Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 0.57
October 24, 2021
…they were able to identify partners at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and other schools. “We later brought in more students from the Rochester Institute of Technology and the University of Waterloo in Toronto,” said Suvarna. “One unique aspect of our team is that it was entirely student-led. All the other teams had professors on site. I worked with Andrew Tresansky from MIT to manage people.” “We figured out how to manage the teams, technology, and business across locations during the pandemic,” she added. “We raised all our money by going directly to sponsors, not to the schools.” The team…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 0.56
September 24, 2023
…and Mobile Industrial Robots), the Advanced Robotics for Manufacturing (ARM) Institute, and MIT Lincoln Lab. Other sponsors included 6K, Synagex, Quabbin Wire & Cable, Tooling U-SME, GBMP, Equinor, the Massachusetts Manufacturing Energy Collaborative, Skylitics, Hybrid CNC Parts, Spark Photonics, Mack Prototype, AB Corp, MRSI Myronic, Modern Mold and Tool, MassDevelopment, Massachusetts Life Sciences Center, and Associated Industries of Massachusetts. Organizing partners for the event included CAM, the Massachusetts Manufacturing Extension Partnership (MassMEP), FORGE, Worcester Polytechnic Institute (WPI), MassHire, and MassRobotics. The third annual Massachusetts Manufacturing Mash-Up included networking and educational opportunities. Source: CAM Mash-Up includes student activities This year's Massachusetts…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 0.56
April 01, 2022
…2016, Picnic said its modular pizza-making machine combines robot arms, the cloud, and deep learning technology. The Seattle-based company announced the commercial availability of its Picnic Pizza System in August 2020 and raised $4.2 million in Series A funding last year. Picnic offers its system through a robotics-as-a-service (RaaS) model. Staffing shortages, the need for consistent quality and hygiene, and the opportunity to make freshly prepared meals more available have led to a boom in interest in automation. In addition to Picnic, other companies developing and testing robotic pizza kitchens include Basil Street, Hyper Robotics, Pazzi Robotics, Piestro, Pizza Forno,…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 0.55
May 01, 2022
…safety requirements and emerging standards. The American National Standards Institute and the Association for Advancing Automation (formerly the Robotic Industries Association) have issued ANSI/RIA R15.08, a safety standard for the use of autonomous mobile robots (AMRs) in industrial environments. It is based on the R15.06 standard for robotic arms. Compliance can help companies avoid liability, fines, and higher insurance costs, according to Zebra Technologies. “At MODEX, I saw a lot of vendors whose robots were not truly collaborative,” said Melonee Wise, formerly the CEO of Fetch Robotics and now vice president of robotics automation at Zebra. “Cobot arms are usually…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 0.53
April 27, 2021
…the Robot Operations Group and working groups at the Association for Advancing Automation (A3), the Advanced Robotics for Manufacturing (ARM) Institute, and MassRobotics. Meili Robots said it is developing the next generation of mobile robot fleet management, called Meili FMS. It is capable of handling different kinds of AMRs and AGVs, claimed the Copenhagen-based company. The product can help control traffic, empower interoperability, and facilitate allocation of automated tasks, said Meili.
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 0.51
August 26, 2022
…$1 million donation to the CGLR Foundation, a charitable arm of the CGLR in the U.S., earlier this year. The funding supports the deployment of the BeBot and Pixie drones. The CGLR and Pollution Probe began the GLPC's plastic capture and recovery initiative in 2020. This week, Meijer held a press conference at Pere Marquette Beach in Muskegon that included a live demonstration of the equipment: BeBot: 4ocean's remote-controlled, solar- and battery-powered, beach-cleaning robot. It can clean 32,000 sq. ft. (2,972.8 sq. m or 0.7 acres) per hour. The electric robot can rakes through the sand without altering the environment.…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 0.50
August 29, 2023
…and hoses in an arc from the robot’s vertical arm to the end effector. The company said its separable upper and lower shells can be combined to form a closed, dust-proof, water-resistant tube. This ensures that particles from the cables and hoses do not get into the surrounding air from the inside – even during the wildest movements, igus claimed. “To reduce stress on the cables and increase their durability, we have provided a rotating mount for the connections to the fixed and moving ends of the energy supply system,” explained Meyer. “That is what is special about the energy-supply…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 0.50
September 25, 2021
…first in a series of articles, the Southwest Research Institute (SwRI) shares insights from its “Innovations in Automation Blog” gained over many years of working with collaborative robots. Our goal is to help you navigate the cobot market and determine if this technology can help solve your problems. Cobots are not the right solution in all cases, but they do allow robots to work in situations where it was previously infeasible to use a robot. This opens new applications and advances the field of automation across the board. Introduction to collaborative robots Collaborative robots are fundamentally industrial robots designed to…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 0.46
December 22, 2022
…has partnered with AltaML and the Alberta Machine Intelligence Institute to better take advantage of AI and machine learning. Using these and Internet of Things (IoT) technologies, the company said it can help customers better track and optimize their inventory. “The just-in-time method of supply chain suffered the most,” Murphy said. “Customers now have to think strategically about what they stock ahead of time.” Customers are increasingly taking “a data-first approach to their supply chains,” he added. Robotics firms partner up to satisfy U.S., global demands To help meet automation demands as companies move production closer to home, many robotics…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 0.46
October 26, 2023
…and hoses in an arc from the robot’s vertical arm to the end effector. Its separable upper and lower shells can be combined to form a closed, dust-proof, water-resistant tube. This ensures that particles from the cables and hoses do not get into the surrounding air from the inside – even during the wildest movements. “To reduce stress on the cables and increase their durability, we have provided a rotating mount for the connections to the fixed and moving ends of the energy supply system,” says Meyer. “That is what is special about the energy supply system. At the same…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 0.45
May 27, 2021
…use. Other organizations include the Advanced Robotics for Manufacturing (ARM) Institute, which is funded by the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) and seeks to improve U.S. manufacturing competitiveness through workforce development and robotics adoption. A consortium of universities last year released an updated version of the “U.S. Robotics Roadmap,” a document offering guidance to policymakers. The largest U.S. investor in unmanned systems remains the DoD, with a $7.3 billion budget projected in 2020 and 2021, said the IFR. According to “World Robotics,” robot density in American manufacturing had experienced a 7% compound annual growth rate (CAGR) between 2014 and 2019,…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 0.42
March 30, 2021
…difficult to find and retain. According to the Manufacturing Institute, U.S. manufacturers will face a labor shortage of 2.4 million by 2028. Automation can be a solution for both challenges. Over the past few years, autonomous mobile robots (AMRs) have emerged as a safe and efficient alternative to traditional manual material movement. AMRs navigate independently along pre-determined paths, with most using built-in lidar sensors and environment-mapping technology to map the facility in real time. This eliminates the need for floor tape, wires, magnets, or other cumbersome facility infrastructure. AMRs not only present opportunities for increased productivity and faster returns on…
