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How Robotnik’s RB-KAIROS+ mobile manipulator can helps improve productivity in SMEs

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A recent Roland Berger study, which analyses the impact of robotics in logistics, provides some interesting data in this regard.

It indicates a cost reduction of between 20 percent and 40 percent and an improvement in productivity of between 25 percent and 70 percent.

Increased production and cost reduction is already a reality for many small and medium-sized companies that are experiencing increased profitability and reduced production costs thanks to the automation of certain processes using mobile manipulators such as Robotnik’s RB-KAIROS+. [Read more…] about How Robotnik’s RB-KAIROS+ mobile manipulator can helps improve productivity in SMEs

The Role of Collaborative Mobile Robots in Industry 4.0

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Nowadays, the creation of workspaces in which humans and robots can work together, not only safely but in a more efficient and optimized way, is possible thanks to the called Connected Industry based on sharing all the information to get a better answer.

Inside the Industry 4.0, the use of mobile robots and mobile manipulators achieves the flexible and autonomous industrial automation necessary to create Smart Factories, where the greatest advantage is the exchange of information, which it is possible by the integration of the latest intelligent technologies in robotics, Internet, Artificial Intelligence or Big Data, and as a consequence, more efficient and optimal industrial processes will be created, with better use of resources, which means greater productivity in general. [Read more…] about The Role of Collaborative Mobile Robots in Industry 4.0

E-mart introduces Eli autonomous shopping cart

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E-mart, a South Korean discount chain operator under retail giant Shinsegae, has unveiled an autonomous shopping cart for test operation.

For the first time in Korea, the autonomous cart was showcased at E-mart’s warehouse-style supermarket Traders in Hanam, Gyeonggi Province, from April 17 to April 20.

The autonomous shopping cart, called Eli, has outstanding functions, such as navigation, following, avoiding obstacle, auto payment, with cutting -edge technologies.

Robotnik, in collaboration with Gaitech Robotics, developed this state-of -the-art autonomous shopping cart for E-mart.

Robotnik launches Steel Summit XL robotic vehicle

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The Robotnik Steel Summit XL mobile robotic vehicle
The Robotnik Steel Summit XL mobile robotic vehicle

Robotnik has launched its mobile platform Steel Summit XL. This is the new member of the Summit XL family, which stands out for having an ultra resistant steel structure capable of supporting up to 75 kg.

The new mobile platform uses open architecture and modular control based on ROS and allows easily integrate a variety manipulators and sensors.

The mobile robot has differential kinematics and can also be configured with omnidirectional wheels, which provide greater mobility while improving the accuracy indoors.

Depending on its final application, the platform can integrate diverse sensors, such as GPS, cameras, lasers 2D and 3D structures, torsos and manipulators. These components allow the robot to navigate autonomously or remotely and perform manipulation tasks.