AI in robotics

separating fact from fiction

Mar 08, 2022 — There is considerable misunderstanding around the role of AI in robotics. Human-like robots with super intelligence are standard fare in entertainment, while terms such as ‘robotic process automation’ and ‘bots’ refer to software applications with no physical robot.

Understanding the new five-year development plan for the robotics industry in China

Jan 25, 2022 — China's Ministry issued "The five-year development plan for the robotics industry in the 14th Five-year" end of 2021.

The Significance of Software in the Evolution of Robotics

Software’s Critical Role in Robots’ Future

Dec 07, 2021 — As the 20th century began, many people thought robots would be part of everyday life by the year 2000.

Service Robotics inspired by the Pandemic

Record number of service robotics companies observed

Nov 22, 2021 — The challenges caused by the coronavirus pandemic continued in 2021 – for many of us much longer and tougher than we had expected back in the summer of last year. However, after many “lessons learned”, with a variety of new concepts and many compromises in private and professional everyday life we approach the “New Normal”.

Robot Sales Continue to Climb

World Robotics 2021 report published

Nov 01, 2021 — We are living through an era of historic transformation. While the way we live and work has changed more in the past year than in the previous 30, the underlying trends driving that transformation haven’t changed – they’ve simply accelerated with the pandemic.

VDA 5050 explained

an Overview of the evolving AGV Communication Standard

Oct 11, 2021 — If you are in Europe and work with, or plan to invest, in automated guided vehicles (AGVs), you might have heard of VDA 5050.

Multi-Tasking Industrial Robots: A Future Within Reach for Today’s Manufacturers

Technology Trends

Sep 21, 2021 — For decades, robots were designed and programmed to perform one task and one task only.

The mobile revolution

Sep 07, 2021 — How autonomous mobile robots are reshaping manufacturing, logistics, healthcare and retail

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