Day: June 12, 2020
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UN sends five robots to Rwanda to detect coronavirus
A new type of robot has been sent to Rwanda by the United Nations in an effort to help detect coronavirus infections. The hardware for the robot was built by Chinese company UBTech Robotics, and the software was developed by Belgian company ZoraBots. ZoraBots says the new kind of robot help healthcare professionals, governments and…
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Swiss Productions installs two OB7 cobots to operate their CNC mill machines
Swiss Productions says it has gained a competitive advantage by implementing two Productive Robotics OB7 collaborative robots on their CNC mills to eliminate idle spindle time and maximize production. (See video below.) From a family owned company that started in a 750 square foot facility and five screw machines, Swiss Productions has grown to what…
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Webinar: How Robots Are Succeeding and Failing in the World of Logistics
RoboBusiness Direct presents How Robots Are Succeeding and Failing in the World of Logistics Featured Speaker: Aaron Prather, Senior Technical Advisor, FedEx June 25, 2020 – 2:00 PM EST Robotics systems are being introduced into the world of logistics at an increasing rate. While some robotics systems and the companies employing them have achieved their…
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Webinar: Lessons Learned in Scaling a Robot Fleet
RoboBusiness Direct presents From 1 to 1,000: Lessons Learned in Scaling a Robot Fleet Featured Speaker: Sarjoun Skaff, CTO, Bossa Nova Robotics June 17, 2020 – 2:00 PM EST Bossa Nova Robotics is one of the leaders in the retail robotics sector, providing large retailers with inventory-scanning robots that move up and down aisles, tracking…
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Robotics one of the hottest investment sectors of the decade, says Silicon Valley Bank report
Entrepreneurs have invested more money in robotics than all other sectors combined, according to a new report by Silicon Valley Bank. In a report called The Future of Robotics, SVB says: “Investment in robotics has significantly outpaced the rest of venture (financing), making robotics one of the hottest sectors of the decade.” SVB’s data shows…
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Coronavirus pandemic causing grocers to invest in robotics, says report
The coronavirus pandemic is causing grocers to invest more in robotics, according to a study published by the Retail Analytics Council ahead of the Retail Robotics and AI Conference. The RAC retail robotics research report, Emerging Trends in Retail Robotics, says the Covid-19 outbreak gives grocers an additional reason to use robots in retail –…
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Scientists develop new method of teaching surgery to a robot
A team of scientists has developed a new way of teaching surgery to a robot that they say is far more efficient than other methods. In a paper entitled Semi-Supervised Representation Learning from Surgical Videos, the team at Cornell University calls its algorithm Motion2Vec. The team – which is backed by Intel’s AI Labs, Google…
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SEMI backs US government initiative to support to chipmaking in America
Global semiconductor manufacturing industry association SEMI has expressed its backing for the US government’s initiative to support to chipmaking in America. Facing a staggering “50 percent decline” in the US share of global semiconductor manufacturing capacity over the past 20 years, Congress has introduced the Creating Helpful Incentives to Produce Semiconductors for America Act –…
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Retail giant Gap improves supply chain with Kindred ‘Sort’ robots
Retail giant Gap says it has improved its supply chain output by implementing robots supplied by Kindred. (See video below.) The system Kindred has supplied uses industrial robotic arms originally manufactured by Fanuc integrated into a solution called “Sort”. Gap says that it has been “faced with an unprecedented surge in e-commerce and an extreme…
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Mercedes-Benz car plants worldwide restart production
Mercedes-Benz car plants worldwide are restarting production this month after a production suspension period caused by the coronavirus pandemic. In a statement, Mercedes-Benz says its car plants have “successfully restarted production step by step”. On April 20th, the engine and component plants in Germany gradually resumed production first, followed by the Mercedes-Benz car assembly plants.