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    Advanced Robotics Manufacturing Institute in planning for USA
    The US just moved a step closer to building an advanced robotics institute modeled on the hugely successful Fraunhofer Institutes. The proposed ARM or Advanced Robotics Manufacturing Institute is one...
    31 May 2016, by and

    Photos from the Airbus Shopfloor Challenge
    Robohub covered the Airbus Shopfloor Challenge that took place during #ICRA16 in Stockholm. Below, you can see an extensive photo gallery as part of our coverage. Check it out!...
    25 May 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

    I am FRANKA: German collaborative robot can build itself
    The robotic industry is currently surfing on a new wave of collaborative robots. With several big companies trying to make their way into the market, there is still a huge effort from emergent compan...
    10 May 2016, by and

    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

    4 reasons why Industry 4.0 will leave AGVs behind
    By Paula de Villavicencio Technology has been in development for the last decade and has now come to fruition in the form of self-driving vehicles. These vehicles are driving into industrial cente...
    22 April 2016, by



    Industrial robot sales for 2015 set a new record
    In a flurry of press releases, the International Federation of Robotics (IFR) revealed details of 2015 industrial robot sales of 240,000 units. This set a new sales record and reflected an 8...
    18 April 2016, by

    Collaborative robots and breaking down evolving risk assessment
    During the last 50 years, industrial robots have been increasingly used in manufacturing industries around the world. The technology has been evolving and adapting to the needs of its users. Over the ...
    14 April 2016, by and

    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

    Smart Digital Factory Lab showcasing Industry 4.0
    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...
    05 April 2016, by and

    Japan’s first 5-axis hybrid 3D printer
    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 ...
    04 April 2016, by
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    Hadrian Bricklaying Robot, with Mark Pivac

    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...
    02 April 2016, by

    Stop talking about bringing jobs back from China
    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...
    27 March 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

    5 innovation challenges in materials transport
    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...
    18 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

    Workshop robots controlled by touch
    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...
    29 February 2016, by

    SVR Case Studies: Fetch Robotics bringing warehouses to life
    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 ...
    19 February 2016, by and

    First look at 2015 statistics on industrial robots from the IFR report
    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...
    13 February 2016, by

    Using force feedback in robotics
    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...
    15 January 2016, by and

    3 supply chain trends to watch for in 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...
    08 January 2016, by and

    IoT may be 2016’s hot new trend, but in industrial robotics it’s been around for a decade
    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 ...
    06 January 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

    The future of robot off-line programming
    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...
    28 December 2015, by
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    Construction Drilling, with Konrad Fagertun

    Transcript below. In this episode Audrow Nash interviews Konrad Fagertun, Chief Operating Officer of nLink in Norway....
    27 December 2015, 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

    Evaluating what’s easy and what’s hard to automate in your workshop
    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...
    17 December 2015, by and

    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

    How many axes does my robot need?
    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...
    09 December 2015, by and

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