Robotic Automation  will showcase applications for fast arc welding robots on stand 4802 during National Manufacturing Week at the Sydney Convention & Exhibition Centre from May 27 to 30.

 

The newly released Motoman Super-Speed Series robots are said to reduce cycle times by 15%, resulting in good productivity improvements.

 

Robotic Automation supplies equipment to many industry sectors, from paper manufacturers to food and beverage manufacturers.

 

At National Manufacturing Week, the company will also display:
OTC robot applications
FMC automatic guided vehicle systems for the handling and delivery of pallets and other material loads
MSK Covertech pallet shrink and hood-wrapping systems
Robopac wrapping systems including the Rotoplat, Helix and Genesis ranges of fully and semi automatic pallet wrappers handling up to 170 pallets per hour

 

Robotic Automation, which is celebrating 20 years of service in Australia in 2008, has installed more than 3,000 automated systems across Australia and New Zealand.

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Designed by Korean robotics manufacturer Airrobot, the Ringbo riding robot should help the young members of our species get in on the action early, while the robot riding's still good.

There's been plenty of talk about the inevitable robotic uprising of the mid-to-late 21st century, but in the meantime, it's vital that we get in as many robot rides as humanly possible.

The Ringbo will be on display to the public with a number of other wacky Korean gadgets at New York's Koreannovation show on May 14th and 15th.

Targeted at kids ages 2 to 3, the Ringbo looks a bit like a Fisher-Price-designed "My First Segway" (or Rascal, take your pick), with a decidedly Radio Shack-esque flair for style.

The device requires a good 6 to 8 hours of charging for an hour-long ride--certainly enough time to make a few trips between the TV and a juice-box-stocked Frigidaire.

 

 

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As if we Earthlings didn't have enough to worry over with robots player from every corner of the globe likely mounting a silent offensive to overtake our societies and claim ownership of our land, now we're faced with the startling realization that even our sporting events aren't safe from subterfuge.

Quite honestly, everything seemed fine and dandy until we hit a quote from Stefan Kohlbrecher, a member of the Technical University of Darmstadt's Darmstadt Dribblers team: "The goal of the RoboCup is to compete against human world champions with robots by the year 2050.

At the seventh annual RoboCup German Open, hordes of teams have descended upon the pitch in order to compete in robot-only soccer, er, football matchups.

Funny, we'll supposedly be fornicating with androids by that same year.

Cue Michael Stipe, please.

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The DSO and Honda have combined forces to bring music education to children in Detroit, and ASIMO's concert will be the launching point for a number of projects the Japanese monolith will be sponsoring in the industrial city.

On May 13, the automaton will conduct the Detroit Symphony Orchestra -- and Yo-Yo Ma -- in a performance of Impossible Dream. Sure, this isn't the first time we've seen a robot conducting an orchestra, but we're fairly confident it will be the best. One of our favorite bots, Honda's versatile ASIMO, will finally spread its wings and embrace the artistic future it's always hoped for provided the little guy doesn't take any bad steps.

 

 

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The DIY, four-legged robot with a taste for jugulars and what appears to be a sword for a tail stands just 5.3-inches tall and features the same control unit and sensors of his bipedal buddy.

" and "`Sup Dawg? " at which point he`ll lubricate his turf (aka, your carpet).

HPI Japan just conjured up GR-001`s new best friend: the G-Dog.

G-Dog is expected to terrorize Japan sometime in July for around $1,000.

Presumably, G-Dog will only respond to street-wize greetings of "Whut up Gee?

Backside front, after the break.

 

 

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Detecting emotional cues is hardly a new endeavor, but this so-called Robometer concept device takes a slightly different (but not entirely unique) approach to things, with it actually promising to help you feel happy by prompting you when you stray too far into tediousness.

 

Those then get translated into various warning levels, with the device ultimately letting out a voice prompt when you're perilously close to becoming too tense or unhappy.

 

Not surprisingly, there's no indication that the project will ever move beyond the concept stage, but you can get a glimpse at what we could be missing out on in the video available at the link below.

 

To do that, the rig makes use of a GSR lead to detect your galvanic skin response, along with accelerometers that detect repetitive movement, and a voice sensor that promises to detect repetitive phrases.

 

 

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We'd explain this thing, but we're really having trouble taking our eyes off of it long enough to string some full sentences together.

Suffice it to say Festo's AirJelly is powered by some magical jelly fish properties, a lithium-ion battery, an electric motor and a bit of helium.

If that's not floaty enough for you, there's also a water version, AquaJelly.

Videos of both are after the break.

 

 

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The bot will be joined by a $25 iDance WALL-E (think i-Species) and a $40 WowWee FlyTech Tinker Bell when they make their May 29th debut in San Mateo at the Maker Faire.

Disney and Pixar are set to release their latest animated blockbuster, WALL-E, this summer.

Ultimate WALL-E will list for $190 when launched sometime this summer and feature 10 motors, a remote control, and plenty of sensors to avoid obstacles, respond to touch, and feel the mocking satire of its own existence.

Swell, try some of this.

Need some irony with your angst-battered diet this morning?

You got it, they launch a new line of plastic WALL-E robots developed in partnership with Thinkway Toys which no child could possibly live without.

The premise of the film finds WALL-E (Waste Allocation Load Lifter - Earth-Class) cleaning up the Earth's trash after rampant, unchecked consumerism made the planet uninhabitable.

So how do they promote the film?

 

 

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" Sure, that description (and accompanying photos, straight from BAE) does give you the impression that whoever came up with this really liked Minority Report, but won't it make you feel safer at night knowing a swarm of metallic spiders are looking out for you?

 

If you answered "yes," you're going to love what BAE Systems is cooking up.

 

Do you enjoy gangs of tiny, spider-like robot insectoids swarming all over your house, car, or personage?

 

a team of scientists and researchers hell-bent on developing an "autonomous, multifunctional collection of miniature intelligence-gathering robots that can operate in places too inaccessible or dangerous for humans.

 

The company recently received an infusion of $38 million from the US Army Research Lab to fund the Micro Autonomous Systems and Technology (MAST) consortium;

 

Huh, weird.

 

No?

 

 

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