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- a programmable machine equipped with sensing capabilities used in production environments. Robots are used in automatic assembly and automated handling situations.
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- KUKA Robotics Signs Deaton Engineering as New System Partner; Partnership to Provide Robot Application Bundle Utilizing KUKA Robots and Deaton's New FDA Approved Secure Graphical User Interface
- CLINTON TOWNSHIP, Mich. -- KUKA Robotics Corporation, a leading global manufacturer of industrial robots, today announced it has signed Deaton Engineering of Georgetown, Texas as its newest system partner. The partnership will provide customers with a new robot application bundle that includes a KUKA robot and Deaton Engineering's new secure...
- Research articles 2006-04-10
- Pallet-able robotics: laser sensors help keep automatic guided vehicles on track.(Front Line)(National Institute of Standards and Technology)(Brief article)
- Robots run amok is good for science fiction storytelling but not for real-life warehouses. The National Institute of Standards and Technology is developing advanced sensor processing and modeling algorithms to help robot forklifts verify the location Robots run amok is good for science fiction storytelling but...
- Research articles 2007-01-01
- SAIC: Transformational Robotics for the Warfighter
- In a firefight, the time spent directing a robot can mean the difference between life and death. Science Applications International Corporation SAIC is enabling robots to act as integrated members of military units. In addition to unmanned ground, waterIn a firefight, the time spent directing a robot can mean the...
- Research articles 2005-09-01
- Foundry gives vision to robotics.(R. Nussbaum AG's usage of computer vision )
- Machine vision and robot handling system investments at its Swiss foundry have allowed R. Nussbaum AG, a manufacturer of drinking water distribution systems, to achieve a range of benefits in a short time. The company's metal "core" Machine...
- Research articles 2004-12-01
- Firefighting robot to replace humans: Qinetiq develops remote-controlled vehicle to send into hazardous situations too dangerous for emergency services. (Robotics).
- A REMOTE-controlled robot that can be sent into burning buildings to tackle the blaze and send back important information could save firefighters' lives, its developers claimed this week. A REMOTE-controlled robot that can be sent into burning buildings to tackle the blaze and send...
- Research articles 2002-05-31
- Strategy Analytics Featured in United Nations' `A Robot in Every Home?' Conference in Geneva; Mobile Robots Research Published in United Nations' World Robotics Report
- BOSTON -- Strategy Analytics' analysis on the commercial readiness of mobile robots is featured as Chapter 8 in the United Nations' Economic Commission for Europe UNECE 2004 World Robotics report.
- Research articles 2004-10-19
- Adept Technology to Offer DENSO High-Speed Robots; Leading Vendor Combines Technologies to Offer 6-axis Robots with Motion Control and Machine Vision; Enables Company to Address New Markets
- LIVERMORE, Calif. -- Adept Technology, Inc. (OTCBB:ADEO), a leading provider of intelligent vision-guided robotics and global robotics services, and DENSO, a pioneer and industry leader in robot design and manufacturing, today announced an OEM supply relationship to create a superior set of robotics solutions designed to improve and enhance applications...
- Research articles 2005-10-10
- Robots evolution: at GM and Xerox, new applications are redefining both the strategic value and appearance of robots. (Robotics).(Brief Article)
- ROBOTS PRECEDED STEVE HOLLAND AT General Motors Corp., GM but now as their "boss," he knows where they're going and their growing strategic value. ROBOTS PRECEDED STEVE HOLLAND AT General Motors Corp., GM but now as their "boss," he knows where they're going...
- Research articles 2002-04-01
- Data Robotics to Showcase Drobo™, The World's First Storage Robot at AlwaysOn Summit
- First Alternative to RAID Storage Technology Receives Additional Critical Acclaim
- Research articles 2007-08-01
- Robots enter the cleanroom. (cleanroom robotics systems by Panasonic Factory Automation)(Innovations in assembly)
- Today, specially designed robots q are entering the cleanroom environment to automate transportation, assembly and material-handling chores - streamlining operations and reducing particle-generating activities. For instance, Panasonic Factory AutomatioToday, specially designed robots q are entering the cleanroom environment to automate transportation, assembly and material-handling chores...
- Research articles 1997-12-01
- A major in robots?(computing)(Worcester Polytechnic Institute new robotics engineering program)(Brief article)
- LOVE ROBOTS SO MUCH you wish you could have majored in them? Now, you can. LOVE ROBOTS SO MUCH you wish you could have majored in them? Now, you can.
- Research articles 2007-03-01
- SolidWorks Software Helps 56 U.S. FIRST Schools Build and Test Robots for National Robotics Competition
- Business/Technology Editors & Education Writers
- Research articles 2001-02-20
- Robot-assisted pizza. (robot developed by the Carnegie-mellon Research Institute's Center for Human Services Robotics) (column)
- Robot-Assisted Pizza Robot-Assisted Pizza
- Research articles 1991-01-01
- Robots for flexible torquing: Usually, when automakers need to tighten several bolts in an engine assembly, they use multiple fastening spindles mounted in a "hard-tooled" automatic system. Engineers at Ford found a better way. (Robotics).
- At Ford engine plants, multifastener joints such as cam covers, front covers and intake manifolds have traditionally been assembled using hard-tooled, multispindle power heads at dedicated run-down stations. The heads are mounted on pneumatic, hydrau At Ford engine plants, multifastener joints such as cam covers, ...
- Research articles 2002-04-01
- UGOBE CEO and Founder Bob Christopher to Speak at RoboBusiness Conference and Exposition; Founder of Innovative Consumer Robotics Company to Discuss Interactive Organic Robots and UGOBE's Groundbreaking Line of Robotic 'Life Forms'
- NORTHBOROUGH, Mass. and FRAMINGHAM, Mass. -- Robotics Trends and IDG World Expo today announced that Bob Christopher, CEO, Chairman and Founder of UGOBE, Inc. will deliver a session in the Consumer Robotics track at the RoboBusiness Conference and Exposition, the international business development event for mobile robotics and intelligent systems....
- Research articles 2006-03-29
- Robot Testers Wanted
- Lego Mindstorms, the unit of the Lego toy company that is working with the Massachusetts Institute of Technology MIT to develop new uses for semiconductors -- in Lego's case embedded toy applications -- is seeking people to beta test a new Robotics Invention System the company is preparing to roll...
- Research articles 1998-08-03
- Robot Testers Wanted - Lego toy company - Product Development - Brief Article
- Lego Mindstorms, the unit of the Lego toy company that is working with the Massachusetts Institute of Technology MIT to develop new uses for semiconductors -- in Lego's case embedded toy applications -- is seeking people to beta test a new Robotics Invention System the company is preparing to roll...
- Research articles 1998-08-03
Additional Resources
- Range rover: Mars exploration is developing into a robotic science all of its own. (Robotics)(Cover Story).
- LOOK up the etymology of the words `robot' or `robotics' and almost inevitably you will be drawn to the work of Karel Kapek. The Czech playwright took the word robota -- meaning servitude or drudgery -- and applied it to a fictional line of artificial beings created...
- Research articles 2001-07-01
- Seiko watch line demonstrates robot potential.
- Many people think robots are new on the consumer products manufacturing scene. In fact, Seiko installed the first totally automated watch production line in 1964. It's been upgraded periodically ever since, with the last modification completed about a year ago. "The...
- Research articles 1999-05-01
- Team CIMAR Enters Dept of Defense Robot Race: 1st Place, $2 Million
- GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. -- This fall, Team CIMAR Center for Intelligent Machines and Robotics plans to unleash the NaviGATOR, an unmanned robotic vehicle that looks like a cross between a jeep and a swamp buggy, on 175 miles of uncharted terrain near Las Vegas, Nev. The team held a successful...
- Research articles 2005-05-19
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