Day: June 21, 2016
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Some people are willing to put their lives in the hands of robot cars, says survey
Public attitudes to robotic advances in medicine, transport and the home polled ahead of first ever UK Robotics Week – 25th June to 1st July 2016 More than a quarter of UK adults polled in the UK Robotics Week survey believe that the biggest benefit of driverless cars will be fewer road accidents, a survey has found.…
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Apple robot plunders $40 million worth of gold from discarded iPhones
An Apple master robot with 29 arms and modules has looted $40 million worth of gold from discarded iPhones, according to a report by CNN. The exverimental robot, named Liam, is reportedly able to disassemble an iPhone and recover all of the components and materials inside within 11 seconds. Lisa Jackson, Apple’s vice president of environment, says…
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Yaskawa launches new collaborative industrial robots at Automatica
Yaskawa has launched a new collaborative industrial robot range at Automatica, along with a number of other innovations, including a new compact controller. The hotly anticipated collaborative Motoman HC10 is consistent with the plan to position Yaskawa as one of the world’s leading robot manufacturers in the area of human-robot collaboration. The manufacturer of Motoman industrial robots is presenting…
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Universal Robots launches app store and developer program
Universal Robots, has launched something it calls “Universal Robots+” at the Automatica event in Munich. Basically, it’s a sort of app store aimed at creating an ecosystem around UR’s collaborative robots. In a statement, the company says Universal Robots+ is “a showroom of plug and play application solutions offering a new level of simplicity for companies that want to hit the ground running…
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Robotiq launches camera system for industrial robot hand
Robotiq, a maker of robotic grippers for industrial robots, has launched a vision-guidance system for pick and place robots. The company, which mainly makes 2-finger and 3-finger grippers for Universal Robots, says its camera can be set up in “five minutes and makes vision easy to integrate”. The new camera component was developed as part of…
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Automatica: The greatest show of robotics and automation technology on Earth. Probably
Now in its seventh year, Automatica is one of the most eagerly-awaited trade fairs in the robotics and automation industry events calendar. The four-day show will be hosted in Munich, Germany, and its organisers say it provides a “comprehensive look at the latest developments” in the sector, with around 1,000 companies taking part.