Feature Articles
Intelligent transportation Systems: A Pipe Dream Whose Components May Already Be on the Road
“Intelligent Transportation Systems” can mean anything from good exit ramp design to autonomous vehicles that can pack a highway efficiently at high speed without causing accidents. While the utopian picture of smart cars on smart roads saving lives and fuel is still impractical, the evolution of technology designed to make driving more convenient, simpler and safer on a car-by-car basis is inching us closer to the point that the addition of a few linchpins will connect the pieces in a way that
Directed Market Expansion and Development Efforts in the Industrial Robotics Industry
To reduce risk and drive revenue, industrial robotics companies are expanding their customer base beyond manufacturing and assembly within large enterprises in the automotive, electronics and semiconductor industries by way of directed market expansion. The rate, scope and variety of industrial robotics directed market expansion efforts provides opportunities to large and small robotics companies, technology providers, systems integrators and distributors, and domain experts alike.
Industry Analysis
Barrett Technology Leads With Technology and Transforms an Industry
After changing the market for robotic manipulators with a practical, safe robotic arm, Barrett is trying to revolutionize the design of all robotic graspers with a small, modular, self-contained general-purpose servomotor controller.
Robotics Technology Consortium the Key to US DoD Ground Robotics Research Funding
The Robotics Technology Consortium (RTC) was created to improve the US Department of Defense’s (DoD) ground robotics technology acquisition process and investment planning, and acts as a facilitator for all of DoD’s joint ground robotics research programs. RTC membership is a must for those companies and research institutions that hope to tap into defense robotics research funding going forward.
Touch Bionics Focuses on i-LIMB Hand, Upper Body Prosthetics
Scotland based Touch Bionics has released the first commercial fully-articulated artificial hand – the well regarded and award winning i-Limb. The product itself, which is the result of more than 20 years of R&D work, looks and acts like a real human hand. As such, the i-Limb is a major advance in bionics and patient care. While the market for prosthetic hands is limited, Touch Bionics has a three year lead over competing commercial products.
Industry Updates
Korea Invests $750 Million in Robotics Industry
Robotics manufacturing is one of the fastest-growing industries in Korea; this investment is designed to make Korea a powerhouse in international robotics as well.
Global Economic Downfall Gets Asyst Technologies Delisted from NASDAQ
Asyst Technologies officials blamed the global economic downturn for declines in sales of flat-panel displays, whose manufacturers were Asyst’s largest customers.
Schilling Extends Robot Arm Product Line With “Dextrous” Atlas 7
The sixth in Schilling’s manipulator product line has greater lift capacity more angle-of-approach options and a longer reach than Schilling’s other arms.
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