Building the Steam Controller
From Valve:
When we first started designing hardware at Valve, we decided we wanted to try and do the manufacturing as well. To achieve our goal of a flexible controller, we felt it was important to have a similar amount of flexibility in our manufacturing process, and that meant looking into automated assembly lines. It turns out that most consumer hardware of this kind still has humans involved in stages throughout manufacturing, but we kind of went overboard, and built one of the largest fully automated assembly lines in the US. Our film crew recently put together a video of that assembly line, showcasing exactly why robots are awesome.
Industry Leaders to Speak at London Drone Conference
The SkyTech 2016 UAS conference & exhibition has announced its speaker line-up for Januarys event. International experts will consider key developments from across the unmanned aviation industry, alongside discussion of UAS applications for a range of business markets.
Aero Kinetics Acquired by International Unmanned Aircraft System Company Strat Aero in Critical Industry Deal
Acquisition Brings Aero Kinetics Technological Edge to Strat Aeros Global Team for Significant Progress and Expert Innovation in Aerospace
Australian Startup to Vastly Disrupt 3D Printer Market with ARC-one
Arcadian 3Ds streamlined 'ARC-one printer speeds up high quality builds with its on-board operating system, at a fraction of the cost.
The New Family Member: A Robotic Caregiver
The issue of nursing care in an ageing society is a major social concern and will continue to be so. Therefore, we can expect to see robotic devices become the caregivers of the future.
Getting Started with Collaborative Robots - Part 2 - How to Identify Potential Processes for Automation
At this point, we need to discuss the strengths and limitations of process automation with collaborative robots.
Ekso Bionics Acquires Equipois' Gravity Balancing Arm Technologies
Ekso Bionics Holdings, Inc., a leading global robotic exoskeleton company, announced today it acquired the gravity balancing arm technologies of Equipois, LLC, including the zeroG and X-Ar products.
Introducing the MagiCube 3D Printer for Home - Start Printing in 30 Minutes
We Are 3D revolutionizes 3D printing with plug n play home 3D printer for fun, learning and building
AMA, Best Buy Team Up on Consumer Drone Education
Best Buy distributing AMA safety guidelines, offering memberships to customers purchasing drones this holiday season
Smart Manufacturing magazine to Launch in Spring 2016
New publication to focus on emerging technologies, Industry 4.0 topics
SmarTech Releases its Annual Review of Additive Manufacturing Opportunities in Key End-User Industries
SmarTech is the leading industry analyst firm covering the 3D printing/additive manufacturing business.
Budgee The Robot That Is Rocking The World, Is Now Appearing In Homes Near You
Budgee, the Friendly Robot that Follows You and Carries Your Things is now being shipped to consumers and appearing in households all over the world.
Road to Robotic Parking Is Littered With Faulty Projects
From New York Times:
It seemed like the perfect night life accessory for the South Beach set — an automated robotic parking garage where trendy clubgoers could park their Porsches with a futuristic touch of a button.
Forget hiding your GPS and favorite Fendi sunglasses from a valet who might ding your new alloy wheels; this garage would park cars itself.
Instead, malfunctions lasted for hours. Cars were smashed, and faulty machinery fell several stories to the ground. Sometimes vehicles were stuck for so long that garage operators had to pay for customers’ taxis... (full story)
Drone or Rover - New System Lets You Decide
Rocketship Systems Inc. releases BoxBotix, a new 3D printable robotics system that supports multiple configurations, including copter, plane and rover.
Molding 2016 Announces Return to New Orleans, Emphasis on Having the Right Tools to Compete in Today's Injection Molding Market
Annual conference will include expanded technical sessions, professional networking opportunities and sponsor displays focused on injection molding business solutions
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