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New Master of Advanced Studies (MAS) in architecture and digital fabrication...
Photo credit: Gramazio Kohler Research, ETH Zurich. In September a new Master of Advanced Studies (MAS) ETH in Architecture and Digital Fabrication will be offered by the Gramazio Kohler Research chair...
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Takeoff in robotics will power the next productivity surge in manufacturing
BCG research predicts that by 2025, adoption of advanced robots will boost productivity by up to 30 percent in many industries, and lower total labor costs by 18 percent or more in countries such as...
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Shadow Robot’s Dexterous Hand can do more than cook up a storm
Rich Walker, Managing Director, The Shadow Robot Company The Shadow Robot Company has been perfecting its robot hands for almost two decades, but it took just a short demo by the world’s first robot...
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Danish co-bot maker Universal Robots sells for $350 million
Privately held Danish company Universal Robots – the successful producer of the UR line of collaborative robots – has sold to Massachusetts-based Teradyne, a provider of electronic testing equipment....
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IdeaHub, ABB launch new robotics accelerator programme
The IdeaHub recently announced the launch of a robotics accelerator programme, run on behalf of ABB Robotics, to deliver solutions to some of the biggest issues facing robotics today and in the...
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AgBot Robotic Seeding Challenge powered by $50K grant for Grizzly RUV
By Rachel Gould The 2016 agBOT Robotic Seeding Challenge challenges participants to build unmanned robotic equipment to plant, measure and track multiple crop seeds to improve farming efficiency. The...
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Architectural robots: The shape of the robots that will shape your home
Illustration by Andrew Rae. While robots are being deployed in factories at a high pace, their presence on construction sites is close to nil. However, there are many architectural robotics research...
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Robots and manufacturing: Facts and figures from the Wall Street Journal
Source: The Wall Street Journal. A special Wall Street Journal report called Meet the New Robots: Manufacturing, Unleashing Innovation appeared in its own section in the Wall Street Journal this week....
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SoftBank invests in Fetch Robotics
Fetch Robotics, which just demo’d their Fetch and Freight robot system at ICRA in May, announced receiving $20 million from SoftBank, O’Reilly AlphaTech and Shasta Ventures. The Series A round of...
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Yaskawa robot learns the art of the samurai
Japanese robotics company Yaskawa Electric Corporation pitted one of the most skilled swordsmen in the world against one of their machines and the results are incredible. The movements of Isao Machii,...
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RoCKIn2015: A glimpse into the future of Europe’s domestic and industrial...
RoCKIn@home (left) and RoCKIn@work (right). Source: RoCKIn Over the last 20 years, robot competitions have emerged as a powerful means to foster progress in robotics research and development (R&D)....
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What’s propelling China’s industrial robot revolution
Xi Jinping, China’s President, last year called for an “industrial robot revolution.” Since then China has created policies giving value added tax refunds and subsidies to companies making robots, and...
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GreyOrange gets $30m for mobile robots
Co-founders of GreyOrange: Akash Gupta and Samay Kohli GreyOrange, an India and Singapore-based materials handling startup, has received $30m in equity funding to ramp up production of their Butler...
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194 Chinese robot companies
In China, the robotics industry is booming. Companies are deploying thousands of robots in all types of factories, particularly in the auto industry. Chinese companies that manufacture robots and their...
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New book by John Markoff explores common ground between humans and robots
NY Times tech writer John Markoff traces the origins of the AI embedded in today’s virtual and physical assistants and suggests a humane way to proceed. In a book released this week, Machines of...
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Removing steps of common processes
Professor Robert J. Flatt. Source: DFAB Being able to control the moment when concrete turns from liquid to solid is crucial for digitally fabricated concrete structures. The timing of this process can...
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Dobot’s robot arm: Industrial precision at low cost
Unsatisfied by the low cost, low precision and poor functionality desktop robotic arms on the market, a group of six hardcore robot makers decided to quit their high-paying industry jobs, and build...
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Robots in Depth: Melonee Wise on building robots, and robot companies
Robots in Depth is a new video series featuring interviews with researchers, entrepreneurs, VC investors, and policy makers in robotics, hosted by Per Sjöborg. In this interview, Per talks to Melonee...
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In-situ Fabricator: An autonomous construction robot
In-situ fabricator. Source: NCCR Digital Fabrication Digital fabrication enables the seamless combination of digital design with physical construction processes. To fully exploit this emerging...
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Blueberry picking robot could win $250,000 prize
Source: Jeff Kubina via Wikimedia Commons Here’s an interesting robotics challenge – a coalition of blueberry farmers are offering a $250,000 prize for automation solutions that improve blueberry...
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