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Vecna Robotics, a provider of robotic material handling autonomous ground vehicles, has been awarded first place in the DHL and Dell Robotics Mobile Picking Challenge 2017.
The event was held last week at the DHL Innovation Center in Troisdorf, Germany.
The challenge required a mobile robot capable of navigating traditional warehouse shelves, and picking boxes and totes. [Read more…] about Vecna Robotics wins DHL logistics automation competition
Chinese robot makers manufactured more than 100,000 industrial robots in the first 10 months of this year, according to the Communist Chinese government’s propaganda mouthpiece Xinhua.
The unstoppable growth indicates a massive increase in output of 70 per cent compared with the previous year, says Xinhua.
And if the output of the two months of 2017 not yet counted – November and December – were to be included, the total production is likely to surpass 120,000. [Read more…] about Chinese robot makers produced more than 100,000 industrial robots in first 10 months of 2017
A startup company called PerceptIn has raised a total of $11 million in funding, and has launched a new robotics vision system.
The funding came from Samsung Ventures, among others.
The vision system is called Ironsides, and PerceptIn claims it to be “the first full robotics vision system to combine both hardware and software for real-time tracking, mapping, and path planning for autonomous robots”. [Read more…] about PerceptIn raises $11 million funding and launches robotics vision system
As many people – including us – have said many times, Boston Dynamics makes the scariest robots in the world (see video below).
Not only do they look terrifying, they move in such a realistic way that you wonder if the makers have done something horrible to achieve such life-like motion.
Like transplanting an actual human brain into the humanoids or a dog’s brain into the canines to achieve such expert movement skills. [Read more…] about Boston Dynamics terrifies humanity again with humanoid robot that can do backflips like an Olympic gymnast
As well as being a globally well-known automaker, Honda is the maker of what is probably the most recognizable humanoid robot in the world – the famous Asimo – it’s the one that looks like an astronaut and runs in a funny way.
But the company hasn’t really made many headlines in recent times for its ongoing work in robotics. Now it’s in the spotlight again.
Honda Robotics is preparing to unveil what it calls its “3E – Empower, Experience, Empathy – Robotics Concept at CES 2018, which is scheduled to be held in Las Vegas, US, from January 9th to 12th. (See video below.) [Read more…] about Honda to launch new concept robots at CES 2018
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The makers of a mopping robot have raised 4,000 per cent more money than they asked for on crowd-funding site Indiegogo.
The developers of EveryBot RS700 have raised a total of $25,500 which is currently 4,200 per cent more than they asked for.
Although we’re talking about relatively small numbers, the success of EveryBot is an indication of how popular new robots can be both as a simple product purchase and as an investment. [Read more…] about Mopping robot EveryBot raises 4,000 per cent more funds than makers asked for
Advantech, a provider of industrial and embedded computing solutions, has expanded its European Service Center in Eindhoven, the Netherlands.
The compnay says that “continuous growth in the European market” has led Advantech to enlarge both the production, logistic and office facilities, which are set to open in January 2018.
Next to housing nearly 150 employees, the high-tech building will also serve as a demonstration site, displaying the latest of Advantech’s service IoT and Industry 4.0 applications. [Read more…] about Advantech expands European service center
By Edward Tse, Gao Feng Advisory
A few weeks ago, I had a meeting with the APAC head of a major Fortune 500 company at his office in Shanghai.
He told me that he had arrived in China around six months ago and was sent from headquarters to run their Asia business with a particular focus on China.
He said he thought he would come to China to “teach”. [Read more…] about The Chinese way: From ‘teaching’ to ‘teaching and learning’
By Joseph Zulick, MRO Electric
As many machine automation professionals know, deciding on which programmable logic controller to work with can be one of the most difficult decisions you have to make when organizing your control system.
There is no one size fits all equation, so are here are some guidelines I use. [Read more…] about How to choose the most appropriate programmable logic controller for your industrial automation requirements
