Robotics News
Toyota’s $1 Billion Artificial Intelligence, Robotics R&D ‘New Company’ Investment
Toyota plans a major push into artificial intelligence and robotics technology research and will invest $1 billion over the next five years to establish a Silicon Valley research and development center to pursue those goals.
U.S. Transportation Announces ‘Drone’ Registration
U.S. Transportation Secretary Anthony Foxx and FAA Administrator Michael Huerta today announced the creation of a task force to develop recommendations for a registration process for Unmanned Aircraft Systems.
Operational Benefits of Automated Pallet Storage
Transitioning from manual to automated pallet load handling offers a variety of benefits in warehousing, distribution, fulfillment and shipping applications.
Robotics Shipments Associated with U.S. Job Growth
As companies seek to bring manufacturing operations stateside while remaining cost-competitive, they continue to turn to automation to help lead the new wave of productivity and job growth in the U.S.
Robots Fuel the Next Wave of U.S. Productivity and Job Growth
Automation continues to fuel the next wave of U.S. productivity and job growth, what can it do for you?
OTTO: Heavy-Load Material Transporter
OTTO is a self-driving vehicle designed to increase throughput and reduce operational costs in warehouses and industrial centers.
Clearpath Introduces Self-Driving Warehouse Robot
Canadian robotics manufacturer releases new warehouse robot with GE Ventures as strategic investor and GE as first customer.
The Role of Automation in the Roadmap for Material Handling and Logistics
The Roadmap will review the conditions the industry is likely to face in the years up to 2025.
OMRON to Acquire U.S. Based Adept Technology
By adding the robotics technology of Adept to its current offering, OMRON will be very well positioned to provide manufacturers in the automotive, digital device, food and beverage, packaging, and other industries with solutions to these challenges, as well as engineering support.
Toyota Commits $50M to Research AI for Autonomous Vehicles and “Future Mobility”
Establishes collaborative research centers with MIT and Stanford to accelerate artificial intelligence research and broaden its focus on computer science and human-machine interaction with an immediate goal of reducing highway injuries and fatalities.
While No Cure-All, Possibility of Driverless Trucks Offers Hope for Truck Driver Crisis
The era of driverless trucks – or autonomous vehicles, as they are known euphemistically – may be a lot closer to reality than many people think.
Truck Platooning: Driving the Future of Transportation
Truck Platooning is the future of transportation in which trucks drive cooperatively at less than 1 second apart made possible by automated driving technology.
Facebook Internet Drone ‘Aquila’ Ready for Testing
Facebook shows-off the enormous solar-powered plane that may someday beam Internet to isolated communities.
Drones For Good
“Indifference towards people and the reality in which they live is actually the one and only cardinal sin in design.” - Dieter Rams.
Future of Transportation & Autonomous Flying Cars
Terrafugia premiers the new Outer Mold Line for the TF-X™, the four-seat, vertical takeoff and landing hybrid electric aircraft that will make flying easier and safer than ever before.
Sony Creates Drone Company to Find More Enterprise Customers for Its Image Sensors
Despite the company finding trouble in selling some aspects of its hardware like its TVs, the Japanese company has announced it is to get into the drones business with a new partnership between it and a company called ZMP.
Swiss Post, Swiss WorldCargo and Matternet Start Logistics Drone Tests
The three companies are investigating specific uses of drone technology and examining the cost-effectiveness of these business ideas for the commercial use of logistics drones.
PINC Air Elevates Supply Chain Execution to New Heights
The supply chain industry today has focused on last-mile delivery as the primary application of drone technology, missing significant opportunities in addressing upstream logistics challenges.
Industry 4.0: Opportunities and Challenges of the Industrial Internet
The various opportunities, the large extent of change and the elevated need for investments make the industrial internet one of the most important topics for corporate management.
Amazon’s Plans For Delivery Drones
Amazon said it was ready to start commercial drone deliveries as soon as regulations were in place - details about how Amazon's proposed delivery drones may work have now been published by the US Patent Office.
Featured Companies
OMRON Industrial Automation: As part of the global Omron Corporation, Omron Automation & Safety is a worldwide company and leading manufacturer of technologically advanced industrial automation products and application expertise. With its Pan Americas headquarters in Illinois, USA, Omron Automation …
Stratasys Ltd. (Nasdaq:SSYS), headquartered in Minneapolis, Minnesota and Rehovot, Israel, is a leading global provider of 3D printing and additive manufacturing solutions. The company’s patented FDM®, PolyJet™, and WDM™ 3D Printing technologies produce prototypes and manufactured goods directly…
Tesla Motors was founded in 2003 by a group of engineers in Silicon Valley who wanted to prove that electric cars could be better than gasoline-powered cars. With instant torque, incredible power, and zero emissions, Tesla’s products would be cars…
Swisslog delivers data-driven & robotic solutions for your logistics automation alongside reliable, modular service concepts. Collaborating with forward-thinking companies, we are committed to setting new standards in warehouse automation to provide future-proof products and solutions. As part of the KUKA…
OnRobot produces tools and software to help manufacturers take full advantage of the ease of use, cost-effectiveness, and safety of collaborative robot arms. They include electric, vacuum, and magnetic grippers; the award-winning Gecko gripping technology; and a 2.5D vision system.…
Intel has transformed to a company which now also powers the majority of the world’s data centers, connecting hundreds of millions of mobile and Internet of Things devices, and helping to secure and protect enterprise and government IT systems.…
The Manufacturing Institute’s Close the Skills Gap framework addresses the current and future skills and workforce development gaps through the three pillars: image, quality and policy. In addition, the Institute offers a variety of toolkits for employers, educators and…
Fetch Robotics builds robot systems for the logistics industry. The company was founded in 2014 and is headquartered in San Jose, CA. Fetch is targeting light-industrial users. Fetch’s human-sized robots are mobile and can perform tasks like locating items in…
Founded in 2010 with the goal of enabling humanity’s future in space, Made In Space, Inc. has developed additive manufacturing technology for use in zero-gravity. By constructing hardware that can build what is needed in space, as opposed to launching…
RIOS INTELLIGENT MACHINES
RIOS INTELLIGENT MACHINES is a technology company that provides automation for factory assembly lines, warehouses, and logistics/supply chain operations. RIOS’ dexterous, AI-powered robots have been adapted for use cases around manufacturing, consumer packaged goods, and food & beverage services. RIOS…
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