robotics

Are Robots Really a Threat to Jobs?

For those concerned with bringing home manufacturing jobs that have moved from the United States to China, robots and other industrial automation tools represent a beacon of hope and ...Full Article

Robots Lend an Arm to Automotive Workers

<img style="float: left;" src="http://media2.hpcwire.com/dmr/bmw.robotsx299.jpg" alt="" width="95" height="95" border="0" />Although we all interact with automation systems daily, the age of interacting with full-fledged robots is upon us. While this idea ...Full Article

DARPA to Create Underwater Drone Nests

DARPA, the Pentagon’s research agency, plans on creating underwater platforms that can be deployed at a moment’s notice. Known as “Hydra,” named after the serpent-like creature with many heads ...Full Article

Robots to Flex New-found Muscles

<img style="float: left;" src="http://media2.hpcwire.com/dmr/490px-Arm_muscles_front_superficial.png" alt="" width="78" height="95" border="0" />The thought of robots interacting with humans is no longer a blurry vision of the future. While the lighthearted portrayal of ...Full Article

NASA Ramps Up Efforts to Bring Manufacturing to Outer Space

<img style="float: left;" src="http://media2.hpcwire.com/dmr/800px-The_Centre_of_the_Milky_Way.jpg" alt="" width="95" height="71" border="0" />The thought of building structures out in space brings to mind futuristic sci-fi films like Star Wars or Star Trek. However, ...Full Article

Reweaving the Global Supply Chain

<img style="float: left;" src="http://media2.hpcwire.com/dmr/chain.jpg" alt="" width="95" height="71" border="0" />The supply webs manufacturers are weaving are expansive and complex, with designs originating in the United States and traversing the globe, ...Full Article

All Aboard? Not on This Autonomous Ship

<img style="float: left;" src="http://www.usna.edu/Users/naome/phmiller/SailBot/SailBot2009%20028.jpg" alt="" width="95" height="71" border="0" />At SailBot 2013, 16 high school and collegiate teams competed against one another to see which team's sailboat would lead the ...Full Article

Is Automation to Blame for Our Economic Woes?

<img style="float: left;" src="http://media2.hpcwire.com/dmr/kukaautomation.jpg" alt="" width="95" height="71" border="0" />Despite reassurances of automation professionals throughout the industry, some experts simply aren't convinced that technological advancements in robotics and automation aren't ...Full Article

RoboCup Soccer Makes a Different Kind of Robotics “Goal”

<img style="float: left;" src="http://media2.hpcwire.com/dmr/800px-Robocup_Robots_Futbolistas_(4892794535).jpg" alt="" width="95" height="63" border="0" />The world championship series for intelligent robotics will be held in Eindhoven, the Netherlands, from June 26-30. This RoboCup series expects ...Full Article

Humans and Robots Converge at Innorobo 2013

<img style="float: left;" src="http://media2.hpcwire.com/dmr/innorobo.jpg" alt="" width="95" height="63" />From March 19th to the 21st, record crowds came into Cite Internationale in Lyon, France, with over 15,000 entries for Innorobo 2013, ...Full Article