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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

New Techniques Enable Robots Schedule Tasks on Labor Ward

Today’s robots are awkward co-workers because they are often unable to predict what humans need. In hospitals, robots are employed to perform simple tasks such as delivering supplies and medications, but they have to be explicitly told what to do.

15 Jul 2016

ASU Engineer Develops Techniques to Model, Optimize and Control Large Collectives of Robot Swarms

Spring Berman doesn’t have the droids you’re looking for. Instead, she’s developing droids that can look for you.

14 Jul 2016

Cogobuy Launches New Website to Create Global Industrial Robotics Online to Offline Platform

Cogobuy Group, the largest e-commerce platform serving the electronics manufacturing industry in China, is pleased to announce it has recently launched EZ-ROBOT.CN at the China International Robot Show (CIROS) in Shanghai.

14 Jul 2016

ASU Researcher Discovers Technique to Control Multiple Robotic Drones Using the Human Brain

A researcher at Arizona State University has discovered how to control multiple robotic drones using the human brain.

14 Jul 2016

Astronomers Propose Assembly Robot to Build Extremely Large Telescopes in Space

Enhancing astronomers' ability to peer ever more deeply into the cosmos may hinge on developing larger space-based telescopes.

14 Jul 2016

Ziyan UAV’s Unmanned Helicopter Set to Redefine Aerial Logistic Platform

A new Chinese unmanned helicopter might be the industry's first critical step to a functional aerial logistic platform in the near future. This unmanned helicopter, produced by Ziyan UAV (ziyanuav.com), excelled its counterparts by its outstanding performance in load-bearing, safety and speed.

13 Jul 2016

UBTECH Robotics Launches JIMU Robot Interactive Robotic Building Block Sets

UBTECH Robotics, the company that created the cutting edge Alpha Series of humanoid robots, today announced two of its exciting new JIMU Robot interactive robotic building block sets, The MeeBot Kit and Animal Add-On Kit, are both available at Apple.com and at Apple stores in select countries.

13 Jul 2016

Persistent Systems, Endeavor Robotics to Integrate MPU5 Radios in Battle-Proven Ground Robots

Endeavor Robotics, the leading U.S.-based ground robotics company focused on the defense, public safety, and industrial markets, and Persistent Systems, LLC, the leader in Mobile Ad hoc Network Technology (MANET) and developers of the Wave Relay® system, today announced an agreement to integrate the MPU5, a robust communication system, into Endeavor Robotics’ family of battle-proven ground robots.

13 Jul 2016

Obi Robotic Dining Companion for Physically-Challenged People

The simple act of eating a meal will become more dignified and enjoyable for many people with physical challenges with the launch of Obi™, a revolutionary robotic dining device. Obi blends cutting-edge robotics, elegant design, intuitive controls and a friendly personality to give individuals who are fed by others the ability to take control of their meals at home and in public.

13 Jul 2016

MSU Professor Speaks About Unmanned Aircraft Systems at NOAA Media Briefing

A Mississippi State University professor of electrical and computer engineering and expert in unmanned aircraft systems will take part in a NOAA media briefing hosted by the American Meteorological Society Thursday [July 14].

13 Jul 2016

Georgia Tech Researchers Create Most Efficient-Walking Humanoid

What do you give a robot when it takes it first steps like a human? Its first pair of shoes.

13 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

Honeywell Joins Hands with IAI to Develop Sense-and-Avoid Capability for Unmanned Aerial Systems

Honeywell is partnering with Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI) to jointly develop a sense-and-avoid capability for IAI's Heron family of unmanned aerial systems (UASs).

12 Jul 2016

Kratos Awarded $40.8 Million Contract for Low-Cost Attritable Strike Unmanned Aerial System Demonstration

Kratos Defense & Security Solutions, Inc., a leading National Security Solutions provider announced today that its Unmanned Systems Division (KUSD) recently received a competitive, $40.8 million single award, cost-share contract by the Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) for the Low-Cost Attritable Strike Unmanned Aerial System (UAS) Demonstration (LCASD).

12 Jul 2016

Robotics News

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

New Techniques Enable Robots Schedule Tasks on Labor Ward

ASU Engineer Develops Techniques to Model, Optimize and Control Large Collectives of Robot Swarms

Cogobuy Launches New Website to Create Global Industrial Robotics Online to Offline Platform

ASU Researcher Discovers Technique to Control Multiple Robotic Drones Using the Human Brain

Astronomers Propose Assembly Robot to Build Extremely Large Telescopes in Space

Ziyan UAV’s Unmanned Helicopter Set to Redefine Aerial Logistic Platform

UBTECH Robotics Launches JIMU Robot Interactive Robotic Building Block Sets

Persistent Systems, Endeavor Robotics to Integrate MPU5 Radios in Battle-Proven Ground Robots

Obi Robotic Dining Companion for Physically-Challenged People

MSU Professor Speaks About Unmanned Aircraft Systems at NOAA Media Briefing

Georgia Tech Researchers Create Most Efficient-Walking Humanoid

Researchers Describe a New Approach to Advance Semi-Autonomous Systems

Honeywell Joins Hands with IAI to Develop Sense-and-Avoid Capability for Unmanned Aerial Systems

Kratos Awarded $40.8 Million Contract for Low-Cost Attritable Strike Unmanned Aerial System Demonstration

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