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Business Leaders Identify Robotics as a Major Source of Jobs

American business leaders have identified robotics as a major source of jobs for the nation's youth, with many openings currently unfilled.

28 Aug 2015

Optimization Algorithm Reduces Energy Consumption by Minimizing Acceleration of Industrial Robots

By minimizing the acceleration of industrial robots, energy consumption can be reduced by up to 40 percent – while retaining the given production time. This is the result of a new optimization algorithm that was developed by researchers at Chalmers University of Technology.

25 Aug 2015

Smart Robots Market Estimated to Reach USD 7.85 Billion by 2020

Research and Markets has announced the addition of the "Smart Robots Market by Component (Software, Hardware), Application (Collaborative Industrial Robots, Personal Service Robots, Professional Service Robots), by Geography (North America, Europe, APAC, RoW) - Analysis & Forecast to 2020" report to their offering.

19 Aug 2015

New, Soft Robotic Actuator Harnesses Power of Instability to Trigger Instantaneous Movement

Instability in engineering is generally not a good thing. If you're building a skyscraper, minor instabilities could bring the whole structure crashing down in a fraction of a second.

18 Aug 2015

Researchers Discover New Way to Improve Human and Robot Safety in Manufacturing Scenarios

Researchers at the Georgia Institute of Technology discovered a new way to improve human and robot safety in manufacturing scenarios by developing a method for robots to project their next action into the 3D world and onto any moving object.

13 Aug 2015

ABB Technology to Upgrade its GIS Substations to Maximize Electricity Transmission Capacity

ABB, the leading power and automation technology group, has won orders worth around $150 million from the Saudi Electricity Company (SEC) to expand five existing substations, helping to ready the country’s transmission system for a 50 percent expansion of power generation capacity to accommodate a growing economy.

13 Aug 2015

RedSky Expands Emergency Location Information Service Product with New Patent

RedSky Technologies, Inc., a leading provider of software solutions for E9-1-1 and emergency response, today announced that the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (PTO) has issued U.S. Patent No. 9,094,816 which expands on RedSky's innovative Emergency Location Information Service (E-LIS) product patents.

7 Aug 2015

Nestlé USA Honours Rockwell Automation with 2014 North America Procurement Supplier of the Year Award

Citing its ability to develop innovative solutions and provide extensive support to commission new factory lines, Nestlé USA awarded Rockwell Automation its 2014 North America Procurement Supplier of the Year award for technical procurement - maintenance, repair and operations (MRO).

6 Aug 2015

Energid to Develop Lightweight Robot Arm for AFF Robots Onboard the ISS

Energid Technologies Corporation has been funded by the US National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to develop an innovative lightweight robot arm for use with Assistive Free-Flyers (AFF), small robotic research platforms that fly in microgravity, onboard the International Space Station (ISS). The project includes arm design, control algorithm development, and creation of simulation tools.

29 Jul 2015

KUKA Robots Create ‘Swarm Fabrication’ Digital Outdoor Sculpture

On July 5, an creative outdoor sculpture displayed at the exhibition hall of Tongji Architecture and Urban Planning College drew a lot of attention from students and faculty members.

25 Jul 2015