Unilever and PepsiCo have goals to design 100% of packaging to be reusable, recyclable, compostable, or biodegradable by 2025. Companies like Zume – formerly a robotics pizza company – are trying to make the compostable transition easier for brands, brokers and distributors by creating packaging out of agricultural waste and other materials local to the companies that need them.
Zume is one of a growing list of companies dedicated to compostable packaging. The sustainable packaging industry is a $274.2 billion per year business that is expected to grow to $413.8 billion by 2027, according to Grand View Research. The packaging industry as a whole is about $900 billion , so Zume and its competitors have their work cut out for them.
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Last-mile, landscaping and leaping robots – TechCrunch
I spoke to Refraction AI co-founder/CTO Matthew Johnson-Roberson on the occasion of the Michigan startup's $4.2 million seed raise . This week we posted a Q&A where he answers a wider range of topics about the delivery robotics company, and this bit jumped out at me:
It still boggles my mind that nobody has tried to copy what we're doing. There were 10 or 12 sidewalk robot companies in early 2015, 2016 and 2017. Many of them, with a few exceptions, went out of business.
Photos: Amazon's New Warehouse Robots Could Reduce Warehouse Injuries
Bruisable artificial skin could help prosthetics, robots sense injuries -- ScienceDaily
When someone bumps their elbow against a wall, they not only feel pain but also might experience bruising. Robots and prosthetic limbs don't have these warning signs, which could lead to further injury. Now, researchers reporting in ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces have developed an artificial skin that senses force through ionic signals and also changes color from yellow to a bruise-like purple, providing a visual cue that damage has occurred.
The researchers made an ionic organohydrogel that contained a molecule, called spiropyran, that changes color from pale yellow to bluish-purple under mechanical stress. In testing, the gel showed changes in color and electrical conductivity when stretched or compressed, and the purple color remained for 2-5 hours before fading back to yellow. Then, the team taped the I-skin to different body parts of volunteers, such as the finger, hand and knee.
Gearless Robotic Actuators Enable Collaborative, Delta Style Robots | Packaging World
This direct-drive actuator combines high torque density, cleanliness, and reliability to improve performance and lower total cost of ownership, the company says.
"We are thrilled to launch this leading-edge actuation technology, making it available to manufacturers and system integrators globally," said Chris Di Lello, CEO of Genesis Robotics & Motion Technologies. "A simpler drivetrain empowers a better robot: faster to assemble and easier to maintain. This creates value for our customers and end users and represents a true breakthrough for the robotics and automation industries."
Delivery robots roll out in Austin's bike lanes - Cities Today - Connecting the world's
Start-up Refraction AI has launched a pilot programme with ten of its REV-1 delivery robots in Austin, Texas.
The service launched with Southside Flying Pizza for deliveries in the South Congress, Downtown and Travis Heights areas of the city, with scope to expand as more businesses come on board.
The three-wheeled electric devices, which travel up to 15 mph and are controlled remotely, will operate in bike lanes or the street where bike lanes aren't available. Assistants ride close by to ensure safety.
Rising Incidence of Strokes and Spinal Cord Injuries Spurring the Growth of Rehabilitation Robots
Increasing demand for robotic exoskeletons as a rehabilitation tool bolstering the growth of the market
The global rehabilitation robots market is exhibiting a steady growth due to rising prevalence of stroke, traumatic brain injuries, dementia, and other age-related disabilities. As per a study by Fact.MR, the rehabilitation robots market is expected to grow at a CAGR of 22.1% during the forecasting period 2021-2031.
According to a study by National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI) in 2021, nearly 1.7 million incidences of traumatic brain injuries were recorded, with older adolescents aging 15 to 19 years and older adult age 65 years and older in the U.S.
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Zume's pizza robots are now turning waste into compostable packaging https://t.co/aEBGWyNSIQ CNBC (from Englewood Cliffs, NJ) Sat Jun 19 13:03:52 +0000 2021
AI-powered robots are now making pizza https://t.co/RKHPo2JEn4 mashable Wed Jun 16 09:47:00 +0000 2021
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