Soft Robotics, Bedford, Mass., announced a strategic partnership with FANUC, Japan, to accelerate the adoption of integrated soft robotic solutions into high-growth automation markets worldwide.

RightHand Robotics (RHR), Somerville, Mass., partnered with Element Logic, UK, to launch of an integrated robotic piece-picking solution.

RightHand Robotics, Boston, established a new corporate entity in Japan.

Stäubli, Duncan, S.C., presented a variety of food processing and packaging solutions featuring robotics.

RightHand Robotics, Somerville, Mass., partnered with Capacity, LLC, North Brunswick, N.J., to integrate the RightHand Robotics’ RightPick automation system into Capacity's fulfillment solution offering.

Air Technical Industries (ATI), Mentor, Ohio, developed MIRA, a new mobile, industrial, robotic crane.

Soft Robotics, Bedford, Mass., released the mGrip, what is said to be the company’s first on-demand, modular automation system.

FreshDirect, a New York-based online fresh food grocer, opened FreshDirect Campus (FDC), a new state-of-the-art facility in New York City’s South Bronx community that reimagines farm-to-fork food distribution and manufacturing.

Tompkins Robotics, a Raleigh, N.C.-based division of Tompkins International, and RightHand Robotics, Somerville, Mass., announced a collaboration that will combine t-Sort, what is dubbed to be the world’s first portable, automated sortation system, with RightPick, a robotic piece-picking system, to provide flexibility and throughput for e-commerce and omni-channel fulfillment.

Ocado Technology, a UK division of Ocado, revealed a new robotic system capable of picking a wide range of grocery products.