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Humanoid robots promise a multi-trillion-dollar market, but pose challenges

Robotics Business Review

Source: Agility Robotics As an early investor in Agility Robotics, now one of the world’s leading manufacturers of humanoid robots, I’ve watched as humanoids have evolved from a fascinating concept to reality over the past five years.

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How Agility Robotics crosses the Sim2Real gap with NVIDIA Isaac Lab

Robotics Business Review

We use cost functions to judge whether a command achieves a more or less useful response Over the course of significant simulation time — but only hours in real time — we learn a control policy that will achieve the goals we want, like walk around without falling, even if there’s an unexpected pothole in the ground.

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How to Assess and Control Surface Texture Quality

Mold Making Technology

An inspector may look for degradation over time as the mold wears. As tooling wears over time, the depth and sharpness of an etched finish will inevitably degrade. Precision Surfaces Require More Control Surfaces that are both functional and aesthetic present an even greater challenge. Source | Digital Metrology Solutions.

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Mold Cooling – Hot Spots

Mold Making Technology

New Series: Emphasizing the Basics In this article series, Dennis Czubin , a seasoned plastics professional, shares valuable insights from his 40+ years in the industry, focusing on fundamental principles in part and mold design to help mold builders and molders enhance their practices and avoid common pitfalls.

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Industrial Processes & Wireless Communications – Part II: Manufacturing Logistics

Cisco Manufacturing

The Internet is littered with articles about Industry 4.0. For these processes to run over wireless infrastructure, the communications technology must deliver against strict application requirements for performance and reliability. Such articles often leave out critical details, such as what is actually needed from the network.

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How are Wireless Sensor Networks employed in Industrial Automation

DO Supply

WSNs are designed to continue functioning even if some nodes fail. WSNs come with huge benefits over wired counterpart solutions. These sensors are commonly used on Automatic Guided Vehicles (AVGs) and form a feedback loop for motion control and dynamic path planning. This betters systems responsiveness.

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How Boston Dynamics’ Atlas humanoid adapts to changing environments

Robotics Business Review

The humanoid then looks around, locates the part, figures out how to pick it up (again, evaluating its form), and places it with the necessary precision into the engine cover area. Boston Dynamics admits this demo is a mix of AI-based functions (like perception) and some procedural programming for managing the mission.