Robotics
Partnership for million-euro robotic manufacturing project
A new partnership between EID Tech and Scanditron aims for synergy benefits by starting a close cooperation. Scanditron and EID Tech have now been awarded their first order in this cooperation, with the first joint customer operates in the telecommunication field.
Fully automated robotic soldering celebrates its tenth anniversary
In 2008, family company Eutect took the first step into robotic automation. A flexible, efficient, rapid soldering process is on the investment list at many electronics manufacturers, which is why the demand for fully automatic robotic soldering systems is increasing for mini-wave soldering.
Visitors get portraits painted by robot at automatica 2018
TM Robotics launched Toshiba Machine’s latest industrial robots and machinery to the European market at Automatica 2018. Held from 19th-22nd June, 2018, Automatica welcomed over 40,000 visitors to witness demonstrations of the newest innovations in smart automation and robotics. Toshiba Machine’s wares were exhibited from the TM Robotics booth in Hall B5, stand 304.
UK Robotics Week: Whitepapers on agri-tech and urban transport
Two brand new, in-depth whitepapers are now publicly available exploring the key robotics sectors of Agri-Tech and Urban Transport. The reports are being launched as part of UK Robotics Week 2018 - on now - and are available to download online.
Robotics kit gives students primer in systems-level design
An affordable robotics kit and classroom curriculum, which provides students with a deeper understanding of how electronic system designs work is in stock at Premier Farnell. The TI Robotics System Learning Kit (TI_RSLK) is specifically designed to be used within the university setting to teach students the background knowledge necessary to understand the engineering concepts behind designing, testing and building a functioning robotic system.
UAVs and UGVs: not just pie in the sky
Though consumer-level drones have received a lot of bad press in recent times - near misses with aircraft, incidents where members of the public have been injured and flying contraband into prisons - within the defence sector, the high end versions of this technology has the potential to save lives. By Giorgio Potenza, Strategic Market Manager for High-Rel Systems, Harwin.
How does the UK feel about working with robots?
A survey of over 2,000 UK workers has shown that many are unconcerned about the impact new technology may have on their current job roles.
Easy vision guidance for robot picking
2D and 3D vision guidance systems for easy and quick set-up for robots picking products in electronics applications has been introduced by SICK. Suitable for both cobots and conventional industrial robots, the SICK PLOC2D and PLB 520 have been developed to facilitate affordable, or entry-level pick and place robotics.
Why no one can score against the unbeatable RoboKeeper
As the world cup kicked off in Moscow on June 14th, the German team failed to notice they were short one player, a world-class goalie. Neymar couldn’t beat him, Ronaldo failed, but the German keeper would not have conformed with the rules - it is a robot. Called ‘RoboKeeper’, the computer-controlled football machine is a development of the Fraunhofer-Institut für Materialfluss und Logistik (IML). Back in 2006, wh...
Controlling robots with brainwaves and hand gestures
Getting robots to do things isn’t easy: Usually, scientists have to either explicitly program them or get them to understand how humans communicate via language. But what if we could control robots more intuitively, using just hand gestures and brainwaves? A system spearheaded by researchers from MIT’s Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory (CSAIL) aims to do exactly that, allowing users to instantly correct...