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Sony backs Acutronic Robotics' hardware robot operating system

09/11/17, 05:28 AM | Industrial Robotics, Mobile Robots | Funding and Deals, ros

Darrell Etherington for TechCrunch: Acutronic was set up in 2016, and offers a way to allow components combine in new robotics systems easily with ready-made compliance with industry and commercial standards for easy deployment.

This drone can pinpoint a specific package in a giant warehouse

09/08/17, 05:16 AM | Factory Automation, Other Topics | drones, machine vision

Siyi Chen for Quartz: A prototype created by the scientists can catalogue items instantly as the drones fly up and down the aisles.

San Francisco City Supervisor proposes tax on Robots

09/06/17, 05:41 AM | Mobile Robots, Other Topics | service robots, Technology Discussions

Janie Har, Associated Press: Jane Kim, the city supervisor who is pushing the robot tax, says it's important to think now about how people will earn a living as more U.S. jobs are lost to automation.

5 ways to advance robotics in manufacturing

09/04/17, 06:21 AM | Industrial Robotics, Factory Automation | Industry 4.0, Technology Discussions

Stephanie Condon for ZDNet: The maturity of automated technology used in manufacturing is all over the map, says Carnegie Mellon Prof. Howie Choset, but there are concrete ways to fix that.

Introducing Myriad X: Unleashing AI at the Edge

09/01/17, 05:28 AM | Mobile Robots, Other Topics | Artificial Intelligence, deep learning

Remi El-Ouazzane for Intel: The First Vision Processing Unit with a Dedicated Neural Compute Engine will Give Devices the Ability to See, Understand and Interact with the World Around Them in Real Time

Army completes autonomous micro-robotics research program

08/30/17, 05:36 AM | Mobile Robots, Other Topics | Military and Security

David McNally, ARL Public Affairs: Teams of researchers gave 17 live demonstrations of the technologies they've been working on over the past several years. The University of Pennsylvania showcased a group of autonomous quadcopters that self-organize into formations.

Amazon robots bring a brave new world to the warehouse

08/28/17, 04:59 AM | Industrial Robotics, Factory Automation | amazon, Pick and place

Michael Pooler for FT.com: An industrial dance takes place every day and night on the floor of Amazons huge warehouse in Manchester.

EU's future cyber-farms to utilise drones, robots and sensors

08/25/17, 05:32 AM | Other Topics

Anthony King, From Horizon Magazine: Bee-based maths is helping teach swarms of drones to find weeds, while robotic mowers keep hedgerows in shape.

Bricklaying Robots And Exoskeletons Are the Future of the Construction Industry

08/23/17, 05:38 AM | Mobile Robots, Other Topics | Construction

David Silverberg for Motherboard: The global construction space isn't known for ushering new tech into their workforce, but a painful labour shortage, calls for increased worker safety and more low-cost housing, and the need to catch up to other tech-savvy sectors is giving upstarts in robotics and exoskeletons their big moment.

AN OPEN LETTER TO THE UNITED NATIONS CONVENTION ON CERTAIN CONVENTIONAL WEAPONS

08/21/17, 03:47 PM | Mobile Robots, Other Topics | Military and Security

Future of Life: Open letter by leaders of leading robotics & AI companies is launched at the worlds biggest artificial intelligence conference as UN delays meeting till later this year to discuss the robot arms race

Machine gun-toting drone threatens to change combat forever

08/21/17, 05:17 AM | Mobile Robots, Other Topics | drones, Military and Security

Rich Haridy for New Atlas: In an interview with Defense One, Atuar states the current device can carry and fire a variety of different weapons up to a weight of 22 lb (10 kg),

New Robotics Lab Allows Anyone to Control the Machines

08/18/17, 05:50 AM | Mobile Robots, Other Topics | Assembly and Testing, research, ros

Jason Maderer for Georgia Tech: Researchers can write their own computer programs, upload them, then get the results as the Georgia Tech machines carry out the commands. They also receive video evidence and data of the experiment.

A robotic technology stack aimed at developers on a budget

08/16/17, 05:59 AM | Mobile Robots, Other Topics | Personal and Recreational, ros

Greg Nichols for ZDNet: Vincross, a Beijing-based robotics company, today announced a small programmable robot called HEXA. The new bot runs on MIND, an operating system built on the Linux kernel and optimized for robotics.

ROBO, The First Robotics & Automation ETF, Hits $1 Billion in Assets Under Management

08/14/17, 05:24 AM | Industrial Robotics, Mobile Robots | Investing

Index provider ROBO Global thanks investors for embracing firms dedicated focus on robotics, automation and artificial Intelligence

How Robots Using Amazon Alexa Could Help Injured People Be More Mobile at Home

08/11/17, 05:58 AM | Mobile Robots, Other Topics | amazon, Exoskeleton, Health Robotics

Barb Darrow for Fortune: A Canadian-American robotics company is turning to the popular Amazon Alexa-Echo combo to help people with spinal or lower-body injuries be more mobile and autonomous in their homes.

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