Alkmaar students win Sioux Mechatronics Trophy with battery changing robot
The Batt Boys student team at Inholland Alkmaar University of Applied Sciences won the Sioux Tech Festival last night. A total of twelve student teams from different European countries took part in the tenth edition of the competition, working for a year on an autonomous robot that can change empty ... Read more
Nvidia launches Isaac SDK for AI-controlled robot development
Nvidia has made his Isaac SDK available for download. The software development kit is part of the chip manufacturer's efforts to help make robot development more accessible to a wider audience.
The Isaac SDK was announced last month, but has only now been made generally available. According to TechC... Read more
“Most knowledge workers like to work with robots.
A large majority of knowledge workers like to work with robots that automate companies faster and faster and like to learn new skills. This is the result of a survey conducted by Blue Prism, the manufacturer of automation software, among five thousand professionals.
According to the study, 83 percen... Read more
A terminally ill patient is told by a robot that he doesn’t live long anymore.
The health care sector is undergoing major developments. Robots, for example, already help in carrying out complex operations. But sometimes developments take a turn for the better, as was the case with the 78-year-old Ernest Quintana. He was told by a robot that he would die in a few days.
Accordin... Read more
Amazon employees to hospital after robot accident in a warehouse
Last Wednesday there was a striking accident in an Amazon warehouse. A robot pierced a can with bear spray, filling an entire floor of the warehouse with gases. Dozens of employees are currently in hospital, including one in critical condition.
The accident took place in a warehouse in Robbinsville ... Read more
UiPath raises $265 million on new investment round
The company UiPath, which is active in the automation of processes via robotics, has raised a lot of money during a new investment round. Initially, the round ended with 225 million dollars, with a substantial investment by Alphabets CapitalG, but thanks to an expansion of the round, the total is 26... Read more
Nvidia makes it easier to train robots to pick things up
It is still complicated for robots to deal with objects that are suddenly lying in a different place than usual. However, a team of researchers from Nvidia has found a way to make it easier to train robots to find that stuff, reports ZDNet.
A robot needs an algorithm for computer vision to find and ... Read more