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The Need for Universal Factories – Building a Resilient World Post COVID-19
Robots and industrial automation enable disproportionate GDP gains, but are they resilient to disruptions and changing demands? The post The Need for Universal Factories – Building a Resilient World Post COVID-19 appeared first on Robotics Business Review.
What Robots Need to Succeed: Machine-Learning to Teach Effectively
With machine learning, algorithms are automatically generated from large datasets, speeding the development and reducing the difficulty of creating complex systems, including robotics systems. While data at scale is what makes accurate machine learning ‘go’, the data...
How the U.S. Army is improving soldier-robot interaction
A U.S. Army cadet and ARL West intern assists with research on the CCDC Army Research Laboratory Joint Understanding and Dialogue Interface, or JUDI, capability, which enables bi-directional conversational soldier-robot interaction. Credit: U.S. Army Researchers from...
Robotic rover uses ‘rear rotor pedaling’ to avoid sand traps
As the National Aeronautics and Space Administration prepares to return to the moon with robotic rovers, researchers are working on ways to keep them rolling in the loose sands and slopes of the lunar surface. Similar techniques for avoiding getting stuck in sand...
Start-up Profile – Veo Robotics
Veo’s FreeMove (Waltham, MA) is a comprehensive 3D sensing and control system that turns standard industrial robots into collaborative machines using advanced computer vision and 3D sensing. The post Start-up Profile – Veo Robotics appeared first on Robotics Business...
Cognitive Mini Radar developed for autonomous vehicles and robots
Cognitive Pilot announced its Cognitive Mini Radar, which is designed for use in autonomous vehicles. The Moscow-based company suggested that its sensor could also be helpful for drones and robots being developed in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. The post...
ANYmal C from ANYbotics is a robot with four legs and three brains
Besides its extensive camera array, ANYmal C can carry a 10-kg payload of additional sensors for inspection. Source: ANYbotic Due to the advancements in computer-based intelligence and sensor technology, robots are evolving from stationary machines unaware of their...
MassRobotics, Analog Devices launch Real-Time Sensor Fusion Challenge 2.0
MassRobotics and Analog Devices have once again teamed up to offer the Real-Time Sensor Fusion Challenge 2.0. The challenge looks for the next innovative robotics team to bring context awareness to a series of real-life applications through sensors.
9 automation projects for COVID-19 recovery announced by ARM Institute
ARM and the Defense Department have called for projects in response to the pandemic. Source: ARM The Advanced Robotics for Manufacturing, or ARM, Institute today said it has selected nine technical projects to help U.S. industry recover from the ongoing COVID-19...
5 Warehouse Automation Trends (That Industrial Automation Vendors Must Be Thinking About)
As retailers continue to adopt and roll out omni-channel distribution models, new logistical challenges arise, along with industrial automation technologies and techniques, including autonomous mobile robots, that can overcome them. The post 5 Warehouse Automation...
Titan Medical resumes development of Spot single-port robotic surgical system
Sport robotic surgical workstation. Source: Titan Medical Titan Medical Inc. has resumed development of its single-port robotic surgical system, said CEO David McNally in a letter to shareholders yesterday. The Toronto-based company had paused research and development...
Collaborative Robots and Lean Integrators Bring Automation to Small and Medium-Size Enterprises
The emergence and rapid proliferation of collaborative robots have resulted in the proliferation of a new class of 'lean' integrators specially adapted to the needs of SMEs who wish to leverage automation. The lean integrator has evolved precisely to deliver robot...










