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Nikon announces world’s first multi-turn external battery-free absolute encoder MAR-M700MFA with an all-solid-state battery
Nikon today announce the release of the MAR-M700MFA, the world’s first multi-turn external battery-free absolute encoder to use an all-solid-state battery. An absolute encoder is a type of sensor device used commonly in industrial robots on automobile manufacturing lines, machine tools, and many other applications. Its purpose is to detect absolute values for robot-arm rotational…
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MSI Donates Self Developed Smart AMR-AI-PJ-UVGI Robots To New Taipei City To Fight Covid-19
Due to sharp rise in Omicron Covid variant cases recently in Taiwan, MSI has donated two self-developed smart AMR-AI-PJ-UVGI Robots, able to clean and disinfect the city hall building, to provide a safer environment for government employees and citizens. The two MSI robots autonomously cruise at day clearing harmful bacteria in the air, and also…
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Osaka University is Making Artificial Skin for Robots
When we think of robots, we often picture cold, metallic humanoids that can speak, walk, or perform certain tasks. However, with Japan’s latest innovation, that image may soon change. Last year, a group of researchers from Osaka University developed artificial skin that could help robots “feel” pain. The goal of the study is to transform…
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Sony AI and avatarin to Jointly Develop Next Generation Remote Control Robots
Sony AI and avatarin reached a basic agreement to work together to develop next-generation remote control robots by combining the AI and robotics technology of Sony AI with avatarin’s avatar (remote control robot) technology. Next-generation avatar robots are expected to play a central role in situations where autonomous robots have barriers to safe and cost…
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Japan to use AI robots in Schools to Help Children Improve Their English
Japan’s education ministry is planning to place English-speaking artificial intelligence robots in schools to help children improve their English oral communication skills. Japanese students are generally not good at writing in English or speaking the language. Curriculum guidelines that are due to be fully implemented in 2 years will focus on nurturing those skills.
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Mitsubishi Electric Develops AI Technology that Enables Industrial Robots to Optimize Motions in Real Time even as objects move
Mitsubishi Electric announced today that it has developed a smart-control artificial-intelligence (AI) technology under its Maisart AI brand that enables devices such as industrial robots to rapidly grasp and nimbly adapt in real time to changing conditions of target objects. The application of this AI technology in devices will simplify automation tasks, even in the…
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Incheon Airport to use artificial intelligence-based robots for various customer services
Incheon International Airport is introducing five guide robots and five cleaning robots next month to help customers find check-in counters and move luggage. The robots will also serve foods at airport restaurants. Following four months of tests of the artificial intelligence-based robots at the airport, the robots will be on trialed from next month, as…
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South Korean scientists develop nano-robots to destroy cancer cells
A group of South Korean scientists led by Park Jae-hyung of Sungkyunkwan University has developed a nano-robot capable of effectively seeking out and destroying cancer cells in South Korea. The team developed the nanobot that uses photodynamic therapy to effectively kill cancer cells while inflicting minimal damage to the surrounding healthy cells.
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South Korean scientists develops 20-micrometer-sized robots to treat cancer for the first time in the world
A research team led by Park Suk-ho, a professor at Chonnam National University in South Korea has developed 20-micrometer-sized robots for medical purpose, which track and treat cancer at the same time, for the first time in the world. The micrometer-sized robots for medical purpose combat solid cancers, such as colorectal cancer, breast cancer, stomach…
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Incheon Airport to deploy robots to handle baggage, customer service and cleaning duties
Incheon International Airport will deploy 15 robots to handle baggage, customer service and cleaning duties late this year. The airport will deploy 15 robots for a trial run until August 2017. Five robots will offer directions to airport users, another five will handle baggage processing and five will clean floors. In future the robots will…
