From precision farming to autonomous farming: How commodity technologies enable revolutionary impact

The popular conception of farming as low-tech is woefully out of date. Modern farmers are high-tech operators: They use GIS software to plan their fields, GPS to guide field operations, and auto-steer...

11 November 2013, by Jeremy H. Brown

Robotic cornucopia: Robohub focuses on the state-of-the-art and the future of agricultural robotics

With an ever-increasing need to feed the world's hungry, the agricultural sector has long been an important boon to the field of robotics: the sector's widespread acceptance and use of automation tec...

18 October 2013, by Hallie Siegel

ABB, Nike and a Silicon Valley VC invest $3 million in Grabit

... Grabit, a 2012 SRI International spin-off, secures $3 million in Series A funding from ABB Technology Ventures, Nike and Formation 8, a tech VC in Silicon Valley....

08 October 2013, by Frank Tobe

Don’t blame technology for persistent unemployment | Slate

Posting on the Slate blog Future Tense, James Bessen takes issue with the notion that technology causes unemployment, illustrating his point by debunking a pair of frequently cited examples, textile w...

06 October 2013, by John Payne

There are mobile robots and then there’s KUKA’s MOBILE robot

... At the recent Hannover Messe trade fair, KUKA displayed their concept mobile robot showing how it could work a huge turbine blade. ... The device consisted of a KUKA omnimove mobile platform, a K...

26 September 2013, by Frank Tobe

Interest in industrial robots seen at Taipei Intl. Industrial Automation Exhibition and Robot Show

... The trade show, held the last week of August in Taipei, had a record 550 exhibitors. “It is the age of intelligence and automation,” said Eric Chuo, chairman of TAIROA (Taiwan Automation Intel...

13 September 2013, by Frank Tobe

China’s 5-Year Plan targets robotics as a growth industry

... China's 12th 5-Year Plan (2011-15) targeted robotics as a growth industry necessary for China's development. It expects a compound growth rate of 25%, said Wang Weiming, deputy director of the Min...

11 August 2013, by Frank Tobe

World’s first all stainless steel robot with seven degrees of freedom

Kawasaki Heavy Industries has developed the world's first all stainless steel robot with seven degrees of freedom. It will be used in the drug discovery and pharmaceutical fields to automate experi...

17 July 2013, by DigInfo TV

Robotic bartender assembles personalized drinks, monitors alcohol consumption, and takes social mixing to a whole new level

You're at a busy bar. You order your personalized cocktail through a smart phone app; a drink dispenser measures out the beverage according to your instructions and a Kuka robotic arm give it a shake ...

16 May 2013, by Hallie Siegel

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