Munich, Germany — The robotic industry’s highest honor, the Engelberger Robotics Award, was presented tonight to Heinz-Dieter Schunk, Schunk GmbH and Scott W. Deming, Corning Inc. during the 41st International Symposium on Robotics held here in conjunction with AUTOMATICA. Full article at [robotics.org]
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2010 Engelberger Robotics Awards Presented to Heinz-Dieter Schunk and Scott W. Deming
Posted by Eric on June 9th, 2010
Robot Roundup
Posted by Eric on May 21st, 2010
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No Comments »Robots Show What Might "Accidentally" Happen to Humans They Don't Like
Posted by Eric on May 7th, 2010
Actually this is video of a study conducted by DLR, the German Aerospace Center using crash test dummies to learn how to prevent industrial robot accidents using “collision detection.” Basically, with collision detection, the robot senses that it has hit something so it stops the movement, which dramatically reduces, or prevents completely, injury to the person thus [...]
