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ConocoPhillips enlists 3D printing for supply efficiencies on Alaska’s North Slope

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Carlo had an inkling that 3D printing could really change the game.” Mathur, who held tech chief roles at Staples and Biogen before coming to ConocoPhillips in 2021, is referring to Carlo De Bernardi, a principal engineer at ConocoPhillips responsible for scaling the company’s adoption of 3D printing. Such processes are laborious.

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Croatia’s Gideon Brothers raises $31M for its 3D vision-enabled autonomous warehouse robots

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The investment will be used to accelerate the development and commercialization of GB’s AI and 3D vision-based “autonomous mobile robots” or “AMRs” These perform simple tasks such as transporting, picking up and dropping off products in order to free up humans to perform more valuable tasks. Nenad Baki?

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Local Motors, the startup behind the Olli autonomous shuttle, has shut down

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Experiencing first-hand the skill and dedication of the people I worked with, I have no doubt AVs (like Olli) are the future of transportation.” The first generation of the shuttle debuted in 2016 in National Harbor, Maryland at a mixed-use development.

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Bringing the National Museum of African American History and Culture to the world

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To develop the project, Fearless leveraged Smithsonian’s APIs to access a massive catalog of digital content, including 3D models, videos, podcasts, and imagery not available in the physical building in order to create an immersive, rich experience that rivals a walk-through.

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LexxPluss expands into US with its warehouse robots

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” To help address the problem, Aso co-founded LexxPluss , a now two-year-old, Japan-based startup that designs and develop autonomous mobile robots to transport loads and optimize workflows within warehouses and logistic sites. with a fresh injection of about $10.7 million (1.45 million (5.26 billion yen).

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SAP aims for more digital and resilient supply chains

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Founded in 2019, the company seized its greenfield opportunity to rethink and redesign the press shop as part of a cloud-first development strategy. Every automation has to pay off,” says Rothe, and automating transport processes in the warehouse is currently not economical.

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Enterprise IT moves forward — cautiously — with generative AI

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And in the transportation industry, he says, “AI can directly or indirectly impact the avoidance of transport, the steering of transport, and the management of transport.” It’s still the same car, but looks better and it’s a better experience for the customer,” he says. Jeter has similar concerns.