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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 7:00 AM. 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 7:00 AM
Read more 2 min read time
What's New in Robotics This Week - Jan 20

'Robotic sleeve' for hearts; Robot deliveries; Cobot market growth; Chinese robot reporter publishes first article; AI lawyer...

Emmet Cole
By Emmet Cole
on Jan 20, 2017 7:00 AM
Read more 8 min read time
Trending on DoF This Week - Jan. 19

What's trending on DoF this week? Unstacking using UR's built-in Seek function, manual tool changer, getting a UR on WIFI,...

Amanda Lee
By Amanda Lee
on Jan 19, 2017 7:00 AM
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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 7:00 AM
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What's New in Robotics This Week - Jan 13

More CES 2017 coverage; MEPs to vote on robot legal status; Cormorant passes another milestone; 'Can robots keep us safe?'; new...

Emmet Cole
By Emmet Cole
on Jan 13, 2017 7:00 AM
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Trending on DoF This Week - Jan. 12

What's trending on DoF this week? Force monitoring, establish an Ethernet/IP connection with the virtual robot of URSim, coval...

Amanda Lee
By Amanda Lee
on Jan 12, 2017 7:00 AM
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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 7:00 AM
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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 7:00 AM
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What's New in Robotics This Week - Jan 06

CES 2017 (assistant bots steal the show); Robotics and AI predictions for 2017; Moth drives robot car; Rover's 13th...

Emmet Cole
By Emmet Cole
on Jan 06, 2017 7:00 AM
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