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2013 FIRST Robotics Competition – Kickoff Broadcast – Video 2 of 11: Chairman’s Award
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2013 FIRST Robotics Competition – Kickoff Broadcast – Video 1 of 11: Opening
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ABB Robotics – sanding & painting furniture panels
ABB robots prepare wooden furniture panels for Swedwood in Slovakia (part of the IKEA Industry Group). The two part process involves sanding & brushing the panel edges to remove fibres and then coating the edges to seal them. Duration : 0:2:19
UR5 robot increased productivity by 35 percent
Like many other companies, OTV Plast has a lot of repetitive manual tasks either in the manufacturing process or in the handling of materials or finished parts. This is a classic example of where a robot from Universal Robots can make a big impact. Since installation OTV Plast have seen productivity increase at the milling…
Cynthia Breazeal: The rise of personal robots
http://www.ted.com As a grad student, Cynthia Breazeal wondered why we were using robots on Mars, but not in our living rooms. The key, she realized: training robots to interact with people. Now she dreams up and builds robots that teach, learn — and play. Watch for amazing demo footage of a new kids’ game. TEDTalks…