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IndustryWeek
September 1, 2008
John Teresko |
What Happened to the "Auto" in Automation? Robot sales on the decline to automakers, but on the rise in other sectors.   |
IndustryWeek
September 14, 2011 |
Robot Orders Jump 41% in North America for First Half of 2011 Automotive manufacturers and their suppliers spark growth. |
IndustryWeek
February 2, 2012
Josh Cable |
Auto-Industry Demand Drives Record Year for Robot Sales But the industry saw gains in other sectors as well. Sales to non-automotive customers grew 27%, led by metalworking industries (up 56%) and semiconductor/electronics/photonics (up 24%), according to the Robotic Industries Association. |
IndustryWeek
February 15, 2012
Josh Cable |
Industrial Robotics Expand Beyond the Automotive Industry Thanks to the maturation of robotics technology, a growing number of industries are using robots for a wider range of applications. |
IndustryWeek
June 1, 2008
John Teresko |
The Future is Now for the Robot Revolution The next wave of robots will be remarkably human in appearance and function. |
IndustryWeek
July 1, 2005
John Teresko |
New Roles For Robots Once viewed largely as a way to save on labor costs, robots today have taken on more significant roles in manufacturing. They're part of global competitiveness plans and are seeing, moving and servicing better than ever. |
IndustryWeek
June 1, 2008
John Teresko |
A Robot that Can Smile or Frown MIT debuts Nexi, a robot with facial expressions. |
IndustryWeek
October 1, 2007
John Teresko |
Meet the New Robots The latest generation of robots offers performance advances, growing integration of vision and an enlarging capability to transform manufacturing. |
IndustryWeek
October 1, 2006
John Teresko |
Mobile Robots: Automating The Warehouse At Staples, Inc. a mobile robot-based system helped triple order fulfillment rate per operator at a retailer's warehouse. |
Inc.
April 2006
Chuck Green |
A Record Year For Robots New orders of industrial robots jumped by 23 percent in 2005, thanks in part to growing interest in robots among entrepreneurs. Larger tax credits for purchases of new equipment are driving the trend, as are other factors. |
IndustryWeek
September 1, 2008
John Teresko |
Getting Lean with Armless Robots In warehousing, armless mobile robots combine productivity gains with implementation savings through the elimination of waste. |
IndustryWeek
May 12, 2010 |
Bringing Automation to Solar Manufacturing Robots can significantly reduce cost in the photovoltaic manufacturing process. Here's a guide to picking the right one. |
| Knowledge@Wharton |
From R2D2 to Spirit and Beyond: What's in Store for Intelligent Robots? While we tend to imagine robots in terms of sci-fi adventures and movies, or as legions of automatons replacing human workers in the job force, the truth may be more mundane and less sinister. |
IndustryWeek
February 1, 2007
Traci Purdum |
Cap Ex Predicted To Rise By 8.5% In 2007 Primary metals, machinery and chemical products are some of the industries expected to show increases in 2007. |
IndustryWeek
September 1, 2002
John Teresko |
Robots Revolution The arrival of robots at General Motors Corp. in 1961 brought the promise of flexible automation. Today's advances in research offer robots the chance to reach their full industrial potential. |
Food Engineering
October 1, 2005
Sal Spada |
Avoiding Close Encounters Between Man and Machine Food processors must assume responsibility for creating safety in robotic workspaces. |
IEEE Spectrum
December 2006 |
Just Charge It At Robot Kitchen, in Hong Kong, robots greet, seat, and feed patrons. |
Food Engineering
January 1, 2007 |
Automation solution Rockwell Automation's robotic systems are suitable for pick-and-place and other complex motion control applications. |
IndustryWeek
May 19, 2010 |
Food For Thought in Robot Technology As the door swings open for wider use of robots in food processing, advances create a bridge between the digital and physical. |
Fast Company
July 1, 2007
Evan West |
These Robots Play Fetch E-commerce is a wonderful thing, but for the warehouse it can be a nightmare. Enter the robots. Staples discovers that a team of mechanical super-retrievers -- in day-glo orange -- can keep a warehouse humming. |
The Motley Fool
September 14, 2006
Jack Uldrich |
Toyota Jumps the Competition Its latest robotic development suggests the the world's No. 2 automaker might not just be leaping its automotive competitors. Investors, take note. |
Chemistry World
July 9, 2015
Matthew Gunther |
3D printing allows soft robots to rise up Although they may not be taking over the world any time soon, a 3D printed soft robot mimicking the flexible body of an invertebrate has been manufactured by a group of scientists in the US. |
IEEE Spectrum
July 2008
Erico Guizzo |
Three Engineers, Hundreds of Robots, One Warehouse Kiva Systems wants to revolutionize distribution centers by setting swarms of robots loose on the inventory |
IndustryWeek
April 1, 2002
John Teresko |
Robots Evolution At GM and Xerox, new applications are redefining both the strategic value and appearance of robots... |
The Motley Fool
October 4, 2006
Dan Caplinger |
Know Your Numbers: Factory Orders While the factory-orders report takes much of its information from data previously released in the durable goods report, the Census Bureau provides some helpful supplemental information that is helpful in evaluating particular industries within the manufacturing sector. |
Home Toys
June 2002
Galaasen & Hengl |
Robotic Technology Has Arrived With the increased use of microchips in equipment such as appliances, heating and cooling systems, entertainment systems, fire and burglar alarms and the general trend towards home automation, advanced personal robotics naturally follows. |
IEEE Spectrum
October 2012
Guizzo & Ackerman |
How Rethink Robotics Built Its New Baxter Robot Worker Rodney Brooks's new start-up wants to spark a factory revolution with a low-cost, user-friendly robot |
IndustryWeek
February 15, 2012
Josh Cable |
The Future of Robotics in Manufacturing: Moving to the Other Side of the Factory To boldly go where they've never gone before, robots will need to become smarter, cheaper and easier to use. The industry could turn to an unlikely source to get there. |
The Motley Fool
September 18, 2007
Jack Uldrich |
iRobot Loses a Battle Shares fall following news that a major contract to supply lightweight tactical robots to the U.S. Army was awarded to a rival. Investors, take note. |
IndustryWeek
November 1, 2006
John Teresko |
Maximize Production By Automating For Safety As production gets more complex, technology is adapting to help manufacturers compensate. |
The Motley Fool
June 24, 2010
Rich Smith |
Orders Plunge. Time to Blame Boeing? It's a case of good news, bad news, and ... not enough news. |
PC Magazine
January 29, 2004
Sebastian Rupley |
Racy Robots Military aircraft inspired the slick-looking designs for a new line of robots from start-up company White Box Robotics. Unlike the predetermined features in most robots, White Box's robots will be designed to let each owner choose what his robot will do. |
IndustryWeek
October 20, 2010 |
Swifter and Smaller, Robots Finding Wider Application In manufacturing, not only can robots carry heavier loads at faster speeds, they can be easily programmed too. |
PC Magazine
December 20, 2006
Sebastian Rupley |
Robot Showpieces Sure you've seen robots, but how about robot art? |
BusinessWeek
July 19, 2004 |
A Chat With Roomba Man The surprise success of iRobot's Roomba vacuum cleaner marked the arrival of mobile robotic appliances. Yet the company's CEO and co-founder is cautious about the future of more advanced humanoid robots. |
BusinessWeek
March 3, 2011
Brian Bremner |
Service Robots: Rise of the Machines (Again) U.S. companies chase the fast-growing market for service bots |
BusinessWeek
July 4, 2005 |
ABB Starts To See Daylight ABB's U.S. chief, Dinesh Paliwal, talks about how it is getting in on the global factory boom |
The Motley Fool
May 25, 2011
Rich Smith |
Where Did All the Growth Go? The durable goods report paints a grim picture. Don't believe it. |
The Motley Fool
October 31, 2006
Jack Uldrich |
Onward Robotic Soldiers A major Defense Department initiative could be a boon to robot manufacturers. Investors, take note. |
Fast Company
John Paul Titlow |
We're Doomed: Robots Can Now Learn To Adapt To Injuries A new study published today in Nature explains how robots can use a sort of "evolutionary algorithm" to learn new ways of operating after being injured, according to the MIT Technology Review. |
InternetNews
March 2, 2007
Michael Hickins |
Clash of The Robots The National Institute of Standards and Technology warns too may robots spell trouble. |
IndustryWeek
December 1, 2002
Jill Jusko |
The Robot Evolution MIT's Rodney A. Brooks is among researchers leading the charge to develop a smarter and more useful artificial creature. |
National Defense
May 2013
Valerie Insinna |
Opportunities for Non-Military Robots Increase In the last decade, the U.S. military poured money into unmanned ground systems to help protect troops against improvised explosive devices, but the Defense Department won't need all those robots once the war in Afghanistan comes to a close. |
IndustryWeek
July 1, 2008
John Teresko |
Winning With Digital Manufacturing Digital manufacturing offers the ability to visualize a finished product before it is actually made, offering reduced costs and increased efficiencies. |
IndustryWeek
May 16, 2012
Alan Beaulieu |
No Time for Uncertainty Healthy activity in consumer durable goods providing positive economic signals |
IndustryWeek
October 21, 2009
Peter Alpern |
Eye Robot Like TVs and laptops, vision-guided systems for manufacturing have gotten smaller, more sophisticated, less expensive and easier to use. |
The Motley Fool
January 31, 2007
Jack Uldrich |
Park 'n' Save With Robots Consider some modest investments in the emerging field of robotics, then park those investments away. |
The Motley Fool
October 4, 2007
Jack Uldrich |
iRobot's Emotional Appeal People's personal attachment to their Roomba vacuums bodes well for iRobot's future prospects. |
Wired
March 23, 2009
Katharine Gammon |
Stock-Boy Bots Are Stealing American Jobs Robots are stealing American warehouse jobs. |
IndustryWeek
September 1, 2008
John Teresko |
Seeking the Lean Potential of Robots Production managers don't always know exactly what cell operators are dealing with. |
