When considering advancement within modern factories and warehouses, AGVs, mobile robotics and shuttle systems with USPs of modularity, flexibility and scalability steal the headlines. In this blog, Talos Automation takes a deeper dive into conveyor systems: the unsung hero and arguably the glue that has held many factory/warehouse processes together for decades. The significance of…
Take a look at the facts below for an overview of the dynamic growth in the global Automation and Robotics industry over the past few years. As of 2016, Germany’s manufacturing industry was the fifth largest market in the world with an average of 301 robots per 10,000 employees. The USA installed 80,000…
Using components readily available from the internet, more and more small-scale creators are producing sophisticated robotics equipment. This easier access to market enables start-ups to bring more niche and more creative functionalities to the public, in turn making the robotics field more diverse and competitive. This brings with it difficulties in regulation. Of course, internationally-agreed…
Elon Musk, Tesla CEO, has announced a Gigafactory 2 to be located in Europe. This announcement comes before the completion of the first Gigafactory and after last week’s news that Tesla are looking to acquire Grohmann Engineering in Germany. Inside Tesla’s Gigafactory in Nevada – image courtesy of insideevs.com Musk stated: “There’s no question that long-term Tesla will…
Tesla Motors expects to create over 1,000 advanced engineering and skilled technician jobs in Germany in the next two years. Tesla Motors has increased its output target to 500,000 cars per year by 2018. As a result, the automotive manufacturer is looking to expand its operation. The first step in this process is in acquiring…
A robotic strategic partnership between Tech-Link and Blue Ocean Robotics aims to further the war on Hospital-Acquired Infections. The aim of the partnership is to improve the quality of healthcare services, which will be partially achieved via a UV-disinfection robot solution. The director of Singapore company Tech-Link healthcare systems, Tan Hock Seng, says: “Tech-Link looks…
Industrial robot giant Fanuc announced a working partnership with Silicon Valley chipmaker Nvidia, who specialize in artificial intelligence, to enable Fanuc robots to learn as they work. The graphics processing units that Nvidia makes, which enable high-speed parallel computation, are especially well suited to deep learning. Fanuc will implement the Nvidia processors in a central…
A small robot, developed by Toyota, capable of conversation and emotion will be available to the Japanese public. The car giant test-drove the tiny bot –Kirobo– on a space mission, keeping Japanese astronaut Koichi Wakata company around the International Space Station. Proving successful, Toyota has developed a smaller version for sale. The robot is designed…
The use of robotics within watchmaking is not new; Seiko Epson has been using robots on its production lines since the early 1980s, however, there has been a recent surge in furthering the use of robotics in this field. The likes of Percipio’s Chronogrip robot, designed to facilitate micromanipulation, can manoeuvre and assemble mechanical parts…