Opinion & Briefings
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Daily industry briefings distilled from robotics research and industrial automation news — each links back to its original source.
ArchiveOpinion · Jul 8, 2023
Think Surgical's Miniature Robotic System for Knee Replacement Gains FDA Clearance
TMINI, a miniature robotic system for total knee replacement, receives FDA 510(k) clearance, developed with Sagentia Innovation.
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ArchiveOpinion · Jul 8, 2023
Omron launches 20 kg payload collaborative robot for palletising
Omron's new TM20 cobot with 20 kg payload and 1.3 m reach enables cost-effective palletising for manufacturers of all sizes.
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ArchiveOpinion · Jul 8, 2023
GreyOrange Partners with Optimak STU to Expand End-of-Line Automation
GreyOrange adds Optimak STU as an Accredited Solution Partner to broaden warehouse automation offerings globally.
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ArchiveOpinion · Jul 8, 2023
Comau expands Flex-BD automated battery dismantling to second-life repurposing
Comau advances EU Flex-BD project, adding second-life repurposing to its automated battery dismantling system, targeting over 1 million discarded batteries by 2030.
Read moreArchiveOpinion · Jul 8, 2023
Contact Task Motion Planning and Control Based on Diffeomorphic Mapping Dynamical Systems
A time-invariant dynamical system approach enables contact tasks to resist disturbances and resume operation after human intervention.
Read moreArchiveOpinion · Jul 8, 2023
Transformer-based facial emotion transfer network with B-spline smoothing for humanoid robots
RFEFormer uses Transformer and B-spline constraints to improve spatiotemporal consistency and smoothness in humanoid facial emotion transfer, achieving real-time performance.
Read moreArchiveOpinion · Jul 8, 2023
Multi-level Kernelized Movement Primitives Improve Human-Robot Handover Learning
A multi-level KMP algorithm reduces inference error from 7.11 cm to 1.85 cm and boosts handover success from 13.3% to 100% on UR5.
Read moreArchiveOpinion · Jul 8, 2023
Low-Light Image Enhancement via Multi-Exposure Generation for Robot Vision
Researchers propose a method to enhance low-light images by generating multi-exposure images from a single input, improving detail and dynamic range for robot vision tasks.
Read moreArchiveOpinion · Jul 8, 2023
Mechanical Analysis of Cable-Driven Parallel Mechanism in FAST Feed Support System
Researchers model the six-cable parallel mechanism of the FAST telescope, accounting for cable sag and elasticity, to improve feed-cabin positioning accuracy.
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