Sat.May 25, 2024

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Quartz plant cuts cycle time 80% with ABB robots

Robotics Business Review

America Quartz Technology (AQT) specializes in the manufacturing and processing of formed quartz products for the electronics and semiconductor industries at its plant in Hue, Vietnam. The production of AQT’s products demands the highest level of meticulousness and accuracy. Challenges Previously, components were processed manually, with workers performing high temperature heating processes.

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Stanford researcher discusses UMI gripper and diffusion AI models

Robotics Business Review

[link] The Robot Report recently spoke with Ph.D. student Cheng Chi about his research at Stanford University and recent publications about using diffusion AI models for robotics applications. He also discussed the recent universal manipulation interface, or UMI gripper, project, which demonstrates the capabilities of diffusion model robotics. The UMI gripper was part of his Ph.D. thesis work, and he has open-sourced the gripper design and all of the code so that others can continue to help evol

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