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Applied Robotics – Celebrating 13 years of a world-first innovation

Manufacturer's Monthly

Image: Applied Robotics Over a decade ago, Applied Robotics helped Arnotts Biscuits develop an automated assorted biscuit packaging system that could process up to 105 biscuits per second. In uncharted territory, Arnotts and Applied Robotics started with a six-month feasibility study to confirm the approach would work at scale.

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Cynthia Breazeal reflects on earning 2024 Robotics Medal from MassRobotics

Robotics Business Review

. | Source: MassRobotics MassRobotics, a robotics innovation organization, recently announced Dr. Cynthia Breazeal as the 2024 recipient of its Robotics Medal. The organization said Breazeal won for her significant contributions to the field of robotics, notably for her work in the field of social robotics and human-robot interaction.

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Kiva Systems founders to enter Logistics Hall of Fame as mobile robot pioneers

Robotics Business Review

Kiva mobile robots and mini shelves in a warehouse. Raffaello D’Andrea invented a mobile robot for fulfillment in intralogistics, founded Kiva Systems, and created a category of automation that has grown over the past two decades. He did not know exactly how to solve it but thought that robotics could be the answer. 8,649,899).

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Female robotics founders discuss their journeys in the industry

Robotics Business Review

Left: Vivian Chu and Andrea Thomaz, the co-founders of Diligent Robotics; right: Kathleen Brandes and Ros Shinkle, the co-founders of Adagy Robotics. Sources: Diligent Robotics, Adagy Robotics Almost half of all startups that began in 2021 were formed by women, according to human resources cloud software company Gusto.

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China proposes guidelines for future humanoid development

Robotics Business Review

The World AI Conference brought together 18 humanoid robotics companies from across China. Credit: WAIC After almost two years of climbing the hype curve, humanoid robots are reaching the point of maturity where it is becoming viable to deploy them into real-world applications. based Tesla. Register now.

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Metrology: Automation’s Unsung Hero

Modern Machine Shop

When contemplating automation, it is easy to envision a robot moving material from point A to point B, parts coming out of a machine and being ferried by conveyors to the next step, or pallet changers reloading fresh stock back into a machine. Since 2014, however, its total spending had been steadily declining. measurement.

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What Year Did a Robot Hand First Debut at IMTS?

Modern Machine Shop

IMTS 1960: The 1960 Machine Tool Show took place in Chicago, with a focus on adapting the electronic computer to design machines to respond to instructions coded in number form on punched or magnetic tape and transmitted electronically to servo-mechanisms that operate the machine tool. In 1988, the robot hand was introduced.