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Soft Robotic grippers for packaging -

Tech start-up to exhibit their latest gripping technology in Booth 9901 – Looks to enable the snack & baking industries with packaging automation Cambridge, MA – Snack and bakery packaging automation has typically come with its own set of limitations. For example, many products have variable characteristics such as weight, size and shape – all difficult for many packaging machines to handle consistently. Many applications […] Read More

Integrating self-driving robots with delivery vans to provide local delivery -

Stuttgart, Germany, September 7, 2016 – Starship Technologies, the start-up transforming the delivery industry with a fleet of friendly sidewalk robots, is announcing today its partnership with Mercedes-Benz Vans to develop ‘Robovan’, the world’s first transportation system integrating specially-adapted vans with autonomous delivery robots to allow efficient delivery of goods in neighbourhoods.   The semi-autonomous transportation system will see Mercedes-Benz Sprinter vans act as ‘motherships’, […] Read More

Robot Lawn Mower -

The robotic lawn mower that was produced by Turflynx of Portugal, seems to do the job of what anyone would expect from a robotic lawnmower. It goes to the location or locations that you select, totally autonomously mows the specified area and can move on to the next area totally on its own. It also has safeguard features to stop when an obstacle is encountered. […] Read More

Robotic autonomous shelf auditing and analytics solution -

SAN FRANCISCO—August 16, 2016 – As part of its participation at this week’s Intel Developer Forum, Simbe Robotics today announced that it is now using the Intel RealSense camera in its pioneering Tally robot.   Simbe will be showcasing Tally, the world’s first robotic autonomous shelf auditing and analytics solution for retail, at IDF’s Technology Showcase. Tally has the ability to audit shelves faster and […] Read More

Industrial robot runtime programming -

Article provided by: www.robotct.ru In this article, runtime programming is understood as the process of creating an executable program for a robot controller (hereinafter referred to as “robot”) on an external controller. In this case the robot performs the program iteratively, by sending the minimum executable command or batch of commands to it. In other words, in runtime programming, the executable program is sent to the […] Read More

Outdoor patrolling robots -

There are various applications for autonomous patrol robots, such as patrolling industrial facilities, golf resorts, solar farms, beaches and many more… Some models of such patrol robots are made by SMP robotics, based in California,  manufacturing many models of robots and expands distribution network. The company produces several types of robots, such as: Electrical Substation Inspection Robot, Solar Powered Security Robot, Mobile Propane Mosquito Trap, Bird Control Robot, […] Read More

Indoor Autonomous Security Robot -

MOUNTAIN VIEW, CA — Knightscope, Inc., developer of advanced physical security technologies focused on significantly enhancing US security operations, announced today that it will expand its product offering to include the Knightscope K3 – an all new Autonomous Data Machine (ADM) designed for indoor applications.  The announcement was made at ISC West, the largest security industry trade show in the US attended by over 28,000 […] Read More

Robot teaches itself new task in 8 hours -

Deep learning is a relatively new but cery powerful concept for machine intelligence. Combined with cloud robotics, where robots share what they learn with each other immediately, this has huge potential in getting robots much more involved in our lives. Note that the artice discusses about industrial robots here, but, domestic robots will very soon follow as usual. For the detailed artice, see below: https://www.technologyreview.com/s/601045/this-factory-robot-learns-a-new-job-overnight/#/set/id/601069/ Read More

What are the best collaborative robots? -

Collaborative robots are the new ideal co-worker. However, you may ask yourself what is the best collaborative robot out there. The answer: The one that fits your needs! Are you doing research or are you in a high production application? Do you need to carry a 10g PCB or you are carrying a heavy metal part… Here’s a short resume of which collaborative robot should suit your needs. RETHINK […] Read More

Lakeview Vision & Robotics smart inspection system -

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 and decision making via an exclusive process monitoring tool. The […] Read More