Researchers at Carnegie Mellon University have developed a new metric for evaluating how well self-driving cars respond to changing road conditions and traffic, making it possible for the first time to compare perception systems for both accuracy and reaction time.
Trade conflicts, geopolitical tensions, and now the COVID-19 crisis, is putting global supply chain at risk, and as a result companies are expected to reverse the multi-decade trend of offshoring. As robotics and automation becomes more capable, cheaper, and easier to implement, the technology is likely to accelerate reshoring initiatives. The post Global Supply Chain […]
Top: Highly compliant soft-bubble parallel gripper on a robot arm grasping an object. Bottom-left: In-hand pose estimate during this interaction; Bottom-right: Shear-induced displacements tracked on the interior of this sensor. Source: TRI As part of its efforts toward a domestic robot, TRI has focused on improving robotic manipulation. Such grippers must be capable of stable […]
The novel coronavirus crisis has led to a sharp increase in interest in disinfection and cleaning robots, with new models being announced weekly. However, only a few organizations can claim to have been working on such robots before the pandemic and have clinically proven, commercial devices available at scale. UVD Robots ApS announced the third […]
Safety is paramount in robotics, from cobots to surgical systems. Source: MedAcuity Software The use of robotics in medicine continues to grow. Whether it’s a collaborative robot working alongside humans in manufacturing or a surgical robot in the operating room, a single point of failure can cause serious harm. The incorporated software systems must take […]
Source: IFR World Robotics 2020 Robots have been a mainstay in factories for decades, but their use has been expanding everywhere else, from warehouses and hospitals to retail. That trend continued last year, and the novel coronavirus pandemic has accelerated service robot demand for automated logistics, disinfection, and delivery, according to the International Federation of […]
Monash University’s Dr. Nicole Robinson explains how social robots can play a role in diet and weight reduction without the need for human intervention. The post Diet and Weight Loss: Using Social Robots to Support Human Health and Well-being appeared first on Robotics Business Review.
Source: Ekso Bionics Ekso Bionics Holdings Inc. today announced EVO, an upper-body exoskeleton designed to assist human workers with repetitive tasks. The Richmond, Calif.-based company said the wearable robot builds on its EksoVest technology. The post EVO from Ekso Bionics applies customer lessons to upper-body exoskeleton appeared first on The Robot Report.
Calif.-based Productive Robotics added a fourth model to its OB7 lineup of collaborative robot arms. The new OB7-Stretch is similar to the company’s standard OB7 cobot, but it has a longer reach of 1250 millimeters and a slightly lower payload of 4kg. The post Productive Robotics OB7-Stretch cobot offers longer reach, lighter payload appeared first […]
Source: PrecisionHawk One of the barriers to beyond visual line-of-sight drone operations has been the need for safety measures. PrecisionHawk Inc. last week announced that it has received two patents for unmanned aircraft traffic management, or UTM, technologies. The “Automated Unmanned Air Traffic Control System” includes the transmission of real-time flight data from drones to […]
