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  • DARPA Autonomous Robotic Manipulation (ARM) – Phase 1

    DARPA’s Autonomous Robotic Manipulation (ARM) program is developing software to perform human-level tasks quickly and with minimal direction. This video shows the ARM robot performing 18 grasping and manipulation tasks using vision, force, and tactile sensing with full autonomy — no active human control. The DARPA-supplied robot was built using commercial components that include an…

  • LR Mate 200iC Robots Load Gear Grinding Machine – Courtesy of Matrix Design, Inc.

    Machine Loading Robots – http://www.fanucrobotics.com/Products/Robots/machine-tending-robots.aspx This video features a pair of FANUC LR Mate 200iC robots, as they are utilized as an integral part of the flexMate 150SX2 Machine Tending System. Designed by FANUC Robotics Authorized Integrator Matrix Design, Inc., the flexMate series of robotic loading systems is the latest generation turnkey machine tending system,…

  • Printable Robots

    This video shows three of the first devices to be prototyped at MIT’s Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Lab (CSAIL) using a new technology that could make it possible for the average person to design, customize and print a specialized robot in a matter of hours. MIT is leading an ambitious new project to reinvent…

  • Socially Assistive Robots

    A Yale-led research team will spend the next five years developing a new breed of sophisticated “socially assistive” robots for helping young children learn to read, appreciate physical fitness, overcome cognitive disabilities and perform physical exercises. Duration : 0:3:12

  • FANUC R-2000iB “Flying Robots” in Camshaft Machining Center — Courtesy of TranTek Automation

    Camshaft machining – http://www.fanucrobotics.com/Products/Robots/machine-tending-robots.aspx FANUC Robotics Authorized Integrator TranTek Automation Corporation designed this new automation concept for a series of camshaft machining centers that traditionally used separate linear motion gantry-style pick and place mechanisms and floor conveyors. This new 7th Axis Robotic design, which utilizes FANUC R-2000iB rail-mounted robots, reduces the amount of fixed automation…