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    When you need someone from Canada to calibrate your robot in New Zealand
    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...
    20 August 2015, by

    194 Chinese robot companies
    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...
    18 August 2015, by

    Estimating the impact of robots on productivity and employment
    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...
    14 July 2015, by and

    Team RBO from Berlin wins Amazon Picking Challenge convincingly
    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...
    29 May 2015, by

    Swiss-based ABB to manufacture robots in US
    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...
    24 May 2015, by

    Competing robotic warehouse systems
    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...
    01 May 2015, by



    Video describes accelerating robot deployment in China
    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....
    27 April 2015, by

    Manufacturing next-generation robotic manipulation
    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...
    27 April 2015, by and

    ABB launches YuMi and acquires gomTec
    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...
    15 April 2015, by

    Foxconn begins selling noodle-making robot
    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....
    28 February 2015, by

    Japanese Robots: ActiveRobo SAM wants your seat, not your job
    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...
    26 January 2015, by

    JCC503 Robo, a high-efficiency washer in the form of CNC-controlled robotic arm
    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...
    13 January 2015, by

    Christmas is orange at Amazon
    15K+ bright orange Kiva robots are operating across the US and at 10 Amazon fulfillment distribution centers this holiday season....
    02 December 2014, by

    Stepping motor with battery-free absolute sensor enables accurate positioning
    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...
    02 October 2014, by

    Vision-enabled package handling
    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. ...
    29 September 2014, by

    10,000 robots to be used on new iPhone 6
    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...
    24 July 2014, by

    3d printer builds houses in China | The Guardian
    http://youtu.be/OYqBxEAtXZA See more at The Guardian and Mashable....
    14 July 2014, by

    ShanghAI Lectures: Barry Richards and Craig Turnbull “Robotics and Automation Applied to the Aircraft Industry”
    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....
    26 June 2014, by

    Why was this man smiling at AUTOMATICA 2014?
    34,500 visitors from more than 100 countries came to Munich this June to visit AUTOMATICA 2014 and examine the robotics-related wares of 731 exhibitors from over 42 countries. But why was Esben Ø...
    17 June 2014, by

    Global trends in robotics from patent analysis
    120,000 robotics patents have been published in the last 10 years, tripling in rate from 2004 to 2013, according to the UK Intellectual Property Office Informatics Team. Unsurprisingly, there was a h...
    15 June 2014, by

    IFR Maker/User Panel at AUTOMATICA
    In a crowded back room at AUTOMATICA 2014 in Munich, the International Federation of Robotics (IFR) sponsored a panel of prominent robot users explaining their needs to a panel of executives represent...
    11 June 2014, by

    Meet your (ROS-based) cleaning team from Avidbots
    The folks at Avidbots — who won an honourable mention in the Robot Launch 2014 competition — are developing ROS-based commercial cleaning robots....
    26 May 2014, by

    Canadian farmers invest in robots to work ‘smarter, not harder’ | CBC
    Thousands of farms around the world now use robotic technology. In Canada, the automatic milkers are more recent – and the numbers of early adopters can be counted in the dozens. Read more by David...
    13 May 2014, by

    The evolution of assembly lines: A brief history
    The assembly line has long been considered one of the greatest innovations of the 20th century. It has shaped the industrial world so strongly that businesses that did not adopt the practice soon beca...
    24 April 2014, by

    Schunk Manipulators, with Henrik A. Schunk

    Link to audio file (27:49)In this episode Per Sjoborg speaks with Henrik Schunk about his company’s work in gripping technology, modular robotics and dexterous manipulation. They then look at se...
    20 April 2014, by

    ShanghAI Lectures 2013, Lecture 8-II – Education and Industry Session
    Lecture 8-II: Education and Industry Session This lecture hosted by Prof. Samia Nefti-Meziani from the University of Salford, Manchester, UK, is about higher education and industrial impact of the ...
    18 March 2014, by

    Sydney Harbor Bridge gets blasted by robot
    SABRE Autonomous Solutions, a spin-off from the University of Technology Sydney, is using two Schunk lightweight arms and blaster pistols to grit-blast the Sydney Harbor Bridge....
    18 February 2014, by

    Seegrid adds vision-guided lifting and stacking to product line
    Seegrid Corporation, a Pittsburgh-based start-up, has been providing driverless tugs for moving materials from point a to point b. Up until now they have just delivered the skids of material and then ...
    19 January 2014, by

    Harvest Automation rolls out bots for nurseries
    Harvest Automation, a Massachusetts-based start-up, has begun shipping their robots. After five years and an A, B and C round of equity funding, plus some debt, totalling almost $25 million, their HV-...
    17 January 2014, by

    Robotic hand changer enables high-precision docking through dual surface resting
    KOSMEK has developed a robotic hand changer that can switch between robot tools automatically - and with high precision. "Our aim is to enable a single robot to be used for many purposes. With this h...
    19 December 2013, by

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