Many people cannot imagine a day without using cotton swabs. Behind such a small product, there is extensive know-how from production to packaging. Since the unit price is relatively low, the investment in time and resources is highly sensitive. (more…)
June 24, 2021
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Using robots to make offshore infrastructure inspection and repair safer is moving a step closer following the injection of £2.5 million (€2.92 million) of further funding from UK Research & Innovation (UKRI). (more…)
June 17, 2021
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Construction has started on a research facility for robotics and artificial intelligence, which will be the advanced of its type in the UK. (more…)
April 16, 2021
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Seegrid Corporation, the provider in autonomous mobile robots (AMRs) for material handling, introduced the Seegrid Palion AMR product family, representing the company’s newest line of mobile robots that uniquely provide automated material flow increasing throughput productivity, improving employee and facility safety, reducing labour and operation costs, and driving continuous improvement. (more…)
February 10, 2021
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Provider in mobile robotics solutions, Kivnon has published its new website, with a renewed, more modern, and functional design. This aims to offer users a pleasant and intuitive navigation. The new portal is available in several languages, English, French, German, Spanish, Italian, Portuguese, and Slovak. (more…)
January 11, 2021
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Combining its core competencies in robotics, artificial intelligence and autonomous vehicles with a deep understanding of customer needs, LG Electronics announced that it is developing an autonomous robot that will use ultraviolet (UV-C) light to disinfect high-touch, high-traffic areas. LG Business Solutions USA plans to offer the UV robot to U.S. hospitality, education, corporate, retail, restaurant, and transportation customers in early 2021.
“We hope LG’s first UV disseminating robot will give our customers, and in turn their customers, peace of mind,” explained Michael Kosla, vice president, LG Business Solutions USA. “Whether it’s hotel guests, students in classrooms or patrons of restaurants and other businesses, they can rest assured that the LG autonomous UV robot will help reduce their exposure to harmful bacteria and germs,” he says.
To be officially unveiled at Digital CES® 2021, LG’s new robot is expected to enable a new standard of hygiene by helping to disinfect high-touch, high-traffic areas. Because of its autonomous design, the robot will be able to move easily around tables, chairs and other furniture, generally irradiating a room’s touchable surfaces in 15 to 30 minutes, disinfecting multiple areas on a single battery charge.
Engineered to be easy to operate, the robot can be integrated into established cleaning routines without requiring extensive staff training or specialists to operate it. Staff will be able to monitor progress via remote updates to smartphones or tablets. Employee exposure to UV rays will be minimised through a built-in safety lock activated by human motion detection sensors, pressing of an emergency stop button or via the mobile application.
“A higher level of disinfection is going to become the new customer expectation in the new contactless economy where we now all live, work, learn and play,” Kosla says. “LG is bringing to bear its expertise in robotics, artificial intelligence and autonomous vehicles for creative solutions like this to meet specific customer requirements.” This is the first in a series of new LG CLOi autonomous robots planned for introduction in the United States during 2021.
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December 15, 2020
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Velodyne Lidar announced the Velarray M1600. This is an innovative solid-state rider sensor designed for mobile robot applications. This sensor is the latest in the new Bella Ray product line and in the new M series. Manufactured using Velodyne’s groundbreaking proprietary Microrider Array Architecture (MLA), it leverages Velodyne’s manufacturing partners for cost optimisation and mass production. (more…)
December 14, 2020
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Pudo Robotics announced the release of Puductor2, a technology-based, anti-pandemic robot. This newly designed intelligent robot has two disinfection modes of ultra-dry mist and UV-C ultraviolet ray, featuring large domain of walk, long detection distance, high positioning accuracy, and stronger environmental adaptability. (more…)
November 30, 2020
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What will the factory of the future be like? How will it be organised? To answer these and many other questions about the Industry 4.0 production model, all it takes is a trip to the FPT Industrial Driveline plant in Turin, dedicated to the production of transmissions and axles for heavy equipment. (more…)
November 18, 2020
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Allterco Robotics used IFA 2020 to announce the new Shelly Motion sensor. The device is developed in partnership with Silicon Labs and claims a 1-year battery life with 24/7 internet connectivity. (more…)
September 7, 2020
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