Vacuum cleaner robots are probably the most common domestic robots that are in use today. Samsung Electronics just made a new addition to these robots, by introducing Tango Vacuum Cleaner Robot. The robot is able to clean carpets, hardwood floors and beds autonomously. The robot has a 30 frame per second camera for navigation and […]
The food processing robot by Adept Technology Inc. called Quatro, has recently reached a speed of 300 cycles per minute, which is considered a benchmark in the industry. Other than the motor speeds, it takes a high performance of motion control and software as well, in order to reach such speeds. Threshold for the record […]
Japanese company Fuji Heavy Industries has developed a robot that can perform farming tasks autonomously. The robot runs on gas. It is about 6.5 feet (apprx. 2 meters) long and 1 meter high. The navigation is done by laser signals, which robot uses to determine its distance to reflective plates – which are placed in […]
Recently we are getting accustomed to seeing robots in every possible task we can imagine. One of them is of course firefighting. A South Korea company called Hoya Robot is on its way to build a firefighter robot to enter burning buildings for search missions. The robot is apparently able to withstand not only fire […]
Dayton, OH. Motoman Inc., a leading industrial robot manufacturer, and Agile Planet, Inc., developers of advanced robotics software, have entered into a partnership that will provide commercial users with a leading-edge hardware and software solution for dual-arm robots. The technology partnership will integrate a customized version of Agile Planet’s state-of-the-art, robot-independent manipulation software, KinematixTM, and […]
The new advertising robot An9-PR designed by a Japanese Company ALSOK has gone on sale this week. It has features such as a 360 degrees electronic billboard, three LCD touch screens, voice announcement system to advertise products, face recognition system, wireless conectivity which also enables mobile phone communication, location awareness, smart card reader at hands. […]
ROCHESTER HILLS, Mich., June 9, 2009 FANUC Robotics America Inc. today introduced the new M-1iA intelligent assembly robotat the 2009 International Robots & Vision Motion Control Show held at the Donald E. Stephens Convention Center in Rosemont (Chicago), IL June 9-11, booth #1411. The M-1iA is a lightweight and compact six-axis, parallel-link robot designed for […]
Chinese scientists are working on the market launch phase of a robot that is designed to help elderly people. The main focus right now is to reduce the cost of the robot, which the developers aims to bring down to 4K-7K in US dollars. The robot will have functions like fetching medicine and food, sounding […]
The new model to be unveiled this week has been described as the fastest, most accurate, low-weight, medium-sized robot ever with a 20 kg to 60 kg payload which ABB says also enable cutting the cycle time by 25%.
Although it is still a prototype, the i-shovel robot is expected to be on the markets next year. The solar powered robot is able to sense the locations where there is snow accumulation,move towards that area and clean it in a totally autonomous manner. The robot is expected to hit the markets next year. For […]