Robotics

Students are being given the opportunity to learn about robotics first hand thanks to a recently launched academy from Universal Robots. Within interactive learning environments, students are introduced to automation and industrial applications, helping them to master robot programming in minutes.

Provider of workforce solutions, Adecco, part of The Adecco Group UK&I, has launched research which found that almost half of employees (48%) think Artificial Intelligence (AI) will positively benefit them, by helping them to work more flexibly. The Humans vs Robots report, based on responses from 1,000 board level and senior decision makers and over 1,000 workers in 13 sectors across the UK, reveals the potential impact roboti...

    Cat lovers can now add a touch of technology to playtime with their cherished animals, following the launch of a new Cat Drone.

UK provider of hand pallet trucks, Midland Pallet Trucks, has moved to quash the theory that robots will eventually replace humans in the workplace, and stressed the importance of their role. A delivery warehouse in Hangzhou, Zhejiang province, on the Chinese mainland recently hit the headlines after a mesmerising video of its little orange robots sorting parcels went viral (see below).

Natural selection exists so that when mother nature pits crocodiles against wildebeest and lions against antelopes, the survival of the fittest ensures that the circle of life is maintained. Nature and the animal kingdom is full of fights and battles, however, it turns out so is humanity. Entering the ring are several metallic and plastic drones going head-to-head with the terrifying forces of lightning, its man vs. nature in this one. ...

  Intel shooting star drones lit up the sky at Coachella, the annual music festival held in Coachella Valley, California. This created a beautiful aerial performance of colourful formations, twinkling stars and 3D animated objects.

Sometimes cobots are treated like humans; well this is certainly the case at the ‘Robozän’ temp agency, which actually leases robots to companies at just minimum wage. Designed to make our work easier, Cobots can execute monotonous or particularly hazardous tasks reliably and without complaint.

In what the company believes to be a ground-breaking development, NTT DOCOMO has developed a spherical drone display - an unmanned aerial vehicle that displays LED images on an omnidirectional spherical screen while in flight.

Last year saw the US automotive industry install a record number of industrial robots, approximately 17,500. These figures have been published by the Statistical Department of the International Federation of Robotics (IFR) and have also shown that the operational stock of industrial automotive robots has risen by about 52,000 units in the years 2010 to 2016. During the same period, the number of jobs in the US automotive sector rose by 260,600 - ...

New research has been published by workforce solutions provider, Adecco, which shows that almost half of employees (48%) think artificial intelligence (AI) will positively benefit them, by helping them to work more flexibly. The ‘Humans vs Robots’ report, based on responses from 1,000 board level and senior decision makers and over 1,000 workers in 13 sectors across the UK, reveals the potential impact robotics and AI will have o...