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Q&A: The impact of indoor location on mobile robotics
More apps than ever are offering location services indoors, even without GPS, as we walk around malls or other large indoor areas. Could these technologies that are thriving on mobile devices be transferred to mobile robots, autonomous or otherwise? The post Q&A:...
Considerations When Working With Prototyping Outsourcers
Designers and engineers require prototypes to verify product design and manufacturability and engineering, before moving on to full production. But how can start-ups and smaller companies, who lack the high level of resources and expertise of larger firms, rapidly...
Drone services critical to safer, more economical utility inspections, says PrecisionHawk
The difficulties of maintaining critical infrastructure are well known — millions of miles of cabling, pipelines, and railways to inspect, maintain, and repair, in all kinds of weather, in environments that are hazardous for humans. Even as pandemic restrictions begin...
Will the COVID-19 crisis accelerate the arrival of self-driving vehicles in our daily lives?
A Beep driverless shuttle. Source: Mayo Clinic If you live in the downtown areas of Pittsburgh, Palo Alto, Miami, or other autonomous vehicle hotspots, you may have missed the Ford Fusion Hybrids with the bulky lidar sensors on their roofs. The COVID-19 crisis has...
Ingenuity Mars Helicopter reaches milestone in space
The Ingenuity Mars Helicopter can be seen between the left and center wheels of the Perseverance Rover. | Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech One week into its near seven-month journey to Mars with the Perseverance rover, NASA‘s Ingenuity Mars Helicopter recharged its power...
ARM Institute picks 5 Robotics in Sustainment projects for military maintenance
The U.S. military is actively investigating the use of automation and robots in sustainment. Source: ARM The Advanced Robotics for Manufacturing, or ARM, Institute today announced that it has chosen five Robotics in Sustainment projects to help the U.S. Department of...
Will malls become distribution centers? Experts weigh in
Amazon has already converted 23 retail spaces into industrial use cases. While this idea has been building for years, COVID-19 has accelerated the inevitable intersection: mall-to-distribution center conversion. Retail bankruptcies have left large, commercial...
Market playbook: 3 examples of robotics in retail transformation
Even before the COVID-19 pandemic, retailers were under pressure to keep up with rapidly evolving supply chains and customer habits. Not only have payment methods and support services changed, but inventory and logistics functions are also shifting. These developments...
The Robot Report August 2020 issue on motion control
The August 2020 edition of The Robot Report is devoted to motion control. The insert appeared in the August 2020 print issue of Design World, sibling publication to The Robot Report, Collaborative Robotics Trends, and Robotics Business Review. The post The Robot...
Force/torque sensor developed by ATI, NASA ready for launch of Mars 2020 Rover
Adaptive Caching Assembly system layout. Source: ATI As the Mars 2020 mission prepares for launch next week, robotics suppliers are among the organizations contributing to the Perseverance Rover, an unmanned vehicle designed to explore the surface of Mars and collect...
UVC robot built by MIT CSAIL disinfects Greater Boston Food Bank
The UVC robot’s point of view as it navigates the food bank facility. Source: MIT CSAIL Essential services such as healthcare and food distribution have been under sustained stress during the novel coronavirus pandemic. A team from the Massachusetts Institute of...
PatrolBot autonomous security robot works with workforce management, says Badger Technologies
PatrolBot is designed to help security guards and workforce management. Source: Badger Technologies Badger Technologies LLC today announced the Badger PatrolBot, an autonomous mobile robot designed for the security guard industry. The Nicholasville, Ky.-based division...