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Starting a Robotics Company? Sell a Service, Not a Robot

09/20/17, 05:34 AM | Mobile Robots, Other Topics | Robotics Accelerator, service robots, Technology Discussions

Tekla S. Perry for IEEE Spectrum: "Im a big fan of going out and doing a service with a robot, competing with other businesses that provide that service, rather than trying to sell a $100,000 robot,"

Self-folding electronics could enable advanced robotics

09/18/17, 05:27 AM | Mobile Robots, Other Topics | Technology Discussions

ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces: The development, reported in ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, could lead to new ways for people to interact with machines and even create self-folding robots.

Germany's Siemens to Set up Robotics Research Center in China

09/15/17, 05:36 AM | Industrial Robotics, Mobile Robots | research, Technology Discussions

Reuters: The Siemens research center at Beijing's Tsinghua University would focus on combined mechanics and electronics, human-robot collaboration and the application of artificial intelligence in robotic controllers, the German firm said.

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.

Teaching Drones How To Crash Safely

07/26/17, 05:40 AM | Mobile Robots, Other Topics | drones, Technology Discussions, unmanned

Simon Parkin for MIT Technology Review: Drone delivery wont happen until the unmanned vehicle can master the emergency landing.

Human Locomotion, Robotic Exoskeleton and Prostheses

07/18/17, 08:29 AM | Mobile Robots | Exoskeleton, Technology Discussions

Why is it so difficult to make walking more efficient in humans? There are a few challenges. People are highly complex, in the dynamics of our movements, in our hundreds of muscles and tendons, and in our wildly complex nervous systems.

Teaching Robots to 'Feel with Their Eyes'

07/07/17, 05:54 AM | Industrial Robotics, Mobile Robots | soft robotics, Technology Discussions, Training and Education

Penns School of Engineering and Applied Science: Burka hopes to build up a database of one thousand surfaces to help coach robots on how to identify objects and also to know what theyre made of and how best to handle them.

The one law of robotics: Humans must flourish

06/30/17, 06:20 AM | Mobile Robots, Other Topics | Research and Reports, service robots, Technology Discussions

Pallab Ghosh for BBC News: "The thriving of people and communities needs to be put first, and we think Asimov's principles can be subsumed into that."

Robot Inertia vs Payload

06/29/17, 08:14 AM | Industrial Robotics | arm, Technology Discussions | Motion Controls Robotics, Inc.

Payload and inertia are both important factors when designing End of Arm Tooling and selecting a robot. The differences between the two and how they affect choosing a robot is explained in this article.

A Job Plan for Robots and Humans

06/29/17, 05:30 AM | Industrial Robotics, Mobile Robots | Jobs / Employment, Technology Discussions | Fetch Robotics

Tom Simonite for MIT Technology Review: Melonee Wises of Fetch Robotics spoke with San Francisco bureau chief Tom Simonite.

Please and Thank You: How DARPA Is Teaching Robots Manners

06/19/17, 05:22 AM | Mobile Robots, Other Topics | Artificial Intelligence, Darpa, Technology Discussions

Kacey Deamer for Live Science: Researchers created a machine-learning algorithm that allowed robots to "intuit" how to behave like humans in certain situations, like being quiet in a library.

How to Be a Winner in the Consumer Robotics Revolution

06/16/17, 05:30 AM | Mobile Robots, Other Topics | Investing, service robots, Technology Discussions

Entrepreneur: These devices are coming to a home near you, maybe your home. And that's not science fiction. How can your business get in on this?

Honda to focus on self-driving cars, robotics, EVs through 2030

06/12/17, 05:42 AM | Mobile Robots, Other Topics | autonomous vehicles, self driving, Technology Discussions

Naomi Tajitsu for Reuters: Unveiling its mid-term Vision 2030 strategy plan, Honda said it would boost coordination between R&D, procurement and manufacturing to tame development costs.

Impacts of Tolerances Refinement

06/08/17, 08:10 AM | Industrial Robotics | Technology Discussions

Tolerances refinement is a well-known concept for manufacturers in the aerospace industry. This new reality has a direct impact on how they do things. To succeed reaching new market standards, an upgrading of their plants and equipment is inevitable.

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