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    NAIST OpenHand M2S released
    The NAIST OpenHand M2S was developed by a team of students as part of the school’s annual CICP project (read the blog post about it here), in which students can propose and organize their own resear...
    16 February 2017, by

    5 global problems that AI could help us solve
    There’s a great deal of concern over artificial intelligence; what it means for our jobs, whether robots will one day replace us in the workplace, whether it will one day lead to robot wars. But cur...
    10 February 2017, by

    How will farmers and robots work together?
    Let's assume, for a moment, that the vision I've laid out in this blog is ridiculously successful, and, over the next few decades, robotic devices take over all aspects of tending land and crops and h...
    03 February 2017, by

    Customer story: Deployable, autonomous vibration control of bridges using Husky UGV
    Sriram Narasimhan’s research team are shaking things up in the Civil Engineering Structures Lab at the University of Waterloo. The research, which is led by Ph.D Candidate Kevin Goorts, is developin...
    05 January 2017, by

    Automation should complement professional expertise, not replace it
    Will your next doctor be an app? A cost-cutting NHS wants more patients to act as “self-carers,” with some technologized assistance. A series of flowcharts and phone trees might tell parents whose...
    19 October 2016, by

    Chinese Midea makes $2.5 billion bid for up to 49% of KUKA
    In China’s relentless state-stimulated quest to grow their robotics industry, Midea Group, a Chinese appliance manufacturer which already owns 13.5% of KUKA’s shares, has offered to buy up to 49...
    19 May 2016, by



    China’s growing robot industry turns to acquisitions
    Paslin, a Michigan integrator of welding robots, automation systems, and tooling, was acquired by Wanfeng Technology Group for an undisclosed amount (but reported as $302 million i...
    25 April 2016, by

    Filling the void left by Kiva Systems’ 2012 acquisition by Amazon
    In March 2012, in an effort to make their distribution centers (DCs) as efficient as possible, Amazon acquired Kiva Systems for $775 million and almost immediately took them in house. There was c...
    14 April 2016, by

    Why making robots is still hard
    Making robots is no easy task. If you talk to roboticists, they will tell you that it took years before the last robot they built or programmed was any good at performing a specific task. And although...
    23 March 2016, by

    Testing the lifetime of human-machine interfaces in a few days
    Thousands of repetitions in the space of just a few days: while manually impossible, this can be accomplished by a newly developed robot system from Fraunhofer IPA. Whether it’s a matter of pressing...
    07 March 2016, by and

    Why co-bots will be a huge driver of innovation and growth for robotics
    This article was first published on IEEE Spectrum Automaton and is republished here with permission. For the IEEE version, click here; for the unabridged version, continue reading. Collaborative ro...
    04 January 2016, by

    Registration now open for #ICRA16’s Airbus Shopfloor Challenge
    The Airbus Shopfloor Challenge invites robotics teams from around the world to create innovative robotic solutions for a real-life manufacturing challenge, and compete live at the IEEE 2016 Internatio...
    23 December 2015, by

    “Made in China” initiative is nurturing robotics according to plan
    The IFR (International Federation of Robotics) estimates that by 2018, one-third of all the industrial robots installed worldwide will be in China and said, "China is engaged on a historically unprec...
    21 December 2015, by

    BCG study finds that reshoring with robots works
    Two important findings from Boston Consulting Group’s (BCG) recent survey of US manufacturing executives: (1) Of those who plan to add capacity, most plan to do so in the US, and (2) a rising perc...
    10 December 2015, by

    New collaborative robots — and product lines — at iREX 2015
    We visited iREX 2015 last week at the Tokyo Big Sight. It was great to be in robotland and to be immersed in Japan's point of view on robotics. Some well-known collaborative robot manufacturers are ...
    07 December 2015, by and

    #iREX2015 collaborative robots video roundup
    Several new collaborative robots were shown at the IREX show in Japan. Check out the video....
    04 December 2015, by and

    Blueberry picking robot could win $250,000 prize
    Here’s an interesting robotics challenge – a coalition of blueberry farmers are offering a $250,000 prize for automation solutions that improve blueberry picking. The deadline for entries in the c...
    29 October 2015, by

    In-situ Fabricator: An autonomous construction robot
    Digital fabrication enables the seamless combination of digital design with physical construction processes. To fully exploit this emerging technology within architecture, robotic fabrication must be ...
    09 October 2015, by

    Robots in Depth: Melonee Wise on building robots, and robot companies
    Robots in Depth is a new video series featuring interviews with researchers, entrepreneurs, VC investors, and policy makers in robotics, hosted by Per Sjöborg. In this interview, Per talks to Melo...
    06 October 2015, by and

    Dobot’s robot arm: Industrial precision at low cost
    Unsatisfied by the low cost, low precision and poor functionality desktop robotic arms on the market, a group of six hardcore robot makers decided to quit their high-paying industry jobs, and build th...
    23 September 2015, by

    Removing steps of common processes
    Being able to control the moment when concrete turns from liquid to solid is crucial for digitally fabricated concrete structures. The timing of this process can be controlled by tuning the chemistry ...
    27 August 2015, by

    New book by John Markoff explores common ground between humans and robots
    NY Times tech writer John Markoff traces the origins of the AI embedded in today’s virtual and physical assistants and suggests a humane way to proceed....
    24 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

    GreyOrange gets $30m for mobile robots
    GreyOrange, an India and Singapore-based materials handling startup, has received $30m in equity funding to ramp up production of their Butler shelves-to-picker robot system....
    14 August 2015, by

    What’s propelling China’s industrial robot revolution
    [clear] Xi Jinping, China's President, last year called for an “industrial robot revolution.” Since then China has created policies giving value added tax refunds and subsidies to companies m...
    03 July 2015, by

    RoCKIn2015: A glimpse into the future of Europe’s domestic and industrial robotics industry
    Over the last 20 years, robot competitions have emerged as a powerful means to foster progress in robotics research and development (R&D). RoCKIn is part a of new generation of scientific robotics...
    27 June 2015, by

    Yaskawa robot learns the art of the samurai
    Japanese robotics company Yaskawa Electric Corporation pitted one of the most skilled swordsmen in the world against one of their machines and the results are incredible....
    24 June 2015, by

    SoftBank invests in Fetch Robotics
    Fetch Robotics, which just demo’d their Fetch and Freight robot system at ICRA in May, announced receiving $20 million from SoftBank, O’Reilly AlphaTech and Shasta Ventures....
    17 June 2015, by

    Robots and manufacturing: Facts and figures from the Wall Street Journal
    A special Wall Street Journal report called Meet the New Robots: Manufacturing, Unleashing Innovation appeared in its own section in the Wall Street Journal this week. Lots of good facts, figures an...
    04 June 2015, by

    Architectural robots: The shape of the robots that will shape your home
    While robots are being deployed in factories at a high pace, their presence on construction sites is close to nil. However, there are many architectural robotics research projects in academia, and du...
    21 May 2015, by and

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