Tag: actions
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SRI unveils autonomous digger for construction sites
SRI, a technology development company founded in 1946 by Stanford University, has unveiled an autonomous digger for construction sites and other similar heavy-duty applications. (See video below.) The “smart excavator” can be operated remotely and comes with an augmented reality system which makes the process secure, more convenient, and “as easy as playing a video…
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Comau unveils new software for ‘easy programming of complex robotic applications’
Comau has unveiled what it describes as a “powerful software program” based on artificial intelligence algorithms that makes man-machine communication easier while optimizing industrial operations. The industrial automation company says its MI.RA/Dexter reflects Comau’s “commitment to simplified automation”. MI.RA/Dexter is a metalanguage that makes aims to make robotics more accessible for companies of all sizes…
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Boston Dynamics releases new software for its canine robot Spot
Boston Dynamics has released new software for its canine robot, Spot, which has sold in relatively large numbers considering its hefty price tag. The company says the new software – Spot Release 3.0 – adds functionality to make Spot “the data collection solution you need for safer and more efficient inspection rounds”. Spot’s famous realistic…
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IBM launches new industrial chemistry robot to enable lab automation
IBM has launched a new industrial chemistry lab robot called RoboRXN, describing it as “the first remotely accessible, autonomous chemical laboratory”. (See video below.) The computing giant says the RXN machine is “revolutionizing industrial chemistry, by transforming it into a high tech business”. RXN uses a combination of artificial intelligence, automation and cloud computing to…
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Mitsubishi Electric develops ‘co-operative AI’ for human-machine work
Mitsubishi Electric says it has developed a cooperative artificial intelligence technology that it says “enhances work collaboration between humans and machines”. The system uses something Mitsubishi calls “inverse reinforcement learning”, or IRL, to learn and imitate the actions of skilled workers. IRL, one of the key features of Mitsubishi Electric’s “Maisart AI” technology, enables machines…
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Zebra Technologies unveils new robot for retail operations
Zebra Technologies has introduced SmartSight, a robot for mass merchants, grocers, and supermarkets and hypermarkets. The company is showcasing the new machine at NRF 2020, the retail technology show currently being held in Chicago, USA. SmartSight leverages the computer vision, machine learning, workflow automation and robotic capabilities of Zebra’s EMA50 enterprise mobile automation system to…
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Festo presents BionicSoftHand and BionicSoftArm
Festo has presented the latest innovations in its BionicSoftHand and BionicSoftArm technologies. Combined with the BionicSoftArm, a pneumatic lightweight robot, the Future Concepts are “suitable for human-robot collaboration”, says Festo. Whether its grabbing, holding or turning, touching, typing or pressing – in everyday life, we use our hands as a matter of course for the…
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Want to know how safe your warehouse job is? There’s an app for that
In 2017 there were nearly 350,000 incidents of workers taking sick leave due to injuries affecting muscles, nerves, ligaments or tendons – like carpal tunnel syndrome – according to the US Bureau of Labor Statistics. Among the workers with the highest number of incidents: people who work in factories and warehouses. Musculoskeletal disorders happen at…