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U.K.-based companies Oxbotica and TRL recently piloted a safety framework for the deployment of autonomous vehicles in unstructured, off-highway environments. A live trial was conducted in a quarry using a number of off-road vehicles. The post Oxbotica pilots safety...

MIT researchers have designed an algorithm to ensure the fruitful cooperation of information-gathering robot teams. Their approach relies on balancing a tradeoff between data collected and energy expended – which eliminates the chance that a robot might execute a...

Real-Time Innovations (RTI) today released the latest version of its software framework, RTI Connext. Connext version 6.1 is designed to address the development and deployment challenges faced by companies building remotely-operated, real-time autonomous systems. The...

The robotics industry has long been fragmented. Heck, Bill Gates mentioned it back in 2008. Progress has been made, sure, but a lack of common standards and platforms, as well as programming complexity, remain major hurdles for the industry. A tour of READY Robotics‘...

Developing a robot is more complicated than a standard embedded software implementation. There are unique challenges to overcome to ensure that a robot will meet its requirements, function as intended, and be delivered on time and on budget. The post Managing large...

As the capabilities of robotics systems increase, so too does the opportunity apply automation for new tasks and applications, expanding the automation continuum in the process. The post Incorporating Robots Into the Automation Continuum appeared first on Robotics...

Japan’s transformable lunar robot before (left) and after transformation. The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) is planning to send a transformable lunar robot to the Moon in 2022. JAXA said the robot will collect data about the Moon’s surface. This data will...

A new formula from Army scientists is leading to new insights on how to build energy-efficient legged robots. In a recent peer-reviewed PLOSE One paper, the U.S. Army Combat Capabilities Development Command, known as DEVCOM, Army Research Laboratory’s Drs. Alexander...

OTTO AMRs line up to move material. | Image credit: OTTO Motors OTTO Motors announces new global channel partnerships that extend the availability of OTTO Motors’ products in Europe. In addition, OTTO Motors successfully completed third party safety assessments to...

RE2 Robotics releases the new RE2 Sapien manipulator arm | Image Credit: RE2 Robotics Pittsburgh-based RE2 Robotics, (RE-squared) unveiled its new robotic arm brand: RE2 Sapienᵀᴹ. RE2 Sapien systems feature intelligent robotic arms with intuitive human-robot control...

Open Robotics latest Gazebo release is called Edifice Image Credit: OpenRobotics.org Open Robotics released its latest Ignition Gazebo simulation software. The new release, called Edifice, includes a variety of new capabilities such as new rendering features, new...

Destaco expanded its end-of-arm tooling portfolio with the TC1 Series manual tool changer. Designed for collaborative robots used for pick and place, load and unload applications, the TC1 tool changer is ready to install out of the box. Editor’s Note: This article...