A Robot's View of the World
For the Harvest Automation engineering team to get an accurate view of what the robot is seeing, we've constructed a tool that we call Mindprobe which collects all the sensor data, interprets it and displays this in a graphical form.
New OCTOPUZ Post Engine Saves Time while Increasing Efficiency and Accuracy
The Robotics Application Engineers at In-House Solutions are continually developing ways to improve OCTOPUZ, an intelligent CAD-to-Path and offline robot programming and simulation software solution ideal for any path-sensitive application or complex simulation.
By standardizing how posts are written, OCTOPUZ saves everyone time while increasing efficiency and accuracy.
OCTOPUZ - Complex Made Simple
InventAIRy Project to Automatically Localize and Record Existing Inventories using Flying Robots
Standing on top of a ladder several meters high, pad and pen in hand, just to count boxes? Inventories in large warehouses could soon appear quite different and proceed to take flight, in the truest sense of those words: The goal of the InventAIRy Project is to automatically localize and record existing inventories with the aid of flying robots.
FIRST® Robotics Competition Launches Australia Regional Event
Thirty-seven Teams from Australia, Brazil, China and Hawaii to Compete at First-Ever Australia Regional Event Hosted by Macquarie University
Kairos Autonomi Retains Lt. Gen. (Ret.) Rick Lynch As Special Advisor For Military Robotics Programs
Kairos Autonomi, Inc., a worldwide leader in robotic appliqu© kits and developer of the Pronto4 Robotic Appliqu© Kit, announced today that Lt. Gen. (Ret.) Rick Lynch will work with the company as a special advisor for military robotics programs, leadership and strategic planning.
Vision Integrators, Integro Technologies Partner with Yamaha Robotics
Integro Technologies, a leader in machine vision integration and top Cognex PSI in North America, announces a partnership agreement with Yamaha Robotics to develop innovative and cutting-edge products for the machine vision industry.
How 4 Mexican Immigrant Kids and Their Cheap Robot Beat MIT
From Wired:
Ten years ago, WIRED contributing editor Joshua Davis wrote a story about four high school students in Phoenix, Arizona—three of them undocumented immigrants from Mexico—beating MIT in an underwater robot competition. That story, La Vida Robot, has a new chapter: Spare Parts, starring George Lopez and Carlos PenaVega, opens in January, and Davis is publishing abook by the same title updating the kids’ story. To mark that occasion, WIRED is republishing his original story... (full article)
2015 China International Robot Show（CIROS2015）
With the strong support of Ministry of Science and Technology of the People's Republic of China and Ministry of Industry and Information Technology of the People's Republic of China, China International Robot Show(CIROS) jointly hosted by China Machinery Industry Federation in 2012 is the top professional robot exhibition of whole field in China, the official exhibition platform of China Robot Industry Alliance and the only exhibition project supported by International Federation of Robotics(IFR) in China. As the top, largest-scale and most professional robot exhibition, CIROS attracts hundreds of robot enterprises and the full report of CCTV News.
Novotechnik - New Angle Sensor With Return Spring
Novotechnik, U.S. introduces the SP1600 Series of compact angle sensors. Housing profile to connector is 26 mm.
Optimal Actuator In MIT's Cheetah Robot
From Biomimetics MIT Cheetah project:
The high speed legged locomotion of the MIT Cheetah requires high accelerations and loadings of the robot’s legs. Because of the highly dynamic environmental interactions that come with running, variable impedance of the legs is desirable; however, existing actuation strategies cannot deliver. Typically, electric motors achieve their required torque output and package size through high gear ratios. High ratios limit options for control strategies. For example, closed loop control is limited to relatively slow speed dynamics. Series elastic actuation adds additional actuators and increases system complexity and inertia. We believed a better option existed. In the end, we developed a novel actuator, optimal in many applications... (project homepage) (full published article)
Commercial UAV Expo Announced for October 2015
Commercial UAV Expo, October 5-7, 2015 at Caesars Palace, Las Vegas, Nevada
NCKU Robots Win Big in Global Competition
The incorporation of skills created by robot design is crucial to the development of industry, according to Li.
Enhanced COTS Subsystem from Aitech Integrates High Performance with Exceptional Ruggedization
A191 RediBuilt handles critical control systems in manned and unmanned applications
DARPA-Funded Inflatable Robotics Helps Spark Idea for Silver Screen Star
DARPA's M3 program is creating and demonstrating novel design tools, fabrication methods and control algorithms to make robots more mobile and better able to manipulate objects in their environment.
Black Friday & Cyber Monday
From Adafruit:
Welcome to the Black Friday sale – 15% off plus all the free items & shipping as you shop! Use code: BLACKFRIDAY on check out. We thought about doing flash sales or complicated codes but that’s a lot of frustrating hoop jumping for everyone, so we came up with what we think is an amazing deal that is straight forward, no stress and valuable – a 15% off discount anything in stock and lots of great free things automatically depending on how much you order.
We are currently offering a FREE Adafruit Perma-Proto Half-sized Breadboard PCB for orders over $100, a FREE Trinket 5V for orders over $150, FREE UPS ground (Continental USA) for orders $200 or more, a FREE Pro Trinket 5V for orders over $250
From Sparksfun:
On Cyber Monday (12/1), everything in our Actobotics category is 20% off.
Next on 12/1/2014, we are offering hourly flash sales from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. Mountain Standard Time, with 30-50% off on some of our most popular products.
These items have been hand-selected by our employees and are some of our favorite designs! See below for the complete list, so you can plan ahead to snag these great deals.
Flash Sales are ONLY valid during their time window. If an item is sitting in your cart and the flash sale for it ends, the price will go back up!
There is no combining flash sale orders throughout the day.
Flash sales are a “while supplies last” sort of deal (which means no backorders!) - so get ‘em while the getting is good.... (list of flash sale items)
From Servocity:
(Full pdf flyer for monday's sale) Two random orders from monday will recieve a "golden ticket" worth $500 of actobotics parts.
From Robotshop:
(Full list of sale items available friday through monday) Free hexbug nano with every purchase.
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Industrial Robotics - Featured Product
Precision Drive Systems - Trust PDS for 3-5 Day Robotic Spindle Repair
Precision components machined by CNC robot machining systems require compact, lightweight, and high-speed motorized spindles capable of delivering higher efficiency, performance, and reliability than those used in many other industries. That's why manufacturers of milling, cutting, trimming, grinding, polishing, and deburring trust Precision Drive Systems (PDS) to provide accurate and dependable spindle repair to perform to the most exacting standards.
Robotics and Automation - Featured Company
MMP Inc. / MIDWEST MOTION PRODUCTS, INC.
The Leader in Rapid Prototyping of High-Quality Motion Control Solutions. MMP is actively engaged in the design, manufacturing and distribution of standard and custom motion control equipment, including fully reversible brushed and brushless DC gearmotors, motors with failsafe brakes and servomotors with feedback devices such as analog tachometers and encoders. We also provide fully-sealed IP-65 motor speed controls @ 12/24/48 VDC, AC~DC power supplies and a wide variety of 12/24 VDC linear actuators. If you need a sample right away, we can be a project saving convenience for you. We provide more than 8000+ released DC Gearmotor designs with cost-effective solutions for robotics and automation companies. These designs are unique and custom-built to suit the specific application requirements of the motion control projects.
