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Festo Advances Implementation of Industry 4.0

Festo is actively advancing the implementation of Industry 4.0: besides carrying out intensive research into intelligent components and decentralised automation, the automation producer is setting out to meet the requirements of Industry 4.0 with specific solutions in process automation as well.

From Festo Corporation 12 Jun 2015

Teradyne Acquires Universal Robots

Teradyne, Inc. announced today that it has completed the acquisition of Universal Robots, the leading supplier of collaborative robots; low-cost, easy-to-deploy and simple-to -program robots that work side by side with production workers to improve quality and increase manufacturing efficiency. Collaborative robotics is a $100 million segment of the industrial robotics market growing at more than 50% per year.

12 Jun 2015

Global Industry Analysis Report on Remote Patient Monitoring Devices Market

Research and Markets has announced the addition of the "Remote Patient Monitoring Devices Market- Global Industry Analysis, Size, Share, Growth, Trends and Forecast 2014-2020" report to their offering.

12 Jun 2015

Printable Origami Robot Can Swim, Climb, and Carry Loads

At the recent International Conference on Robotics and Automation, MIT researchers presented a printable origami robot that folds itself up from a flat sheet of plastic when heated and measures about a centimeter from front to back.

12 Jun 2015

Hansen Medical to Feature Magellan Robotic System at Society for Vascular Surgery 2015 Annual Meeting

Hansen Medical®, Inc., the global leader in intravascular robotics, today announced it will exhibit its Magellan™ Robotic System at the 2015 Annual Meeting of the Society for Vascular Surgery, June 18 - 20 at the McCormick Place West in Chicago, Illinois. The company expects that Magellan will be featured during several physician presentations throughout the meeting, covering a broad range of endovascular procedures.

12 Jun 2015

New Report on Global Cartesian Robot Market by Technavio

Technavio has published a new report on the global Cartesian robot market, which is expected to grow at a CAGR of nearly 5% from 2015-2019.

11 Jun 2015

MIT Team’s Control Algorithms for Solving Optimization Problems at DARPA's Robotic Contest

Last weekend was the final round of competition in the U.S. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency’s contest to design control systems for a humanoid robot that could climb a ladder, remove debris, drive a utility vehicle, and perform several other tasks related to a hypothetical disaster. The team representing MIT finished sixth out of a field of 25.

11 Jun 2015

NTNU Reserachers Create Robot that Learns Everything from Scratch

Two researchers from the Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU) have made a robot that learns like a young child. At least, that’s the idea. The machine starts with nothing — it has to learn everything from scratch.

11 Jun 2015

University of Lincoln, UK Researchers are Working on Fully Automatic Robotic Harvesting System for Broccoli

A project involving 3D camera technology currently being developed at the University of Lincoln, UK, could result in a fully automatic robotic harvesting system for broccoli.

11 Jun 2015

New Robot Being Developed at University of Adelaide Features Bio-Inspired Vision System

The way insects see and track their prey is being applied to a new robot under development at the University of Adelaide, in the hopes of improving robot visual systems.

11 Jun 2015

Technavio Forecasts Growth of Industrial Robotics Market in North America at 12.26% CAGR Over the Period 2015-2019

About Industrial Robots
Industrial robotics is the technology used to automate a variety of manufacturing processes across different industries such as automotive, food and beverage, and electrical and electronics. Industrial robots are programmed to automate and control manufacturing processes such as arc welding, spot welding, materials handling, machine tending, picking, packing and palletizing, assembly, mechanical cutting, grinding, deburring and polishing, gluing, adhesive sealing and spraying materials, and other applications including inspection, water jet cutting, and soldering.

11 Jun 2015

RoboSimian Robot Takes Fifth Place in DARPA Robotics Challenge Finals

Showing off its robustness and versatility, the ape-like RoboSimian robot, developed at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, California, took fifth place in the DARPA Robotics Challenge (DRC) Finals, held June 5 through 6 in Pomona, California.

10 Jun 2015

THOR Humanoid Robot Competes at DARPA Robotics Challenge

The future of disaster response, as envisioned by the U.S. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA), is in the electro-mechanical hands of robots. Guided by sophisticated computer software, they will be able to carry out complex, dangerous tasks, like disabling a nuclear power plant during a radiation-spewing meltdown, without putting human lives at risk.

10 Jun 2015

Aldebaran NAO Challenge Finals to Take Place June 27th, 2015

After an exciting few months of trials and competition, the NAO Challenge finals are just around the corner with 13 teams competing on June 27th, 2015 at the Longmont Museum in Colorado.

10 Jun 2015

Standby Screw Machine Products Leverages Baxter Robot to Increase Global Competitiveness

A leader in custom manufacturing for outdoor power equipment, Standby Screw Machine Products Co., is leveraging Rethink Robotics' two-armed Baxter robot in two separate applications to increase flexibility and consistency in its manufacturing operations and better compete on a global stage.

10 Jun 2015

Robotics News

Festo Advances Implementation of Industry 4.0

Teradyne Acquires Universal Robots

Global Industry Analysis Report on Remote Patient Monitoring Devices Market

Printable Origami Robot Can Swim, Climb, and Carry Loads

Hansen Medical to Feature Magellan Robotic System at Society for Vascular Surgery 2015 Annual Meeting

New Report on Global Cartesian Robot Market by Technavio

MIT Team’s Control Algorithms for Solving Optimization Problems at DARPA's Robotic Contest

NTNU Reserachers Create Robot that Learns Everything from Scratch

University of Lincoln, UK Researchers are Working on Fully Automatic Robotic Harvesting System for Broccoli

New Robot Being Developed at University of Adelaide Features Bio-Inspired Vision System

Technavio Forecasts Growth of Industrial Robotics Market in North America at 12.26% CAGR Over the Period 2015-2019

RoboSimian Robot Takes Fifth Place in DARPA Robotics Challenge Finals

THOR Humanoid Robot Competes at DARPA Robotics Challenge

Aldebaran NAO Challenge Finals to Take Place June 27th, 2015

Standby Screw Machine Products Leverages Baxter Robot to Increase Global Competitiveness

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