BOULDER, Colo. – Misty Robotics, developers of the Misty robotics platform, today announced the general availability of its Misty II robot, a professional-grade robot system. By opening the robots to software developers, educators, and…
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The smart city of Milton Keynes hosted the first edition of the European Robotics League (ERL)(SciRoc Challenge).  Ten European teams met in the shopping mall of Centre:mk to compete against each other in five futuristic scenarios in which…
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Messaging services that can cooperate with programmable robots may feel like enchantment. Nonetheless, it’s an enchantment that codes can summon once you get under the hood a bit. To give you an example, we will take a gander at Misty’s…
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SEOUL, South Korea – Doosan Robotics, which develops collaborative robots, today announced plans to establish its first U.S. headquarters. The office, set to open in Buford, Georgia, by the end of 2019, will help the company accelerate its…
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The Mabu robot, with its small yellow body and friendly expression, serves, literally, as the face of the care management startup Catalia Health. The most innovative part of the company’s solution, however, lies behind Mabu’s large blue…
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In a testing scenario at the University of Buffalo, a robotic gripper was recently launched into a fixed object while holding a dry spaghetti stick. You would expect the impact to result in the fragile stick snapping. But this piece of…
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Making a legged robot walk is not as simple as it looks. Coordinating the motion of all its joints to achieve smooth motions, close to those of real animals, requires advanced engineering and careful observation of moving animals. But what…
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On a very special occasion, the International Day of Persons with Disabilities, Intel has unveiled its latest development the “Wheelie 7 kit”, an AI-based technology that allows disabled people to control a motorized wheelchair only by…
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At first glance, some industries don’t seem like they could benefit from robots, whether the work is too delicate or where full automation is impractical. But in recent years, robots have shifted in some of their style to reach into new…
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China is one of the major growth markets for AI and robotics. Around 141,000 industrial robots were get sold in 2017, up 58.1 % year-on-year, and this week China unveiled its first batch of traffic robot police. China’s first robot police…
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A robotics company whose creations have amassed millions of views on YouTube, is renting out one of its stars, Spot. Anyone wishing to lease the quadruped dog-like robot could do so for "less than the price of a car," Boston Dynamics told…
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Do you work with a robot? Jokes about the boss aside, if you’re in a growing list of sectors, including light manufacturing, components, oil and gas, and various kinds of applied sciences, it’s increasingly likely the answer will soon be…
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When Built Robotics emerged out of stealth in October 2017, the company’s self-driving excavators had completed a couple simple projects that included digging and moving dirt at a community garden and a California mountain bike trail.…
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The International Federation of Robotics (IFR) today released its annual World Robotics Report, which showed an annual global sales value of $16.5 billion in 2018. The IFR said 422,000 were shipped globally in 2018, an increase of 6%…
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SAN FRANCSICO – FarmWise, which develops autonomous farming robot systems, today announced raising $14.5 million in a Series A funding round, led by Calibrate Ventures. The company said it will use the funding to grow the company’s…
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Sophia, the viral robot from Hanson Robotics, famous for becoming the first world citizen and once threatening to destroy humankind, is now weighing in on a peculiarity even to some humans: Dating apps. The three-year-old robot shared her…
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Too often, whether it’s an assumption about the power of artificial intelligence, or something seen in a Hollywood movie robotics and companies are making mistakes when implementing AI. For example, on the screen, someone downloads AI into…
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A recent report by the OECD showed that Europe is only capitalising on a fraction (12%) of its digital potential. Most companies limit their digital use to email and internet. Small and Medium Sized Enterprises (SMEs) are particularly slow…
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QUEBEC CITY – More than 200 cobot experts, partners and end users from around the world came to Quebec to hear the latest trends and discussions about collaborative robotics during the fourth annual Robotiq User Conference. The two-day…
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Lifestyle services giant Meituan is testing robot food delivery in Beijing and Shenzhen, as the company seeks to reduce operational costs, the South China Morning Post reported. Why it matters: As labor demands increase, Meituan has been…
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As e-commerce continues to grow beyond traditional shopping habits, and as warehouse efficiency demands grow for e-commerce and traditional commerce, companies are relying more on automation to meet market needs. By 2025, more than 4…
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RoboBusiness, the event produced by Robotics Business Review, has announced its closing keynote speaker for the 2019 event. Adam Cantor, of iRobot and Robots in Service of the Environment (RISE), will present “Robots Save the Environment”,…
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Current research is aligned with the need of rescue workers but robustness and ease of use remain significant barriers to adoption, NCCR Robotics researchers find after reviewing the field and consulting with field operators. Robots for…
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Guided by artificial intelligence and powered by a robotic platform, a system developed by MIT researchers moves a step closer to automating the production of small molecules that could be used in medicine, solar energy, and polymer…
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What does a robotics company have to do with animal welfare? Plenty, according to the Scottish SPCA, an animal welfare organization that, as part of its mandate, runs a program called Prevention Through Education in primary schools in…
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