Autonomous Solar Farm Inspection with Husky Observer
In the ever-evolving landscape of renewable energy, the efficiency and longevity of solar panel installations are crucial for maximizing their contribution to a sustainable future. Imagine robots navigating through expansive solar panel fields, equipped with advanced... read more
5 Innovation Challenges in Materials Transport
To continue to prosper and grow, manufacturers need to embrace innovation to overcome some of the significant challenges they face in the day-to-day operation of their business. Here are just some of the challenges manufacturers are battling today: Challenge #1:... read more
Why Industry 4.0 will Leave AGVs Behind
Technology has been in development for the last decade and has now come to fruition in the form of self-driving vehicles. These vehicles are driving into industrial centers and beginning to replace traditional AGVs, and it’s no wonder why. The first AGV was introduced... read more
Interview: The Team Behind The Apple Harvesting Robot
Amir Degani is an assistant professor at Technion Institute of Technology and Avi Kahnani is the CEO and Co-Founder of Israeli robotics start-up Fresh Fruits Robotics (FFR). Together, they presented an apple harvesting robot that will autonomously navigate apple... read more
Ramping up to Industry 4.0
So what really is Industry 4.0 and why should you be excited? Industry 4.0 is the next leap in manufacturing. It combines our quest for using large quantities of data; translating it (computing power) into meaningful information; sharing it across a large network allowing people and machines (such as robotics and additive manufacturing) to create a product faster, more efficiently and at less cost.
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ROS 101: ROS Navigation Basics Tutorial
If you’ve worked with ROS and robots, there’s a good chance you’ve heard of gmapping, localization, SLAM, costmaps and paths. But what does all of this mean? They are more than just robot buzz words; they allow a robot to navigate from one point to another... read more
New Universal Robots Driver Makes Manipulation Research Easier
The ROS Spotlight is a new technical blog series that explores the latest developments in the world of ROS by highlighting a new package each month. To kick things off, we will look at the new and improved driver package for Universal Robots’ UR3, UR5 and UR10 robot... read more
Jackal UGV Test Drives Robotic Systems Toolbox Algorithms
With over 3000 employees around the world, MathWorks is the leading developer of mathematical computing software. In 2015, the company launched the Robotic System Toolbox, a new toolbox for MATLAB that provides algorithms and hardware connectivity for developing... read more