Source:-idgconnect Insolvencies loom large, according to the International Monetary Fund’s (IMF) recent report into the global economy. As governments ease their financial support for businesses, we are already seeing redundancies across a number of sectors, including retail, travel, hospitality, entertainment and manufacturing. With so many businesses grinding to a halt over the past few months and now Read More
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Source:-galusaustralis The Global Intelligent Sweeping Robot Market Research Report Forecast 2020 – 2026 is a valuable source of insightful data for business strategists. It provides the industry overview with growth analysis and historical & futuristic cost, revenue, demand, and supply data (as applicable). The report also takes into account the impact of the novel COVID-19 Read More
Source:-analyticsinsight.net In the mid-twentieth century when the computer and its applications were starting to bring changes to the world, sociologist David Reisman had something stuck in his mind. He wondered what people would do once machine automation comes to effect and humans have no compulsion to do daily physical chores and strain their brain to Read More
Source: expresscomputer.in Giving robots, who currently rely on vision and touch to move around, power to hear sounds and predict the physical properties of objects around them can be a game changer, say researchers including two of Indian origin. People rarely use just one sense to understand the world, but robots usually only rely on Read More
Source: therahnuma.com Finnish telecom gear maker Nokia on Tuesday announced a collaboration with the Indian Institute of Science (IISc) in Bengaluru to establish a network robotics laboratory for research on socially relevant use cases based on 5G and emerging technologies. The Nokia Centre of Excellence (CoE) for Networked Robotics will promote interdisciplinary research involving robotics, Read More
Source: expresscomputer.in The COVID pandemic continues to wreak economic turmoil globally, hitting global trade and investment at its core with global supply chains facing unprecedented stress. Businesses and individuals continue to struggle to procure raw materials and products as factories, warehouses, and supply chains get affected by the intermittent lockdowns. In fact, even e-commerce came to Read More
Source: itproportal.com The use of robotics has gradually gathered momentum over the past decade or so. If you were to step into a factory or even a warehouse right now it’s likely you’d see robots in full flow. But to date that’s just where they’ve stayed: firmly on the factory floor. However, we’ve recently seen Read More
Source: techhq.com The pandemic has repeatedly reaffirmed our needs for robots. The time has come for industrial robots to take over factory floors and showcase the suite of benefits they bring to manufacturing. Robots are generally known to automate repetitive tasks and free up valuable time for their human colleagues to take on more complex Read More
Source: businesstoday.in Balaji Mitra, the CEO of Mitra Robot, a humanoid robot designed and developed by his startup venture Invento Robotics has complained to Commerce and Industry Minister Piyush Goyal that his company’s robots bound for the US customers have been held in the Bengaluru International Airport’s customs for four weeks. Mitra in a tweet on Read More
Source: techwireasia.com Nokia is setting up a robotics lab at the Indian Institute of Science for Research. Dubbed the ‘Nokia Centre of Excellence for Networked Robotics’, the center will serve as a hub for research into robotics, advanced communication technologies and artificial intelligence (AI). A particular focus will be the development of “socially relevant” use cases Read More
Source: analyticsinsight.net Robotics engineering is a field of engineering which focuses on building machines that repeat human activities. A robotics engineer makes these applications or self-sufficient machines (otherwise known as robots) for businesses such as mining, production, automotive, services and that’s just the beginning. Frequently, the objective is to program machines to do redundant, risky, Read More
Source: etftrends.com Knowledge is power and in today’s digital world, that knowledge is often documented in the form of data, which could be regarded as the world’s most valuable commodity. As such, exchange-traded fund (ETF) investors should be keen to capitalize on opportunities in big data. “Big Data is shaping up to be the most Read More
Source: dcvelocity.com Locus Robotics, the market leader in autonomous mobile robots (AMR) for fulfillment warehouses, today announced a strategic partnership with Balloon One, a London-based provider of software and supply chain applications for distribution, manufacturing and e-commerce companies. Together, Balloon One and Locus Robotics will provide customers with a more efficient, cost-effective solution to meet Read More
Source: analyticsinsight.net Technology is indispensable, a critical factor for innovation, could adding robotics to the school curriculum add to the making young minds more ready for the gen next technology? There is considerable anecdotal evidence that students show a well interpreted enthusiasm involving robot programming. To learn robotics, the internet offers plenty of resources both Read More
Source: sciencefocus.com What are robots and what can they do? Robots are machines that can carry out complex actions automatically. They generally need three elements: sensors such as cameras, lidar, or microphones; actuators such as motors, pistons or artificial muscles, and controllers. Robots may be remotely controlled by humans, but frequently they are partially or Read More
Source: tribuneindia.com A web-based online international training on ‘Automation and robotics in agriculture’ has been organised by the Department of Farm Machinery and Power Engineering at Punjab Agricultural University (PAU). The 10-day international training is being conducted under the aegis of the School of Natural Resource Management (SNRM), a project sponsored by the Indian Council Read More
Source: analyticsinsight.net Robots and robotics, the two ambiguous terms, have gained more traction after the onset of the COVID-19 crisis. From automating the industry chains to monitoring the public crowd, the resourcefulness in the pandemic is undeniable. Before that, robots have already worked in environments or job lines that are deemed hostile or beyond the Read More
Source: healio.com Wikipedia defines artificial intelligence as: In computer science, artificial intelligence, sometimes called machine intelligence, is intelligence demonstrated by machines, unlike the natural intelligence displayed by humans and animals. While AI is usually focused on learning, pattern recognition and problem solving, it can be combined with robotics to perform or assist in the performance Read More
Source: analyticsinsight.net PLEN Robotics Inc. established in July 2017, utilizes Robotics, IT, Artificial Intelligence, to produce IoT solutions that automize and streamline the hospitality industry. The company’s first product offering “PLEN Cube”, is a box-shaped AI assistant that uses face recognition and tracking functions to support cashless payments, hotel receptions, drink orders and digitalization of the customer’s behavior Read More
Source: zdnet.com Who doesn’t love shiny things? Well… robots for one. The same goes for transparent objects. At least, that’s long been the case. Machine vision has stumbled when it comes to shiny or reflective surfaces, and that’s limited use cases for automation even as advances in the field push robots into more and more new spaces. Now, researchers Read More
Source: zdnet.com The pool in our building in Los Angeles is open, but only by reservation and under strictly enforced social distancing guidelines. Between visitors, an attendant armed with a bottle of disinfecting spray retraces guests’ steps spritzing any surfacing they might have touched. Clean is the new norm. Hospital-level sanitation is now expected in Read More
Source: manilastandard.net Collaborative Robots or “cobots” are more than just a cool innovation we all are excited to discover and utilize. It is in fact widely used in manufacturing companies around the world, wherein automation has increased productivity dramatically, while realizing immense growth and sustainability. This has led to having cobots being hailed as one Read More
Source: enterpriseai.news Moving neuromorphic technology from the laboratory into practice has proven slow-going. This week, National University of Singapore researchers moved the needle forward demonstrating an event-driven, visual-tactile perception system that uses Intel’s Loihi chip to control a robotic arm combining tactile sensing and vision. Noteworthy, they also ran the exercise on a GPU system Read More
Source: in.reuters.com TOKYO (Reuters) – In August, a robot vaguely resembling a kangaroo will begin stacking sandwiches, drinks and ready meals on shelves at a Japanese convenience store in a test its maker, Telexistence, hopes will help trigger a wave of retail automation. Following that trial, store operator FamilyMart says it plans to use robot Read More
Source: dcvelocity.com BEIJING, CHINA – Jul. 14, 2020 – ForwardX Robotics, a key player in the development of Autonomous Mobile Robots, today announced it has joined Intel IoT Solutions Alliance as an Intel IoT Market Ready Solutions (IMRS) partner. Joining a vast network of over 6,000 solutions and more than 500 IoT leaders, ForwardX’s Matrix Read More
Source: crn.in Vuram empowers enterprises to seamlessly enable digital transformation, business predictability and sustainability through its cutting-edge technology suite encompassing Process Mining, Process Re-engineering & Implementation, Robotic Process Automation (RPA), Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Business Intelligence (BI). In an e-interaction with Gairika Mitra, Venkatesh Ramarathinam, CEO, Vuram, mentions about the current happenings in the IT ecosystem, how are organisations Read More
Source: datacentrenews.eu Robot-related services powered by cloud computing will reach US$157.8 billion in annual revenue by 2030, according to new figures released by ABI Research. The analyst firm says despite being only in its nascent stages, the value of cloud infrastructure to robots is key for both deployment (encompassing development, configuration, and instalment) and operation Read More
Source: analyticsinsight.net Robots have been deployed in manufacturing to fill several rule-based operations. Fully autonomous robots in manufacturing are utilized for high-volume, repetitive processes work which demands speed and accuracy for the process of lifting, holding and moving heavy pieces. Manufacturing robots automate rule-based repetitive tasks, enable a human workforce to shift its focus on Read More
Source: readwrite.com Thinking about the future of robots and autonomy is exciting; driverless cars, lights-out factories, urban air mobility, robotic surgeons available anywhere in the world. We’ve seen the building blocks come together in warehouses, retail stores, farms, and on the roads. It is now time to build robots for humans, not to replace them. We still have Read More
Source: techhq.com The disruption caused by the coronavirus has highlighted, time and again, how our pre-pandemic obsession with ‘going automated’ across industries held water. But away from production lines and other blue-collar applications, the University of Liverpool (UoL), UK has shown how robots can carry huge benefits by working non-stop within the bounds of academia Read More