Pepper, the emotion-detecting humanoid robot from Aldebaran, will greet passengers as they board the ships and offer tips about dining, events, and excursions in English, German and Italian.
Top 10 Benefits of IoT enabled mechatronics
by Mark Huebner, PBC Linear The latest trend in machinery design is to take advantage of the Internet of Things benefits, which are seen throughout a machine’s life cycle. Internet connected “smart” technology has become intertwined with almost every aspect of our daily life. The smartphone we all carry keeps us connected to people and […]
Soft Robotics Raises $5M for Flexible Fingers
Soft Robotics Inc. spun out of Harvard University surgical research and provides end effectors for handling varied, fragile items.
Blue River, Jibo and others get December funding
Jibo got $16 million from Asian VCs to enable Jibo to speak and sell in Japan and China, while Blue River Technology got $17 million from a group of agricultural VCs to expand product development to new areas, as funding for robotic ventures continues to soar. UPDATED 12-18-2015: Adds funding for Soft Robotics, Inc. UPDATED 12-21-2015:…
Google Self-Driving Cars to Spin Off in 2016
Google will make its self-driving car division a standalone “Alphabet” company in 2016, eyeing a ride-sharing service that will challenge Uber, Lyft and traditional taxi services.
Robotic limbs begin to revolutionize prosthetics
Prosthetic limbs are traditionally awkward, but biomechatronic advances and DARPA funding have led to refinements in sensors, power, and movement.
13% of US Households to Own Consumer Robots by 2020
According to Juniper Research, less than 1 in 25 US households own a consumer robot in 2015.
Intelligent Energy’s Hydrogen-Powered Drones Fly for Hours
Intelligent Energy’s hydrogen-powered range extender enables “several hours” of flight time and can be recharged in two minutes.
International Federation of Robotics elects new President
The Executive Board of the IFR has elected Joseph Gemma (KUKA Robotics Corporation US) as its new President. Mr. Gemma succeeds Arturo Baroncelli (Comau Robotics, Italy), who is leaving the rotating post as head of the global federation of robot manufacturers, having served his two-year term. Joe Gemma has 30 years of experience working in […]
COMAU and B&R assimilate robotics into machine control
With the introduction of openROBOTICS, partners COMAU and B&R are opening up new dimensions of robotics integration for machinery and production lines. The solution is based on a full lineup of COMAU robots that handle payloads ranging from 3 to 650 kilograms. “With completely uniform programming for every component in the line – including the […]
Delphi V2Everything System Makes Self-Driving Cars Smarter
At CES 2016, Delphi will demo software and hardware that allow its self-driving car to communicate with streets, signs, traffic lights, other cars and pedestrians.
FAA: $5 Drone Registration Valid for 3 Years
The registration system will go live on Dec. 21, 2015. Anyone who already owns a drone needs to register by Feb. 19, 2016.
Electric Mobility – Part 2
Electric Mobility is a broad category of things that move around using electric motors. Forklifts, wheelchairs, trolling motors for small boats, golf carts are some of the types of mobility systems that have been around for many years. One of the major mobility systems that you might not know about that is electric are the […]
Meet MJI: Your Desktop Companion Robot
MJI is an egg-shaped robot that can display photos, weather, news and other information. It also has built-in telephone functionality.
7 Robots Santa Can’t Deliver Until 2016
Santa needs more elves who focus on building robots.
Robotics Gaining Momentum as Sanctioned High School Sport
Robotics is becoming the only high school sport where every kid can go pro.
Woman Mistakes Robot Vacuum for Intruder, Calls Cops
Nobody else was supposed to be home, but a woman heard people “talking and walking about,” so she called the police.
GoPro Karma Drone Coming in 2016
GoPro has named its first camera-equipped drone Karma, which is due to come out in 2016.
Study finds that reshoring with robots works
Two important findings from Boston Consulting Group’s (BCG) recent survey of US manufacturing executives: (1) Of those that plan to add capacity, most plan to do so in the U.S., and (2) a rising percentage say they are already in the process of reshoring work from China. As the BCG chart shows, these two findings are…
Flamethrower Drone: A Perfect Way to Start Forest Fires
Connecticut teen whose shotgun-outfitted drone video went viral this summer is back with a flamethrower drone.
Alpha 2 Humanoid Robot Surpasses $1M on Indiegogo
In celebration of surpassing the stretch goal, UBTECH is donating 10 Alpha 2 robots to robotic research institutions and developers around the world to promote faster development and interest in the future of humanoid robotics.
U.K. Consortium Gets $3M Grant for Home Care Robotics
As populations worldwide age, robots might relieve visiting caretakers of helping with daily chores so that they can focus on human interaction.