February Was Another Good Month For Robotic Investments

February was another big month for investments in robotic startup companies. 3D Robotics, Flyability, Fetch Robotics, EHang and many others.

Monoprice's $699.99 Dual Extrusion Printer

From Monoprice: $699. Quickly sold out though. New stock ETA 5/25/2015 ( monoprice order page )

Is A Sperm Robot Coming To You?

Single-cell management has traditionally been accomplished with pipettes, optical tweezers, or specialized small volume designs. Now, other bio-inspired methods rely on controlling applied magnetic forces, such as the wireless control of microrobots.

Artoo: Ruby on Robots

From Artoo, a ruby framework, that supports 15 platforms including ARrone, Crazyflie, Sphero, and Arduino: Modular Example require 'artoo/robot' SPHEROS = ["4567", "4568", "4569", "4570", "4571"] class SpheroRobot < Artoo::Robot   connection :sphero, :adaptor => :sphero   device :sphero, :driver => :sphero   work do     every(3.seconds) do       sphero.roll 90, rand(360)     end   end end robots = [] SPHEROS.each {|p|   robots << SpheroRobot.new(:connections =>                                {:sphero =>                                  {:port => p}}) } SpheroRobot.work!(robots) more information ( here ) and at ( github )

Upcoming Tradeshow, Conference & Exhibition Summary
April, May & June 2015

Here is a summary of what Tradeshows, Conferences & Exhibitions to look forward to in the coming months.

RoboticsTomorrow.com - Automate 2015 Coverage

This year RoboticsTomorrow.com is once again a media partner for Automate 2015 and we have expanded to bring more news, articles, products and perspectives from the show.

What You Wanted To Know About AI

Run down of the state of AI from FastML: Let’s take a look at how advanced we are, really. Two representative and well known examples of the current state of the art are: Automatic image annotation using a combination of convolutional and recurrent neural networks DeepMind’s deep reinforcement learning for playing Atari games ( cont'd at FastML )

Runt Rover Robot Kits from Actobotics

From Servocity:  Simply mount your electronics using our innovative multi-board mounts that are compatible with a variety of micro-controllers; such as Raspberry Pi, Arduino and the SparkFun Redboard. The Runt Rovers™ are perfect for beginning light programming and educational applications... ( Servocity available options )

UAVs Emerging as Key Addition to Wildlife Conservation Research

Automatic object detection is software that can automatically identify animals or poachers. This would enable tasks such as counting animals to become completely automated.

Using UAVs For Environmental Research

An Interview with Dr Paul Scholefield, Large Scale Ecosystem Modeller at the Centre for Ecology & Hydrology

Robotnik's Mobile Manipulator RB-1

From Smashing Robotics: Spanish company Robotnik introduced earlier this week their very own RB-1 mobile manipulator. The robot is designed for indoor use in household as well as professional environments, and is brought to life by using well known Dynamixel Pro series servo actuators which add up to 13 degrees of freedom (DOF), depending on variant. It is well suited for remote manipulation or human assistance applications and can be fully autonomous or manually controlled... ( full article ) ( datasheet )

Global Industrial Robots and Material Handling Conveyor Growth in 2015

From increased sales and installations to more affordable robots and quicker ROIs, all evidence points to the multi-billion dollar market of industrial robotics continuing to grow for years to come.

Robots at ProMat to Feature Indian AGVs for the First Time

Hi-Tech Robotic Systemz is making its North American debut at ProMat 2015 (booth #5521) in Chicago, IL, with a focus on automating e-commerce fulfillment centers.

Company Overcomes Manpower Problems with New Automated Stacking System

With the robotic board handling system, the company increased production an average of 20-30 percent and as high as 60 percent on some products.

Precision Farming Expo 2015

This year attendees can expect to see a lot of Ag focused drone systems and also enjoy interfacing with the people making them but that is not all. Our focus this year is on the "Drones, Data, Droids and Dirt."

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Industrial Robotics - Featured Product

Destaco’s PNEUMATIC PARALLEL GRIPPERS - RTH & RDH

Destaco's PNEUMATIC PARALLEL GRIPPERS - RTH & RDH

Destaco's Robohand RDH/RTH Series 2 and 3 jaw parallel grippers have a shielded design that deflects chips and other particulate for a more reliable, repeatable operation in part gripping applications ranging from the small and lightweight, to the large and heavy. RDH Series of Rugged, Multi-Purpose Parallel Grippers for Heavy Parts - Designed for high particulate application environments, automotive engine block, gantry systems, and ideal for heavy part gripping The series includes eight sizes for small lightweight to large/heavy part gripping. RTH Series of Powerful, Multi-Purpose Parallel Grippers for Heavy Parts - Designed for large round shaped parts, automotive engine block and gantry systems, and heavy part gripping. They're available in eight sizes for small lightweight to large and heavy part gripping.