Robots are no longer the unyielding, one-task giants doing humans' dull and dangerous work. The new breed can perform more than one task and work alongside humans without being a physical threat. As a result, manufacturers across industries ...
Tags: Next-Gen Robots, Robots
Laminating and coating machines producer Lacom will introduce at ITMA 2015, a new generation machines for the treatment of flexible substrates. According to a Lacom press release, the key feature of the system is that hotmelt's are not ...
Milestone awards were given in to teams who in the last year demonstrated exception technological achievement in the three categories of landing, mobility and imaging.A landing award scored teams $1 million, while a mobility prize as worth ...
Power and automation technology group, ABB, opened its Regional Robotics Packaging Application Hub in Singapore this week. This new extension to its Robotics Application Center that was set up in 2010 will be where it pioneers robotics ...
China is aiming high on the industrial ladder. Getting there requires advanced equipment such as robots that is still firmly in the hands of foreign enterprises. Industrial robots are used to do things like bolt panels on cars or ...
Tags: Chinese Robotics, Foreign Firms
HRP-2 robots learn kitchen chores at the University of Tokyo's JSK Lab. Google has recently been in the news for its buying spree of robotics companies. Many people are excited about this and believe that this will greatly ...
Tags: robot, robotics technology, household chores
NASA engineers like what they see in Microsoft Kinect 2 as they continue to work on space robots. A NASA video released earlier this month shows how it is leveraging a combination of Kinect 2 along with Oculus Rift, the virtual reality ...
Tags: Kinect 2, space robots, NASA, Oculus Rift, Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Samsung Electronics America, a provider of consumer electronics and home appliance products, has announced the commercial release of its XGEO GC80 digital radiology system in the US. The system uses a Samsung TFT-based flat panel detector ...
Global demand for robots is forecast to increase nearly 11% per year through 2016 to $20.2 billion, outpacing both the world’s economy and overall manufacturing activity. The United States is projected to grow at more than 15% per ...
Tags: Processing Machinery, robots
Factory Automation Systems of Atlanta, Ga., has received the Certified Robot Integrator designation from the Robotic Industries Association (RIA), the industry’s trade group. “We are delighted to welcome Factory Automation ...
Scientists at the University of Washington are working on a rocket that they say could enable astronauts to reach Mars in just 30 days. NASA has estimated that, using current technology, a round-trip human mission to Mars would take more ...
Tags: Computer, Industrial Equipment
Teaching math and science has never been more engaging. A new product launched today, is allowing teachers to use quadcopters, robotic arms and rovers to teach math and science using dedicated educational apps aligned with mandated ...
Despite advances in storage technology such as disk-based back-up, data de-duplication software and cloud-based storage, yesteryear's storage device – tape – is not dead, according to analysts and suppliers at SNW Europe 2012. ...
Tags: data de-duplication software, cloud-based storage, disk-based back-up