Market trends and business perspectives
Technology is moving so fast that those of us who have been around a while may find a lot of things bewildering and confusing.
Why, for example, do so many websites and apps that you never heard of have so many visitors and users?
Why are startup companies whose product or service you don’t understand attracting tens of millions of dollars in investment money? [Read more…] about Bewildered and confused
The organisers of CeMAT are offering readers of Robotics and Automation News complimentary tickets to the event.
CeMAT is one of the world’s leading logistics technology exhibitions.
This year, CeMAT is likely to feature many new robotics and automation technologies for logistics.
All you have to do claim your ticket is click on the advertisement at the top of this page – or on this link – and fill in the form at the organiser’s website.
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In what might be a sign that traditional industry is increasingly becoming digital, the developer of an industrial estate is making telecommunications and data processing a fundamental component of its offering.
Traditionally, the priority for industrial estates have been to provide good road and other transport networks. Nowadays, data networks are sometimes even more important to companies of all types – including those in the manufacturing sector.
Bannon Investment Group, which is developing the 85-acre Elk Grove Technology Park near Chicago O’Hare Airport, says the estate will one of the largest of its kind in the US. [Read more…] about Billion-dollar industrial estate to feature data centre infrastructure as part of its offering
An automated painting system, involving an industrial robot, is claimed to save significant resources by its developer, the Fraunhofer Institute.
The robotic system – called SelfPaint – is said by Fraunhofer to offer reductions of 20 percent in paint use, 15 percent in energy consumption and 5 percent in production time.
These are “significant advantages” compared to manual painting operations, which have previously been the preferred option, adds Fraunhofer. [Read more…] about New robotic painting system saves ‘significant’ resources, claims Fraunhofer
Investments will focus on applied science and technologies that advance machine perception and unlock the next-generation of smart robotics
Rewired has launched a robotics venture studio and fund. To start with, the company is investing $100 million in applied science and technologies that advance machine perception.
Rewired says its initial proposition is that improving machine perception will unlock the next generation of smart robotics.
To that end, the company is focusing on the sensors, software, and systems that help autonomous machines to interact with unpredictable environments and collaborate with humans. [Read more…] about Rewired launches $100 million robotics-focused venture studio and fund
Mobile robotics in material handling and logistics will become a $75 billion market by 2027, according to a new report, which adds that it will be more than double by 2038.
These staggering headline figures mask turbulent transformative change underneath: some technologies will rise and transform the fortunes of industries, fuelling growth rates far outpacing recent trends, whilst others will face with decay and obsolescence.
“We are at the beginning of the beginning of a transformative change, and the time to plan is now,” says the report by IDTechEx Research. [Read more…] about Market for logistics robots predicted to exceed $75 billion in 10 years
Continental, a company which provides a range of automotive solutions such as tyres and advanced driver assistance systems, has been showing off its new autonomous minibus.
The company calls the vehicle Cube, short for Continental Urban Mobility Experience, and describes it as a “robo-taxi”.
This particular trial of the driverless minibus took place in Frankfurt, Germany. [Read more…] about Continental sends out autonomous minibus for a driverless drive
A company called Plenty claims it has attracted the “largest-ever agriculture technology investment”.
The company says the investment will drive its development of its global, large-scale indoor farm network to deliver “radically fresher, affordable food to local communities everywhere”.
Plenty describes itself as a “field-scale indoor farming company remaking the global food system”. [Read more…] about Plenty attracts ‘largest-ever agriculture technology investment’ led by SoftBank to develop indoor farms in city centres
By Douglas Bruey, electrical engineering program lead at Synapse
At first glance, a gamer playing Pokémon Go has little in common with a surgeon saving lives in an operating theatre. But dig a little deeper and you’ll discover that might not be the case for much longer.
Augmented reality and virtual reality technologies are poised to open up a whole new world of opportunities. We’re already seeing the effects of VR when it comes to gaming. But in future could AR add a new dimension to surgery?
AR and VR both have the ability to alter our perception of the world. AR takes our current reality and adds something to it – virtual objects or information. VR, on the other hand, immerses us in a different – virtual – world. [Read more…] about Opinion: Augmented and virtual reality ‘open up whole new world of opportunities’
Brain Corp, an artificial intelligence company specializing in the development of self-driving technology for robots, has raised $114 million in a Series C funding round led by the SoftBank Vision Fund.
Brain has developed AI and self-driving technology to enable robots to perceive their environment, learn to control their motion, and navigate using visual cues and landmarks while avoiding people and obstacles.
The investment will be used to further develop AI technology and create brains for multiple types of commercial and consumer robots. [Read more…] about Brain Corp raises $114 million to develop self-driving technology for robots
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