Robots are popping up everywhere. They’ve been in manufacturing for years, but now automated robots are being put to work in the food industry, security, hotels, and even piloting planes. It turns out that robots are just as well suited to flip your burgers as they are to fly you through the air. Robotics is… Read more »

After a decade of floundering, the manufacturing industry is starting to pick back up. New automation technologies are constantly being implemented in the industry, but at the same time, there are also more manufacturing jobs being created. Since robots can tackle the simple tasks, more specialized work needs to be done by skilled human workers…. Read more »

The thought alone of boarding an airplane is enough to set plenty of people to hyperventilating. Maybe it’s the thought of being 39,000 ft. up in the air, or the idea of being enclosed in a tiny little space, breathing the breaths of hundreds of other people. Or maybe it’s the thought that for the… Read more »

Today is Boxing Day!… but we don’t really do Boxing Day here in the United States. Unless you’re familiar with Boxing Day, you might assume that it involves riveting bouts between heavyweight pugilists, or maybe it’s a day where you put things in boxes, or maybe even a day that celebrates the glorious invention that… Read more »

We would like to wish everyone a Merry Christmas! 96% of Christians in the U.S. celebrate Christmas, but PEW research shows that 81% of U.S. non-Christians celebrate Christmas as well. That may or may not be surprising to you, but did you know that robots celebrate Christmas too?! Here’s a very odd little music video… Read more »

A recent McKinsey Global Institute report says by 2025 there could be an increased $6.2 trillion in a new global economy thanks to IoT (Internet of Things) technologies. The report also said that a minimum of 80% and up to 100% of businesses could be using IoT applications in some way shape or form by… Read more »

When most people think about servo motors, they think about how they make things easier and more efficient. This is absolutely true. Without servo motors there’s no way that factories could operate at the scale they operate today. The human work rate is nowhere near that of automation. But more than just making the impossible… Read more »

China is the largest robot manufacturer in the world. The country has around 420 robot makers and 30 different robotic industrial parks. More and more robot manufacturers are popping up everyday, indicating that China will continue to be the world’s leader in robot manufacturing for quite some time. However, despite the vast number of robots… Read more »

They’re using robotic security guards in Silicon Valley. Yes, crime fighting automated robots designed to keep the world’s largest technology corporations safe from harm. If you tried to imagine what these robots look like without the aid of a photograph, you might picture some big, robust humanoid. Maybe it’s equipped with rockets, or laser guns,… Read more »

For a long time, manufacturing wages were some of the highest on average. However, recent reports have shown that manufacturing jobs aren’t paying as much as they used to. The National Employment Law Project (NELP) reports that over the last decade mean wages have fallen by 5%. This might not sound like much, but combine… Read more »