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Trending in 2022 and Beyond, Robots and Cobots Aplenty

On August 8, 2022 in All, General, Industrial, Robotics by Mouser Staff

How has the pandemic impacted the world of robotics and what major trends are we seeing as we emerge from it? With worker shortages abounding, will robots step in to fill the vacuum? What is a Cobot and how will they be deployed? And what about the rise of AI? And do we care as long as robots can make us good coffee?

Tagged With: ai, amr, autonomous maneuverable robots, cobots, robotic process automation, robots, rpa, software-defined x

Lack of Standards Hinders RPA Adoption

On October 8, 2021 in All, EIT 2021, General, Industrial, Robotics by Jeff Shepard

Robotic process automation (RPA) is about democratization, and that implies some level of standardization. But there are almost no standardization efforts. So far, the only standard available is a taxonomy from the IEEE, while RPA vendors continue to offer proprietary and disjointed solutions.

Tagged With: ai, cobots, collaborative robots, ieee 610.12-1990, industrial automation, low code automation, ml, no code automation, robotic process automation, rpa

Drones of a Feather Flock Together

On January 8, 2016 in All by Rudy Ramos

One of the hottest gifts this past holiday season were consumer DRONES. The US Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) projected one million of these devices were under Christmas trees this past December. The word Drone is one of the oldest official designations for “remotely controlled aircraft” in the American military lexicon dating back to 1935. “Drone” was adopted to refer to these aircraft as in homage to the queen in a bee hive, and became the official US Navy designation for targets for many decades.

Tagged With: CES, Drone, RPA, UAS, UAV

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