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Amazon Enlists Researchers to Build Box-Packing Robots

07/28/17, 05:53 AM | Industrial Robotics, Factory Automation | amazon, Collaborative Robots, Pick and place
Joshua Brustein for Bloomberg: Teams competing in Amazon's third-annual contest tackle a problem that has kept companies from automating warehouses entirely.

Spider robots on the move for additive manufacturing

07/11/17, 05:50 AM | Industrial Robotics, Factory Automation | Additive Manufacturing, Collaborative Robots
Stuart Nathan for The Engineer: Like several concepts in mobile additive manufacture, the Spider bots grew out of a concept to build bases for exploration on the Moon and other planets.

Robotics Software Could Be a $140B Opportunity

06/27/17, 05:29 AM | Industrial Robotics, Factory Automation
Wayne Duggan for U.S. News: The shift toward automation will no doubt raise demand for robotics hardware, but Loup Ventures analyst Andrew Murphy says the robotics software industry could be even bigger.

The industrial robotics market will nearly triple in less than 10 years

06/23/17, 05:37 AM | Industrial Robotics, Factory Automation | cobots, Collaborative Robots, Industrial and Manufacturing, Research and Reports
April Glaser for RECODE: Collaborative robots are expected to account for a third of that market.

'Make in India' initiative could be a bigger success with help of cobots

06/07/17, 05:43 AM | Industrial Robotics, Factory Automation | cobots, Collaborative Robots, industrial automation
Pradeep David for Financial Express: The government of India launched the 'Make in India' initiative in 2014 to enhance skill development as well as build a strong manufacturing infrastructure

THE NEXT BIG LEAP IN AI COULD COME FROM WAREHOUSE ROBOTS

06/05/17, 06:06 AM | Industrial Robotics, Factory Automation | Artificial Intelligence, Technology Discussions
Nick Statt for The Verge: Kindred thinks the path to smarter software is by giving it a physical body

Robots May Help Defuse Demographic Time Bomb in Japan, Germany

05/30/17, 05:59 AM | Industrial Robotics, Factory Automation | Jobs / Employment
Anirban Nag for Bloomberg: Robots to offset negative impact of slower labor force growth. Emerging markets won't be so lucky, Moody's report says

Dual-Arm Collaborative Robots Increase Flexibility and Accuracy

05/26/17, 05:49 AM | Industrial Robotics, Factory Automation | Collaborative Robots, robot arms
James Anderton for Engineering.com: Robotics are an ideal technology for fine assembly tasks, such as those in the electronics industry.

Amazon Selects Finalists to Compete at the Amazon Robotics Challenge Event in Japan This Summer

05/11/17, 06:01 AM | Industrial Robotics, Factory Automation | amazon, Pick and place
The Amazon Robotics Challenge will award up to $250,000 in prizes and encourages idea sharing and innovation within the robotics and automation community

This Map Shows Where Robots Are Coming for Your Job

05/09/17, 06:07 AM | Industrial Robotics, Factory Automation | Jobs / Employment, Research and Reports
By Mira Rojanasakul and Peter Coy for Bloomberg: Are you about to be replaced by a robot? The question has broad implications for the U.S. economy, especially the manufacturing sector.

Elon Musk: Robot software will make Tesla worth as much as Apple

05/08/17, 05:55 AM | Factory Automation, Unmanned & Other Topics | Artificial Intelligence, RPA
Jeremy C. Ownens for MarketWatch: Musk will put his machinery where his mouth is with Model 3, battery and solar panel production lines launching soon

This Company Has Created the Swiss Army Knife of Robots

05/02/17, 05:46 AM | Industrial Robotics, Factory Automation | The Service Department
Leigh Buchanan Editor-at-large, Inc. magazine: Industrial robots typically sell for $75,000 or more, a significant capital outlay. And that price tag escalates dramatically with operational costs. Ready Robotics, a startup housed in City Garage, a Baltimore center for makers, charges $1,500 to $4,000 a month for use of one of its robots, called the TaskMate.

Tesla receives massive shipment of robots for Model 3 production line

04/27/17, 05:51 AM | Industrial Robotics, Factory Automation | Assembly and Testing, Automobiles
Fred Lambert for Elektrek: Less than 3 months away from the planned start of Model 3 production, Tesla has received a massive order of robots for its production line. Hundreds of Kuka robots arrived at Tesla's Fremont factory and are now being installed.

Automate 2017 Show and Conference Participation Hits New Heights

04/26/17, 05:52 AM | Industrial Robotics, Factory Automation | Automate 2017, Tradeshows and Conferences | A3 - Association for Advanced Automation
Automate 2017 show and conference broke all previous attendance records with show attendance of 12,960 people, which is a 37 percent increase over 2015.

Assessing the Potential of Robotics and Artificial Intelligence

04/21/17, 06:06 AM | Industrial Robotics, Factory Automation | Artificial Intelligence, Investing
Global X for Nasdaq: Recent technological advancements in robotics and artificial intelligence (AI) are disrupting a range of industries from manufacturing, to health care, defense, and transportation.

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