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industrial robotics
42 companies empowering robots and humans to work side-by-side
Frank Tobe
31 Mar 2017
There is growing demand for more flexibility in factories and shops. Collaborative robotics, a sub-set of service robotics in labs, manufacturing and material handling, is where the action is today...
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 ...
Father of robotics Joseph F. Engelberger dies at age 90
Silicon Valley Robotics
01 Dec 2015
Robotics Industry Association | Joseph F. Engelberger, an engineer and entrepreneur who pioneered the robotics field, died peacefully at his home this morning, December 1, 2015, in Newtown, Connecticu...
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...
ROS Industrial celebrates one-year anniversary
Frank Tobe
13 May 2013
ROS-I is developing and promoting a manufacturer-independent open-source library of drivers and the transfer of established components from research to industry - not just h/w interfaces and MS, IOS a...
Two overhead, rail-mounted robots tend four others | FANUC Robotics
John Payne
08 Dec 2012
I sometimes feel as though FANUC gets short shrift because their videos are pragmatic rather than flashy. This one is of particular interest to me because it demonstrates a rail-mounting system ...
SCHUNK on FANUC demo cell at IMTS2012
John Payne
16 Oct 2012
FANUC demo cell at IMTS 2012, posted by industrial robotics competitor SCHUNK GmbH to their YouTube channel.
See on www.youtube.com...
The logic behind bailing out the auto industry
Frank Tobe
27 Feb 2012
Pres. Obama, speaking at Carnegie Mellon University, June 24, 2011
"Today, I'm calling for all of us to come together- private sector, industry, universities, and the government - to spark a re...
The logic behind bailing out the auto industry
Frank Tobe
27 Feb 2012
By Frank Tobe, editor/publisher, The Robot ReportPres. Obama, speaking at Carnegie Mellon University, June 24, 2011"Today, I'm calling for all of us to come together- private sector, industry, univers...
Divergent views on communicating with machines
Frank Tobe
21 Jan 2012
Steve Ballmer, CEO, Microsoft and Dr. Dieter Zetsche, Chairman, Mercedes Benz
Much of what I saw at CES 2012 was about products being upgraded to “smart” under the premise that smart connec...
Robotics is a highly fragmented industry with few common standards or platforms
Frank Tobe
06 Dec 2011
Imagine being present at the birth of a new industry. It is an industry based on groundbreaking new technologies, wherein a handful of well-established corporations sell highly specialized devices for...
