Many of nature’s best jumpers have long limbs and extended joints that help them propel themselves into the air by producing great amounts of kinetic energy in the stroke of a muscle. Many robotic jumpers are designed to work this same way, but researchers at the University of California, Santa Barbara have taken a unique […]

Comau is expanding its product portfolio with the N-220-2.7 (N-220), a 220 kg payload robot featuring a modular set up, direct kinematics, absolute calibration and enhanced algorithms. These characteristics deliver ease of use, straightforward integration and faster post-installation maintenance while ensuring precision, flexibility, repeatability and minimum backlash, according to the company. The post Comau introduces […]

A research team led by Dr. Gustavo Medina Tanco from the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM) will launch five mirco-robots to the moon this year on-board the Peregrine Lunar Lander. The post UNAM researchers to send micro-robots to the moon appeared first on The Robot Report.

Researchers at the Imperial College London have created a malleable robotic arm. The arm can be guided into shape manually, using mixed reality smart glasses and through motion tracking cameras to ensure precise positioning.  The post AR helps researchers twist robotic arm into shape appeared first on The Robot Report.

GE has upgraded its worm-like tunneling robot with highly-sensitive whiskers, similar to a cockroach’s whiskers, that give it enhanced perception capabilities for industrial pipeline monitoring, inspection and repair.  The post GE’s Pipe-worm robot clears, maps pipeline networks appeared first on The Robot Report.

A research team from the Universities of Bath and Birmingham are hoping to reinvent the way we design robots.  Typically, robots, like robotic arms, are controlled by a single central controller. The research team, however, is hoping to create robots that are made from many individual units that act individually but cooperatively to determine the […]

RE2 Robotics‘ Maritime Mine Neutralization System (M2NS) was able to dive more than one kilometer deep during an open-water demonstration for the U.S. Navy’s Office of Naval Research (ONR).  The post RE2, VideoRay robot hits underwater depth milestone appeared first on The Robot Report.

OSARO’s solution combines advanced robotics with automated packing and bagging equipment, and is able to package 350 individual parts per hour. The system was created for fulfillment centers, warehouses and direct-to-consumer e-commerce centers, but its primary use-case is for single-item order fulfillment using polybags in e-commerce applications. The post OSARO unveils robotic bagging solution appeared […]

“Over the last decade, our AMRs have solved material handling challenges for some of the largest companies in the world, but our customers have made it clear that there was a missing member of the team – one that could pick up a pallet on its own,” said Chief Executive Officer and founder of OTTO […]

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