Standard image sensors, like the billion or so already installed in practically every smartphone in use today, capture light intensity and color. Relying on common, off-the-shelf sensor technology – known as CMOS – these cameras have grown smaller and more powerful by the year and now offer tens-of-megapixels resolution. But they’ve still seen in only […]

Antoine Bruno, general manager and president, said Alliora had wanted to add automation to its production lines for a while. Unfortunately, its first experience was difficult. Industrial robots were too complex. The company bought one, but it was never able to get it to work properly. The post How a box manufacturer tackled labor issues […]

Stellantis N.V. is a Dutch multinational automobile manufacturer established through a merger between PSA and Fiat Chrysler Automobiles. The company installed 11 collaborative robot arms from Universal Robots (UR) at its Mirafiori factory in Turin, Italy, to automate a series of complex assembly line operations and quality controls for the new Fiat 500 electric car. […]

February 18, 2022 marked one earth year (354 Martian sols) for the Mars Perseverance Rover and Ingenuity Helicopter on the surface of the red planet. Over the last year, the Mars 2020 mission has hit a number of milestones, including the first autonomous helicopter flight, the first autonav drive and the first acquisition of core […]

[FEB. 18] marks the one-year anniversary of the Perseverance rover landing on Mars. It touched down on Jezero Crater on Feb. 18, 2021 and is searching for signs of past life on Mars. The post 9 amazing photos from Mars Perseverance rover appeared first on The Robot Report.

Mount Etzel, in Switzerland, is ripe with challenges for a legged robot. Between slippery ground, high steps and trails full of roots, the 3,602 ft mountain is the perfect testing ground for ANYmal. ANYmal is a quadraped created by the Robotic Systems Lab at ETH Zurich. The post Quadruped learns how to adapt to tough […]

Carnegie Mellon University held a robotics caucus virtual roundtable last week with leaders from the U.S. robotics industry. The roundtable discussed the future of the industry and how the U.S. can keep up with the pace of the global industry. < The post How the U.S. can remain competitive in global robotics industry appeared first […]

The operational stock of industrial robots hit a new record of about 3 million units worldwide – increasing by 13% on average each year from 2015-2020. #Pace #PACERecruiters #Robot #Robots #Technology #artificialintelligence #ai #roboticsengineering

The Robot Report attended the 2022 World Ag Expo in Tulare, California. The annual event is affectionately known locally as the “Farm Show,” and offers agriculture-related vendors the opportunity to demonstrate their solutions to prospective buyers. The event is so popular that the local schools in Tulare, Calif. close down on Wednesday during the show […]

Researchers at Shenyang University of Technology and the University of Electro-Communications in Tokyo are trying to figure out how to make prosthetic hands respond to arm movements. The post Researchers create new learning model for prosthetic limbs appeared first on The Robot Report.