Robotics > Open Source

Scottsdale, AZ, October 6, 2017 – Roboteq, Inc (www.roboteq.com) introduces RoboAGVSim, a simulator that lets AGV designers program, test and fine tune their Automated Guided Vehicles in the comfort of their PC.  A video demonstration of the Simulator can be found at https://youtu.be/3r_vB-9433Q. A Magnetic track guided AGV can be built using only two Roboteq components: An MGS1600 magnetic guide sensor and any Roboteq Dual Channel motor controller. The sensor measures the distance to the center of the track. Using its built-in programming language, the motor controller takes this data and computes the power to apply to the left and right motor needed for the robot to stay on track. The […] Read More

Servosila introduces a new member of the family of Servosila “Engineer” robots, a UGV called “Radio Engineer”. This new variant of the well-known backpack-transportable robot features a Software Defined Radio (SDR) payload module integrated into the robotic vehicle.   “Several of our key customers had asked us to enable an Electronic Warfare (EW) or Cognitive Radio applications in our robots”, – says a spokesman for the company, “By integrating a Software Defined Radio (SDR) module into our robotic platforms we cater to both requirements. Radio spectrum analysis, radio signal detection, jamming, and radio relay are important features for EOD robots such as ours. Servosila continues to serve the customers by […] Read More

Hardware, software and cloud for fast robot prototyping and development Kraków, Poland, June 27th, 2017 – Robotic development platform creator Husarion has launched its next-generation dedicated robot controller CORE2. Available now at the Crowd Supply crowdfunding platform, CORE2 enables the rapid prototyping and development of consumer and service robots. It’s especially suitable for engineers designing commercial appliances and robotics students or hobbyists. Whether the next robotic idea is a tiny rover that penetrates tunnels, a surveillance drone, or a room-sized 3D printer, the CORE2 can serve as the brains behind it. Husarion’s platform greatly simplifies robot development, making it as easy as creating a website. It provides engineers with embedded […] Read More

Roby d’Bear is a new project which is an entertainment robot that connects with mobile devices. Users can move its arms, head, mouth, eyes and eyelids. Other operation modes include Play, Repeat, Dance and Karaoke functions. In Play mode the robot repeats after the user. You can enable repeat mode in higher or lower voice for more entertaining effects. When playing a song on your phone, you can enable Dance function and Roby d’Bear dances and sings to the rhytm of the song. Sound and sensitivity of the microphone can be adjusted according to your needs. The device can be used for charging phones or for hands-free calling. Roby d’Bear […] Read More

PITTSBURGH – A new interactive design tool developed by Carnegie Mellon University’s Robotics Institute enables both novices and experts to build customized legged or wheeled robots using 3D-printed components and off-the-shelf actuators.             Using a familiar drag-and-drop interface, individuals can choose from a library of components and place them into the design. The tool suggests components that are compatible with each other, offers potential placements of actuators and can automatically generate structural components to connect those actuators.             Once the design is complete, the tool provides a physical simulation environment to test the robot before fabricating it, enabling users to iteratively adjust the design to achieve a desired look or […] Read More

Tampere, Finland – Jan 16th, 2017 – Granite Devices Inc, a Finnish servo drive manufacturer has released a new industrial servo motor drive contributing high degree of time and cost saving features to the machine automation market. A “swiss knife of motion control” IONI starts a new era of servo drives by bringing snap-on installation, built-in SIL2 safety functions and unforeseen compactness in 700 W class in just 70 x 37 x 7 mm form factor. IONI implements industry standard, torque, velocity and position controls for AC, brushless DC, brushed DC, linear servo motors and stepping motors between 2 W and 700 W power. An improved high dynamic range torque […] Read More

Farmbot is an open source farming robot, for small scale food production. It plants what you want exactly where you want, in any pattern and density, according to user input. It can even detect weeds autonomously, position itself on it, and with a stroke bury them into the ground. The robot first chooses the suitable end effector, for watering, weeding, soil sensing or planting seeds, and then, by moving on its frames horizontally, and its arm vertically, it can reach to any location within the frames and perform the desired task at the specific location. Even watering becomes more efficient with this robot, since it positions itself directly above the […] Read More

Robot Operating System (ROS) http://www.ros.org Today by far the most commonly used robotics software is ROS, which stands for Robot Operating System. This is an open source software, and the most number of developers and robotics users are involved with this program with an ever increasing rate. It contains set of libraries, algorithms, developer tools and drivers for developing robotics projects. The first release of ROS was in 2010, and as of beginning of 2017, ROS has reached its 10th official release, which is called “ROS Kinetic Kame”. There are translations to 11 languages other than English, which are: German, Spanish, French, Italian, Japanese, Turkish, Korean, Portuguese, Russian, Thai and […] Read More

Press release by CKF: CKF Systems Ltd, the leading supplier of automated handling, robotic solutions and conveyor systems to manufacturing industry, has developed a range of cost effective robot handling cells designed specifically for those businesses currently operating a manual palletising line. The AC25, a direct replacement for existing manual operations, is exceptionally easy to install and operate and at a cost of just £80,000, will typically provide a payback in under two years. “Our objective was to design a low cost robot palletising cell that can be installed as a standalone operation or combined for multiple feeds with a common discharge into secondary palletising operations such as spiral wrappers […] Read More

How industrial robots will shape the work to come Industry 4.0 is one of the most discussed topic worldwide. All over the world, the race for innovation has become one on the main challenges that nations and companies have to face, working to create new policies able to take into account factors like Big Data, digitization and industrial robots. According to many, the latter is about to revolutionize every piece of our lives, and is about to transform the world into something where everything is automated and interconnected, where everything is based on digital technologies, and where men and machines work together. The age of the robot rush Industrial robots […] Read More