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Ford Employees Use Collaborative Robots to Fit Shock Absorbers to Fiesta Cars in Germany

More than 100 years after the first cars rolled off Henry Ford’s pioneering assembly line, Ford Motor Company is breaking new ground in the way workers and robots are collaborating to manufacture vehicles.

15 Jul 2016

Researchers Describe a New Approach to Advance Semi-Autonomous Systems

University of Massachusetts Amherst computer science graduate students Kyle Wray and Luis Pineda, with their professor Shlomo Zilberstein, today described a new approach to managing the challenge of transferring control between a human and an autonomous system, in a paper they presented at the International Joint Conference on Artificial Intelligence in New York City.

13 Jul 2016

MIT Study Finds Inconsistent Public Opinion on Driverless Cars

Driverless cars pose a quandary when it comes to safety. These autonomous vehicles are programmed with a set of safety rules, and it is not hard to construct a scenario in which those rules come into conflict with each other.

27 Jun 2016

Maker Faire Bay Area 2016: Makeblock to Debut DIY Robotics for Makers & Stem Learners

Makeblock (Shenzhen Maker Works Technology Co., Ltd), a leading DIY robotics construction platform founded in 2012, was largely recognized as "Lego for adults" after first launched its robot kits on Kickstarter.

18 May 2016

Can Robots Be Trusted to Provide Split Second Response When Safety is at Stake?

Self-driving cars, interactive children’s toys, and automated package delivery systems are entering the market rapidly, increasing the interaction between humans and robots on a greater scale. Movies such as Wall-E, Star Wars, and Ex-Machina reveal the growing fascination for sci-fi and robots.

27 Apr 2016

New Goliath Crane to be Equipped with Konecranes TRUCONNECT Remote Monitoring

Konecranes will deliver a new 1,200 ton Goliath gantry crane to Meyer Turku Oy. The design, precision drive components, electrical installation and automation system and structural components will be supplied by Konecranes, while Meyer Turku will manufacture the main girder in its own hull production.

25 Apr 2016

MIT Researchers Launch a New Decentralized Planning Algorithm for Groups of Robots

There are two categories for planning algorithms for teams of robots: decentralized and centralized algorithms. In decentralized algorithms, each robot makes individual decisions based on local observations. In centralized algorithms, a single computer is capable of making decisions for the entire team.

25 Apr 2016

Novel Hovering-Type Cyclops AUV Developed for Underwater 3D Terrain Mapping

Precise control and high quality sensing techniques are required for the accurate 3D image mapping of the seafloor by autonomous underwater vehicles (AUVs). Profs. Son-Cheol Yu and Hyunwoo Cho (Dept. of CiTE), with graduate student Mr. Juhyun Pyo, have developed an AUV called Cyclops for high maneuverability.

21 Apr 2016

Researchers Work on Making Full-Size Driverless Vehicles More Stable in Risky Road Conditions

At a dirt test track near the Georgia Institute of Technology campus, researchers monitor a scale-model autonomous car as it drifts around corners at a blistering eight meters per second – equivalent to 90 miles per hour in a full-size vehicle. Pushing this car to its limits could help make full-size driverless vehicles more stable in risky road conditions.

19 Apr 2016

ABB to Deliver Over 250 Robots to Valmet Automotive

ABB’s flexible and intelligent manufacturing technologies will help Valmet Automotive reduce investment costs, increase productivity and respond quickly to market demands.

7 Mar 2016