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New Robotic Vision Capabilities Break Down Barriers to Automation

Picking an object from a bin or unstructured pile has been an ongoing obstacle and deal-breaker for automation solutions. Amazon is so serious about finding an answer that Amazon Robotics organizes the Amazon Picking Challenge, now the Amazon Robotics Challenge, to help find solutions to automation problems: “Commercially viable automated picking in unstructured environments still remains a difficult challenge.”

Karen Smock
By Karen Smock
on Jan 24, 2017 in Robotics. 2 min read time
New Robotic Vision Capabilities Break Down Barriers to Automation

Picking an object from a bin or unstructured pile has been an ongoing obstacle and deal-breaker for automation solutions....

Karen Smock
By Karen Smock
on Jan 24, 2017
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How to Benchmark a Robot Application in 10 Steps

You develop a new application for your robot, or modify an existing one. How do you know if you have improved the process?...

Alex Owen-Hill
By Alex Owen-Hill
on Jan 16, 2017
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What Is Robot Benchmarking?

Technical industries often have well established benchmarks, but not robotics. We introduce some promising new benchmarks for...

Alex Owen-Hill
By Alex Owen-Hill
on Jan 10, 2017
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5 Applications of Machine Learning

As we move forward into the digital age, our technology continues to make leaps and strides forward. One of the newest...

Mariane Davids
By Mariane Davids
on Jan 09, 2017
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What is the Best Programming Language for Robotics?

It's a question that a lot of new roboticists will ask at least once in their career. Unfortunately, it's also a question which...

Alex Owen-Hill
By Alex Owen-Hill
on Dec 28, 2016
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2016 -- The Year in Robotics

As the holiday season draws closer, pull up a chair, pour yourself a warm drink, and join us for a quick recap of some of the...

Emmet Cole
By Emmet Cole
on Dec 23, 2016
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Trending on DoF This Week - Dec. 15

What's trending on DoF this week? Case study with Claus Factory Inc., Wrist Camera URCaps UCC-1.1.1 update available for...

Amanda Lee
By Amanda Lee
on Dec 15, 2016
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What's New in Robotics This Week - Dec 09

Bio-inspired jumping bot; Atlas stays balanced on uneven terrain; NASA's satellite repair bot; human labor displacement; cobot...

Emmet Cole
By Emmet Cole
on Dec 09, 2016
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Five Awesome Applications for Craft Beer Robots

What tasks in a craft brewery can you do with a collaborative robot? Here are five great options to improve the efficiency,...

Alex Owen-Hill
By Alex Owen-Hill
on Dec 07, 2016
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