As the fourth industrial revolution takes hold, many fear that robots will take our jobs and force us to go against new labour economising technologies, like the Luddites. While this fear of the unknown is understandable, the reality is that robots can go a long way to helping organisations, and, as our case in point, […]
Clearpath Expands Line of Self-DrivingVehicles for Industry OTTO 100 provides light-load material transport for today’s modern factories and warehouses (Kitchener, ON, Canada – March 23, 2016) Today, Clearpath Robotics expanded the OTTO line of self-driving vehicles with OTTO 100. The vehicle is designed for autonomous light-load material transport in factories and warehouses. “The OTTO […]
Robotics and automation has prospered in many manufacturing industries but there has been limited progress in food production because of a lack of enabling technologies leading to islands of automation. When focusing on ready meal manufacturing, the finished product can often be over-processed and costly due to the inefficiencies of traditional cooking and processing methods. […]
PITTSBURGH—Carnegie Mellon University’s National Robotics Engineering Center (NREC) has been selected as a prime contractor or subcontractor on four major new federal research projects totaling more than $11 million over the next three years. The projects range from research on a wheel that can transform into a track to automated stress testing for critical software. […]
International Climbing Machines, (ICM) of Ithaca New York has entered into a commercial agreement with NDIC of Japan. NDIC is one of the largest providers of Non-Destructive Inspections in Japan, employing approximately 1,500 people. A great deal of Japan infrastructure is composed of concrete, from building construction to large spans of highway. Regular testing of […]
DRONE VOLT robotized drones through its Software for iOS “DRONE VOLT PILOT(R)” VILLEPINTE, France, Feb. 9, 2016 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — DRONE VOLT SOFTWARE, a new division at DRONE VOLT, launches its new and innovative drone piloting application, DRONE VOLT Pilot(R). This simple and intuitive application provides novice drone pilots with many new features that will […]
Kessler Foundation Receives $1 M Grant to Study Benefits of Ekso Bionics’ Ekso GT™ Exoskeleton Leading Research Center to Expand Study of Benefits of Gait Training With Stroke Patients RICHMOND, Calif., Feb. 03, 2016 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Kessler Foundation, a global leader in rehabilitation research, announced today that it will use the Ekso GT™ […]
Québec City, Canada – Robotiq launches its newest Force Torque Sensor: the FT 300, bringing a sense of touch to robots. With plug and play integration on all Universal Robots, the Force Torque Sensor FT 300 makes automation of high precision tasks such as product testing, assembly and precise part insertion easy and fast to setup. […]
Lakeview Vision & Robotics smart inspection system brings unique, automated precision capabilities to manufacturing industry CHICAGO, Illinois – January 11, 2016 – Lakeview Vision & Robotics (LVR) announces the availability of a pioneering, vision-guided robotic inspection system – the only product of its kind in the manufacturing marketplace – that provides both automated inspection […]
Spartan puts affordable robot into the hands of students from middle school through college level MIAMI, FL — (January 8, 2016) — Modern Robotics Inc. today provided an exciting glimpse into the future of collaborative robotics with the introduction of Spartan™, a robotics base kit that allows users to build and program a very capable […]