Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 5.98
September 22, 2022
…and field workers and helps remove the burden of repetitive and risky work,” he said. “Civ Robotics uses Trimble’s high-precision GNSS [global navigation satellite system] positioning technology and surveying software to improve productivity and increase safety. This is an exciting opportunity to help accelerate innovation in autonomy, surveying, and construction.” Civ Robotics said it plans to use its funding for sales and marketing, technology development, and growing its team both in the U.S. and Tel Aviv, Israel, where its research and development is based.
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 4.99
September 22, 2022
…meters per second and with a repeat accuracy of 0.8 millimeters. Roose adds: “We are really excited about the precision of the robolink®. We can be sure that the robot will work reliably all day long and not damage the precious chocolates.” Although Chocomatic has so far only been used at Roose’s Chocolate World, three more units have already been sold and are in production. “More and more chocolate shops and museums are realizing that the solution is a real crowd-puller.”
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 7.18
September 19, 2022
…contains about 200 to 300 welds and requires the precision and time of a skilled welder to be built. While the Billerica, Mass.-based company has six or seven welders on staff, it needed more workers to keep up with demand. The labor shortage, however, has made it hard to find employees. Trapotsis was one of the dozens of manufacturing executives who took part in the Massachusetts Technology Collaborative’s Manufacturing Mash-Up on Friday at the Polar Park baseball stadium in Worcester. He was invited to speak because he took advantage of a $20,000 grant from the state’s Manufacturing Emergency Response Team…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 10.01
September 18, 2022
…surgery. Normally, a surgeon sutures the intestinal tissues with precision, being careful to do so without causing infection. There's a scant margin of error. Mistakes could lead to an intestinal leak that could pose adverse consequences for the patient and even jeopardize their life. Correcting a problem of the heart with robotics Laparoscopic surgery on a pig is, well, just the tip of the iceberg, it seems, regarding surgical “firsts.” At the University of California San Francisco, a robot was used during a mitral valve surgy to correct a mitral valve prolapse. The university notes this was the first time…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 4.31
September 16, 2022
…dark objects, like black-painted vehicles, early and with high precision. Argo Lidar is already being manufactured and has been integrated across the entire Argo fleet in two continents. Argo Map, a high-definition map network built with street-level knowledge of roadways, traffic infrastructure, speed limits, and more. Argo has developed a turnkey process for map expansion in existing and new markets, which enables rapid scale to new cities. In the past year, Argo has doubled its total mapped mileage and added two new cities to its portfolio. Argo Hub, a suite of cloud tools and infrastructure to support autonomous vehicles in…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 6.37
September 15, 2022
…the creation of automation for the production of high-value, high-precision components, aircraft, and vehicles. The company has more than 130 robotic systems installed in the U.S. and abroad. FerRobotics helps address combustion risk In addition to putting human workers at risk of serious respiratory illness, C2D1 worksites produce combustible dust in the air that can be quickly ignited by an equipment malfunction or the improper use of rated equipment. In a C2D1 environment, combustible dust of an electrically conductive nature might also be present, or dust might be emitted into the air continuously, intermittently or periodically. “Because combustible dusts have…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 20.01
September 09, 2022
…in diameter and delicately hold 10-0 to 12-0 sutures. Precision in microsurgery is important as it involves suturing arteries, veins, ducts, and nerves.These procedures require high visual magnification, specialized instruments, and advanced fine motor skills, the company noted. MMI said the Symani System has allowed surgeons to have better surgical precision when manually suturing extremely small vessels. The new Supermicro NanoWrist instruments build on that work and allow for even greater precision in smaller spaces, according to the company. Real-world use case Dr. Simon Enzinger, a surgeon at the Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery at the University Hospital Salzburg,…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 7.81
September 07, 2022
…building frameless motors and integrated drive systems to optimize precision and to give robots the power they need in confined spaces, according to Biren Patel, business development manager at Maxon USA. He sees an increasing need for components to be of both low weight and size to accommodate for collaborative robots. “With robots being integrated around humans, there will be a need for more sensors to be placed into tight spaces, and this will limit the space there is for motors and drive electronics,” said Patel. When developing its new ECF DT Series of motor products, Maxon focused on optimizing…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 9.06
September 06, 2022
…reach of 810 mm (31 in.). The robots can be used in applications such as general assembly, surface treatment, precision manipulation, and mobile operation, said Flexiv. Earlier this summer, the company announced that it had raised $100 million in a Series B+ round, bringing its total money raised to $196 million, according to Crunchbase. Flexiv was just one of more than 200 companies and organizations that had exhibits at the expo, which ran from Sept. 1 to 3. It is organized each year by the Chinese government and has been held in Shanghai for the past three years.
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 5.97
September 02, 2022
…trusted answers and advance the quality of life with precision medicines,” he added. “We are thrilled with the prospect of sharing in their vision to redefine the biopharmaceutical industry’s expectations for peptide manufacturing.” Spun off from Hewlett-Packard Co. in 1999, Agilent said it is a global leader in the life science, diagnostic, and applied chemical markets. The Santa Clara, Calif.-based company supports disease research, drug discovery, and pharmaceutical manufacturing and quality control. “Mytide and Agilent’s shared interest on leading the revolution on combining analytics and machine learning will accelerate our ability to bring our quick-turn manufacturing technology into the broader…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 3.90
September 02, 2022
…and AI. However, such robots are built for submillimeter precision and 80,000-hour repeatability. Service robots don't require the same characteristics for general tasks. We can produce a multi-DoF [degree-of-freedom] system at the same price or less. Instead of trying to get to a certain level of accuracy over time, we can build a 30-DoF robot versus a four-DoF system. We'll be able to produce humanoid robots for less than industrial robots. We’ve built more than 30 unique electric actuators in a different way toward scalability. The second challenge is versatility. In addition to a hardware platform capable of a wider…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 6.85
August 30, 2022
…avoid others in the sky, and controlling deforestation through precision mapping and surveying of forests. The company said its FMCW lidar transceiver enables next-generation vision sensors that incorporate millimeter-level accuracy, depth, and instantaneous velocity. First announced in December of 2021, SiLC’s Eyeonic Vision Sensor is built around its silicon photonic chip which integrates FMCW lidar functionality into a single chip. “Representing decades of silicon photonics innovation,” this chip is the only one ready to integrate for manufacturers building the next generation of autonomous systems, said the company. “Our technology platform is flexible enough to address ultra-long-range to ultra-short-range applications, which…
