd. (Muratec), Charlotte, N.C., develop and commercialize Alert Innovation's Alphabot material handling technology.

The World Economic Forum, Switzerland, announced its annual list of breakthrough technologies with the greatest potential to make a positive impact on the world.

The robotics revolution is rapidly accelerating, as fast-paced technological advances in automation, engineering, energy storage, artificial intelligence and machine learning converge continue to transform the capabilities of robots and their ability to take over tasks once carried out by humans.

Tyson Foods, Springdale, Ark., tapped its Tyson Trendtellers Council, made up of a dozen of the company’s top food thinkers and innovators, for their insights to create this year’s summer trends report.