Lightweight Robotic Arm
Universal Robots has developed a modern, light weight, and flexible industrial robotic arm, capable of performing many tedious and repetitive production-related tasks. The 6-axis robot, created by the Danish company,…
Robotics Industry Stock Performances
It seems that the global financial crisis, which affected almost all industries in a negative way in the recent years also hit the robotics industry. Overall, worldwide stock performance of…
Foxconn to replace 1 Million workers with robots
Taiwan based Foxconn, which is the largest electronics component manufacturer in the world, have announced plans to add 1 Million robots to their workforce and they are planning to do…
Robots in Animal Healthcare
The following video shows how the European firm Wasserbauer uses robots in animal healthcare industry. Utilizing robots enable better weight control and health of livestock. Robots can track feeding instructions…
Nikon Metrology helps transform industrial robots
The EU co-funded COMET consortium is creating a revolutionary solution enabling the use of industrial robots for high-end machining. Robots of any brand fitted with the novel COMET plug-and-produce controller…
ABB’s new robot has human proportions
Swiss robot manufacturer ABB has just come up with a new industrial robot designed to help human workers in assembly lines and has arms that are proportioned like a human…
Robots help in Japan Earthquake rescue efforts
In order to find survivors of the earthquake and Tsunami that hit Japan last week, rescue robots have been deployed at parts of Japan. One example is the snake robot…
US Navy building Android firefighter
In a new project that has just commenced, US Navy aims to build android firefighter robot. The concept of firefighter robots is actually not new however doing this task with…
Strawberry picking robot
In Japan the engineers developed an agricultural robot that could help farmers in picking fruits. The robot first determines the position, and then evaluates if the color of the strawberry…
Paving the way towards a real robot house helper
A project run in Europe called PACO PLUS has reported interesting advances in development of robot recognition. The robot called ARMAR-III is able to learn new information by its visual…