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Chipmaker STMicroelectronics and robotics company Asratec have partnered to develop and demonstrate a humanoid robot at a recent industry event in Japan.
The companies say the development is in recognition of the observation that the internet of things is becoming a part of people’s lives.
This means that network-connected embedded systems – such as robots – “are growing more important than ever”. [Read more…] about STMicroelectronics partners with Asratec to demonstrate humanoid robot
The market for humanoid robots is forecast to grow to $4 billion in about five years, according to a new report by ReportsnReports.
The researcher values the current market at approximately $320 million in 2017. So that would mean annual growth of more than 50 per cent.
Humanoids include such robots as Pepper and Nao, which are owned by SoftBank Robotics, as well as Emiew, produced by Hitachi, and Honda’s famous Asimo, although that one is more of an exhibition robot.
The others, like Nao and Pepper, for example, are already finding many buyers. SoftBank says it has sold 10,000 units of Nao, and it releases batches of 1,000 at a time of the Pepper robot, and it sells out online within minutes. [Read more…] about Humanoid robot market to grow to $4 billion in five years
Exclusive interview with Dong Li, research engineer at Hitachi R&D Europe, about the company’s new humanoid robot, Emiew
At street level, the Barbican area of London, England has the strange quality of looking like a small underground city. But it’s actually not.
True, it has an Underground railway station, but the rest of the commercial and cultural district – with its museums and office blocks – is mostly above ground.
It may be because the buildings are so imposing that they overshadow the often narrow streets and block out the sun in some places. The bridges overhead connecting one set of buildings to another, or one side of the road to the other, and the tunnels that go underneath the building complexes themselves, exacerbate the feeling of being underground. [Read more…] about From the biggest to the smallest: Hitachi takes first nimble steps in robotics market
Pepper and Nao now busy working at the city hall of the fifteenth district of Paris
Paris has become the first city in France, and one of the few cities in the world, to have employed humanoid robots in its city hall.
The city hall of the fifteenth district of Paris has just received two robots created by SoftBank Robotics, namely the Pepper and Nao robots.
The two small robots also integrate applications powered by the Hoomano company. [Read more…] about Paris city hall gives jobs to Pepper and Nao robots
Mouser Electronics has reached a global agreement with Robotis to distribute the company’s components, which include a range of controllers, servo motors, industrial actuators, and open-source development boards.
The Robotis portfolio is now available from Mouser Electronics, although it’s not clear whether complete versions of the company’s humanoid robots and its TurtleBot will be sold through Mouser.
Robotis’ OpenCM9.04 open-source controllers run on an STMicroelectronics STM32 F1 microcontroller with a 32-bit ARM Cortex-M3 core. [Read more…] about Mouser Electronics to distribute Robotis components
SoftBank Robotics and Zora Bots have signed what they describe as “a major partnership” aimed at reaching a wider audience for the humanoid robot Nao.
Zora Bots, which has already deployed its software designed for robots in the health sector, is now the world’s leading distributor of Nao and is poised to expand its solution in many areas including retail, hospitality, education and personal services.
This strategic rapprochement in the international arena will bring humanoid robotics into a new dimension and make Nao available to a wider audience. [Read more…] about SoftBank has sold 10,000 Nao robots. Now the tiny humanoid wants to ‘conquer new markets’ with Zora
This year’s Consumer Electronics Show is all set to be the biggest one yet for robotics.
With recent advances in artificial intelligence, combined with newly affordable sensors and other materials required to make the machines, robots are no longer going to be a rarity at any tech event.
In the past, if they’ve been seen at events, robots usually appear at specially designed shows for their kind. But now, they’re everywhere and they’re threatening a total takeover. [Read more…] about Robots at CES: They’re coming in too fast
