Reflexes protect our bodies - for example when we pull our hand back from a hot stove. These protective mechanisms could also be useful for robots. In this interview, Prof. Sami Haddadin and Johannes Kühn of the Munich School of Robotics and Machine Intelligence (MSRM) of the Technical University of Munich (TUM) explain why giving test subjects a "slap on the hand" could lay the foundations for the robots of the future.
In your paper, published in Scientific Reports , you describe an experimental setup where people were actually slapped on the hand - to study their reflexes...
COVID-19 pandemic accelerates use of robots over people - Los Angeles Times
As the U.S. economy rebounds from the COVID-19 pandemic, employers are turning to greater use of automation, including robots, rather than calling back workers or hiring new ones in many cases.
The trend is affecting almost every sector, including manufacturing, distribution, transportation, retail, restaurants and many kinds of personal and government services.
Airports have been using mobile robots to spray disinfecting chemicals on their facilities — work that janitors had initially done wearing moon suits and other personal protection equipment.
Invisible codes help robots make sense of their environment - Advanced Science News
While society has seen many gains as a result, the field still has a ways to go, and researchers are making incredible contributions toward making robots more advanced, safer, and compatible with their environments.
Jan Lagerwall is one such researcher — a soft matter physicist and professor at Luxembourg University, he has an interest in materials science and physical chemistry, and penchant for cross-disciplinary application. Along these lines, he and his colleagues, Yong Geng and Rijeesh Kizhakidathazhath, have recently developed a new material to help robots better sense, analyze, and interact with their environment, making the world more “robot friendly”.
What's So Appealing About SCARA Robots? | 2021-05-03 | Flexible Packaging
As consumer spending habits continue to evolve and shift amid a global pandemic, manufacturers are reevaluating their production capacity and implementing new technologies to deal with the uptick in demand.
For a variety of industries including plastics, electronics, food and beverage, clinical laboratory, appliance and medical device manufacturing, 4-axis SCARA (Selective Compliance Articulated Robot Arm) robots are an appealing option being chosen by manufacturers in today's shifting market.
The robots taking over the world's airports
PHL Food & Shops, the concessions programme at Philadelphia International Airport, is piloting a contactless ordering system featuring robotic food delivery. It will join other robots that are already carrying out various roles at airports.
From safety and security to cleaning and deliveries, we round up the interesting ways that airports are using robots worldwide.
Logistics Robots Market to Hit USD 17.82 Billion in 2028;
Pune, India, May 05, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The global logistics robots market is set to gain impetus from the increasing integration of autonomous solutions in warehouses. The surging need to automate various tasks, such as transportation, pick & place, and scanning would also affect growth positively. In November 2019, for instance, OMRON Corporation unveiled its new mobile robots that can move a pay-load capacity of nearly up to 250 kg.
The COVID-19 pandemic affected the market severely in the first half of 2020 because of the temporary closure of manufacturing plants and warehouses across the globe. In the second half of 2020, various companies experienced the urgent need to automate their factories. It has therefore brought the logistical supply chain on track in omni-channel fulfillment and has also created multiple opportunities for logistics robots.
Epson Robots to Host First-Ever "Automate Boldly" Virtual Expo
Epson Robots, the #1 SCARA robot manufacturer in the world, today announced its first virtual expo entitled, "Automate Boldly". Taking place on Tuesday, May 25, "Automate Boldly" is a virtual experience with informative keynote presentations, technology sessions and product demonstrations, providing manufacturers a wide variety of factory automation solutions.
Experience the ease of use and simplicity with Epson Robots' latest innovations in SCARA, 6-Axis and integrated solutions, as well as other manufacturing offerings such as smart glasses, industrial label printers, electronic components, and more. "Automate Boldly" offers exclusive access to never-before-seen product demonstrations, tips and tricks through informative technology sessions and exciting keynote presentations from the Epson executive team. Featured speaker Dr.
Robots will make doubling China's GDP by 2035 look easy
Henny Sender is a managing director at BlackRock in Hong Kong, and a senior adviser to the BlackRock Investment Institute.
In the 1990s, Chinese carmakers -- eager for the best technology -- were negotiating with their Japanese counterparties to produce cars together in joint venture factories.
The mainland side wanted the latest equipment, the leading edge robotics. To the Japanese, that made no sense. They tried to explain that the competitive advantage of the Chinese side was the seemingly infinite supply of low-cost labor. Given its aging workforce, the Japanese, by contrast, had to use capital rather than labor.
We may not need all those fancy disinfecting robots after all
In May, New York City's Metropolitan Transportation Authority announced a pilot program to disinfect the subway involving 150 UV lamps from a company called PURO . In June, Good Morning America did a segment titled, "In hotels and beyond, UV light robots and lamps could help protect against coronavirus," which cheer-leaded "a three-foot-tall robot named Kennedy.
But that was then. Now, experts aren't so sure that many of the once-heralded disinfecting robots have a broader place in society's battle against the coronavirus.
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