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10 Robotics Startups Changing Different Industries Today

March 13, 2022 · Robotics startups are making advances to serve the needs of many industries, from healthcare to construction. These 10 innovators provide practical technologies and hope for a brighter future.

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DOBOT Shows Second-Generation M1 Pro Collaborative Robot at iREX 2022

March 9, 2022 · DOBOT is showing its latest M1 Pro SCARA light industrial robot, which includes features for safe collaboration in manufacturing and education applications, at iREX 2022 in Tokyo this week.

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Robotics Promises to Help People With Disabilities

March 6, 2022 · The Paralympics are a good occasion to look at robotics, exoskeletons, prosthetics, and other assistive technologies in development.

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Grubhub Ends Mobile Delivery Relationship With Russian Internet Company Yandex

March 5, 2022 · Grubhub is reportedly ending its partnership with mobile delivery robot provider Yandex amid Russian's invasion of Ukraine. College campuses will have to seek other options.

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MIT, Harvard Researchers Examine Cognitive Theories to Clarify Robot Explanations

March 4, 2022 · MIT and Harvard researchers have published a new report that uses cognitive theory to explain how humans can better work with robots.

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11 Questions About the Future of Robotics With a Senior Engineer at ARRC

March 4, 2022 · Fatima Al Nuaimi, a senior associate engineer at the Autonomous Robotics Research Centre in Abu Dhabi, shared her experiences and insights in advance of International Women's Day.

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ReWalk Robotics, Imago Rehab Join Massachusetts Funded Wearables Research With Harvard, Boston University

March 4, 2022 · Massachusetts has awarded a grant worth $3 million to collaborators at Harvard, Boston University, ReWalk Robotics, and Imago Rehab to develop and commercialize assistive robotics.

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eKAMI Taps 14-Year-Old to Inspire Peers in Robotics

March 2, 2022 · Jacob Slone has always had an interest in technology and robotics. As eKAMI’s youngest student, he is getting more hands-on time with robots than most 14 year olds.

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Top 5 Robotics Trends for 2022, According to the International Federation of Robotics

February 19, 2022 · As the number of industrial robots in operation has increased from 2015, the International Federation of Robotics says it expects certain trends to continue, including greater ease of use.

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PTC to Provide Onshape to MassRobotics Startups to Accelerate Robot Design Process

February 17, 2022 · PTC is providing free licenses of its Onshape cloud CAD software to MassRobotics resident startups to accelerate the product-design process and help them be competitive.

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Humanoid Robots Could Reach Out and Take Patient’s Blood Pressure

February 14, 2022 · Simon Fraser University researchers have provided a humanoid robot with leech-inspired origami sensors in its fingertips to take ECG and PPG readings and obtain a patient's blood pressure.

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Cobots Flex Their Muscle in Manufacturing, Education

February 10, 2022 · Collaborative robots are finding more use cases in welding, education, and research and development. Companies such as Universal Robots, ABB, FANUC, and AUBO are leading the charge.

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Chartwells Higher Education Puts Picnic Pizza Automation on Texas A &M Campus

February 8, 2022 · Chartwells Higher Education, which serves 300 institutions, and Picnic claimed that they are bringing the world's first robotic pizza-assembly station to a U.S. college campus.

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ARM Institute Endorses Four More Robotics Training Programs

February 7, 2022 · The ARM Institute added four educational programs around robotics in manufacturing to its existing roster of seven programs as listed in the RoboticsCareer.org national resource.

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ARM Institute Selects Eight New Robotics Projects for Funding

January 28, 2022 · As the president visited the ARM Institute, the public-private consortium chose more projects to develop robotics and other technologies to meet U.S. defense and manufacturing needs.

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Johns Hopkins STAR Performs First Robotic Laparascopic Surgery Without Human Guidance

January 27, 2022 · Johns Hopkins researchers said their Smart Tissue Autonomous Robot, or STAR, successfully sutured two ends of pig intestine in one of the hardest tasks in abdominal surgery.

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Terradepth Co-CEO Describes Buddy Drones, Data Cloud Supporting Virtual Ocean Concept

January 22, 2022 · Terradepth, which recently named new executives, has developed drones to relay data to the cloud as part of its Virtual Ocean concept for undersea mapping.

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Juni Learning Partners With Makeblock, NASA, and Global Foundation for Ocean Exploration on STEM Education

January 20, 2022 · Juni Learning's new "Intro to Robotics: Exploring Uncharted Territories" STEAM course is intended to give students a chance to learn to program in Python and Scratch.

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Furhat Robotics Acquires Misty Robotics to Advance Human-Machine Interfaces

January 17, 2022 · Furhat said its acquisition of Sphero spinoff Misty will help it expand in the U.S. market and further develop social robots for consumer and business use.

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Gaumard Scientific to Introduce HAL S5301 Multidisciplinary Patient Simulator

January 14, 2022 · Gaumard Scientific's HAL S5301 is its latest humanoid robot, which can simulate brain injury with sophisticated movement and speech technology for training medical personnel.

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