All Robotics and Automation Articles & Interviews

The ABC of RPA, Part 6: Are robotics and automation in conflict with my IT Department?

07/28/16, 07:35 AM | Other Topics | RPA

Its important that your IT staff understand the impact of automation - more importantly, that it is not a replacement for your IT team.

Solving the Custom Robot Parts Challenge: The Deshazo-MFG.com Story

07/28/16, 07:34 AM | Industrial Robotics, Factory Automation | Business Development

The number of unique parts required is high - some 200 parts in the past year or so - but the volume in which each part is needed is low, often only one or two.

Raspberry Pi And MATLAB based 3D Scanner

07/28/16, 07:32 AM | Mobile Robots | 3D Printing, 3d projection mapping

Raspberry Pi serves as the main controller board for the setup, capturing the images using the Pi Camera, controlling the Line LASER diode and providing control signals to the EasyDriver (Stepper Motor Driver).

Everything You Need to Know About Stepper Motors

07/26/16, 07:33 AM | Industrial Robotics, Factory Automation | motors | Oriental Motor Corp. USA

Recent servo motors are equipped with the encoder of 20 bits (1,048,576 steps) which has a very fine resolution. Because of this, errors due to the encoder installation accuracy have a huge effect on stopping accuracy.

What's Happening in Robotics? Five Trends to Watch

07/26/16, 07:29 AM | Industrial Robotics, Factory Automation | Analysis and Trends, business, Business Development

2016, through mid-June, shows 56 startups received $427.5 million; and that 20 acquisitions have happened thus far totaling $4.53 bn (from the 11 reporting amounts involved).

Robot Vision vs Computer Vision: What's the Difference?

07/21/16, 07:54 AM | Industrial Robotics, Mobile Robots | cv, machine vision | Robotiq

Unlike pure Computer Vision research, Robot Vision must incorporate aspects of robotics into its techniques and algorithms, such as kinematics, reference frame calibration and the robot's ability to physically affect the environment.

The ABC of RPA, Part 5: What Is the Cost of Automation and How Do I Justify It to the Leadership Team?

07/21/16, 07:52 AM | Other Topics | RPA

Weve put together a breakdown of the cost of automation, and how to justify it to the leadership team.

How Using the Latest 3D Simulation Software for Vision Guided Robotic Applications Will Save You Time and Money

07/19/16, 08:13 AM | Industrial Robotics | simulation | Axium

It is easy to imagine the time saved by using the latest simulation tools to develop vision guided robotic applications.

Anki To Release Game-changing Cozmo SDK

07/19/16, 08:11 AM | Mobile Robots | new product

For developers interested in lower-level control of Cozmo, the SDK provides direct access to low-level controls such as driving the robots treads, moving the head and lift, displaying bitmaps on his screen, reading accelerometer and gyroscope data, processing images from his camera, and communicating with the power cubes (lights, accelerometer, tap detection).

The New Police Arsenal - Robots

07/14/16, 08:40 AM | Mobile Robots, Other Topics | Military and Security

Bomb robots were designed to help detonate and remove Improvised Explosive Devices (IEDs), not to deliver payloads. But the Dallas police improvised and attached a bomb delivery system to the robot.

Intuitive Machines Used 3w-powered Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Platform for Flights in Antarctica

07/14/16, 08:36 AM | Other Topics | research

The flight of Intuitive Machines illustrated and proved that an excellent developed UAV like the Tiburon Jr, equipped with a powerful and reliable engine can be an efficient alternative to manned airplanes and helicopters, even in hazardous environments.

Logistic companies Swisslog, Dematic, Egemin and Intelligrated have all been Acquired

07/12/16, 08:30 AM | Industrial Robotics, Factory Automation | Business Development

All these companies are logistics and material handling vendors and times are changing in logistics and fulfillment

The ABC of RPA, Part 4: Choosing the right robotics and automation software to get the job done

07/12/16, 08:30 AM | Other Topics | RPA

In part four of the ABC of RPA series, we discuss how to choose the right software to suit your automation requirements.

Development of Battery-Free Multi-Rotation Absolute Encoder

07/07/16, 07:13 AM | Industrial Robotics, Factory Automation | control, motor, servo | Oriental Motor Corp. USA

In recent years, there have been many demands for equipment with high productivity to have a system that retains positioning information, even after the main power supply is turned off.

Robots, Jobs and Productivity in the Manufacturing Industry

07/05/16, 07:41 AM | Industrial Robotics, Factory Automation | Analysis and Trends | Axium

Industrial robotics is changing the U.S. manufacturing industry portrait.

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