Google to incubate its robotics and drone divisions under Google X
By Mike Wheatley for SiliconAngle: Google is planning an organizational reshuffle that will see its secretive robotics department and drone business folded into its Google X labs.
Google’s robotics division, and the drone group it created when it acquired Titan Aerospace in 2014, will both fall under the Google X umbrella when the reshuffle takes place some time next year, Re/Code reported.
Google X is the secretive part of Google that develops some of its most futuristic, bleeding edge technologies. These include its famous self-driving cars, Project Loon (Wi-Fi hot air balloons), and its airborne wind turbines. Google X operates as a standalone company under Google’s parent Alphabet Inc., which was created following Google’s corporate restructuring earlier this year.
Google X’s projects are largely experimental and extremely uncertain in terms of a business model. Nevertheless, Google obviously deems it the best place to be for its robotics division, which has been left leaderless ever since Andy Rubin quit the Web giant last year. Previously, there was speculation that the robotics division may become a standalone company under Alphabet, but today’s news would indicate that’s not going to happen any time soon. Cont'd...
Production Capacity of Güdel robot tracks doubles in the US
Major Machine Tool Investment: Specialized
5 axis mill doubles production capacity for
company's robot track product lines
New Smaller, Lower Cost, High Performance Controllers for Ultrasonic Piezo Stages
PI's new motion controllers offer greater flexibility and responsiveness for ultrasonic piezo positioners.
Largest Capacitor Manufacturer in North America Driving Growth with Rethink Robotics' Baxter
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Robotmaster Dramatically Changing Construction Timber Industry
Montreal, QC-Dec. 17, 2015 - The BBC showed how Robotmaster is dramatically simplifying the complex milling processes that architecture students need to turn firewood quality timber into high quality construction timber.
New Ultra-Flat, Zero-Backlash Gear by Harmonic Drive LLC
Harmonic Drive LLC, a leader in high precision motion control introduces new, ultra-flat, zero-backlash gear unit. The CSF-2UP gear unit is the newest model in the CSF mini-series product line.
These new high-torque, zero-backlash gear units have an ultra-flat configuration and feature a large cross-roller bearing with high-moment stiffness.
Automating the Chemo Compounding Process
RIVA uses automation of sterile manipulations and isolation of the compounding area to solve major safety issues with manual compounding, which are accuracy of every dose measurements and assuring sterility of every finished compound.
Four Market Forces That Will Shape Robotics Over The Next Year
Richard Mahoney for TechCrunch: As 2016 approaches, robotics is poised to traverse from a narrow set of industrial and military use cases to broader market applications that include commercial drones, telepresence robots, delivery robots and, of course, mobile vacuum cleaners.
But, are robots ready to be a part of our daily life?
Gill Pratt, a visionary who served as a program manager at the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) and oversaw the DARPA Robotics Challenge, postulated earlier this year that robotics might soon be headed for a “Cambrian Explosion.”
The term refers to a period of time roughly half a billion years ago when the numbers and diversity of animals became critical to evolution. Pratt offered that technology developments are ushering in a similar upsurge in the diversification and applicability of robotics. Cont'd...
Dorner Announces Acquisition of FlexMove
A leading manufacturer of flexible chain conveyors
for food, beverage, automotive, electronic and other industries.
LASYS meets Turkey
Messe Stuttgart supports business opportunities in Turkey - „Automotive" theme day in Istanbul
Manufacturing Technology Orders Remained Sluggish in October
"While the general economy continues to grow at a moderate pace, the manufacturing sector is struggling with the effects of a strong dollar, reduced commodity prices, especially oil, and struggles in key export markets like China"
Brown University Wins Inaugural Rethink Robotics Video Challenge
Rhode Island-based Ivy League institution to receive free Baxter robot for innovative work in object manipulation
KUKA Presents Six-Axis Industrial Robot at IAAPA Expo
At the IAAPA in Orlando/Florida, KUKA presented the latest generation of the KUKA Coaster
triflex rse Energy Chain Retraction System for Industrial Robots From igus
igus has developed a lightweight and effective retraction system for feeding tubes for rivets and screws on industrial high-speed assembly robots.
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