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Robots Tiptoe through the Tulips

Here’s the song, in case you don’t get the reference. But if the robots aren’t exactly tiptoeing through the tulips, they are traveling through them in some other way, identifying those that are affected by disease. Tulips are subject to viruses. That is in fact how the lovely Rembrandt tulips get their amazing colors. The… Read more »

Babysitter Robots?

Robot babysitters are not a new idea, but Nissan Motor and Japanese baby store Akachan Honpo have a new idea for parents who get distracted by crying babies in their cars. Learning that 60% of Japanese parents drive with their babies and no helper each week, the pair of companies got together to create a… Read more »

Robotic Common Sense

There’s constant talk about robots taking jobs from people. You’ve got nurses who are concerned about robo-care-givers, factory workers who cast sideways glances at the already automated tasks around them, and cab drivers who stay awake at night cursing self-driving cars. According to MIT labor economist David Autor, we don’t need to worry — robots… Read more »

PPE for Women

women's PPE

PPE, or personal protective equipment, is a must in most of the environments where you find Indramat machinery: factories, warehouses, printing press facilities, and the like. Hard hats, safety boots, ear protection, safety glasses, gloves, respirators, protective vests — all the gear that protects workers from hazards in the workplace. How well this equipment works… Read more »

In Need of Indramat Drives?

Finding replacement Indramat drives can be difficult. Indramat manufactured some of the best motion control products in the world for almost half a century. Many Indramat drives and servomotors are still in use today. It’s been nearly twenty years since Indramat has been in production, however. The company still lives on through Bosch Rexroth, but… Read more »

Amazon Gives up on Roomba

Last year, Amazon announced that it would acquire iRobot, the makers of Roomba automated vacuum cleaners, for 1.7 billion. Months later, they agreed to give up on the merger. “We’re disappointed that Amazon’s acquisition of iRobot could not proceed,” said Amazon’s General Counsel. “We’re believers in the future of consumer robotics in the home and… Read more »

Revolutions Don’t Happen Overnight

Waiting with bated breath for the monumental event to spark the next industrial revolution? Eagerly anticipating the arrival of Industry 4.0? Feel like there’s a lot of buzz around Industry 4.0 without proof of revolutionary change? Revolutions in industry aren’t triggered by a single event. The Industrial Revolution The Industrial Revolution took place over a… Read more »

BMW Chooses Humanoid Robots

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FigureAI’s general purpose humanoid robots will be showing up at a BMW plant, possibly the first use of bipedal bots in auto manufacturing. Figure 01, the robot in question, has hands with fingers and is just about the size of a human being. Obviously, it’s quite different from your average auto industry robot. The companies’… Read more »

How Soon Will AI Put Humans out of Work?

People have been worrying about being made redundant by robots for some time now, but researchers at MIT’s Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Lab are offering some cheering information. Is replacing humans cost-effective? The study suggests that just 23% of tasks could be replaced by AI cost-effectively. Previous research has found that about 30% of… Read more »

Humanoid Robot Predictions

Keeping up with X? If so, you might have seen a conversation between David Holz of Midjourney and Elon Musk of Tesla. “We should be expecting a billion humanoid robots on earth in the 2040s and a hundred billion (mostly alien) robots throughout the solar system in the 2060s,” Holz suggested. Musk replied, “Probably something… Read more »