Day: July 29, 2016
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Yaskawa Motoman introduces specialised workcell for pharmaceutical sector
Yaskawa Motoman has introduced the RX Unit Pick Workcell, which it says is a fully automated robotic pharmacy order fulfillment system capable of handling thousands of different kinds of pre-packaged medicine with 100 per cent verification for mail order delivery direct to customers or to central fill locations. Developed jointly by the Motoman Robotics Division of…
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Mercedes autonomous bus takes passengers towards a future of ‘spectacular’ smart cities
Mercedes has launched an autonomous bus with a view to the future of integrated intelligent transport systems for smart cities. The company unveiled its Mercedes-Benz Future Bus with CityPilot, which it says is “a milestone on the way to the autonomous city bus, and a revolutionary mobility system for the future”. Some of the key features…
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Yamaha launches new autonomous boat
Company says the Breeze 10 unmanned boat is an electric craft for dam lake bed sediment surveying Yamaha has developed the Breeze 10 autonomous unmanned compact electric survey craft. The company designed the new product to support sounding work such as measuring the sediment levels of dams, and will commence business rentals principally aimed at commercial surveyors in August 2016. Breeze 10 is an electric FRP craft…
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Nissan using alien technology from Mars inside autonomous car system
From Nasa mission control to the driver’s seat: an interview with the alien technology developer shaping the future of autonomous driving for Nissan Space was not the final frontier for computer scientist Maarten Sierhuis. The former Nasa scientist, who once designed human-robot interactions and developed collaborative intelligent systems for space exploration, now focuses his efforts a bit…