The aviation industry is no stranger to automation. The first “gyroscopic automatic pilot” dates back to the earliest days of powered flight. In this century, automation has all but completely transformed the nature of aircraft manufacturing. The post Advanced cable management lets robots depaint airplanes appeared first on The Robot Report.

Researchers at MIT have developed a technique that can guide an autonomous robot through unknown environmental conditions. The technique helps a robot avoid obstacles without knowing the size, shape or location of what it could encounter.  The post MIT researchers help robots navigate uncertain environments appeared first on The Robot Report.

Researchers at the Stevens Institute of Technology have created a robot that is able to successfully navigate a crowded marina underwater. The robot is able to map its environment, track its own location and plan a safe route through a complex environment in real-time, simultaneously. The post Researchers developing underwater map-making robot appeared first on […]

Guardian XO full-body exoskeleton is the world’s first battery-powered industrial exoskeleton. The company demo’d an alpha unit of the Guardian XO product, and showed it easily lifting a heavy tire. The exoskeleton suit is capable of lifting up to 200 lb (75 kg). The post Sarcos demonstrates exoskeleton and dexterous robot appeared first on The […]

Engineers at Northwestern University have created a remote-controlled walking robot half a millimeter wide. The tiny robot, modeled after a peekytoe crab, is able to bend, twist, crawl, walk, turn and jump.  The post Researchers create walking robot half a millimeter wide appeared first on The Robot Report.

Researchers at ETH Zurich developed Myoshirt, a soft, wearable exoskeleton for the upper body. Myoshirt is designed to act as an extra set of muscles that could give people with restricted mobility increased body strength and endurance. The post ETH Zurich develops wearable muscles appeared first on The Robot Report.

RE2 Robotics, a wholly owned subsidiary of Sarcos Technology and Robotics Corporation, announced that it reached a technical milestone on its Strong Tactile mARitime hand for Feeling, Inspecting, Sensing and Handling (STARFISH). The company has successfully assembled and lab tested a complete gripper that can grasp and hold a variety of objects.  The post RE2 […]

FarmWise automates crop cultivation using machine vision and AI to identify crop plants from weed plants. The machine then articulates cultivation “knives” to cut the weed plant from its root, leaving the desired beneficial plants and crops intact. The post FarmWise delivers cultivation as a service for farmers appeared first on The Robot Report.

ABB launches a new Robotic Depalletizer solution designed for handling complex depalletizing tasks in the logistics, e-commerce, healthcare, and consumer packaged goods industries. The solution combines an ABB industrial robotic arm with vision guidance and a new, custom gripper design. The solution is optimized for mixed load pallets with a variety of box sizes and […]

When we think about robotics development, we often imagine a logical and codified process. While we don’t assume it to be easy or straightforward, we do assume it to be relatively objective – the end goal is obvious, the milestones to reach it measurable.  The post The importance of data visualization in robotics appeared first on […]