Webinar: Autonomous Bin Picking for Cobots: Is it Finally Here? – May 14
Thursday May 14, 2020 11:30 AM ET / 8:30 AM PT Bin picking comes in many shapes and sizes, from high payload automotive and heavy equipment manufacturing applications, […]
A Robust Screen-Free Brain-Computer Interface for Robotic Object Selection
Brain signals represent a communication modality that can allow users of assistive robots to specify high-level goals, such as the object to fetch and deliver. In this paper, we consider […]
Perception-action loops for drones develop with Microsoft simulation approach
Sensing technologies have improved steadily, but the ability of robots to make decisions in real time based on what they perceive still has a long way to go to equal […]
Collaborative Research Project: Developing and Testing a Robot-Assisted Intervention for Children With Autism
The present work is a collaborative research aimed at testing the effectiveness of the robot-assisted intervention administered in real clinical settings by real educators. Social robots dedicated to assisting persons […]
How Smart Manufacturing Solutions Address Current Megatrends in the Packaging Industry
Flexibility is the ultimate strategy for success in today’s challenging market for food and beverage packaging. Companies are striving to produce increasingly large varieties of products – including various sizes […]
Tamiya Programmable Micro:bit Robot
Meet the Tamiya Microcomputer robot: a programmable micro:bit robot that can teach you a thing or two about technology. It comes with 130-type motors and has an ultrasonic sensor to […]
FLIR Scorpion Rugged Robot for EOD, Infantry
Meet the FLIR Scorpion: a rugged mobile robot that can fit in a rucksack and take on challenging terrain. The robot can climb, descent stairs and take on rocks and […]
Using AI to Improve Human-Robot Interactions
Plenty of companies are working on robots that will work alongside humans. Researchers are now planning to use AI to improve human-robot interactions in collaborative robots. They are proposing a […]
How robotics helps diagnose COVID-19 at new lab
Postdoctoral fellows Jenny Hamilton and Enrique Lin Shiao with an automated liquid-handling robot (Hamilton STARlet) that will be used to analyze swabs from patients to diagnose COVID-19. | Credit: Max […]