Control Engineering

JANUARY 15, 2023

Vision-guided robot (VGR) insights. Vision-guided robot (VGR) technology has grown thanks to advanced in RGBD cameras, which allow the robot to accurately acquire 3D models. VGRs also are more flexible than traditional robots and the vision systems can make them safer, as well. Flexibility is another benefit of VGRs.

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Control Engineering

OCTOBER 15, 2022

Penn State researchers have developed a wearable synaptic transistor to improve device memories for robotics and wearable devices. Robotics and wearable devices might get a little smarter with the addition of a stretchy, wearable synaptic transistor developed by Penn State engineers. The details were published in Nature Electronics.

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Control Engineering

DECEMBER 4, 2022

Robotics insights. Developments in hardware, software and artificial intelligence (AI) are making robots more flexible and resilient and able to perform more tasks in applications they couldnt’t before.

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Control Engineering

JULY 24, 2023

Robotics insights MIT researchers have developed a framework that helps humans understand why a robot failed a task without needing a great deal of technical knowledge. This framework helps robots learn more efficiently and perform better while the training process consumed less time for a human. As a result, the robot fails.

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Control Engineering

APRIL 2, 2023

Robotics insights Startups like Farmwise are taking advantage of robots’ abilities to work without a break and handle large-scale tasks individually rather than having a fleet of people doing the same work. Last month, the company unveiled its newest robot, Vulcan, which is more lightweight and pulled by a tractor. “We

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Control Engineering

JULY 19, 2022

Robotics insights. Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) engineers have developed an optimization code that can be used to simulations for virtually any autonomous robotic system and improve a robot’s overall design performance. Autonomous robots have come a long way since the Roomba.

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Control Engineering

APRIL 10, 2023

Robotics insights MIT CSAIL researchers have developed a four-legged robot called DribbleBot that can dribble a soccer ball the way a human can. This will be useful in making robots more dexterous and able to handle sensitive jobs in the future. Programming robots to play soccer has been an active research area for some time.

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Control Engineering

OCTOBER 10, 2022

Artificial Intelligence Insights. A blueprint for creating algorithms that incorporate ethical guidelines into artificial intelligence (AI) decision-making programs has been developed. This technology can help make machines, particularly robots, perform better and cut down on inefficiencies.

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Control Engineering

SEPTEMBER 5, 2022

Software-based artificial intelligence (AI) can enhance existing robots to deal with variances in real-time and give them needed flexibility on the plant floor. Artificial Intelligence Insights. Robots are being used to fill roles on the plant floor because there aren’t enough people.

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Control Engineering

SEPTEMBER 5, 2023

AI and robotics insights MIT researchers have developed a method using AI smoothing techniques to simplify contact-rich manipulation planning for robots. Humans are generally good at whole-body manipulation, but robots struggle with such tasks. The research appears this week in IEEE Transactions on Robotics.

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Control Engineering

OCTOBER 16, 2023

Robotic insights MIT researchers developed GelSight Svelte, a camera-based touch sensor shaped like a human finger, enabling robotic hands to perform versatile grasping tasks beyond simple pinching motions. These robots, in turn, use only their fingertips to grasp objects, typically with a pinching motion.

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Control Engineering

APRIL 11, 2023

Robotics insights Picking robots are expected to have a more significant presence in manufacturing and other industries. Technology advances such as artificial intelligence (AI) is part of the reason, but the growing labor and skills gap is forcing manufacturers to turn to robots to keep up with consumer demand.

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Control Engineering

MARCH 27, 2023

Learning Objectives Explore what’s possible now in warehouse robotics and automation integration with a panel from The Robotics Group of MHI, at ProMat 2023. Understand robotic best practices, integration tips and lessons learned. Bill Vining, co-founder Robot Advisory Group. Bill Vining, co-founder Robot Advisory Group.

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Control Engineering

NOVEMBER 29, 2022

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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Control Engineering

NOVEMBER 9, 2022

Robotic process automation insights. The demand is increasing for robotic process automation in healthcare, as robotic process automation can mimic human interaction. The global robotic process automation market is forecasted to be valued at $2.57 billion in 2022 and is projected to reach $69.20 billion by 2032.

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Control Engineering

APRIL 17, 2023

Robotics insights MIT researchers have developed a robotic hand that uses hi-res tough sensing to accurately identify an object up to 85% after grasping it one time. This is part of a larger effort to make robots more like humans so they can operate in more sensitive operations and can do the dull, dirty and dangerous jobs.

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Control Engineering

JUNE 5, 2023

Robotics insights FluidLab is a simulation tool from researchers at the MIT CSAIL designed to enhance robot learning for complex fluid manipulation tasks. This is part of the continuing development for robotics and making them more adept at simple human tasks, which have often been a challenge for them to achieve.

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Automation Mag

SEPTEMBER 25, 2023

This is a chance to showcase successful automation implementation within Canadian discrete manufacturing plants! Manufacturers handle multiple challenges on a regular basis – such as labour shortages, supply chain issues, gruelling competition and changing customer demands, among other things.

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Control Engineering

OCTOBER 23, 2023

Generative AI insights MIT researchers use generative AI, diffusion models, to efficiently solve complex packing problems for robots, enabling applications in diverse environments. Robots struggle with dense packing tasks, too.

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Automation Mag

APRIL 4, 2023

They are retiring or are working in places other than manufacturing plants. Manufacturers used to have a choice. How much is a robot” they would have asked in the past? Now manufacturers don’t have a choice. Automation and robots are their last hope of keeping that automation line working. I can’t hear you!

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Control Engineering

JULY 15, 2022

For robot suppliers, the challenge is to help make robots as easy to use as possible, reducing the time and effort needed by end-users to be able to confidently deploy robotic automation on the factory floor. This solution removes the need for programming specialist resources that has always hindered the uptake of robots.

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Control Engineering

NOVEMBER 17, 2022

Produced by the Association for Advancing Automation (A3), Automate will feature advances in robotics, vision, artificial intelligence (AI), motion control and other technologies from more than 600 exhibitors. Automate , is returning to Detroit for a second straight year, running from May 22-25, 2023.

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Control Engineering

OCTOBER 17, 2022

Control Engineering’s top 5 content over the past week covered PLCs and edge controllers, soft robots, PLC programming and more. Soft robots grip with the right amount of force. Soft robots grip with the right amount of force. Links to each article below. PLCs, PACs and edge controllers in an era of high availability.

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Control Engineering

JUNE 19, 2023

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. The post AI-enabled approach helps make autonomous robots safe, reliable appeared first on Control Engineering.

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Control Engineering

OCTOBER 3, 2023

Artificial intelligence insights Combining multiple senses in AI, as seen in the human brain, can lead to more efficient and effective decision-making. Integrating visual and tactile sensors in a bio-inspired artificial neuron improves sensory responses, potentially revolutionizing sensor technology.

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Control Engineering

SEPTEMBER 29, 2022

The show took all four halls at McCormick with an emphasis on automation, robotics, additive manufacturing, cybersecurity, heavy machinery and much more. There were several undercurrents running through the show such as the need for workers, growing demand for robotics and automation and reshoring’s impact on manufacturing.

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Control Engineering

APRIL 12, 2023

Siemens artificial intelligence software, Siemens 1500 PLC (programmable logic controller) and the FlexGrasp Multifunction Platform (MFP) enable configuration rather than programming for logistics applications. A robot demonstrated pick-and-place capabilities with a diverse range of products in a bin. Courtesy: Mark T.

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Control Engineering

JUNE 9, 2023

However, thanks to advances in artificial intelligence (AI), neural networks — a type of machine learning (ML) algorithm — have become an indispensable component of modern autonomous systems, especially in their perception capabilities. Ultimately, I expect to be able to provide insight on how to design better autonomous systems.”

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Control Engineering

AUGUST 11, 2023

Cybersecurity, analytics, integrating manufacturing execution systems (MES) and enterprise resource planning (ERP) systems and robotics to combat the labor shortage are among the key trends shaping the industry’s future.

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Control Engineering

APRIL 27, 2023

Researchers from MIT’s Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory (CSAIL) have introduced a method for robust flight navigation agents to master vision-based fly-to-target tasks in intricate, unfamiliar environments. These networks can then extract crucial aspects of a task (i.e.,

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Control Engineering

JANUARY 18, 2023

Automation is a $100 billion market compromised of robotics, software and artificial intelligence/machine learning (AI/ML) and hybrid markets that take advantage of the Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT). Automatic and robotic processes. Automation can address five manufacturing concerns. Predictive maintenance.

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Control Engineering

SEPTEMBER 18, 2023

Many of the advances displayed highlighted progress with the Internet of Things (IoT), smart manufacturing and artificial intelligence (AI). Manufacturers are trying to deliver products that go beyond their initial offerings because their customers need to resolve many problems at once.

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Control Engineering

NOVEMBER 10, 2022

As remote automation increasingly involves multiple data producers and many distributed consumers, the need for intelligence at the edge becomes essential. Edge computing brings decision-making and intelligence as close to the process as possible. Improved methods for using sensors in robots. SCARA robot technology benefits.

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Control Engineering

MAY 24, 2023

Manufacturing optimization insights Manufacturing technologies are getting more sophisticated in their capabilities, but they’re also getting easier to use so they’re more accessible. Collaborative robots are taking on more industrial robot capabilities, but are still able to work in tandem with humans as needed.

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Control Engineering

JUNE 12, 2023

Leading manufacturers are making the digital transition with help from trusted partners. One is using computer vision and artificial intelligence to empower its workforce, while another empowers its customers with data-rich online content at their fingertips. Every single one of our SKUs is created manually,” Pittman said.

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Control Engineering

APRIL 9, 2023

Industrial automation insights Artificial intelligence (AI) and flexible robotic systems have emerged as key technologies in industrial automation’s future. The longer-term goal is to bring manufacturing back to the U.S.

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Control Engineering

APRIL 17, 2023

Making automation more open and smarter Artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning play a role in enhancing automation by providing information to the user. You can train an AI model to learn patterns,” said Werner Paulin, the product owner of Nupano, an open automation platform making its debut at Hannover Messe.

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