Chinese robotics makers feast on government subsidies
Li Liuxi and Chen Na for Caixin Online: Local governments pumped hundreds of millions of yuan into the robotics industry in the first half of the year, helping to boost profits by as much as 60 percent in those companies rushing to take advantage of the generosity.
With strong support from Beijing, China has embarked on a robot-building frenzy in the last two years in an effort to move beyond traditional manufacturing. But as often happens in industries targeted for development, poorly designed incentive programs often lead to abuse that results in millions of dollars in wasted funds.
Similar waste in China's electric-vehicle and renewable-energy sectors has led to the buildup of huge new capacity that is sometimes unusable or of such low quality that no market exists for the products.
In the case of robotics makers, Caixin found government funding made up a large portion of profits for a dozen manufactures listed in Shanghai, Shenzhen and Beijing in the first six months of this year. Cont'd...
Boundaries are shattered as Glide-Line™ Introduces the new Glide-Line™ 360
"As a provider of mechanical hardware solutions, item North America/MB Kit Systems Inc. sees multiple requests for complex material handling solutions. Clearly, Glide-Line always seems to know what customers need and the new Glide-Line 360 has unlimited solutions for a wide range of applications." Rick Sabo, Vice President, Sales & Marketing, item North America, MB Kit Systems
The legacy of Willow Garage"¦The "PARC" for robotics
Kazu Komoto for ReadWrite: The robotic industries have been one of the hottest topics worldwide since there has been progressing from the traditional manufacturing applications to the non-manufacturing applications such as service industry. Like other industries, startups in US Bay Area cover the whole area of the San Francisco-Silicon Valley has led the innovation. You have heard Savioke developing a butler robot for the hotel industry, Fetch Robotics developing a picking and transport robot for logistics that is also well known as Softbank has invested, and Suitable Technologies which has created a telepresence market.
In such robotics community in Bay Area, a group which has been recognized and respected is Willow Garage. There is a common point that all founders of companies mentioned above used to work for Willow Garage. Today, we are going to have a close look at Willow Garage, which is said: “Willow Garage in robotics industry is something like Bell Labs and Xerox Parc in the personal computer industry.” Cont'd...
NEXCOM Fully Depicts Cloud-Infused Industry 4.0
NEXCOM demonstrates how it harnesses the technology of edge to cloud connectivity, cloud-based machine learning and cognitive computing to tap into the power of big data analytics to improve factory operations.
IMTS - ABB to bring the "Factory of the Future" to life with latest robotics technologies at IMTS 2016
Over twelve demos to showcase the Collaboration, Simplification and Digitalization that are the hallmarks of the flexible, agile and efficient factory of the future
TWO NEW ROBOTS FOR COMAU: RACER5-0.63 AND RACER5-0.80
The small robot family is growing based on the existing Racer3 technological platform
Growth of the Robotics Industry in Thailand
Under the automation and robotics cluster, the BOI (Thailand Board of Investment) promotes projects investing in automation machinery and/or automation equipment with engineering design and assembling of robots or automation equipment and/or parts.
Honeywell Completes Acquisition of Intelligrated
- Supply chain automation technology and software complements Honeywell's workflow performance solutions
- Supports fast-growing, global e-commerce fulfillment industry
- Enables distribution centers and supply chain firms to harness the Industrial Internet of Things
Robotics Startups: Sign Up to Meet Leading Investors at RoboBusiness
RoboBusiness & Silicon Valley Robotics to Host First-Ever Venture Capitalist (VC) Office Hours
Quanergy Acquires OTUS People Tracker Software from Raytheon BBN Technologies to Strengthen its Position as Complete LiDAR Solution Provider
Technology Acquisition Accelerates and Expands Ability for Advanced Autonomous Driving and Security LiDAR Applications
IMTS - OCTOPUZ at IMTS 2016
Being the largest manufacturing trade show in the Americas, were looking forward to joining over 2000 other exhibitors in presenting to over 100,000 attendees from all around the world, showcasing what our software can do.
IMTS - Heller to show 5-axis machining options at IMTS 2016
HELLER demonstrates that system availability way above 90 percent is feasible without restrictions in terms of chip removal rate - no restrictions with Hellers Power Cutting Universal swivel head unit.
DENSO to Advance Artificial Intelligence Knowledge, Signs Technical Advisory Contract with Carnegie Mellon University Professor Takeo Kanade
Through this contract, DENSO is looking to advance its artificial intelligence technology and expand its engineering expertise in the areas of advanced driver assistance systems (ADAS), autonomous drive, and the Internet of Things (IoT).
Collaboration and Integration are Crucial for the Growth of the Robotics Industry
The advancement of robotics will happen more quickly and provide more value with collaboration in the community around the adoption of reasonable interoperability standards.
Eric the Robot - the Start of the Inevitable Future of Humans and Robots Living Harmoniously
In this evolving environment, can trainable robots and cobots go from tradeshow wow factor to actual industrial automation standard components, or will they go the way of Eric and be lost because the industry was too slow to take advantage of the available technology?
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