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Harvesting innovation: The story behind Tortuga’s autonomous harvesting robots

Robotics Business Review

The Robot Report Podcast · Harvesting innovation: The story behind Tortuga’s autonomous harvesting robots Eric Adamson, CEO and co-founder of Tortuga, joins us in this episode to discuss agricultural robotics. This will be done by combining OpenAI’s language research with Figure’s robotics hardware and software expertise.

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Robotic pollinator: A fairy-like robot flies by the power of wind and light

Robotics Automation News

The loss of pollinators, such as bees, is a huge challenge for global biodiversity and affects humanity by causing problems in food production. At Tampere University, researchers have now developed the first passively flying robot equipped with artificial muscle. Could this artificial fairy be utilised in pollination?

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Used machines: Auction of high-quality industrial robots

i4.0 today

Nowadays, industrial robots are an important part of production for many companies in the automotive industry. But other sectors also benefit from their use, such as the metal industry, the plastics and chemicals sector and food production. However, the automotive industry remains the leader among all sectors.

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Fanuc launches its first stainless steel delta robot

Robotics Automation News

Fanuc, the world’s largest industrial robot maker, has unveiled the new DR-3iB/6 Stainless delta robot for primary food handling. The new DR-3iB/6 Stainless is Fanuc’s first stainless steel food-grade delta robot for picking and packing primary food products.

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AI+3D Vision Platform ‘A Robot Integrator’s Dream’

i4.0 today

At the Machine Vision Conference (MVC) , co-located with the brand-new BARA exhibition Automation UK , Scorpion Vision (Stand 21) will show how Mech Mind’s new generation AI+3D robot vision tech can support rapid development of 3D vision for robot picking challenges.

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Robot ‘chef’ watches videos to recreate recipe

E&T

The robot was programmed with a ‘cookbook’ of eight simple salad recipes, and after watching a video of a human demonstrating one of them it could identify which was being prepared and make it. The videos also helped the robot incrementally add to its cookbook.

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From Europe to Asia: Global Trends, Supply Chains and the Role of Used Industrial Robots

i4.0 today

The robotics industry is experiencing sustained growth worldwide, with China in the lead. Pandemic-induced supply chain bottlenecks for established manufacturers are leading to a slow clearing of full order books – one of the reasons why Chinese robot manufacturers are in higher demand than ever before. Germany ranks fourth.