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RoboticsTomorrow Newsletter - Nov 6/13

The Future of Flying Robots -- igus® to Showcase Robotics Solutions at FABTECH 2013 -- UBR-1 Robot From Unbounded Robotics Revolutionizes Affordable Mobile Manipulation

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The Future of Flying Robots
11/01/13, Len Calderone for, RoboticsTomorrow
The Association for Unmanned Vehicle Systems International projects that the integration of UAVs would have an $82 billion economic impact on the economy by adding 100,000 jobs from 2015 to 2025.

The Savior Aerial Robot (Pars)
11/01/13, Contributed by, RTS Research Group
The Savior Aerial robot is designed in a way that it can quickly move towards drowning people by user guidance and activates its savior system. This system releases life tubes for the drowning ones.

3D Printing Helps German Manufacturer Seuffer Cut Tooling Costs for Prototype Parts by 97%
11/01/13, Contributed by, Stratasys
Companies worldwide are looking to introduce significant efficiencies to their manufacturing processes when introducing new products, and are discovering the many benefits of additive manufacturing, also known as 3D printing.

Impacts of Robotics on Employment, Safety, Quality, Productivity, and Efficiency
10/15/13, Contributed by, Seegrid
Some analysts assert that technological change is beneficial for all groups in our society, that the changes are more evolutionary than revolutionary in nature.

Robotics in Education
10/15/13, Guy Cefalu, GEN2 Robotics
Robotics and STEM education can be deployed as part of other school curricula, and not just science. As an example, there are programs in which teachers are using robotics in art and history classes.

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UBR-1 Robot From Unbounded Robotics Revolutionizes Affordable Mobile Manipulation

Unbounded has been working in stealth mode for the past year, but our best guess was that they were developing a low-cost mobile manipulator for research and education: something like a PR2, except (we were hoping) significantly cheaper. Today, Unbounded is unveiling UBR-1, a shiny new human-scale one-armed robot designed to completely revolutionize the market for research and education robotics and beyond, for just a tiny fraction of the cost of similar platforms.

UBR-1 is a 13-DoF mobile robot that includes a 7-DoF arm. It navigates with a laser scanner in its base, and uses a PrimeSense 3D sensor in its head for perception. Thanks to a torso lift, the robot can pick objects up off the floor, and put them onto tables and countertops. It's got a beefy computer in the torso, along with two big fat batteries that'll keep it running for up to 5 hours continuously, or up to 10 if it's not moving around too much, and you can get a charging dock so that you never have to plug it in. UBR-1 runs ROS, and comes out of the box with the ability to navigate and interact with objects. And (arguably) the most important spec of all is that UBR-1 starts at just $35,000, which is wicked cheap for a robot this capable.
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George Brown College - Earn your Certificate as a Robotics Technician

Study online at your own pace to earn your certificate as a Robotics Technician. This program prepares you to develop, install, maintain, and repair industrial robotic systems. The Robotics simulation software, RoboLogix, is designed to emulate real-world robotics applications. Users gain 'hands-on' programming experience though teach-pendant and 3D simulation environment. With RoboLogix, the user can run the simulator to test and visually examine the execution of robot programs and control algorithms, while plotting instantaneous joint accelerations, velocities and positions. Learn more.

Learn More About George Brown College Online Robotics Training.

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Allied Motion

We design and manufacture motor and servo motion products for the Commercial, Industrial, and Aerospace and Defense markets. Allied Motion is growing both internally and through acquisition, and we intend to be a leading worldwide supplier of technically advanced motion control products to our selected market segments.

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News
igus® to Showcase Robotics Solutions at FABTECH 2013 
Festo Develops Low Cost Fieldbus Connectivity to Pneumatic Valve Terminals
Wynright Receives NextGen Game Changer Award For Groundbreaking Robotic Truck Unloader
RE2, Inc. Awarded Funding by Department of Defense for Unmanned Systems
North American Robotics Shipments Up, Orders Down for First Nine Months of 2013
ASI's Forge Robotic Platform Receives RBR Game Changer Award 
ThomasNet.com® Analysis Reveals Threat to Future of Manufacturing Sector 
Events
ROBOTICS ALLEY CONFERENCE AND EXPO
Nov 12 - 13 2013, St. Paul RiverCentre, St. Paul, MN
INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE FOR VISION GUIDED ROBOTICS
Nov 12 - 14 2013, Atlanta, Georgia
FABTECH
Nov 18 - 21 2013, Chicago, IL
ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING FOR GOVERNMENT
Dec 10 - 11 2013, Washington D.C
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