Virtual Assistants Evolve, But Will They Be Integrated in Robots?
Source: Fribo Following the success of the first wave of virtual assistants such as Amazon Echo and Google Home, developers
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How Lightweight Gears, Actuators Improve Factory Productivity
After decades of decline, U.S. manufacturing is experiencing a renaissance, thanks in part to increasing factory productivity. For industrial automation
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Robot Investments Weekly: Mergers Mark Medical Robot Market; Mixed News in Drone Space
Consolidation continues in the surgical robot space, and aerial drone makers have one of those good news, bad news moments.
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RoboKind Continues Work Helping Autistic Children Learn Key Skills
Richard Margolin, RoboKind. Source: RoboKind For many years, there has been a range of research demonstrating that robots could be
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Harmonic Drive Announces Super-Flat FLA Actuators for Robotics
Source: Harmonic Drive PEABODY, Mass. — Harmonic Drive LLC, the leader in high-precision motion-control, has announced its FLA Series of
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NVIDIA Targets AI Offerings for Robotics, Medical Devices
Source: NVIDIA TOKYO — NVIDIA today expanded its artificial intelligence offerings, creating three new sets of AI GPU chips and
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Augmented Reality, Virtual Reality Are the Training Tools of the Future
Training employees on complex processes in manufacturing and assembly is a good use case for augmented reality and virtual reality.
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Medical Fields Find Immediate Benefit from 3D Printing
Credit: HP While the world is not yet at the stage where doctors can 3D print new organs for patients,
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The Pace Maker — New Prosthesis Comes Closer to Nature
A powered prosthesis can even be used to walk over difficult terrain, owing to a direct power transfer to the
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Epson Expands Award-Winning Flexion N-Series Robots With the N6 6-Axis Robot
The Flexon N6 six-axis robot is compact. Source: Epson CARSON, Calif. — Expanding on its award-winning Flexion™ N-Series lineup, Epson
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