Source: Immervision For autonomous vehicles to be safe, they need to perceive as much of their environments as possible. Immervision is applying its expertise in image processing and optical design to provide lidar sensors with a wide-angle view for autonomous vehicles at SAE Level 3 and higher. The Montreal-based company said it has 15 years […]
The FM060-25-CM is part of a new breed of micro-sized, high-power servo drives, immediately available from RBR50 company Advanced Motion Controls. Rated to output 25-A continuous and 50-A peak, this fully featured digital servo drive is small enough to fit in the tightest locations. It’s well suited for mobile and portable applications, including automated mobile […]
The laser-steering microrobot (right) can be used as an add-on accessory for endoscopic systems (left) for use in minimally invasive surgery. Credit: Wyss Institute at Harvard University Minimally invasive surgeries in which surgeons gain access to internal tissues through natural orifices or small external excisions are common practice in medicine. They are performed for problems […]
Monarch Tractor founders. Source: Monarch Tractor Farmers currently face challenges including the effects of climate change, consumer demands for sustainability, safety concerns, and government regulations. Monarch Tractor today announced what it described as ‘the world’s first fully electric, driver-optional, smart tractor integrated on a single platform,” which it said would address those challenges. The post […]
Piab’s piSoftgrip 50-2 vacuum gripper. | Credit: Piab Piab has extended its piSoftgrip family with a new pinch gripper developed for the automation of the food/chocolate industry. The vacuum-based soft gripper can grip sensitive and lightweight oblong objects with odd geometries and/or objects with an unusual surface. The post Piab piSoftgrip 50-2 vacuum gripper targets […]
The system includes areas to hold tools, a kitchen display, a bowl-passing arm, and more. The bowl-passing arms prevent ingredient spillage and increase salad production throughput. Source: Dexai Robotics The COVID-19 pandemic has forced every business to adjust its operations, but the restaurant industry has been affected perhaps the most. According to the National Restaurant […]
There has been a steady growth of robotics companies and an increase in the adoption of robotics in nearly every industry sector, from farming and construction to medical and e-commerce. The current talent pipeline is not adequate to support these increases: nearly every robotics company is actively hiring and in search of talent. The post […]
The Waymo Open Dataset contains 570-plus hours of unique motion behavior data. | Photo Credit: Waymo Developing autonomous vehicles has turned out to be much harder than originally thought. Companies across the board, but especially those developing robotaxis, have universally missed the commercialization dates they once predicted. The post Waymo dataset to crowdsource behavior prediction […]
For 62 years, R&D World and its predecessors have published an annual R&D funding forecast. These reports predict the combined dollar amount of R&D investments expected by industry, government and academia for the upcoming calendar year. Over those years, the publications these reports have appeared in have changed their ownership and names several times. The […]
By now you’ve likely seen Boston Dynamics’ latest viral video in which its Atlas, Handle, and Spot robots dance to The Contours’ “Do You Love Me?” If you haven’t, or if you want to watch it again, watch it here. One of the more common questions I received after sharing the video was: how did […]
