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Truck loading and unloading robot maker Slip Robotics raises $28 million financing

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Slip Robotics, a startup providing automated truck-loading robots-as-a-service, has raised a $28 million Series B financing led by DCVC, a Silicon Valley venture capital firm specializing in deep tech.

The investment reflects Slip’s rapid growth with industry-leading customers – including John Deere, GE Appliances, Valeo, and Nissan – who are using SlipBots to load and unload any truck in just 5 minutes.

Slip Robotics is tackling one of the supply chain’s universal inefficiencies: truck loading and unloading. For over 100 years, truck trailers have been loaded and unloaded using the same basic methods. [Read more…] about Truck loading and unloading robot maker Slip Robotics raises $28 million financing

The Future of Injury Prevention: Harnessing Robotics in Slip and Fall Accidents

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Slip and fall accidents, ubiquitous in various settings from workplaces to public spaces, are a significant concern for personal injury attorneys tasked with defending victims’ rights.

Mastery in slip and fall defense requires a multifaceted approach, where attorneys meticulously navigate premises liability laws and leverage emerging safety measures.

In this dynamic landscape, the integration of robotics heralds a promising future for injury prevention, reshaping the strategies employed by attorneys and stakeholders alike. [Read more…] about The Future of Injury Prevention: Harnessing Robotics in Slip and Fall Accidents

How Modern Rotary Equipment Works With the Help of One Small Device

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Rotary equipment can do so much more than equipment with a platform and no moving parts to it.

However, rotary equipment also brings a lot more requirements and problems that have to be solved for it to function properly.

Slip rings are small devices that are a lifesaver to rotary machines and even though they’re often overlooked, they have an important role in rotary machines. [Read more…] about How Modern Rotary Equipment Works With the Help of One Small Device

How Slip Rings Help Improve the Future of Robotics and Automation

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Robotics and automation are increasing in popularity. With the latest tech that supports software that’s easy to build, deploy, and manage, the second part of getting the job done is to build the actual hardware.

One of the important issues of wire winding is solved with the help of slip rings, but there’s so much more to what slip rings are capable of and how they can help modern robotics and automation.

So in this post, you’ll learn everything about slip rings you might not know by now, but also how important they are and how they fit well in the robotics and automation industry. [Read more…] about How Slip Rings Help Improve the Future of Robotics and Automation

THine introduces 4Gbps low voltage differential transceiver IC

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THine, the leader in high-speed serial interfaces and image signal processing, has introduced the high-volume availability of their new GPIO / LVCMOS transceiver IC, THCS251.

This new IC allows engineers to aggregate up to 37 lines of different data rates into just 4 lines that can be received and transmitted in the same IC.

With the THCS251, manufacturers can lower cost, reduce size, and improve reliability by utilizing simplified and smaller hinges/slip rings in their product implementations. [Read more…] about THine introduces 4Gbps low voltage differential transceiver IC

MIT develops thread-like robot that can slip through brain’s blood vessels

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Scientists at MIT have developed a thread-like robot that can be steered using magnets and slip through the brain’s blood vessels. 

The university’s website reports that, in the future, this “robotic thread” may be paired with existing endovascular technologies, enabling doctors to remotely guide the robot through a patient’s brain vessels to quickly treat blockages and lesions, such as those that occur in aneurysms and stroke.

Xuanhe Zhao, associate professor of mechanical engineering and of civil and environmental engineering at MIT, says: “Stroke is the number five cause of death and a leading cause of disability in the United States. [Read more…] about MIT develops thread-like robot that can slip through brain’s blood vessels

Cambridge Consultants unveils ‘dexterous robot with the human touch’

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Technology research and development company Cambridge Consultants has unveiled what it describes as a “dexterous robot with the human touch”. (See video below.)

Breakthrough innovation specialist Cambridge Consultants has developed Hank, a robot with flexible robotic fingers inspired by the human hand.

Hank uses a pioneering sensory system embedded in its pneumatic fingers, providing a sophisticated sense of touch and slip, meaning it can emulate the human ability to hold and grip delicate objects using just the right amount of pressure.

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