Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 30.15
June 21, 2022
…Defense-sponsored consortium's more than 340 members include start-ups, research universities, community colleges, manufacturers of all sizes, government agencies, workforce development organizations, and more. ARM Institute seeks educational leaders Click on infographic to enlarge. Source: ARM Institute Launched in 2021, the ARM Endorsement Program audits and promotes the organizations that are most effective at preparing students for careers in manufacturing and working with robots. The ARM Institute's criteria for evaluating programs aligns with its robotics career pathways and competencies. It uses them to evaluate both organizations and their programs based on the following benchmarks: Relevance to the industry Effective curriculum Efficiency…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 26.52
December 18, 2018
…relies on the use of toxic materials. Researchers at Washington State University have found a way to produce flexible glucose sensors using 3D printing via direct ink writing. They are using a nanoscale material that is electrically conductive and flexible, and claim to be able to produce biosensors that are more accurate using production methods that are less material intensive. The team, led by Arda Gozen and Yuehe Lin of the School of Mechanical and Materials Engineering, published their research in Analytica Chimica Acta. The wearable sensors could make it easier and less painful for diabetics (especially children) to monitor…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 24.69
July 10, 2022
…rely more heavily on robotics and intelligent machines. The Washington Post recently reported that a trial run was launched in Midwest and the Mississippi Delta where robots were deployed, plodding along at 12 miles per hour. By using computer vision, the robots were able to distinguish between crop or weed and spray herbicide at pinpointed crops. The effort is an undertaking at its early stages of implementation, but the potential is enormous. It allows very specific treatment, and no wide-scale crop dusting or spraying, as used in the past (often with aviation). Machines are helpful and don't have the concerns…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 24.66
February 07, 2022
…and robot supplier programs to community colleges and traditional universities. New programs exemplify educational excellence The ARM Institute provided the following descriptions of each of the newly endorsed programs, which it said exceeded its evaluation criteria. University of Maryland – Maryland Robotics Center: The Master of Engineering in Robotics program and the Graduate Certificate in Engineering program ensure continued research and development of robotic applications and contributes to the overall robotics ecosystem. The instructors allow for innovation in the program curriculum and attract industry and diverse students, said ARM. In addition, the curriculum examples show the level of knowledge, skill,…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 23.72
October 25, 2021
North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University and its food services provider, Sodexo, have partnered with Starship Technologies to roll out the university’s food delivery service via autonomous robots. N.C. A&T is the first historically Black college or university to partner with Starship, as well as its first partnership in North Carolina. “As a STEM university, A&T and Sodexo’s partnership with Starship Technologies' autonomous delivery robots falls right in line with what we are about,” said Angela Peterson, associate vice chancellor for campus enterprises at North Carolina A&T. “We are incredibly excited to provide this service to our students to…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 20.88
May 05, 2023
…Bostelman is currently a visiting research scientist at the University of Maryland Institute for Advanced Computer Studies (UMIACS). He is also part of the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) Professional Research Experience Program. The new ASTM Fellow recently retired from his engineering project manager position at NIST’s Intelligent Systems Division after 41 years of service. While there, he managed the Intelligent Control of Mobility Systems Program, as well as other technology research and development projects at NIST and other organizations. Bostelman received a B.S. in electrical engineering from the George Washington University (GWU) and an M.S. in technical…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 20.25
September 26, 2021
…some safety hazards. An electrical engineering professor at the University of Texas at Arlington has focused on developing a safer battery specifically to power drones inspecting mines. Such drones could go deep into a mine and perform inspections that would otherwise be difficult for a human to do. David Wetz has been conducting research based on his background in energy storage. He examined battery failures and has worked to design a battery that meets all energy needs. Wetz also noted that the structure to house the battery and other electrical components must meet the U.S. Mining Safety Hazard Authority's strict…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 18.47
May 17, 2021
…drives delivery records Starship, which has offices in London; Washington, D.C.; Hamburg, Germany; and Tallinn, Estonia, said that its robotic services have proved to be especially popular with college students. It said that college campuses repeatedly set delivery records in the past year. This “on-demand generation” will help fuel the need for autonomous delivery well into the future, it said. “I hadn’t even heard of robot delivery before I started school and now I don’t see a future without it,” said Claire Sunderman, a student at Bowling Green State University in Ohio. “Starship robots are really convenient and cool. I…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 17.31
June 16, 2023
…award has been presented to Nancy Amato at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign for her significant contributions to the field of robotics, the Boston-based organization shared Friday. Amato was recognized for her research on the algorithmic foundations of motion planning, computational biology, computational geometry, and parallel computing. Alyssa Nicole Pierson, at Boston University, was awarded the MassRobotics Rising Star in Robotics Medal for her key contributions to the cooperative, distributed control of multi-agent teams. The Robotics Medal is awarded to a woman-identifying student/faculty nominated professor in robotics to recognize their impactful contributions to the field and includes a $50,000…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 15.09
January 11, 2023
…It has also endorsed programs at Universal Robots, the University of Maryland, the University of Washington, Wichita State University Campus of Applied Sciences and Technology (WSU Tech), and Wichita State University, Department of Engineering Technology. About RoboticsCareer.org RoboticsCareer.org supports U.S. workers through each stage of their professional lives – from students exploring career options to incumbent workers looking to take the next step in their careers. The ARM Institute said it connects the full ecosystem needed to correct the skills and labor gap. RoboticsCareer.org houses the nation’s only database dedicated to training programs for robotics careers in manufacturing, claimed the…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 12.24
January 28, 2022
…the following eight projects. AI Robot Programming Assistance Lead: University of Memphis Partners: READY Robotics, FedEx, DeepHow Description: There are technologies that can now dramatically reduce the knowledge necessary to program and install a robot, using no-code methods that make robotic programming accessible to those on the factory floor. However, there is still the limitation of process automation knowledge that can bottleneck or be a detriment to a successful robotic installation. This project aims to create an assistance system that can act as a stopgap for this lack of expertise by providing suggestions and corrections during robot task programming. This…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 11.93
December 13, 2023
…with them or even being replaced by them. A Washington State University study, published in the journal IISE Transactions on Occupational Ergonomics and Human Factors, found that watching videos of a soft robot working with a person at picking and placing tasks lowered the viewers’ safety concerns and feelings of job insecurity. This was true even when the soft robot was shown working in close proximity to the person. This finding shows soft robots hold a potential psychological advantage over rigid robots made of metal or other hard materials. “Prior research has generally found that the closer you are to…
