Found in Robotics Companies & Businesses, with a score of 85.33
Freescale is the global leader in embedded processing solutions, advancing the automotive, consumer, industrial and networking markets. From microprocessors and microcontrollers to sensors, analog ICs and connectivity – our technologies are the foundation to the innovations that make our world greener, safer, healthier and more connected.
Found in Robotics Companies & Businesses, with a score of 69.33
EFI™ is a worldwide provider of products, technology and services leading the transformation of analog to digital imaging. Based in Silicon Valley, with offices around the globe, the company’s powerful integrated product portfolio includes digital front-end servers; superwide, wide-format, label and ceramic inkjet presses and inks; production workflow, web to print, and business automation software; and office, enterprise and mobile cloud solutions. These products allow users to produce, communicate and share information in an easy and effective way, and enable businesses to increase their profits, productivity, and efficiency.
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 60.16
MassRobotics has annnounced the dates, prizes and entry information for its second annual Form and Function Robotics Challenge. The challenge calls for university teams to create any type of robotics or automation project that delivers a compelling form factor specific to its task while accomplishing a useful function. The grand prize is $10,000 and there are $1,000 prizes for second and third place, along with a $1,000 Audience Choice Award. This challenge encourages cross collaboration between MassRobotics partners' software and hardware providers including AMD, Analog Devices, Danfoss, Festo, Lattice Semiconductor, Mitsubishi Electric, Novanta, Solidworks and igus. Why college students should…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 48.79
Servo and drive system components manufacturer Faulhaber recently announced a new integrated motion control (IMC) system for its 2200 series of BX4 brushless motors. The company said its 22xx…BX4 IMC features an extensive range of functions. The IMC adds 18mm, or 0.7 inches, in length to Faulhaber’s motors while providing a full-featured servo controller and a 12 bit encoder. Faulhaber said the full performance of the motors can be used in all different executions. The 22xx…BX4 IMC can be combined with Faulhaber’s GPT gearheads and new 22L linear actuators. Faulhaber said the diameter-conform design provides users with a system solution…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 38.73
Renesas Electronics Corp. yesterday announced that it has worked with eProsima to port the micro-ROS development framework into its Renesas Advanced microcontroller units, or RA MCUs. The Renesas EK-RA6M5 Evaluation Kit for RA MCUs is the official supported reference platform for micro-ROS, they said. The goal is to ease development of professional robotics applications, said the companies. “Robotics is becoming increasingly important as Industry 4.0 and Industrial IoT gain steam,” said Roger Wendelken, senior vice president in the IoT and Infrastructure Business Unit at Renesas. “The performance and feature set of the RA family make it the best choice for…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 28.84
The emergence of ubiquitous sensing and the Internet of Things (IoT) has sparked a migration of advanced processing, memory and communication resources to the network’s edge. In the process, these trends have caused a shift away from simple sensors to smart sensors, a move toward deploying greater intelligence at the data source. Yet the chain reaction does not stop there. Developers and users have started to push for analytics and the ability to perform more complex applications at the sensor level, due to the presence of more robust systems at the edge. This means giving smart sensors more muscle. Most…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 26.01
In real life, we prize the judgment of people who can recognize their own innate biases and prejudices and are willing to be transparent about them. Can a sensor be built to behave with the same integrity? Alternatively, can a sensor be built to warn you when it has reasons to believe the data it has collected may be flawed, unreliable or questionable? Tony Zarola, general manager of Analog Devices, thinks it’s imperative that we build sensors that way. After all, in the coming era of autonomous vehicles, we’ll be relying on them to navigate our cars and our loved…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 25.79
TRINAMIC Motion Control GmbH & Co. KG today introduced the TMCM-1321, which it claimed is the smallest and lowest-power single-axis servo controller and driver module with integrated motion control. The module enables two-phase bipolar stepper motors in robotics and automation equipment to optimize speed and synchronization of axes for quicker throughput while also reducing power loss by 75%, said the company. The TMCM-1321 features an on-board magnetic encoder and digital inputs for an optical encoder to simplify servo control for advanced feedback and diagnostics, improving productivity, TRINAMIC said. “When selecting an energy-efficient drive, engineers tend to look at servo drives,”…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 25.17
Ouster Inc. this week announced that it has released a 3D industrial lidar sensor suite designed for high-volume material handling applications. The line of high-resolution OS0 and OS1 sensors is configured to meet the requirements of forklift, port equipment, and mobile robot makers at price points to enable adoption in large fleets, said the company. “Material handling OEMs and companies manufacturing their own warehouse robots with unit demand for thousands of sensors require competitive volume pricing and a unique set of sensor capabilities,” said Nate Dickerman, president of field operations at Ouster. “The 3D capabilities of our industrial sensor suite…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 24.95
The Internet of Things (IoT) and edge computing have triggered the proliferation of connected devices, products that perform a rich assortment of functions and sport expanded capabilities. This, in turn, has increased the level of product design complexity engineers must tackle. The complexity becomes particularly evident when selecting processing resources for one of these devices. The problem is that engineers must not only meet a growing variety of seemingly conflicting design demands—like low-power operation and high performance—but they must do so using a bewildering assortment of processing options. Unfortunately, there are few easy answers. For processor architectures and technologies in…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 24.45
Advanced Navigation, which develops artificial intelligence for robotic and navigation technologies, today announced the expansion of its Boreas digital fiber-optic gyroscope, or DFOG, range with the new A Series. “The Boreas A90 and A70 are strategic-grade inertial measurement units (IMUs) that deliver acceleration and orientation with superior accuracy, stability, and reliability under all conditions with no reliance on GNSS [global navigation satellite systems],” claimed the company in a release. “They also feature automatic gyrocompassing with industry-leading reductions in size, weight, power and cost (SWaP-C) compared to competing systems on the market.” “Our world-first Boreas DFOG technology represented a step-change for…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 23.40
Any task that requires a human to work above ground or floor level carries risks. Today, RE2 Robotics Inc. announced that it has received $1.5 million in Phase II Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) funding to develop a flightline system for the U.S. Air Force Rapid Sustainment Office. The program, Mobile Autonomous Aircraft Platform for Sustainment (MAAPS), will focus on the development of dual RE2 Sapien robotic arms integrated with a JLG scissor lift to perform tasks on C-17 military aircraft at height. “Whether in the military or in commercial markets, working at height is inherently risky for aircraft maintenance…