It’s tempting for North Americans to think the high-tech world revolves around them, given the size of the market and the number of innovations produced. But robots are not the product of chance but the result of hard work, favorable capital and regulatory environments, access to university talent, and networking. Robotics clusters are locations that have critical mass to advance technology and industry.
From automotive heavyweights such as Germany and Japan to smaller but forward-thinking nations such as Denmark and Singapore, we looked at what makes certain countries leaders in robotics. China, with its massive manufacturing base and stated ambition of surpassing the U.S. economically, is a rising market to watch and for some to partner with.
Within the U.S., MassRobotics, the Pittsburgh Robotics Network, and Silicon Valley Robotics have different strengths. They also joined forces in the U.S. Alliance of Robotics Clusters, announced at the Cascadia Connect conference in Pittsburgh in May. The new alliance plans to help other clusters and to present a unified voice for the industry to parties such as the incoming U.S. Congress.
From geometry preparation to AI-assisted analysis, integrated CFD workflows…
Software-based GripperAI manages mixed picking through basic geometry
Safety, communication and motion control components enable smooth operation
North America’s largest robotics and automation event winds down
