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Webinar: New Safety Standards Addressing Industrial Mobile Robots

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Webinar title: New Safety Standards Addressing Industrial Mobile Robots
Early registration link: https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_SxYYj48rSsOagO_swdngiA

SICK Sensor Intelligence is partnering with Robotics and Automation News to bring you a new and timely webinar about a subject that many people may not realise has been somewhat neglected.

Readers of this website will know that a very large number of mobile robots – mostly for operation in warehouses – are currently being sold in the market.

Along with the e-commerce boom, the autonomous mobile robots segment has experienced spectacular growth. [Read more…] about Webinar: New Safety Standards Addressing Industrial Mobile Robots

Innovative Ways for Robotics Companies to Step up Their Performance

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When we think about robotics, many of us automatically have the image of the robots from our favorite science-fiction movie or animation.

Robots in movies have incredible artificial intelligence and functions that often sees them at odds with the human characters.

In actual fact, robots are incredibly useful for our lives and robotic scientists are constantly coming up with new innovations which are advancing the development of new robotic technology at an incredible speed. [Read more…] about Innovative Ways for Robotics Companies to Step up Their Performance

Reasons Why Everyone Can Benefit From a 3D Printers

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The number of different applications of 3D printing is increasing every day as this technology becomes more and more integral to different areas of our lives.

Gone are the days when 3D printing was a luxury hobby; 3D printers are now cheaper and more widely available than they have ever been.

With such a wide range of affordable printers and the limitless potential of creation, there are many people who are looking to buy a 3D printer to get their craft hobby started. This article is a guide to how everyone can benefit from a 3D printer. [Read more…] about Reasons Why Everyone Can Benefit From a 3D Printers

Elon Musk wants to implant a chip in your brain. Not that there’s anything wrong with it…

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Elon Musk – he of PayPal, Tesla, and SpaceX fame and enormous fortune – now wants to implant a chip in your brain as part of his Neuralink business.

Neuralink is Musk’s brain-to-computer interface company that seeks to connect all humans to artificial intelligence systems which will potentially monitor and control all their movements and thoughts.

The Matrix-style scenario sounds like living in an absolute hellish nightmare, but Musk seems completely oblivious to that likelihood. [Read more…] about Elon Musk wants to implant a chip in your brain. Not that there’s anything wrong with it…

German citizens to be given €1,200 a month for doing nothing

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German citizens are to be given €1,200 a month, or about $1,400, for doing nothing in an experiment to evaluate the effects of a concept called “universal basic income”.

Universal Basic Income, or UBI, is an idea that has been around for many years, and has many supporters and advocacy groups around the world, but was never really taken seriously in the past.

The notion of the government giving everyone in society a fixed regular amount of money whether they work or not sounds like a communist plot to take over the world. [Read more…] about German citizens to be given €1,200 a month for doing nothing

Top Ways to Find Houses for Buying

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Looking for the best home requires dedication and a lot of perseverance. With the help of technology and the online platform, it also takes a lot of creativity to know the right places to search in.

There are traditional and modern options you should try to look for the best house for buying.

The best one you should settle for is the best among all of the options you see. You can only do this if you have the right avenue, resources, and information. The top ways to find the best properties will help you get that dream house of yours. [Read more…] about Top Ways to Find Houses for Buying

Opinion: Robots are proving themselves now more than ever

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By Rhys Davies, product manager for robotics, Snapcraft and Ubuntu Appliances at Canonical, the publisher of Ubuntu

The year was 1923. Forty-two thousand people in Cincinnati signed a petition to force all cars in the city to have governing devices that would shut off the engine at 25 miles per hour.

The proposal was defeated in an election referendum, but it illustrates the anxiety and suspicion that the automobile ran into around the world soon after its introduction. Some people just thought horses were better and safer.

History is littered with examples of initial skepticism around radically new technologies. When the operatorless elevator was invented in the late 19th century, many people were terrified. People in the 1930s worried telephones would electrocute them. [Read more…] about Opinion: Robots are proving themselves now more than ever

How to Protect Your Privacy Online and Why it Matters

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Surfing the net carries risks on your person. You can be a victim of phishing, or you can accidentally download malware that will damage your device and steal any information available on your system.

Online scammers can also victimize you if you are not careful with the information you give out to people you do not know on the internet.

Protecting your privacy online is very important. With that said, here are some things you can do to ensure security and protection. [Read more…] about How to Protect Your Privacy Online and Why it Matters

Reshoring from China to US not a short-term solution

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Reshoring industrial operations from China to the US has not been as straightforward as it may have sounded at first, and companies looking to do so “face significant problems”, according to a report by the South China Morning Post.

American companies, encouraged by the administration of President Donald Trump to relocate to the US, have found that there are numerous problems with reshoring.

One of the main issues relates to recruitment. The industrial sector – whether you’re talking about manufacturing, logistics, or other segments – has long had to contend with deep, structural problems in attracting workers. [Read more…] about Reshoring from China to US not a short-term solution

Virtual Reality for eCommerce: Changing the Industry

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According to some researchers, an astonishing 77.24 percent of online shoppers leave their carts abandoned without completing a purchase. This is bad news for e-commerce businesses.

What’s more, with ever-changing technology, it has never been more important for brands to stay at the top of the game where online sales are concerned.

Over the years there have been many eCommerce development solutions but none quite as innovative as virtual reality. [Read more…] about Virtual Reality for eCommerce: Changing the Industry

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