Assistive robots have not quite reached the level of The Jetsons , the animated 1960s sitcom in which Rosie the robot maid zipped around a futuristic house doing all the chores people would rather avoid.
To work out how robots might be used in retirement homes, McGinn and his colleagues built Stevie, a white robot on a rolling base with short, moveable arms and a head that displays cartoon eyes and a mouth.
ROBOTIC INTEGRATOR TO SHOWCASE ROBOTS IN ROSEBURG - KQEN News Radio
The special, 2-day event will showcase current customer projects as well as two operating robots to customers and business associates.
A release said Robotic Demo Days highlights the progress the company has made over recent months, and will allow visitors to take a sneak peek into the company's future developments.
Epson Updates T-Series All-in-One SCARA Robots Lineup | | news-journal.com
LOS ALAMITOS, Calif., Jan. 19, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- The uptick in automation continues as companies seek to update manufacturing processes to meet production demands while improving value, managing costs and ensuring employee safety.
The new T3-B and T6-B All-in-One SCARA robots offer high-quality and high-performance at an exceptional value to simplify both complex and simple automation applications such as packaging, pick and place, dispensing, and inspection.
Robots needed to repair satellites in orbit - The Robot Report
The US Space Force (USSF) became an official branch of the US military on December 20, 2019. In the two years since its launch, the USSF has begun to recruit new service members and plan how to fulfill its mission to protect US assets in space.
As part of the mission planning process, the USSF kicked off several research programs, and related grants, to help develop new technologies and new capabilities to enable the USSF to reach its goals.
This Lockhart Greenhouse Wants to Grow Your Salad Using Robots – Texas Monthly
Larry Nixon, general manager of a greenhouse on the outskirts of Lockhart, showed me some of the most emerald-green basil I’d ever seen. “That’s a healthy plant,” he said, pointing one out. Its leaves curved like a sail catching a gust of wind.
Grover, as the robot is named, is a squat square of molded plastic with black wheels. Think of a Zamboni squashed to a height of a few inches. A twentysomething employee whose title is “robot safety officer” guided the machine with what looked like a Sony PlayStation controller.
The robots that helped build the James Webb Telescope - The Robot Report
A custom hexapod from PI was used to place the segments of the telescope’s mirror. | Source: NASA
Last week, NASA's James Webb Space Telescope began preparing for a three-month long process of aligning the 18 hexagonal mirror segments that make up the telescope's mirror. The process begins by moving each segment upwards by just 12.5 mm.
10 Cutting-Edge Robots For Health Care And Home
These devices from Creative Technology, Hanyang Technology and Labrador captured CRN’s attention in the sensory overload of the floors at multiple resorts on the Las Vegas Strip.
This year’s Consumer Electronics Show was held in person and online to accommodate growing concern over new variants of COVID-19. Major tech companies including Hewlett-Packard, Amazon and Microsoft dropped out of in-person exhibits at the trade show this year.
Does Google Have A Problem With Big Robots.txt Files?
Google addresses the subject of robots.txt files and whether it’s a good SEO practice to keep them within a reasonable size.
This topic is discussed by Google’s Search Advocate John Mueller during the Google Search Central SEO office-hours hangout recorded on January 14.
Delivery robots get airbags to protect you in case of collision
Autonomous vehicle maker Nuro has added external airbags to its self-driving delivery robots to protect pedestrians — but there's reason to be skeptical about their effectiveness.
Drivers wanted: During the pandemic, more people started ordering their food , groceries , and other goods for delivery rather than venturing into stores and restaurants for them.
Opinion: How to double up grocery logistics productivity with autonomous mobile robots
With growing labour availability issues, how can grocery logistics operations significantly boost performance? Vincent Jacquemart, CEO at French autonomous mobile robot designer and manufacturer iFollow , offers a solution.
Faced with the likelihood of long term staff shortages and resulting rises in pay rates, warehouse and distribution centre operators in grocery and many other sectors are turning sometimes belatedly to automation.
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