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Kuka Robotics Develops Industrial Robot to Ensure Human Safety

It is possible for a robot and a human to work together to carry a load with the help of intelligent assist devices (IAD). However, there are a lot of safety issues in allowing a human to work with a robot on the same workspace of an assembly line.

From KUKA Aktiengesellschaft 20 May 2011

POWERLINK Networks Connect Stäubli Robots and uniVAL Drives

Stäubli Robots can now be operated directly with B&R controllers because of a POWERLINK interface on Stäubli's uniVAL drives, which enables the transfer of Generic Motion Control programs from B&R controllers to the robots.

16 May 2011

Swiss Researchers Develop Industrial Robot for Performing Architectural Work

Swiss architects Matthias Kohler and Fabio Gramazio have designed a robot, nicknamed Rob, which was utilized to lay bricks, in order to build a sculpture in New York City's Chinatown.

12 May 2011

World Robot Olympiad Arabia Brings Together 300 Teams

The World Robot Olympiad Arabia this year saw 1,500 students form 300 plus teams to participate in the three categories. The WRO 2011 was hosted in the capital city of Abu Dhabi.

5 May 2011

Engineering Design Day at the University of Arizona to Showcase Innovations

Engineering Design Day at the University of Arizona in 2011 is set to display more than 50 design projects at the UA Student Union Memorial Center. The 9th edition of the Engineering Design Day is being sponsored by the University of Arizona College of Engineering.

3 May 2011

Robotics Experts Meet in Pune: National Symposium

A number of research and development professionals in the field of robotics are meeting for a two day national symposium in Dighi, Pune.

28 Apr 2011

RobotWorx Converts Arms of Old Industrial Robots into Servo Postioners

Retrofitting and recycling old robot arms into positioners is the new and latest green technique, and this would provide customers low cost workcell components.

28 Apr 2011

NASA Robotics Technology is Being Used at Fukushima Nuclear Plant

NASA technology is being put to good use at the site of the Japanese nuclear power plant disaster. The design techniques that were used by NASA’s Jet Propulsion Lab in Pasadena in California were used for the Mars rover are the same design now being used inside the nuclear reactors in Japan in areas that are not yet safe for human crews to visit.

27 Apr 2011