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Sponsored by GAM. Imagine a small child trying to push a full-size adult in a shopping cart. It’s possible to get the cart moving (barely), but it would be very hard to start or stop. Steering could be disastrous—the child may not make it around a corner in time. “In servo tuning, this is when…
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Version 3 of the VDA 5050 communications framework serves as a toolkit for mixed fleets of mobile robots, says German association VDMA.
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Agile Robots said the partnership will focus on high-value industrial use cases in sectors with acute and growing demand for automation.
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Amazon-owned Zoox is expanding its purpose-built robotaxi service to San Francisco, Las Vegas, Austin, and Miami, marking a national rollout.
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Satellite connectivity enables autonomous drones to operate in remote areas, overcoming the limitations of terrestrial networks for critical BVLOS missions.
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Our reporter shares major AI and robotics takeaways from speakers and exhibitors at NVIDIA's GTC event in San Jose last week.
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While Unitree IPO is growing as a credible hardware business, industrial humanoid robots have a ways to go, says one roboticist.
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Orbbec and Basler unveiled at LogiMAT the Stereo mini, which combines 3D cameras and computer vision for logistics and other applications.
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Lucid Bots has raised a total of $34 million, as its drones collect data helping its owner-operators clean more consistently.
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NORD says its modular product portfolio offers high configurability for compact, efficient, and reliable drive systems engineered to individual application needs.
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