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Six industrial robotics trends for 2023

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Industrial robotics insights Robotics are being used more often in industrial manufacturing facilities due to a rising labor and skills gap and strong industry demand. Trends in the industrial robotics market include increased digitalization and automation and an emphasis on making robots easier to use.

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AI in manufacturing: Where it’s been and where it’s going

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Manufacturing AI insights The integration of AI into discrete manufacturing aligns with the concept of Industry 4.0, which is characterized by advancements in technologies like the industrial internet of things (IIoT) and robotics. Of course, this isn’t news to anyone in the manufacturing space.

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Self-driving robot powered only by light and radio waves

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Robotics insights MilliMobile, a self-driving robot developed by the University of Washington, is powered by ambient light or radio waves, enabling continuous, energy-efficient movement for tasks like gas leak detection or inventory tracking. We reduced the robot’s size and weight so it takes only a small amount of energy to move.

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Stretchable soft robotics use strain sensors

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Robotics insights Researchers led by Hangbo Zhao have developed a highly stretchable sensor using 3D electrodes inspired by origami folding patterns. The sensors can measure a strain range up to three times higher than typical sensors, making them valuable for applications in soft robotics, wearable electronics, prosthetics, and biomedicine.

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Assembler robot groups have potential for making larger structures

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Robotics insights. Work is being done toward having groups of robots that are capable of assembling larger structures such as buildings and even robots. Developing this kind of system requires intelligence to be built into the robots themselves so they can operate well as a team. There’s just the structure.”.

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AI-enabled approach helps make autonomous robots safe, reliable

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Robots insights MIT researchers have developed a technique that can solve complex stabilize-avoid problems while improving stability. The paper will be presented at the Robotics: Science and Systems conference. This simulated jet model was open-sourced in 2018 and had been designed by flight control experts as a testing challenge.

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Robot platform designed to develop range of semiconductor materials

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Researchers have created a robot capable of conducting experiments more efficiently and sustainably to develop a range of new semiconductor materials with desirable attributes. The post Robot platform designed to develop range of semiconductor materials appeared first on Control Engineering.