Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 7.63
December 01, 2019
…through the material and induce the shape-memory effect through local heating. Applications of this composite include a robot ‘muscle’ and stretchable circuit wiring that can remain functional when punctured or torn (Fig. 2).” Fig. 2: This series of images shows a deformable liquid crystal elastomer matrix, a shape-morphing, self-healing material that can function like muscle or nervous tissue, enabling soft robots to autonomously respond to dynamic operating conditions. Image courtesy of Soft Machines Lab, Carnegie Mellon University. Benefits of Soft Materials Compliance has proven to be a main advantage offered by these machines. One of the most important advantages lies…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 7.23
August 18, 2022
…numerical controls (CNC), industrial robots, and servo amplifiers and motors. The corporation's philosophy includes a commitment not only to providing superior solutions and service to Mitsubishi Electric customers, but also to contributing to the local community and creating a rewarding environment for its employees. Mitsubishi Electric Automation won a “Most Engaged Partner Award” from MassRobotics for its work with the first cohort of the Healthcare Robotics Startup Catalyst. Source: MassRobotics Novanta and Celera Motion participate “We are proud to support MassRobotics in its critical mission to create advanced robotics, particularly in the medical field,” said Matthijs Glastra, CEO of Novanta…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 7.05
June 16, 2023
…to meet demand, it hosted suppliers, integrators, clients, and local organizations at its new headquarters in Atlanta. (The company paid for Robotics 24/7's travel.) Exotec showed off its customer system-design process, its warehouse technologies, its North American Control Center, and its Service Center. Clayton Everhart, a sales engineer at Exotec, explained that the company focuses on modular products rather than custom designs for scalability. He added that integrators can help with gathering information about a customer's processes and environment, as well as creating a budget, while Exotec handles the exact pricing, including maintenance. “There are no hidden fees,” Everhart said.…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 6.84
February 01, 2018
…is split into five surveys investigating the freight forwarding, motor carrier, express and warehousing sectors as well as the increasingly important topic of “environment and ethics” in global logistics. While the individual surveys identify a different set of challenges for each of the logistics markets, disruption was one of the most important trends, which was identified across all the segments. In each case, innovation and disruption was regarded as a “double-edged” sword. For example, a large proportion of respondents in the forwarding sector believed that traditional freight intermediaries would lose out to new entrants, but at the same time saw…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 6.56
April 17, 2022
…to a large city, they could go to a local hospital where nurses could set up this system,” said Xuanhe Zhao, a professor of mechanical engineering and of civil and environmental engineering at MIT. “A neurosurgeon at a major medical center could watch live imaging of the patient and use the robot to operate in that golden hour. That's our future dream.” Zhao and his team published their findings in Science Robotics. MIT co-authors include lead author Yoonho Kim, Emily Genevriere, and Jaehun Choe, along with Pablo Harker, Robert Regenhardt, Justin Vranic, Adam Dmytriw, and Aman Patel at Massachusetts General…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 6.51
November 07, 2022
…after moving from South Korea? Lee: With the Michigan local subsidiary opening, I was very excited to join the U.S. team as CEO to lead our North American business. We've made tremendous progress since then. STRADVISION USA could get a workshop space in Los Angeles, and we've expanded the team via either locally hiring experienced talent from the Motor City or relocating members from Seoul. Our most most significant achievement was that we now have very tight partnerships with our valued customers ZF and Aptiv, and we got investment from them. Personally, I believe my family, including my husband who…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 6.41
May 08, 2024
…business in everything that is connected to batteries, electric motors. Another development in the next few years will be the recycling of batteries. And then as I said there is instead an expansion outside completely the mobility sector. The main areas we have started touching are, fulfillment and logistics, that's obviously in demand. If you go around the show, you see a lot of pickers and palletizers. We have an interesting project in shipbuilding. And that's an interesting angle because, why shipbuilding? You don't expect automation. Well, the main reason is that there are some jobs in that industry for…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 6.04
July 28, 2023
…this week received a gold award in the actuators, motors, and drives category in Plant Engineering's 2023 “Product of the Year” program. Robotics 24/7 spoke with Martin Buena-Franco, product marketing manager of automation at Raymond, about the company's lift trucks, telematics, and service strategy. Areas of customer interest This past spring, there were plenty of trade shows—what products received the most interest? Buena-Franco: A big portion of our space at ProMat 2023 was AGVs [automated guided vehicles], which we're very excited about. We've had a pallet truck for some time, but it's enhanced. It's now faster and able to do…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 5.94
November 22, 2018
…working out kinks in the technology. Lyft and General Motors are combining efforts. And of course, Tesla and its innovative CEO Elon Musk, the peripatetic Canadian-American business magnate, investor, engineer, and inventor are bullish. The U.S. chip-making giant Intel announced Monday that it had reached a deal to acquire an Israeli company called Mobileye for $15 billion. The combination is expected to accelerate innovation for the automotive and trucking industry and position Intel as a leading technology provider for highly and fully autonomous vehicles. So What’s Happening in Trucking? Last October, a unit of Uber called Otto successfully produced a…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 5.44
March 04, 2022
…researchers working to improve the lives of people with neuro-motor impairments and to help individuals achieve ambitious fitness goals, according to the Baker-Polito administration. The project will also help drive innovation in a new category of rehabilitation, diagnostic, and assistive devices that are more lightweight, affordable, and connected, said the Innovation Institute at the MassTech Collaborative. “Massachusetts is a global leader in both technology and healthcare because of our support for important research, the ability to leverage our network of partnerships, and our constant focus on fostering innovation,” said Gov. Charlie Baker. “With these additional resources, we can advance the…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 3.64
January 25, 2019
…in a variety of industries: Manufacturing: Boeing and Ford Motor Company both have been pursuing robotic exoskeletons to help reduce risks to workers (Hitch 2018). For even more human-robot collaboration, Volkswagen is teaming up with Dresden, Germany-based startup Wandelbots to more efficiently train industrial robots using an innovative jacket fitted with sensors and actuators. The sensors on the jacket detect human movements in real time, and the actuators provide haptic feedback. In this way, a robot can watch a human complete a task and then absorb the movement data to imitate the actions (MM&D Online Staff 2018). Distribution: In distribution…
