Day: August 27, 2018
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LG Electronics to show off its new exoskeleton or ‘wearable robot’
Electronics giant LG is planning to showcase its new exoskeleton or, as the company calls it, its “wearable robot” at IFA, a consumer electronics event in Germany. The powered suit looks similar to the exoskeleton other companies have been bringing out – namely, Comau, Atoun, Ekso Bionics, Roam Robotics, and Sarcos, among others. LG says…
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Robots have found their way to Nepal
Is there no escape from robots anywhere on Earth? Is there nowhere you can go to get away from these infernal machines? Of course not, and those are rather naïve questions. When it comes to robots, you can run, but you can’t hide. Nepal, home to the world’s highest mountain and one of the largest…
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Sony launches Aibo robot dog in America
Sony’s robotic dog Aibo is launching in the US. As many readers will know, Aibo is an old dog and was previously around many years ago. But Sony stopped producing them and only relaunched the expensive mechanical pet a few months ago. Like its previous incarnation, the new Aibo is very expensive, retailing at around…
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Denso invests $270 million in OLED display developer
Automotive systems supplier Denso has invested $270 million in JOLED, a developer of printed organic light-emitting diode displays. The investment accelerates JOLED’s development and mass production of in-vehicle OLED displays, which are used for human-machine interfaces in car cockpits to deliver key driving information to the driver quickly and accurately. Compared to conventional HMIs, which…
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Kuka launches ‘smart factory as a service’ with partners
Industrial robot giant Kuka is partnering with two other companies to offer what it describes as a “SmartFactory as a Service”. The two other companies are insurance giant Munich Re and MHP, which is a process supplier and a subsidiary of Porsche, the automotive company. Kuka says the “revolutionary co-operation opens the door for new ideas”.