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San Francisco City Supervisor proposes tax on Robots

09/06/17, 05:41 AM | Mobile Robots, Other Topics | service robots, Technology Discussions
Janie Har, Associated Press: Jane Kim, the city supervisor who is pushing the robot tax, says it's important to think now about how people will earn a living as more U.S. jobs are lost to automation.

5 ways to advance robotics in manufacturing

09/04/17, 06:21 AM | Industrial Robotics, Factory Automation | Industry 4.0, Technology Discussions
Stephanie Condon for ZDNet: The maturity of automated technology used in manufacturing is all over the map, says Carnegie Mellon Prof. Howie Choset, but there are concrete ways to fix that.

Teaching Drones How To Crash Safely

07/26/17, 05:40 AM | Mobile Robots, Other Topics | drones, Technology Discussions, unmanned
Simon Parkin for MIT Technology Review: Drone delivery wont happen until the unmanned vehicle can master the emergency landing.

Human Locomotion, Robotic Exoskeleton and Prostheses

07/18/17, 08:29 AM | Mobile Robots | Exoskeleton, Technology Discussions
Why is it so difficult to make walking more efficient in humans? There are a few challenges. People are highly complex, in the dynamics of our movements, in our hundreds of muscles and tendons, and in our wildly complex nervous systems.

Teaching Robots to 'Feel with Their Eyes'

07/07/17, 05:54 AM | Industrial Robotics, Mobile Robots | soft robotics, Technology Discussions, Training and Education
Penns School of Engineering and Applied Science: Burka hopes to build up a database of one thousand surfaces to help coach robots on how to identify objects and also to know what theyre made of and how best to handle them.

The one law of robotics: Humans must flourish

06/30/17, 06:20 AM | Mobile Robots, Other Topics | Research and Reports, service robots, Technology Discussions
Pallab Ghosh for BBC News: "The thriving of people and communities needs to be put first, and we think Asimov's principles can be subsumed into that."

Robot Inertia vs Payload

06/29/17, 08:14 AM | Industrial Robotics | arm, Technology Discussions | Motion Controls Robotics, Inc.
Payload and inertia are both important factors when designing End of Arm Tooling and selecting a robot. The differences between the two and how they affect choosing a robot is explained in this article.

A Job Plan for Robots and Humans

06/29/17, 05:30 AM | Industrial Robotics, Mobile Robots | Jobs / Employment, Technology Discussions | Fetch Robotics
Tom Simonite for MIT Technology Review: Melonee Wises of Fetch Robotics spoke with San Francisco bureau chief Tom Simonite.

Please and Thank You: How DARPA Is Teaching Robots Manners

06/19/17, 05:22 AM | Mobile Robots, Other Topics | Artificial Intelligence, Darpa, Technology Discussions
Kacey Deamer for Live Science: Researchers created a machine-learning algorithm that allowed robots to "intuit" how to behave like humans in certain situations, like being quiet in a library.

How to Be a Winner in the Consumer Robotics Revolution

06/16/17, 05:30 AM | Mobile Robots, Other Topics | Investing, service robots, Technology Discussions
Entrepreneur: These devices are coming to a home near you, maybe your home. And that's not science fiction. How can your business get in on this?

Honda to focus on self-driving cars, robotics, EVs through 2030

06/12/17, 05:42 AM | Mobile Robots, Other Topics | autonomous vehicles, self driving, Technology Discussions
Naomi Tajitsu for Reuters: Unveiling its mid-term Vision 2030 strategy plan, Honda said it would boost coordination between R&D, procurement and manufacturing to tame development costs.

Impacts of Tolerances Refinement

06/08/17, 08:10 AM | Industrial Robotics | Technology Discussions
Tolerances refinement is a well-known concept for manufacturers in the aerospace industry. This new reality has a direct impact on how they do things. To succeed reaching new market standards, an upgrading of their plants and equipment is inevitable.

THE NEXT BIG LEAP IN AI COULD COME FROM WAREHOUSE ROBOTS

06/05/17, 06:06 AM | Industrial Robotics, Factory Automation | Artificial Intelligence, Technology Discussions
Nick Statt for The Verge: Kindred thinks the path to smarter software is by giving it a physical body

Researchers developing robotic prosthetics to help restore balance in fall victims

05/10/17, 05:52 AM | Mobile Robots, Other Topics | Artificial Intelligence, Exoskeleton, Technology Discussions
Ryan Terry for Phys.org: Hur's prior research helped him answer two questions: "Can we predict a fall? Can we then reduce the number of falls?"

What does the future of drone technology look like? We have an idea!

05/02/17, 09:11 AM | Other Topics | Business Development, Technology Discussions
While most companies are focused on how drones work in the sky, XWorks is setting its sights on how they work on the ground, using a landing pad they call the RDISt (Robotic Docking and Interchange Station).

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