Mobile platforms for factories and warehouses were everywhere at this year’s MODEX.
AI, Robots, and Smart Cities to Get Spotlight at NVIDIA’s GTC 2018
In Silicon Valley next week, NVIDIA’s GTC will give developers support and insight into how to use its GPUs for robotics and artificial intelligence.
Robot microscopes, AI bias among IBM’s 5 ‘life in 2023’ predictions
Among the innovations that IBM says will change the world in the next five years are AI-powered robot microscopes to monitor the oceans and fixing growing AI bias.
9 Self-Driving Trucks Disrupting Logistics
The trucking industry is heading for an autonomous future. Self-driving trucks have been in the works for several years – Daimler introduced in 2014 the Mercedes-Benz Future Truck 2025 – but developments within the last year show the transformation is moving full steam ahead. The tests being done currently are limited to semi-autonomous systems that…
TRI-AD to Develop Mobility Software in Toyota, Aisin Seiki, and Denso Teamup
The CEO of the new Toyota Research Institute-Advanced Development company describes the joint venture’s goals, what skills it’s looking for, and its expectations for self-driving cars.
Reshoring, Robotics Rising Together, Reports OECD
A new OECD study on robotics and reshoring finds that multinationals are reorganizing production in reaction to more capable automation and rising wages worldwide.
Robot Investments Weekly: Surgical Funding Joins Industrial Automation Acquisitions
Surgical funding, software development, and educational robots were some of the highlights of the past week’s automation transactions.
Qualcomm Snapdragon 820E Is Built to Support Robotics and Industrial IoT
Qualcomm’s new Snapdragon 820E is designed to provide a high degree of integration and processing capability for next-generation computer vision.
Robot Investments Weekly: Drone and IoT Matches Get Made
Spring is on the way, with drone and IoT matches, a big ETF purchase, and industrial automation the subject of the past week’s robotics transactions.
12 Robots Working at the 2018 Olympics
Competition at the 23rd Olympic Winter Games is underway in Pyeongchang, South Korea. Hundreds of athletes have already been in action for nearly two days. But the athletes aren’t the only ones hard at work. South Korea is a world leader in robotics. The country is using the Olympics as a platform to showcase those robotics skills. A total of…
10 Most Automated Countries in the World
Robot density is a measurement that tracks the number of robots per 10,000 workers in an industry. According to the International Federation of Robotics (IFR), robot density in manufacturing industries increased worldwide in 2016. This shows more countries are turning to automation to fill their manufacturing needs. The average global robot density in 2016 was…
Robotics Summit & Showcase Call for Speakers
The Robotics Summit & Showcase (May 23-24 in Boston, MA), produced by WTWH Media and The Robot Report, will provide technical and business professionals with the real-world solutions and actionable content they need to design, develop and manufacture commercial class robotics and intelligent systems that will drive the sector forward. The Robotics Summit & Showcase…
Robot Investments Weekly: AI, Industrial Automation, Mobility Market Drive Spending
We can see clearly now that automation transactions in early 2018 will build on a familiar pattern of investment in AI, the mobility market, and industrial automation. The question remains as to which companies will lead and which will be absorbed or fall behind.
10 Biggest Challenges in Robotics
The journal Science Robotics ran a survey about the challenges in robotics. An invited panel of experts then sifted through the responses to come up with 10 biggest challenges that might have major breakthroughs in the next 5-10 years. Guang-Zhong Yang, director of the Hamlyn Centre for Robotic Surgery at Imperial College London, led the panel.…
Robot Investments Weekly: AImotive Raises $38M for Autonomous Driving
In this Robot Investments Weekly, we look at the latest transactions and investments around self-driving cars, industrial automation, and manufacturing of consumer goods.
Social Robot Maker Jibo Focusing on Content After Layoffs
Social robot maker Jibo has laid off staffers in an effort to reorganize around content now that the basic hardware is developed and available to consumers.
Feds launch 3-year innovation zone program for testing drones
The drone industry got a big boost from federal officials yesterday with a White House order to establish a three-year pilot program to test drones in partnership with state and local governments in specific jurisdictions. The Unmanned Aircraft Systems Integration Pilot Program was announced with President Trump directing U.S. Secretary of Transportation Elaine Chao to…
Google robotics: A review
Despite recent attempts to tease the robotics projects incubating at its Google X skunkworks, industry observers say that Google has done more to stifle than advance innovation in robotics. A bit of history On December 4th, 2013, John Markoff, a technology reporter for The New York Times, broke the story that Google had acquired seven…
Robots on the Rise
NEDO, Japan’s New Energy and Industrial Technology Development Organization, is a regular funder of robotic technology, has an office in Silicon Valley, and participates in various regional events to promote its work and future programs. One such event was Robots on the Rise: The Future of Robotics in Japan and the US held October 16th…
Robot Components Lead Industry Into the Future at RoboBusiness 2017
In this video interview from RoboBusiness 2017, Harmonic Drive CEO Doug Olson discusses the growth of the industry and how precision robot components are enabling a wider range of applications.
5G fast and ultra-low latency robot control demonstrated
SoftBank and Huawei jointly demonstrated various use cases for their forthcoming 5G network. 5G commercial services, which will provide ultra-high throughput robot control of over 800 Mbps with ultra-low latency transmission of less than 2ms, will begin being rolled out in 2020 in Japan and Korea and 2021-2023 in China, Europe and the U.S. 5G…
Industrial cleaning equipment maker Nilfisk goes public
Danish Nilfisk Holding A/S began being listed on the NASDAQ Stock Exchange under symbol NLFSK after being spun off from NKT A/S, a Danish conglomerate. Nilfisk is one of the world’s leading suppliers of professional cleaning equipment with a strong brand and a vision for growth in robotics.