Archive 21.08.2018

English-speaking AI robots will be helping out in some 500 Japanese classrooms from next year as the country seeks to improve its English skills among both children and teachers.

Get a sneak peek at this year’s PACK EXPO International and Healthcare Packaging EXPO show floor

Robots that can diagnose diseases, play badminton and wow audiences with their musical skills are among the machines China hopes could revolutionise its economy, with visitors to a Beijing exhibition offered a glimpse of an automated future.

In future decades, the need for effective strategies for medical rehabilitation will increase significantly, because patients' rate of survival after diseases with severe functional deficits, such as a stroke, will increase. Socially assistive robots (SARs) are already being used in rehabilitation for this reason. In the journal Science Robotics, a research team led by neuroscientist Dr. Philipp Kellmeyer of the Freiburg University Medical Center and Prof. Dr. Oliver Müller from the Department of Philosophy of the University of Freiburg, analyzes the improvements necessary to make SARs valuable and trustworthy assistants for medical therapies.

Booth #236417 - ATI will present three new products at the 2018 show. You may have heard about the Axia80; ATI’s high-performance, low-cost force/torque sensor, but this year attendees can see it live in an interactive demonstration.

North Building, Level 3, Booth #236592 - Three new products - the Gecko gripper, Polyskin Tactile Gripper and the RG-F/T gripper - will have their US launch at the show. We will, of course, also show our standard equipment, such as the RG2 and RG6 grippers

East Building, Level 3, #134765 - Rethink Robotics will be exhibiting its Sawyer cobot alongside two recent product developments at IMTS 2018: The ClickSmart™ platform and its family of gripper kits and the industry-leading software, Intera 5 with Intera Insights.

Pilot program empowers global companies with shelf data to uncover in-store opportunities.

What is behind the NALU Deepmind paper

IMTS 2018 takes place at McCormick Place in Chicago, IL September 10th - 15th. This RoboticsTomorrow.com Special Tradeshow report aims to bring you news, articles and products from this years event.

Booth #236479 - Linear Motor Stages with Built-in Controllers and Linear Encoders With the built-in controller, the X-LDQ-AE is a first of its kind - making set-up as easy as 1-2-3.

Elmo has doubled the power of its ultra-small, already powerful servo drive, the Gold Twitter, to suit the most demanding applications in the era of Industry 4.0.

How deep learning is changing the world

The software was created as a solution for companies, hotels, hospitals and all facilities that handle personal customer service. Robot-the receptionist welcomes and says goodbye to customers and provides all essential information.

Given the high costs associated with almost all forms of delivery—shipping, trucking and aviation—it’s not surprising that industries are exploring how drones can augment traditional delivery methods to reduce costs.