The bearer cables and tethers of bridges, elevators, and cable cars are exposed to high levels of stress. For this reason, their functional reliability must be monitored on a regular basis. A new robot recognizes fissures before they pose a danger.
ShopBot Tools, Inc., today launched a Kickstarter crowdfunding campaign (handibot.com/fund) to support development and distribution of its latest hardware innovation, the Handibot™ smart power tool. This 30-day campaign hopes to raise $125,000, and one of the main rewards for contributors is to get a first-run Handibot Smart Digital Power Tool six weeks after the close of the campaign.
Vigilant Robots' autonomous security robot, the Vigilus Mobile Camera Platform, has garnered the "Maximum Impact Award" at The Electronic Security Expo (ESX.) The Electronic Security Expo is the only national trade show that focuses solely on the needs of security integrators and monitoring companies.
Intelligrated®, a leading North American-based automated material handling solutions provider, has been recognized as a top workplace in the greater Cincinnati and Northern Kentucky area by the Cincinnati Enquirer for 2013. Intelligrated placed sixth in the large company category.
Adept Technology, Inc., a leading provider of intelligent robots and autonomous mobile solutions, today announced it has received a total order of $2.6 million from CASTEC International Corp., Taiwan for robotics to be used in high precision workcells for one of the largest providers of semiconductor manufacturing services.
SDI Intelligrated, a joint venture in São Paulo, Brazil between Intelligrated® (www.intelligrated.com) and SDI Group USA (www.sdiindustries.com), announces that it will host three interns from Brazil in the U.S. this summer as part of a scholarship program sponsored by the Brazilian government for the country’s top students. The interns will be hosted in St. Louis and gain experience in engineering.
Sisecam Pasabahce of Turkey is a world-leading manufacturer of glass tableware. The company has been producing consumer glass products since 1935 and serving international markets since 1961. Paþabahçe started automating its production lines as early as 1955, pioneering industrial automation in the glassware industry.
AV&R Vision & Robotics and IMAC Automation, a company developing manufacturing automation, are merging to become AV&R, world’s largest engineering firm specializing in robotics for the aerospace industry.
Alion Energy, an innovative installation and maintenance service company that uses automated technologies to optimize utility scale solar plants, today unveils ROVER and SPOT, a pair of patented robotic installation and cleaning technologies. Together, they enable the fastest construction and lowest EPC costs for utility scale solar while producing more energy than standard fixed-tilt projects.
Recent studies show the time of pure functional designs is over, even for robotic systems. According to a study published in 2012 by Hiroshima University, looking at cute images can enhance concentration and even promote more careful behavior. Furthermore, recent research results published by Leiden University Netherlands underpin the apparent trend of Japanese cuteness culture among the western societies.
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