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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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#iREX2015 collaborative robots video roundup
Several new collaborative robots were shown at the IREX show in Japan. Check out the video. More information on them in an upcoming post, stay tuned! #iREX2015 Tweets
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New collaborative robots — and product lines — at iREX 2015
We visited iREX 2015 last week at the Tokyo Big Sight. It was great to be in robotland and to be immersed in Japan’s point of view on robotics. Some well-known collaborative robot manufacturers are now...
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BCG study finds that reshoring with robots works
Two important findings from Boston Consulting Group’s (BCG) recent survey of US manufacturing executives: (1) Of those who plan to add capacity, most plan to do so in the US, and (2) a rising...
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“Made in China” initiative is nurturing robotics according to plan
The IFR (International Federation of Robotics) estimates that by 2018, one-third of all the industrial robots installed worldwide will be in China and said, “China is engaged on a historically...
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Registration now open for #ICRA16’s Airbus Shopfloor Challenge
The Airbus Shopfloor Challenge invites robotics teams from around the world to create innovative robotic solutions for a real-life manufacturing challenge, and compete live at the IEEE 2016...
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Why co-bots will be a huge driver of innovation and growth for robotics
This article was first published on IEEE Spectrum Automaton and is republished here with permission. For the IEEE version, click here; for the unabridged version, continue reading. Collaborative...
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Testing the lifetime of human-machine interfaces in a few days
The developed robot system is capable of simulating thousands of typical usage scenarios on any kind of device with a human-machine interface, such as a touchscreen. (Source: Fraunhofer IPA/Photo:...
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