Robotics
Four-legged robot designed to deliver packages
USC Viterbi researchers created a control algorithm that allows quadruped robots to adapt to unknowns in their environment, making them better-suited for delivering packages and other items in warehouse and other areas. See video.
Higher payload collaborative robot, AI-enabled robotics, laboratory integration
Larger payload collaborative robot, artificial intelligence (AI)-enhanced robotics, laboratory-robotics integration, robotic order fulfillment, and virtual reality robotic software were among advances at Pack Expo 2021 Las Vegas.
Technique speeds up thermal actuation for soft robotics
A new design for thermal actuators has been developed to help create rapid movement in soft robotic devices.
Know the benefits of no-code robotics
No code programming seeks to make the automation industry more autonomous and to democratize the use of robotics at the shop floor level.
Industrial robot component revenues to exceed $9 billion by 2025
The industrial robot industry is expected to exceed $9 billion by 2025 and show a healthy rebound after a tumultuous period due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Dexterous robotic hands manipulate objects with ease
Model-free framework reorients over 2,000 diverse objects with a hand facing both upward and downward, in a step toward more human-like manipulation. See video.
Robotics can help create upskilled jobs
Adopting robotics in the manufacturing sector can not only affect jobs, but it can result in the creation of new and upskilled jobs.
Robot pollinator developed as backup for declining insect populations
Researchers at West Virginia University (WVU) have developed a robot pollinator to care for individual crops efficiently, improve food security during insect declines and more.
Giving robots social skills
A machine-learning system developed by MIT researchers can help robots understand and perform certain social interactions.
Why AMRs are being adopted on factory floors
The autonomous mobile robot (AMR) market has been heavily driven by logistics customers and will overtake manufacturing as the largest user in 2022.
