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Disney’s New Huggable Robots
Martin Buehler, Executive R&D Imaginer at Walt Disney, took the stage at RoboBusiness 2017 to encourage all organizations to prepare for a future in robotics by stepping outside their comfort zone. He urged participants to use their creativity for user-friendly design and enhancing the customer experience.
Earlier this year, Disney applied for a
patent on “soft-body” robots designed for “physical interaction with humans.”
The design specifies the inside to be filled with gas or ai
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Oct 18th 2017
Robot Labor Costs Now Cheaper than Chinese Workers
Labor costs in China have risen steadily over the last
several decades. With the rise in international labor costs, the decreased
interest of American workers in performing repetitive tasks, and a surge in
affordable automation choices, robots are poised to take over jobs
traditionally outsourced to international facilities.In the 1960s, robots were preferred to do dangerous jobs and
smaller robots became popular later for assembling parts and material handling.
The introduction of collabo
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Jul 19th 2017
The Dollars and Sense of Collaborative Robots
Imagining an employee who can work 24/7, be completely
consistent in their work, never take a vacation, never complain, never get
distracted or file a workman’s comp claim sounds like a straightforward way to
figure a great return on investment in a collaborative robot. But is it really
that simple? Maybe in some cases, but it really depends on the work the robot
will do and the associated value of that work. A more in-depth analysis of the
overall situation may reveal that the robot
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Jun 2nd 2017
Cobots Provide Plenty of Artistic License for Creative Applications: No “Genius” Required
This year’s SXSW festival in Austin, Texas featured a UR10 cobot in a show-stopping demo that highlights the robot’s creative capabilities. The demo was developed to help launch National Geographics’ new “Genius” TV series based on the life of Albert Einstein. People were invited to tweet a photo of themselves to a UR10 robot set up in front of a digital chalkboard. Using Einstein’s own handwriting, the cobot quickly began writing the inventor’s equations on the chalkboard, in seemingly random l
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May 30th 2017
Collaborative Robots Creating Jobs and Increasing Job Satisfaction
Even for labor-intensive countries like India, the surge in
use of collaborative robots is having a positive effect. With the goal of
reducing errors, achieving consistent quality, and reducing the workforce in
areas of mass production, Indian factories still need human operators for the
robots. Some manual processes are still required, which offers the workforce
some protection.Humans must co-exist with innovative technologies. The idea
of collaborative robots was introduced in India by U
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May 24th 2017