Press Releases

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 are delicate and require special gentle handling such as raw dough, freshly baked items such as bread rolls or bagels, enrobed chocolate and items with any sort of topping or frosting. These are sample applications where baked goods producers have traditionally found difficulty on the […] Read More

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’, hosting eight delivery robots. The vans will drive through neighbourhoods, stopping in designated locations, based on delivery density and demand, to drop off and pick up robots to complete customer deliveries.   “Starship Technologies has solved the last mile problem by introducing sidewalk delivery robots. […] Read More

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 more cost-effectively than existing methods while also attaining near-perfect accuracy. Tally works in concert with retail associates by arming them with information to ensure the store’s products are always stocked, in the right place, and displaying the correct price tag. The robot operates safely during […] Read More

Plugging in precision   You can now integrate highly precise GPS into your electronics projects, without breaking the bank.   Whether you’re building robots or flying drones, you probably live with a compromise: positioning is either imprecise or requires expensive equipment. Now it’s possible to get much more precise positions, without the cost associated with professional GPS equipment, thanks to Reach. Reach is a high-precision GPS receiver available for $235, based on the Intel® Edison microcomputer platform. The device weighs just 12g, so it can be easily mounted on a drone or robot, and measures 26mm x 45mm.   Reach makes high-precision GPS available in a small form factor suitable […] Read More

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, we have a little tale to tell from a UK-based financial services business. Two years ago the business recognised it needed a change in approach to its administration. Providing back office services for a major retail bank, there was a need to improve throughput and quality. Current systems were not allowing them to act with […] Read More

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 100 takes the high quality and reliability of the OTTO 1500 and puts those advanced capabilities into a smaller form factor.” said Matt Rendall, Chief Executive Officer at Clearpath. “This enables new self-driving services in distribution, e-commerce, and manufacturing.” The OTTO 100 system delivers dynamic and efficient light-load transport in increasingly congested industrial operations.  Traditional material handling systems require […] Read More

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. OAL and the University of Lincoln and are delighted to announce the launch event for APRIL, a robotics and automation development set to change the way we manufacture food. The patented APRIL robotic chef developed by OAL, uses state of the art cooking and material handling technologies to process ingredients with real care on an […] Read More

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. Herman Herman, NREC director, said the center has hired 10 new technical staff members in the past six months and anticipates hiring another five-to-10 staff members in the coming months to augment its existing staff of about 100. “For the past 20 years, NREC has been an important national resource, combining unique technical skills and […] Read More

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 these large concrete structures is part of the periodic field testing conducted in part due to the high frequency of earthquakes and other natural disturbances. To date these tests were conducted manually. The ICM climbing robots are viewed as the future for field inspections. NDIC has committed considerable resources to the development of many markets […] Read More

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 enrich their user experience. One of the major benefits of DRONE VOLT Pilot(R) is that it is able to automatically create and save flight plans. DRONE VOLT makes automation easy and allows a large number of pilots, of all levels of expertise to use it. DRONE VOLT Pilot(R) is available today on the Apple App […] Read More