International Federation of Robotics: France Outperforms Britain as Robots Transform Car Industry

The number of robots installed by the French car industry rose 22 percent to 1,400 units - compared with 700 units in the UK (+ 7 percent). The automotive sector is one of the main driving forces modernizing the French economy: with a robot density of 940 units per 10,000 workers, France currently ranks 2nd within the European Union - the UK ranks 10th with 606 units. These are the latest results of the World Robotics Report 2016 published by the International Federation of Robotics (IFR).

OSU College of Engineering establishes institute for robotics, intelligent systems

Its called the CoRIS Institute, short for Collaborative Robotics and Intelligent Systems. Institute director Kagan Tumer said the new center would conduct research in robotics and artificial intelligence, as well as machine learning, vision, sensors, devices, and new materials. The institute also will explore public policy and ethical questions surrounding the deployment of robots and intelligent systems.

Teaching robots to teach other robots

Adam Conner-Simons, CSAIL via MIT News: CSAIL approach allows robots to learn a wider range of tasks using some basic knowledge and a single demo.

New lightweight micro gripper designed for small fragile part assembly

A lightweight micro gripper, the MGR5 was designed for small, fragile part assembly. The MGR brings operation force 10 gram or less capability into range. Light moving mass reduces impact force during small product placement.

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

The Amazon Robotics Challenge will award up to $250,000 in prizes and encourages idea sharing and innovation within the robotics and automation community

BitFlow Shifts Frame Grabber Portfolio Towards Fast Growing CoaXPress Interface

In less than ten years, CoaXPress™ has trounced many of machine vision's deeply entrenched standards to become one of the industry's fastest ever growing camera-to-computer interfaces. BitFlow, a pioneer in CoaXPress (CXP) frame grabbers, has helped make CXP a proven technology relied upon today by thousands of system integrators and end-users.

The changing landscape of mobility as seen at Automate and ProMat

Retailers and logistics companies have been opening facilities at a record pace and in this fast-paced world, warehousing and logistics managers are looking for robotics solutions to remain competitive.

This Map Shows Where Robots Are Coming for Your Job

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.

Dr. Mike Fralix to Work with SoftWear Automation as a Technology Evangelist to Accelerate the Deployment of Sewbots(TM)

Apparel Manufacturing Expert Brings Wealth of Industry Insight and Experience

Raynal Returns as Motion Controls Robotics's Sales Development Manager

Earl Raynal is returning to the sales team as a Sales Development Manager responsible for new customer acquisitions in North America.

How to Tell Category Data Cables Apart

The category positively correlates with the data speed. I.E. the higher the category, the higher the possible frequency and the higher the frequency, the higher the possible data rate.

ROBOTIQ PROGRAM TEMPLATES MAKE INDUSTRIAL AUTOMATION EVEN EASIER

Simplify the implementation of many common applications

North American Robotics Market Surges 32 Percent in Unit Volume

Strongest First Quarter On Record with $516 Million in Orders

Veo Robotics gives industrial robots a sixth sense for safely working around people

Devin Coldewey for TechCrunch: Everyone knows the robots are coming, so we should probably get to work figuring out how we can coexist. Thats the mission of Veo Robotics, which is working on a system that gives robots spatial awareness of every object in their reach.

Allied Motion Receives $90 Million Award for Vehicle Market Solution

Revenue for the application is expected to begin ramping up in 2020 and be substantially completed in 2027 at an estimated average of $12 million to $13 million in revenue per year.

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Harmonic Drive - Coming Soon! Integrated Actuators with EtherCAT

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