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Danfoss and RISE Robotics collaborate on new innovation to ‘accelerate electrification of heavy machinery’

May 12, 2022 by David Edwards Leave a Comment

Danfoss Power Solutions and RISE Robotics have signed a collaboration agreement to jointly validate and test a key innovation that has the potential to transform the heavy machinery market through electrification.

Danfoss Power Solutions, a global supplier of mobile and industrial hydraulics as well as electric powertrain systems, and RISE Robotics, a leading zero-emission heavy machinery company, have formalized their collaborative relationship.

The two businesses have signed an agreement to work together to validate the latest electromechanical actuator technology from RISE. [Read more…] about Danfoss and RISE Robotics collaborate on new innovation to ‘accelerate electrification of heavy machinery’

Filed Under: Engineering, News Tagged With: alström, customers, danfoss, electric, electrification, electromechanical, global, heavy, hydraulic, innovation, machinery, patent, power, rise, robotics, solutions, speed, systems, technology, work

Facebook files patent for robotic eyeball

February 1, 2022 by Sam Francis Leave a Comment

Social media giant Facebook has filed a patent for a robotic eyeball, according to a report on Gizmodo.com.

The “mechanical eyeball” is said to feature human-like abilities and can be integrated to humanoid or other types of robots.

Why Facebook, which recently rebranded itself as Meta, is developing a robot eyeball is subject to considerable speculation. [Read more…] about Facebook files patent for robotic eyeball

Filed Under: Humanoids, News Tagged With: ai, carnegie, company, components, computers, designed, eye, eyeball, facebook, fastest, humanoid, machines, mellon, meta, moving, patent, powerful, robot, robotic, robots, supercomputers, touch

Autonomous vehicles ranked among top 10 innovations attracting investment

August 27, 2021 by David Edwards Leave a Comment

The convergence of automotive and technology industries is accelerating the pace of innovation in the mobility and transportation sectors, leading to a surge in patent grants relevant to autonomous vehicles while also attracting venture capital investors’ interest in the area.

GlobalData, a leading data and analytics company, has ranked autonomous vehicles among the top 10 innovation-led technologies.

GlobalData’s Technology Innovation Intensity framework is a proprietary data-driven model that incorporates key innovation drivers from alternative datasets such as patents and deals to track a technology’s pace of innovation as well as its lifecycle stage. [Read more…] about Autonomous vehicles ranked among top 10 innovations attracting investment

Filed Under: Autonomous vehicles, Features Tagged With: autonomous, company, driving, funding, globaldata, grants, innovation, jain, leading, mobility, patent, patents, safety, stage, startup, startups, superpedestrian, surge, technologies, technology, three, unicorn, vehicles, years

Chinese robotics sector files ‘44 percent of total global patents’

March 15, 2021 by Mai Tao Leave a Comment

The Chinese robotics sector generated almost half of total global patents in the most recent year available, according to a new report. 

The figure was published in the Annual Report on the Development of the Robot Industry in China, jointly written by HRG International Institute of Research and Innovation as well as the China Institute of Science and Technology Evaluation.

The two organizations produced what they call the 2021 Blue Book of the Robot Industry, based on their research. [Read more…] about Chinese robotics sector files ‘44 percent of total global patents’

Filed Under: Industry, News Tagged With: analysis, blue, book, china, chinese, development, global, hrg, industrial, industry, innovation, institute, institutions, patent, patents, percent, provide, published, report, robot, robot-related, robotics, scientific, sector, total, trend

The rise of robotics: 5 patent strategies for inventors

February 10, 2021 by Liv Leave a Comment

No longer a mere product of science fiction, robotics and artificial intelligence form a central part of disruptive innovation.

Positioned to shape the economies of the decades to come, there is ample opportunity for new robotics to meet the demands of everyday tasks, industrial automation, and the ever-evolving workplace.

Nonetheless, the role of intellectual property in the successful commercialization of innovative robotics cannot be understated. [Read more…] about The rise of robotics: 5 patent strategies for inventors

Filed Under: Business, Features Tagged With: patent, patent protection, patent strategy, robotics business, robotics patent

Scientists have found more water in space than they ever knew possible

January 20, 2021 by Liv Leave a Comment

We’ve known for a long time that there is water in space. But an international team of scientists has found a cloud of water vapor 12 billion light-years away – and it’s bigger than you could possibly imagine.

You Will Not Believe How Much Water Has Been Found Floating in Space

The aerospace industry is as big today as it has ever been. Whether you’re an independent space company looking to put innovative satellites into low orbit, or a major government agency, it’s an exciting time to be alive. [Read more…] about Scientists have found more water in space than they ever knew possible

Filed Under: Features, Space Tagged With: cloud, ifi, patent, percent, quasar, skyrora, space, top, water, water in space

China overtakes US as world’s leading patent generator

August 17, 2020 by David Edwards Leave a Comment

China has overtaken the US as the world’s leading researcher, generating 58,990 patents in 2019 compared with America’s 57,840. 

This is the first time since 1978 that the US has lost its position as the world’s leading producer of patent-winning inventions or innovations. (See animation below.)

The figures were published by the World Intellectual Property Organization, a specialized agency of the United Nations. [Read more…] about China overtakes US as world’s leading patent generator

Filed Under: Economy, News Tagged With: applications, china, chinese, global, gurry, huawei, innovation, leading, number, patent, patents, published, telecommunications, top, university, wipo

Apple rejects billion-dollar lawsuit over virtual assistant Siri

August 4, 2020 by Mai Tao Leave a Comment

Trillion-dollar tech giant Apple has rejected a $1.4 billion lawsuit over its voice assistant Siri, the virtual robot integrated into all its devices.

The legal action was initiated by Xiao-i Robot, also known as Shanghai Zhizhen Intelligent Network Technology, in the Shanghai High People’s Court.

Xiao-i Robot, which is little known outside China and doesn’t appear to have a readily discoverable website, claims that Apple integrated features into Siri which is part of its patent. [Read more…] about Apple rejects billion-dollar lawsuit over virtual assistant Siri

Filed Under: Computing, News Tagged With: apple, china, court, lawsuit, patent, products, robot, siri, technology, xiao-i

NextShift Robotics receives patent for vertical lift capability in robotic picking

April 15, 2019 by Anna

NextShift Robotics, a provider of autonomous mobile robot solutions for automated order fulfilment and warehouse materials management, has been granted a second patent, US10214354B2, “Method and System for Automated Transport of Items”.

The patent pertains to operating a robotic picking system in which the containers to be picked are positioned on the shelves and within picking stations.

The patent covers the ability of the robot to raise itself vertically to access shelving of different heights in order to pick the appropriate container from a range of shelf heights and storage system configurations.

[Read more…] about NextShift Robotics receives patent for vertical lift capability in robotic picking

Filed Under: Industrial robots, Logistics, News Tagged With: ability, automated, autonomous, autonomously, companies, container, containers, covers, facility, fulfillment, handling, heights, human, items, locations, manufacturing, material, materials, mobile, nextshift, nextshift robotics, order, order fulfilment, patent, pick, pick/pack, picking, point, process, retrieve, robot, robotic, robotics, robots, second, shelf, space, stations, storage, system, totes, transport, warehouse, worker, workers, workflow, zones

Perrone Robotics granted new patent for modular autonomy platform

March 10, 2018 by David Edwards

perrone robotics car

Perrone Robotics says its new patent grant headlines recent company advancements, including a ground-breaking machine learning research collaboration, research and development on diverse hardware platforms

Perrone Robotics, a developer of autonomy and robotics, says it has made a number of advances toward the commercial development and deployment of its modular autonomy and robotics software platform, led by a new patent directed to autonomous car applications.

The company says its MAX robotics platform enables companies at “any stage to quickly design and build a broad range of robotic products and applications”.

The company was awarded a continuation of its earlier US patent (No. 9,195,233) that addresses the ability of its MAX platform to control a wide range of autonomous vehicles including robots, carts, shuttles, automobiles, trucks, aircraft, and watercraft.  [Read more…] about Perrone Robotics granted new patent for modular autonomy platform

Filed Under: Computing, News, Transportation Tagged With: max robotics platform, patent, perrone robotics

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