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RoboticsTomorrow Newsletter - Apr 20/16

Special Tradeshow Coverage for XPONENTIAL 2016

RoboticsTomorrow Newsletter
RoboticsTomorrow Newsletter - Apr 20/16
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Special Tradeshow Coverage for XPONENTIAL 2016

XPONENTIAL 2016 (formerly AUVSI) will be held from May 2nd - 5th in New Orleans, LA. This RoboticsTomorrow.com Special Tradeshow report aims to bring you news, articles and products from this years event.

Industrial Machine Automation: Soft motion control has better performance and value than hardware

Businesses succeed when they produce quality products at lower cost and faster time-to-market than their competitors

Zora, The First Social Robot Already Widely Used In Healthcare

Controlled via a tablet by health professionals, Zora can lead a physical therapy class, read out TV programmes, weather forecasts or local news.

How Robotics Help Speed Up Delivery of CPG to Store Shelf

Luckily, robotics can adapt to changing sizes, using end-of-arm tools that can adjust their grips on the items that need to be handled.

Robots Helping Grads Get Jobs

Not many students can claim they have hands-on experience with automation and robotics going into an interview. Looking at the question with a macro lens, our students are offered job opportunities on being well-rounded, even at the sophomore-level when many accept summer/semester-long internships.

Collaborative Robots Are Broadening Their Marketplaces

In a human-machine study conducted by an MIT professor, it was shown that teams made of humans and robots collaborating efficiently can be more productive than teams made of either humans or robots alone.

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Over 1,000 Student-Led Robotics Teams Converge At VEX Worlds

VEX Worlds 2016 kicks off this week! Presented by the Robotics Education and Competition (REC) Foundation and the Northrop Grumman Foundation, this culminating event brings together the top 1,000 teams from around the world in one city and under one roof for one incredible celebration of robotics engineering, featuring the world's largest and fastest growing international robotics programs.

9 open source robotics projects

Jason Baker for OpenSource:  Open source isn't just changing the way we interact with the world, it's changing the way the world interacts back with us. Case in point: open source robotics.

Shockingly, Robots Are Really Bad at Waiting Tables

Evan Ackerman for IEEE Spectrum:  According to Chinese newspaper Workers’ Daily, two restaurants in Guangzhou, China, that gained some amount of notoriety for their use of robotic waiters have now been forced to close down. One employee said, “the robots weren’t able to carry soup or other food steady and they would frequently break down. The boss has decided never to use them again.” Yeah, we can’t say we’re surprised.

Toyota Expands AI, Robotics Research to Third Facility

Kirsten Korosec for Fortune:  Toyota  will expand the footprint of its artificial intelligence and robotics research center by adding a third facility in Ann Arbor, Mich.

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Servo2Go.com Ltd.

Servo2Go.com is an Online E-Store Distributor of Automation & Motion Control Systems & Components including: Servo Motors & Drives, Stepper Motors & Drives, Automation & Motion Controllers, Positioning Systems & Actuators, Gearboxes, Couplings, Brakes, Encoders, Tachometers, Linear Displacement Transducers, HMI's, PLC's and Embedded Controllers. Servo2Go.com is an ISO9001:2008 Registered Company.

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News
Manufacturing Automation Leaders Collaborate: Optimizing Industrial Production Through Analytics
RoboBusiness Conference & Expo: Powering Business Worldwide
Stäubli to host Automotive Technology Days 2016
3D Robotics Announces Transformative New Software for the Solo Smart Drone Platform
Rethink Robotics Continues Global Expansion with New Distributor Partners in EMEA
ST Robotics Releases the STVS-X Advanced Vision Inspection System
Events
3D PRINTING SYDNEY
May 11 - 13 2016, Sydney, Australia
RAPID 2016
May 16 - 19 2016, Orlando, FL
INSIDE 3D PRINTING PARIS
May 24 - 26 2016, Les Docks de Paris
ROBOBUSINESS EUROPE 2015
Jun 01 - 03 2016, Odense, Denmark
THE BIG M - SHAPING THE FUTURE OF MANUFACTURING
Jun 07 - 09 2016, Detroit, MI
AUTOMATICA 2016
Jun 21 - 24 2016, Munich, Germany
SENSORS EXPO & CONFERENCE
Jun 21 - 23 2016, San Jose, CA
2016 CHINA INTERNATIONAL ROBOT SHOW (CIROS2016)
Jul 06 - 09 2016, Shanghai, China

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