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Robots Are the New Milli Vanilli
A
New Zealand musician has released a video for the title track on his
album,
Automatica,
that features two industrial robots appearing to play a guitar, piano, and the drums. In reality, a
variety of special effects were used to make that appear to be the case. The
artist, Nigel Stanford, said that the music was composed to sound like the
robots were actually playing.
Find out more about what industrial robots can do.
Music Video:
Watch How It Was Made:
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Oct 9th 2017
Cobots Take Repetitive Tasks Off Workers’ Hands
At Atria Scandinavia in Sweden, 30 employees work alongside three
collaborative robots to increase efficiency in the line where gourmet and convenience foods are packaged. The company has deployed two Universal Robots UR5 robots and one UR10.
Johnny Jansson, Atria’s
Technical Manager, says “Our goal is to get reliable product lines where we can
produce efficiently and effectively while keeping our staffing costs down. As a
food producer, it is extremely important for us to min
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Aug 30th 2017
Improve Object Pick-up with Sensors
When implementing a collaborative robot in a pick and place
application, additional sensors can yield huge benefits. There are a myriad of
ways to do this, each with its own level of complexity and cost. Let’s explore
some options.Fixturing – No Sensor
RequiredThis method is tried and true. The biggest advantage to this
option is its low cost, low tech approach. It requires little to no training
but fixtures can be expensive and lack flexibility.In-Built Part DetectionBefore adding more se
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Aug 23rd 2017
Robots Taking a Bullet to Protect Your Weed
The marijuana industry has embraced
automation in nearly every aspect of production, safety and security. Traditional,
human-staffed outdoor crop security is “fraught with human error,” says Todd Kleperis, Chief Executive Officer of Hardcar Security, marijuana industry security provider. “At night guards
sleep, they play video games and spend time on social media.”
When violent
breaches happen, “these robots can take a gunshot better than a human. If you’ve
ever been shot, it’s very sc
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Aug 4th 2017
A Robot with Whiskers
Regardless of your feelings toward facial hair, whiskers are
a feature among nearly all mammals – mice, cats, sea lions – and each animal
may use them in a slightly different capacity whether to track currents or obstacles.
Mechanical engineer Mitra Hartmann of Northwestern University and her team are
implementing this concept for robotics.
When the whisker encounters an obstacle or other stimuli, it
trips a sensor on the follicle end, not in the whisker itself. Robot whiskers
would b
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Jul 21st 2017