Robots news stories

Konica Minolta Australia has announced the MiR1350 is now available through its partner, Mobile Industrial Robots (MiR), offering greater efficiency and productivity.

A strong Robotic Process Automation solution (RPA) can help solve many complex issues that businesses face daily. 

In a first for China, FedEx Express has implemented the use of smart AI robots to help supply chain efficiency and logistics operations.

NEC Corporation has announced the development of a control technology that doubles the efficiency of autonomous mobile robots in warehouses while maintaining a high level of safety. 

Technology has embedded so deeply in our daily lives that it has become difficult to imagine a time when we lived without the benefits of the information age.

Konica Minolta believes its MiR250 industrial robot will help to reduce risk around forklift operations.

The project will see the leading online retailer roll out more than 100 autonomous mobile robots and is the largest deployment of its kind in A/NZ.

If organisations get it right, the potential global impact of robotics will be vast and exponential. 

The journey of the robot industry from one of individual vehicles and units, to fleets and larger systems, is being driven by its wider incorporation into the IoT ecosystem. 

It's all thanks to a partnership between global robotics stalwart Boston Dynamics, a Kiwi startup called Rocos, and a robotic dog called Spot.

"Autonomous robots are playing a vital role in supporting essential businesses and their workers during this health crisis."

Based on a strategic partnership between Siemens’ master distributor in Aus, APS Industrial, and Cuthbert Stewart Limited.

GlobalData explains how emerging technologies are being deployed to help keep the spread of the virus in check.

77% of retailers are planning AI automation by 2021 according to new research.

Global research shows AI will shape the technology landscape of 2020s, but unintended consequences pose big risks.

"The aim is to create a robot that can react to human emotions in difficult situations and get itself out of trouble without having to be monitored or told what to do."

Extensive research shows the ways that emerging technologies will change the way we live and work in the next decade.

Kiwi employees are the most secure in their roles when it comes to embracing artificial intelligence in the workplace, compared to all other countries surveyed including, Australia, USA, UK, Germany and Japan.  

About 170 teams and over 1,200 participants from universities and research laboratories around the world are expected to compete at this year’s main event.

“In typical Kiwi fashion, our students think laterally to solve challenges, build prototypes, test and retest until they have a working model. All on their own time and all with their own ideas."

Panasonic and Toyota have plans to create ‘smart towns’ across Japan, where transport, homes and services are all connected.  Here’s a quick look at what they’re planning.

You may have seen the quickly little robots called Vector and Cozmo - well, their creators are now out of a job.

Marvel fans beware – Tony Stark is going to do his best to steal the money right from your pocket and replace it with a robot.

“The new centre expands our research infrastructure to develop highly autonomous robotics systems that can interact safely and seamlessly with humans and other dynamic agents."