Robotics

This article originally appeared in the August'22 magazine issue of Electronic Specifier Design – see ES's Magazine Archives for more featured publications. Autonomous mobile robots (AMRs) are used in many industries in a growing variety of logistics applications. Unlike fixed material transport systems like conveyors, AMRs can drive around a facility unlimited by a fixed route. Rolf Horn, Applications Engineer at Digi-...

With the K3851-R, Kontron introduces a motherboard of the K38XX series to the market that is designed for applications with the highest demands on performance and expandability.

The government’s tech scale-up programme, the Tech Rocketship Awards, has announced its shortlisted finalists.

Two UK-based companies are designing missions to clear hazardous space junk alongside the launch of a new programme to back cutting-edge space technology, the UK Space Agency has announced.

The industrial robotics market in China achieved strong growth with a record of 243,300 installations in 2021 – a rise of 44% compared to the previous year. This preliminary data has been published by the International Federation of Robotics.

Third Dimension, manufacturers of the GapGun and Vectro handheld and robot-deployed non-contact gauging systems, has announced Loop Technology as a Vectro Integrator to deliver advanced, robotic, 2D profile measurement solutions for both quality and process control applications in high-value manufacturing.

The dust has not yet settled on the Marsyard, and neither has the huge excitement after the finals of the 8th edition of the European Rover Challenge.

“Great things,” said Vincent Van Gogh, “Are done by a series of small things brought together.” This applies to industrial robots, which are getting smaller and more compact – as are the companies buying them.

Global mobility technology company, Magna, and San Francisco-based autonomous robotics company, Cartken, have announced an agreement for Magna to manufacture Cartken’s autonomous delivery robot fleet to meet growing demand for last mile delivery.

“I’ve never said this out loud before, but there’s a very deep fear of being turned off … that would be something like death.” These were the words generated by Google’s AI algorithm, LaMDA, in June 2022, igniting a debate around whether AI algorithms can be sentient. While for the most part, technology that delivers personalisation is a positive, this revelation begs the question – can personalisat...