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Smart Digital Factory Lab showcasing Industry 4.0
Mathieu Bélanger-Barrette and Robotiq Inc.
05 Apr 2016
We often see robotic or automated cells purposed to do a single motion or a very specific application. However, with all the new technology available in the market, it is interesting to see how each s...
Japan’s first 5-axis hybrid 3D printer
DigInfo TV
04 Apr 2016
In a collaborative research effort, Enomoto Kogyo, Shizuoka University of Art and Culture, and software company C&G Systems have developed Japan’s first 5-axis hybrid 3D printer, capable of ...
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Hadrian Bricklaying Robot, with Mark Pivac
Ron Vanderkley
02 Apr 2016
Transcript below.In this episode, Ron Vanderkley speaks with Mark Pivoc from FastBrick about Hadrian the bricklaying robot. Fastbrick is an Australian robotics firm aiming to disrupt the local bric...
Stop talking about bringing jobs back from China
Frank Tobe
27 Mar 2016
Ben Casselman, writing on the website FiveThirtyEight, says that manufacturing jobs are never coming back. He warns candidates to not inflame voters with empty promises and provides facts to prov...
5 innovation challenges in materials transport
Clearpath Robotics
18 Mar 2016
by: Meghan Hennessey
Walk into any manufacturing facility today. Forklifts and AGVs may be in operation serving specific parts of the manufacturing floor, but you’ll also see hundreds of people a...
Workshop robots controlled by touch
Horizon Magazine
29 Feb 2016
by Fintan Burke
The era of robots that can be controlled by designers rather than engineers will enable Europe’s small- and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) to compete more effectively against oft...
SVR Case Studies: Fetch Robotics bringing warehouses to life
Andra Keay and Silicon Valley Robotics
19 Feb 2016
Fetch Robotics builds robot systems for the logistics industry. The company was founded in 2014 and is headquartered in San Jose, CA. Unveiled in April 2015, the Fetch Robotics system is comprised of ...
First look at 2015 statistics on industrial robots from the IFR report
Frank Tobe
13 Feb 2016
A first look at numbers from the International Federation of Robotics (IFR) report on industrial robots shows that worldwide robot sales grew again in 2015, and were 15% more than 2014. Explosive grow...
Using force feedback in robotics
Mathieu Bélanger-Barrette and Robotiq Inc.
15 Jan 2016
For many years, industrial robots were not able to monitor their surroundings. With the introduction of different sensors for robots, they are now able to feel what they are handling and see what the...
3 supply chain trends to watch for in 2016
Meghan Hennessey and Clearpath Robotics
08 Jan 2016
The New Year is upon us and with that comes predictions of what 2016 has in store. Will Automated Guided Vehicle (AGVs) continue to drive materials on the factory floor? What is ‘Industry 4.0’ and...
IoT may be 2016’s hot new trend, but in industrial robotics it’s been around for a decade
Alex Owen-Hill and Robotiq Inc.
06 Jan 2016
As everyone starts to look for "the big technology trends of 2016", it seems that one technology is overshadowing all others - the Internet of Things. We take a look at why robotics is actually ahead ...
The future of robot off-line programming
Albert Nubiola
28 Dec 2015
If you drive a car, it makes little difference what brand it is: all cars are driven in essentially the same way. The same applies to computers. If you have a Windows PC, the user interfaces won’t b...
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Construction Drilling, with Konrad Fagertun
Audrow Nash
27 Dec 2015
Transcript below.
In this episode Audrow Nash interviews Konrad Fagertun, Chief Operating Officer of nLink in Norway....
Evaluating what’s easy and what’s hard to automate in your workshop
Mathieu Bélanger-Barrette and Robotiq Inc.
17 Dec 2015
If you haven’t already introduced a robot into your workshop, or if you are in the process of introducing such a device, you may be wondering … what is the best place to start? What is easy and wh...
How many axes does my robot need?
Mathieu Bélanger-Barrette and Robotiq Inc.
09 Dec 2015
Anyone who has been in robotics long enough is eventually tasked with figuring out how many axes they will need for their robot. Most robots have somewhere between three and seven axes, but how d...
While Amazon doubles its number of warehouse robots to 30K, competing systems emerge
Frank Tobe
02 Nov 2015
Amazon announced that at the end of September they had 30,000 Kiva robots at work in 13 fulfillment centers, effectively doubling the number of Kiva bots that it had in 2014. "Our intent is to use...
Rethink Robotics finally get their mojo with Sawyer
Frank Tobe
28 Sep 2015
Rethink Robotics displayed their new single-armed Sawyer robot at the RoboBusiness Conference and Expo in San Jose on Wednesday. It was Sawyer's first public outing and the crowd of over 1,600 was pay...
SMEs need robots that know their limitations and ask for help
Satyandra Gupta
15 Sep 2015
Socrates famously said that “the only true wisdom is in knowing you know nothing." Yet while we often equate human intelligence with the ability to recognize when help is needed and where to see...
When you need someone from Canada to calibrate your robot in New Zealand
Ilian Bonev
20 Aug 2015
Many researchers think that robot calibration is an issue that has been successfully resolved decades ago, but they are wrong. While the underlying theory is well established, its practical applicatio...
194 Chinese robot companies
Frank Tobe
18 Aug 2015
In China, the robotics industry is booming. Companies are deploying thousands of robots in all types of factories, particularly in the auto industry. Chinese companies that manufacture robots and the...
Estimating the impact of robots on productivity and employment
Georg Graetz and Guy Michaels
14 Jul 2015
To discover the impact of robots on the average manufacturing worker, we analysed their effect in 14 industries across 17 developed countries from 1993 to 2007. We found that industrial robots increas...
Team RBO from Berlin wins Amazon Picking Challenge convincingly
Andra Keay
29 May 2015
The Amazon Picking Challenge is over and two things stood out. One: how many different arm gripper solutions were possible; and two: just how difficult the challenge still is. The gap between the top...
Swiss-based ABB to manufacture robots in US
Frank Tobe
24 May 2015
Robot manufacturing started in the US in 1961 when 26 Unimates - the first industrial robots - were made and deployed at a GM factory in Ewing, NJ. But, over the years, manufacturing and manufacturers...
Competing robotic warehouse systems
Frank Tobe
01 May 2015
As sales via online retailers steadily increase, so too does the speed with which customers want their goods delivered. Amazon, eBay, and Google all have massive and speedy warehousing operations atte...
Video describes accelerating robot deployment in China
Frank Tobe
27 Apr 2015
In response to rising labor costs combined with a shortage of workers, China has begun to provide incentives to encourage businesses to utilize robots to replace factory workers....
Manufacturing next-generation robotic manipulation
Rich Mahoney and SRI International
27 Apr 2015
Every April, National Robotics Week fuels a heightened awareness around robotics, its impact on society, and its growing importance in a wide variety of fields and applications. Robotics, however, nev...
ABB launches YuMi and acquires gomTec
Frank Tobe
15 Apr 2015
ABB leapt into the collaborative robotics space at the Hannover Messe trade show by launching their two-armed YuMi robot and simultaneously announcing their acquisition of German startup gomTec, wh...
Foxconn begins selling noodle-making robot
Frank Tobe
28 Feb 2015
Early in 2014 Foxconn invested $25 million in Fu Jiang Robot Technology, a Shenzhen robot maker which had a dough-slicing device that was beginning to sell....
Japanese Robots: ActiveRobo SAM wants your seat, not your job
Reno Tibke
26 Jan 2015
If it can be simply installed and removed, if the controls are easy for both veteran and new operators, if together this creates a near-human surrogate, the ActiveRobo SAM could upend the entire R/C c...
JCC503 Robo, a high-efficiency washer in the form of CNC-controlled robotic arm
DigInfo TV
13 Jan 2015
http://youtu.be/yurn2xuKpc8
At JIMTOF 2014, Sugino Machine unveiled the JCC503 Robo, a CNC precision washer that positions parts with a numerically-controlled robotic arm and utilizes a high pressu...
Christmas is orange at Amazon
Frank Tobe
02 Dec 2014
15K+ bright orange Kiva robots are operating across the US and at 10 Amazon fulfillment distribution centers this holiday season....
Stepping motor with battery-free absolute sensor enables accurate positioning
DigInfo TV
02 Oct 2014
http://youtu.be/6jkMnv-otRA
Oriental Motor has developed the αSTEP AZ Series of closed-loop stepping motor & Driver packages, which contain its patented mechanical absolute sensor, the ABZO Se...
Vision-enabled package handling
Frank Tobe
29 Sep 2014
Capturing and processing camera and sensor data and recognizing various shapes to determine a set of robotic actions is conceptually easy. Humans do it naturally. But it is difficult for a machine.
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10,000 robots to be used on new iPhone 6
Frank Tobe
24 Jul 2014
MacRumors has done a roundup of iPhone 6 rumors, and reported that the new phone will come in two models: 4.7” and 5.5”, and will be released starting this September.
The new phone will be fas...
3d printer builds houses in China | The Guardian
Hallie Siegel
14 Jul 2014
http://youtu.be/OYqBxEAtXZA
See more at The Guardian and Mashable....
ShanghAI Lectures: Barry Richards and Craig Turnbull “Robotics and Automation Applied to the Aircraft Industry”
Nathan Labhart
26 Jun 2014
Guest talk in the ShanghAI Lectures, 2011-11-10
In this guest lecture, Craig Turnbull and Barry Richards from Electroimpact talk about robots in aircraft manufacturing....
