Clearpath: Rockwell buys Canadian industrial AMR outfit Clearpath Robotics

Rockwell Automation has acquired Canadian industrial robotics outfit Clearpath Robotics for an undisclosed fee. The deal includes the Ontario firm's namesake research division, developing autonomous technology for the innovation market, as well as its industrial division OTTO Motors, which makes autonomous mobile robots (AMRs) for material handling inside manufacturing and warehouse facilities. It means Rockwell [...]