Robotics Automation News

AUGUST 10, 2022

Automotive giant General Motors and open source software provider Red Hat have formed a partnership to “help advance software-defined vehicles at the edge”.

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Robotics Business Review

FEBRUARY 19, 2025

The MassRobotics Form and Function Challenge pavilion at the 2024 Robotics Summit & Expo. ” At the show, MassRobotics will run its 2025 Form and Function Robotics Challenge, a career fair, an Accelerator Showcase, and a presentation from the latest cohort in its Healthcare Robotics Startup Catalyst.

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Robotics Business Review

FEBRUARY 25, 2025

Source: Mytra The robotics industry has long been captivated by the idea of humanoid robotsmachines that mimic human appearance and movement. Just as evolution optimizes lifeforms to survive in their environments, robotics should be designed based on function, not familiarity for familiaritys sake.

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Control Engineering

AUGUST 4, 2022

To reduce design costs and maintain quick and precise positioning of backgauges before each metal-forming cycle, CI chose integrated stepper motors. . Those with six motorized reference surfaces provide two reference points in each direction of 3D space for the reliable forming of complicated parts. metal plates.

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Gary Mintchell

MAY 13, 2024

Microsoft Teams calls can become interactive working sessions, with CAD, simulations or metrology point clouds seamlessly visualised from the source data to allow on-the-spot collaboration and fast, iterative teamwork across disparate engineering and manufacturing functions.

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Mold Making Technology

FEBRUARY 2, 2025

Source | Stock, Copilot Sales function as a vital role in driving business success in mold manufacturing. Yet, this crucial function is often misunderstood, leading to under appreciation of the strategic value it brings to the table. Build a sales playbook around knowledge, actions, communication and effective presentations.

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ATS

NOVEMBER 6, 2024

Share Business assets take many forms, from raw materials and finished goods inventories to intellectual property and software. It forms the basis of maintenance planning and supports equipment lifecycle management. In its most straightforward form, an asset register is a list of assets. It could form part of the asset register.)

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Modern Machine Shop

MARCH 11, 2025

To illustrate the power of a laser powder bed fusion (LPBF) metal 3D printing system that is open source, Venkata Karthik Nadimpalli passes a magnet over a sleeve of metal filings held over a solid, 3D printed block of steel. The filings form into letters. The filings align to form the words, “Open AM.”

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Robotics Business Review

FEBRUARY 19, 2024

Participants in the Form & Function Robotics Challenge at the 2023 Robotics Summit & Expo. Form & Function Robotics Challenge to name winners at expo For the second year in a row, participants in the MassRobotics Form & Function Robotics Challenge will show their prototypes on the Robotics Summit & Expo show floor.

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Mold Making Technology

JANUARY 22, 2025

They function most efficiently when positioned vertically, with the heat source (hot plastic) at the bottom and cooling at the top. This can lead to plastic buildup on the pin or cause distortion inside the hole it forms. The image above depicts a heat pipe.

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i4.0 today

MARCH 13, 2023

Integrating multiple functionalities within a single entity promises simpler, more efficient devices without compromising capability. What if, rather than assembling numerous subsidiary components and ensuring electrical connectivity, the functionality was integrated into the object itself?

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CMTC Manufacturing Tech

MARCH 15, 2023

Reduce this waste area through two key steps: Source-based quality control : Implement procedures at each manufacturing stage that integrate quality control to avoid wasted time on correcting a defect and assign quality control and reporting at the source. Inventory (Excess) Excess inventory may be a result of overproduction (i.e.,

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Robotics Business Review

MAY 27, 2024

A screenshot of Tangram Vision’s LiDAR comparison tool Light Detection and Ranging (LiDAR) is a sensing method that uses light in the form of a pulsed laser to measure distance. LiDAR is useful in autonomy for a number of key functions such as obstacle avoidance, object detection, and object identification.

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DO Supply

JANUARY 10, 2025

WSNs have several key components: Sensor Nodes A sensor node comprises of a sensing unit (or a transducer) that measures physical parameters, a micro-controller that processes the data, an ADC, a transceiver for wireless communication, and a power source which is usually a battery. This betters systems responsiveness.

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ATS

JANUARY 13, 2025

These range from unusual noises or smells to excessive variation, occasional jamming that requires a speed reduction or a complete functional failure. Retrieve relevant documentation Operating instructions, wiring diagrams, pneumatic diagrams and manufacturer manuals can all provide valuable information on how the equipment should function.

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Robotics Business Review

MARCH 8, 2025

Source: MassRobotics With National Robotics Week 2025 just around the corner, MassRobotics announced its plans to participate in the celebration. Last year, MassRobotics hosted students from four local schools for hands-on robotic experiences during National Robotics Week.

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Mold Making Technology

MARCH 18, 2025

Source | Stock, Copilot As a technology professional in the manufacturing industry, I see immense potential for Machine Learning (ML), Generative artificial intelligence (AI), specifically Large Language Models (LLMs) like GPT, to disrupt and transform the engineering-to-order (ETO) moldmaking sector.

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Robotics Business Review

MARCH 31, 2024

Source: Southwest Research Institute An industry push for more automation is advancing the Robot Operating System, or ROS, beyond the academic and manufacturing domains into agriculture, automotive, retail, healthcare and more. It provides a graphical interface to many powerful motion-planning libraries. Click here to enlarge.

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Fabricating & Metal Work

JANUARY 15, 2025

Imagine Artificial Intelligence (AI) tools empowering the design and manufacturing processes in your shop to essentially function with a one-click experience, condensing the various phases of the design-to-make process. The manufacturing sector is notoriously slow when it comes to implementing new technologies.

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Mold Making Technology

MARCH 5, 2024

Source: (top left) Incoe Corp., Balancing People, Process and Technology for Program Management Success Source: Eifel Inc. Using the expertise of its team members and emphasizing efficiency, this Michigan mold builder's process is designed to function as a highly efficient system. bottom left) Sodick Inc.,

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E&T

AUGUST 4, 2023

The free-standing versions of LiPON (FS-LiPON) film underwent several functional battery tests that showed it was able to promote a uniformly dense lithium metal electrochemical deposition under zero external pressure. Lithium metal batteries have been a topic of interest for many years due to their high energy density.

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Gary Mintchell

MARCH 29, 2023

We have been living with a form of these chat machine learning devices for about 10 years. You don’t know the source. Those are forms of AI. Can we use a chat function in industrial applications? Yes, some technologies have been used against us (think the aggressive misinformation on social media). Go make a difference.

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Robotics Business Review

MARCH 23, 2024

Source: Apptronik SAN JOSE, Calif. Apollo’s modular design allows its humanoid upper body to be deployed on legs, a wheeled base, or a pedestal so it can operate in whichever form is best suited to a given task, said Apptronik. NVIDIA CEO Jensen Huang (left) with the Apollo humanoid robot. Apptronik Inc.

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Control Engineering

NOVEMBER 7, 2023

Learning Objectives Explore audience questions from a Control Engineering webcast on new SCADA features and functions. Data integration and analysis: By aggregating data from numerous sources, SCADA can help operators identify system-wide trends, patterns and correlations. Ethernet is the main protocol in today’s modern factory.

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i4.0 today

FEBRUARY 4, 2025

Embedded controllers, on the other hand, utilize lower-cost hardware and often leverage open-source or low-cost development tools, reducing overall expenditure. PLCs typically come with high hardware and software costs, including licensing fees for proprietary programming environments.

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ATS

DECEMBER 4, 2024

Share Facilities management is rarely considered a source of competitive advantage, but manufacturers adopting an integrated facilities management strategy benefit from lower costs and higher operational efficiencies. This misses the advantages realized by taking a holistic approach.

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Robotics Business Review

DECEMBER 29, 2023

Source: LimX Dynamics LimX Dynamics designs CL-1 toward general-purpose use LimX Dynamics explained that it uses advanced motion control, artificial intelligence, and proprietary actuators and hardware to achieve dynamic stair climbing based on real-time perception. CL-1 ascending the stairs dynamically.

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Manufacturer's Monthly

MAY 28, 2023

Axial function principle enables high rigidity in small sizes along with a high ratio The teeth of the miniaturised Galaxie ® gearbox are fundamental to the axial function principle. For more information please contact your Treotham office in your state.

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Manufacturer's Monthly

MARCH 6, 2024

Ghasemian said, “It could be a new source of functional 2D materials which are not accessible by conventional methods. These sheets are designed to form the basis of next generation computing hardware, from semiconductors to memory chips.

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Gary Mintchell

NOVEMBER 21, 2023

While these facilities can efficiently process large volumes of discarded plastic, the transport of these materials from remote locations is cost prohibitive and a source of CO2 emissions due to their low specific gravity and poor transportation efficiency per unit weight.

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Robotics Business Review

APRIL 9, 2024

Source: Advanced Micro Devices To enable more artificial intelligence on edge devices such as robots, hardware vendors are adding to their processor portfolios. AI inference: AMD said it provides an array of vector processes in the form of next-generation AI Engines for efficient inference. Advanced Micro Devices Inc.

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Mold Making Technology

APRIL 18, 2024

Source | Delta Mold Inc. Source | Delta Mold Inc. we work hard to stay diversified and agile, to understand the needs and requirements of our customers, and to be their go-to source of injection and compression molds,” Ernie Young, Delta Mold president, explains. Source | Delta Mold Inc. Source | Plex Systems Inc.

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Modern Machine Shop

APRIL 25, 2024

The behavior depends on setup, including the tool tip frequency response function that describes the tool-toolholder-spindle-machine dynamics. The cutting force is generated as the tool shears away material in the form of a chip. Source: Tony Schmitz This stability map depends on the radial depth of cut from the tool path.

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Robotics Business Review

JANUARY 11, 2024

Source: 1X Technologies Humanoids and artificial intelligence were the top stories in robotics last year, and that trend is continuing. Source: 1X Technologies What kind of connectivity to the cloud will the NEO require to realize embodied AI? This means reduced functionality without cloud connectivity. and is 167 cm [65 in.]

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Robotics Business Review

SEPTEMBER 27, 2024

Source: Advanced Navigation. Meanwhile, the Certus Mini A functions as an attitude and heading reference system (AHRS). The Certus Mini series is now available for purchase in OEM and ruggedized forms. The Certus Mini series promises compact navigation for autonomous systems. Weighing no more than 55 g (1.9

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