Industrial Automation, Robots and Unmanned Vehicles General Newsletter - Dec 2025

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What are the motion control requirements for additive manufacturing machines? 3D printed objects can include intricate machine components, through to edible items, and as a result, the additive material could range from powdered metals to chocolate. Whatever the material and shape required, functionally, the 3D printing technique is the same.

What is Agentic AI and is it here to stay? Agentic AI is another concept that is slowly entering the vocabulary of professionals and the warehousing industry. How can it be used efficiently in the market, for what purposes, and what would be a potential timeline for adoption?

Automation Solutions Mergers & Acquisitions Update Bundy Group is an investment banking and Mergers & Acquisitions advisory specialist that has specialized in the automation and industrial technology markets for over 16 years.

How LAPP Rebuilt Its Inventory Process with Autonomous Drones For LAPP USA, Corvus One turned a labor-intensive, error-prone process into a nightly automated workflow that provides reliable visibility, reduces costs, and improves customer service.

Sonair’s ADAR 3D Ultrasonic Sensor ADAR stands out by combining full-3D sensing via ultra-sound, strong safety credentials, cost efficiency and ease of integration. This is enabling robots to safely work in closer proximity to people and in tougher environments than many existing solutions.

Optimizing Wheel Drives for AGVs and AMRs: What OEMs Need to Know About Motion Control The motor and actuator selection behind each wheel can make or break the success of the entire system. In this post, we’ll explore the core challenges in mobile robot drive systems and how customized motion control solutions from DINGS' Motion USA can help you meet them.

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Press Releases

• New incremental encoder IERF3 L from FAULHABER
• E-713 High-Performance Motion Controller Family Introduced
• Medra Raises $52 Million Series A to Build Physical AI Scientists
• Introducing Chef's Pat-Down Capability for Enhanced Meal Presentation and Sealing
• Ghost Robotics® Unveils New Manipulator Arm for the Vision 60 Q-UGV®

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Featured Products

Elmo Motion Control - The Platinum Line, a new era in servo control Significantly enhanced servo performance, higher EtherCAT networking precision, richer servo operation capabilities, more feedback options, and certified smart Functional Safety. Elmo's industry-leading Platinum line of servo drives provides faster and more enhanced servo performance with wider bandwidth, higher resolutions, and advanced control for better results. Platinum drives offer precise EtherCAT networking, faster cycling, high synchronization, negligible jitters, and near-zero latency. They are fully synchronized to the servo loops and feature-rich feedback support, up to three feedbacks simultaneously (with two absolute encoders working simultaneously). The Platinum Line includes one of the world's smallest Functional Safety, and FSoE-certified servo drives with unique SIL capabilities.

Featured Company

MVTec LLC

MVTec is a leading international manufacturer of software for machine vision used in all demanding areas of imaging like the semi-conductor industry, inspection, optical quality control, metrology, medicine or surveillance. In particular, software by MVTec enables new automation solutions in settings of the Industrial Internet of Things. MVTec is the developer and vendor of the general purpose machine vision software products HALCON and MERLIC.