Opinion & Briefings

Industry briefings, distilled for engineers

Daily industry briefings distilled from robotics research and industrial automation news — each links back to its original source.

Mitsubishi Electric Leads Series B Investment in Realtime Robotics

ArchiveOpinion · May 29, 2024

Mitsubishi Electric Leads Series B Investment in Realtime Robotics

Mitsubishi Electric leads Realtime Robotics' Series B to advance collision-free motion planning and digital twin integration for industrial automation.

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Picnic Works and Roboworx Partner for National Rollout of Autonomous Pizza Stations

ArchiveOpinion · May 27, 2024

Picnic Works and Roboworx Partner for National Rollout of Autonomous Pizza Stations

Picnic Works teams with Roboworx to deploy and maintain autonomous pizza-making stations nationwide, boosting efficiency in commercial kitchens.

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Urbx launches robotic inventory storage and retrieval system

ArchiveOpinion · May 27, 2024

Urbx launches robotic inventory storage and retrieval system

Urbx introduces a robotic AS/RS with AI-driven TowerBots for high-speed, multi-SKU order fulfillment.

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LRS and EverestLabs Deploy AI Robot to Boost Aluminum Can Recovery at Chicago MRF

ArchiveOpinion · May 21, 2024

LRS and EverestLabs Deploy AI Robot to Boost Aluminum Can Recovery at Chicago MRF

EverestLabs' RecycleOS robot, funded by CMI members, helps LRS recover missorted aluminum cans at The Exchange MRF.

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German Bionic to unveil 360° Human Augmentation Platform at VivaTech

ArchiveOpinion · May 21, 2024

German Bionic to unveil 360° Human Augmentation Platform at VivaTech

German Bionic integrates Apogee exoskeletons with a proprietary OS and new interfaces into a unified platform for industrial human augmentation.

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Cyngn Expands Commercial Rollout of Autonomous Mobile Robots

ArchiveOpinion · May 20, 2024

Cyngn Expands Commercial Rollout of Autonomous Mobile Robots

Cyngn reports Q1 2024 progress with John Deere and Rivian, expanded distribution, and tech milestones.

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ArchiveOpinion · May 8, 2024

Purely Central Piezoelectric Stick-slip Rotary Stage without Driving Redundancy

A compact piezoelectric rotary stage achieves high load capacity and 0.10 μrad resolution using a single actuator and force-magnifying bridge mechanism.

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ArchiveOpinion · May 8, 2024

Optimal Trajectory Generation for Rotorcraft Autonomous Landing on Moving Platforms

Researchers propose an optimal lift decomposition method for time-optimal trajectory generation, enabling rotorcraft to land on moving platforms in the shortest time.

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ArchiveOpinion · May 8, 2024

Segmented DMP Method Improves Robotic Arm Trajectory Learning and Obstacle Avoidance

Researchers propose a segmented dynamic movement primitive approach that preserves original trajectory features while avoiding obstacles, outperforming traditional methods.

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