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…attention to the industry. They are located throughout the country in states such as California, Pennsylvania, Michigan, Georgia, and Massachusetts, and have among the lowest acceptance rates. Check out the slideshow on the right (bottom on mobile) for our full list. View Slideshow
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…Robotics for Manufacturing Institute Christine Nolan, the director of Massachusetts Center for Advanced Manufacturing for the Massachusetts Technology Collaborative Jayson Myers, chief executive officer at Next Generation Manufacturing Canada The panelists outlined the work being done by their respective organizations and gave insights into where they see advanced manufacturing heading. Canada’s manufacturing efforts mirror U.S. Myers noted that Canada's biggest manufacturing customers are in the U.S. And like the U.S., the country is investing heavily in robotics. “Manufactures are becoming much more like tech companies,” he said, noting that they are using automation to provide customers with end-to-end systems that…
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…NEVCA and MassRobotics for nurturing innovative startups in the Massachusetts robotics cluster. Vince Martinelli, head of product and marketing at RightHand Robotics, spoke with Robotics 24/7 about the company's partnerships, the need to consider both humans and automation, and his outlook for 2023. RightPick and automated storage What are some of RightHand Robotics' accomplishments from 2022? How do you work with automated storage and retrieval systems (ASRS)? Martinelli: Last spring, we announced key partnerships with Element Logic, Vanderlande, and a couple of AutoStore partners. We've seen growth and the extension of piece picking with AutoStore's ASRS. A new customer was…
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…a reality now thanks to groundbreaking research at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. How do these robots work? Why are researchers, scientists and engineers so interested in them? How does self-building modular robotics work? In November 2022, researchers at the MIT Center for Bits and Atoms published a paper detailing their breakthrough modular robotics system. The project is ongoing but already shows incredible potential for many applications. Modular robotics uses a set of core parts to assemble robots, which can easily swap out and add to one another. MIT’s project takes things a step further by enabling the robot to…
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…take third place. MIT-PITT-RW is the team from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, the University of Pittsburgh, and the Rochester Institute of Technology, and the University of Waterloo (Ontario). It had to rebuild its vehicle after accidental collision a week earlier with a car from TUM, the team from the Technical University of Munich. In the final round, TUM Autonomous Motorsport's car passed that of PoliMOVE at a distance of under a few feet at more than 115 mph. The teams reached top speeds of 180 mph, a new autonomous speed world record for a racetrack, reported the IAC. In…
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…formed by MIT and RISD graduates RISE Robotics was founded in 2011 by a group of graduates from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), the Rhode Island School of Design. It receives funding from The Engine, a VC firm that was developed by MIT, Greentown Labs, and Techstars. The company said it is building zero-emission machinery. The company has dozens of pending, issued or granted patents worldwide. In May of this year, the company was awarded a $1.25 million contract with the U.S. government to design machinery for the U.S. Air Force. The Air Force contracted the company again in…
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…KAIST—Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (South Korea) MIT-PITT-RW—Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Massachusetts), University of Pittsburgh (Pennsylvania), Rochester Institute of Technology (New York), University of Waterloo (Canada) PoliMOVE—Politecnico di Milano (Italy), University of Alabama, which won last January's challlenge at CES. It also won the Indy Autonomous Challenge Powered by Cisco at the Texas Motor Speedway in November (see full video below). TII EuroRacing—University of Modena and Reggio Emilia (Italy) and the Technology Innovation Institute (United Arab Emirates) TUM Autonomous Motorsport—Technical University of Munich (Germany), which won the Indy Autonomous Challenge Powered by Cisco in October 2021 We're always…
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…vibrant robotics and Internet of Things (IoT) ecosystem in Massachusetts. The Boston-based organization provides ntrepreneurs and innovative robotics and automation startups with workspace and resources to develop, prototype, test and commercialize their products and solutions. Festo is an independent, family-owned company with headquarters in Esslingen am Neckar, Germany. The company supplies pneumatic and electrical automation technology to 300,000 customers of factory and process automation in over 35 industries, including the LifeTech sector and medical technology and laboratory automation. Its products and services are available in 176 countries. With about 20,000 employees in over 250 branch offices in 61 countries worldwide,…
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During its “Delivering the Future” event at its robotics manufacturing facility yesterday in Westborough, Mass., Amazon.com Inc. announced Sparrow, its new robotic arm designed to complete product-handling tasks. “Sparrow is the first robotic system in our warehouses that can detect, select, and handle individual products in our inventory,” the company said in a blog post. “Sparrow represents a major advancement in the state-of-the-art technology of industrial robotics. Leveraging computer vision and artificial intelligence (AI), Sparrow can recognize and handle millions of items.” An Amazon spokesperson told TechCrunch the robot can recognize about 65% of the company’s product inventory and takes…
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…September raised $300,000 in crowdfunding. It serves customers in Massachusetts and Rhode Island but plans to expand to other states. Boundless guides cannabis growth with AI and vision systems Palme said the main selling point of the system is that it helps streamline and manage the domestic plant-growing process. With Annaboto’s vision system, Boundless helps consumers monitor their plants. It uses artificial intelligence to track temperature, humidity, water consumption, and more to help determine the best conditions for growth. The system can also robotically administer the proper amount of fertilizer each plant needs, an important feature when dealing with a…
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…participation from MassRobotics' partners and other companies in the Massachusetts ecosystem including SolidWorks, Lightspeed Manufacturing, and GreenSight. MassRobotics is encouraging all-female high schools with a passion for technology and robotics to apply, especially those who are Black and Latinx. Applications are due Nov. 20. To apply, visit this site. For those who are interested in learning more, MassRobotics will be hosting an upcoming virtual student information session. This cohort will run from January through mid-May 2023 and will meet weekly on Wednesday afternoons and Saturdays at the MassRobotics office and off-site for industry visits. The program also includes a full…
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…the robotics and Internet of Things (IoT) cluster in Massachusetts. MassRobotics provides entrepreneurs and startups with shared workspaces; networking opportunities; and resources to develop, prototype, test, and commercialize their products. MassRobotics plans to include components such as Lattice's semiconductors and technologies from other partners in its winter challenge. The competition will call on university students and teams to create visually inspiring robotic creations that accomplish useful functions. The MassRobotics Winter Challenge will allow the robotics community to highlight the potential, capabilities, and uses of each team's innovations. The organization plans to announce more details about the challenge at the end…