What’s Trending in the Automotive World and How Energy Storage Fits In
Incorporating ultracapacitors with batteries will greatly enable connectivity and autonomous driving features, helping automakers achieve the next level of innovation.
Universal Logic Announces New Neocortex DIY Software
Universal Logic announced today a new version of its signature Neocortex artificial intelligence product designed for do-it-yourself engineers. Neocortex DIY software allows engineers to configure and deploy AI-based robot cells for variable picking
Swift Navigation – Ruggedized Robustness for Robotic Applications
Duro® is a ruggedized version of Swift Navigation’s Piksi® Multi RTK GNSS receiver. Built to be tough, Duro is designed for easy integration into existing equipment. This affordable, easy-to-deploy GNSS sensor delivers robust, centimeter-accurate positioning while protected against weather, moisture, vibration, dust, water immersion and the unexpected that can occur in outdoor long-term deployments.
Swift Naviagtion – Ruggedized Robustness for Robotic Applications
Duro® is a ruggedized version of Swift Navigation’s Piksi® Multi RTK GNSS receiver. Built to be tough, Duro is designed for easy integration into existing equipment. This affordable, easy-to-deploy GNSS sensor delivers robust, centimeter-accurate positioning while protected against weather, moisture, vibration, dust, water immersion and the unexpected that can occur in outdoor long-term deployments.
Swift Naviagtion – High-Precision GPS Accuracy for Robotics
Duro® is a ruggedized version of the Piksi® Multi RTK GNSS receiver from Swift Navigation. Built to be tough, Duro is ideal for robotics applications and is designed for integration into existing equipment. This affordable, easy-to-deploy GNSS sensor is protected against weather, moisture, vibration, dust, water immersion and the unexpected that can occur in outdoor long-term deployments. Download the Duro vibration testing white paper from Swift Navigation.
A.I.-equipped Robots to Take on Task of Inspecting Piers and Bridges More Frequently
Researchers at Stevens Institute of Technology are developing algorithms that teach robots to adapt to the constantly changing dynamics of the sea in order to address one of our nation’s greatest concerns: protecting and preserving our aging water-rooted infrastructure.
Robots from Scrap Metal Parts
Gille Monte Ruici is a French artist, based in Paris, He builds sculptures, essentially robots, exclusively using recycled scrap metal parts. He finds his materials in trash cans, in the street, or in second hand trades. His approach gives these scraps a second life and repurposes them. He invents and makes unusual constructions. All the assemblies are done with screws or bolts. Metal is ideal, he likes the material, easy to work with particular reflections, differently patinated, which are harmonized easily. Why metal? Because more and more products of our daily life are made of plastic, these assemblages actually use objects from an earlier era that mark our memories, that encourage a slight nostalgia.
His approach consists in giving scrap metal parts a second life by diverting them from their original vocation. Each achievement made from what others view as waste is unique. It is important to demonstrate that waste, things destined for the garbage, can be recycled and become unique artistic objects. Often for the robots, he discover a box, a fire extinguisher, a toaster, a vacuum, an electric case…which is going to become the body, and after, he have to find what can make the other parts. Either the final vision is immediate, or the idea of the potential must mature and will emerge later on. And as pieces are unique, he can never reproduce a robot identically. The performance consists in creating, each time with absolutely different materials, different bots.
he loves assembling robots for their vintage appearance, and their terrible and invading look. With a little imagination, any element can fit into the assembly. Now he assemble robots with better finishes, sometimes he inserts luminous LEDs.
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Tesla Selects The Robotics Education & Competition Foundation As One Of The Initial Recipients Of The Company’s Nevada K-12 Investment Fund
The grant is part of a multi-year investment focused on initiatives that support K-12 STEM and sustainability education in Nevada
Neural Network from scratch-part 1
How to buld a neural network library using C++ and OpenCL
Ørsted Partners with SkySpecs to Conduct Automated Robotic Inspection on World’s Largest Offshore Wind Turbine Blades
Data collected will enable both companies to roll out technology on larger-sized wind turbines
Document clustering
Use unsupervised learning to cluster documents based on their content
Army researchers teaching robots to be more reliable teammates for soldiers
Researchers at the U.S. Army Research Laboratory and the Robotics Institute at Carnegie Mellon University developed a new technique to quickly teach robots novel traversal behaviors with minimal human oversight.
Metal Shark and ASV Global Introduce Sharktech Autonomous Vessels
Metal Shark is now offering Sharktech autonomous technology on its entire portfolio of vessels, which range from 16’ to over 300’ in aluminum, steel, and composite.
What Are Robots Doing at Schools?
With the help of telepresence robots, teachers can teach a lesson from anywhere. The robots are in classrooms. Their cameras and sensors are the eyes and ears of the teacher.
The FIRST Robotics Competition
FIRST Robotics Competition is the definitive sport for the mind, where high-school students participant in building and programming industrial-size robots to play a difficult field game against robotic competitors.