At this pace, the country’s robot population is going to outnumber people. If you are a human who works at the Kawada factory outside Tokyo, most of your coworkers are robots. On the a... Read more
Their goal is to develop innovative, performative and sustainable construction systems made from wood Researchers at the University of Stuttgart develop a lightweight timber construction sys... Read more
Rising labor costs and an upcoming demographic crisis are driving up demand for ‘automated workers’ in China, as companies strive to retain their competitive edge. He Wei reports... Read more
When it comes to understanding our world, robots are stupid. Don’t believe what the sci-fi movies tell you. Like computers, robots only do what we program them to do. And that’s... Read more
The goal of achieving a 2,000 percent increase in the efficiency of power transmission We were slightly disappointed but not at all surprised to learn that DARPA‘s Robot Challenge plat... Read more
Tecnalia has committed itself to combining the intelligence of the human being with the characteristics of industrial robots The first robots reached the world of industry over 60 yea... Read more
Will undoubtedly put China at the top of the automation industry The world’s industrial robotics industry will get considerably larger in the near future as Taiwan-registered Ho... Read more
Among the various scientific/industrial robots in the marketplace, Willow Garage‘s PR2 is one that stands out. This is because both its hardware and software are open-source – us... Read more
Industrial robots are generally programmed to carry out one task and one task only. While they are extremely quick and efficient at performing their assigned task, adapting them to other tas... Read more
