Human–robot interaction

ReWalk Joins Israeli Technology Innovation Consortium for Human-Robot Interaction

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Friday, April 29, 2022

The total program has a budget of NIS 57 million, which includes funding for research and development grants to help drive technological innovation.

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  • The total program has a budget of NIS 57 million, which includes funding for research and development grants to help drive technological innovation.
  • As a member of the HRI Consortium, ReWalk will collaborate with several universities to develop advanced technologies aimed at improving the human-exoskeleton interaction.
  • ReWalk is one of nine companies participating in the HRI Consortium, in addition to several Israeli universities.
  • For more information on the ReWalk systems, please visit rewalk.com
    ReWalk is a registered trademark of ReWalk Robotics Ltd.inIsrael andthe United States.

Veo Robotics Announces ISO Safety Certification for FreeMove®, Available Now

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Tuesday, April 6, 2021

FreeMove is the only solution on the market today that implements dynamic, 3D Speed and Separation Monitoring and has been certified for compliance with ISO 13849 for PLd, Category 3.

Key Points: 
  • FreeMove is the only solution on the market today that implements dynamic, 3D Speed and Separation Monitoring and has been certified for compliance with ISO 13849 for PLd, Category 3.
  • "This is a game-changer for human-robot interaction in industrial environments and a great accomplishment for the team," said Veo Robotics CEO and Co-Founder Patrick Sobalvarro.
  • "Veo Robotics' FreeMove is a first-of-its-kind safeguarding system that fills a need in the industrial robotics industry," said Mark Ligler, VP of FAS.
  • "We are excited to partner with Veo and offer FreeMove as part of our safety solution."

Robot Race: The World´s Top 10 Automated Countries – International Federation of Robotics Reports

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Thursday, January 28, 2021

The worlds top 10 most automated countries are: Singapore (1), South Korea (2), Japan (3), Germany (4), Sweden (5), Denmark (6), Hong Kong (7), Chinese Taipei (8), USA (9) and Belgium/Luxemburg (10).

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  • The worlds top 10 most automated countries are: Singapore (1), South Korea (2), Japan (3), Germany (4), Sweden (5), Denmark (6), Hong Kong (7), Chinese Taipei (8), USA (9) and Belgium/Luxemburg (10).
  • This is according to the latest World Robotics statistics, issued by the International Federation of Robotics (IFR).
  • Robot density is the number of operational industrial robots relative to the number of workers, says Milton Guerry, President of the International Federation of Robotics.
  • Japan is the worlds predominant robot manufacturing country - where even robots assemble robots: 47% of the global robot production are made in Nippon.

Robot Race: The World´s Top 10 automated countries - International Federation of Robotics reports

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Wednesday, January 27, 2021

The worlds top 10 most automated countries are: Singapore (1), South Korea (2), Japan (3), Germany (4), Sweden (5), Denmark (6), Hong Kong (7), Chinese Taipei (8), USA (9) and Belgium/Luxemburg (10).

Key Points: 
  • The worlds top 10 most automated countries are: Singapore (1), South Korea (2), Japan (3), Germany (4), Sweden (5), Denmark (6), Hong Kong (7), Chinese Taipei (8), USA (9) and Belgium/Luxemburg (10).
  • This is according to the latest World Robotics statistics, issued by the International Federation of Robotics (IFR).
  • "Robot density is the number of operational industrial robots relative to the number of workers," says Milton Guerry, President of the International Federation of Robotics.
  • Japan is the worlds predominant robot manufacturing country - where even robots assemble robots: 47% of the global robot production are made in Nippon.

Hancom Group Enters the US Home Robot Market

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Saturday, November 7, 2020

The company is announcing that its latest AI-powered robot, the Hancom Malang Malang Home Robot, will be available in the US home services market starting in 2021.

Key Points: 
  • The company is announcing that its latest AI-powered robot, the Hancom Malang Malang Home Robot, will be available in the US home services market starting in 2021.
  • Earlier generations of Hancom Robotics' AI-based home services robots, including the Hancom Toki robot, have been widely used for several years in Korea and other markets.
  • Dr. Yonmook Park, CTO of Hancom Robotics says that "The Hancom Malang Malang Home Robot is the first AI edutainment service robot that utilizes the latest AI-based technologies for machine reading comprehension, Q&A, voice synthesis and HRI(Human Robot Interaction) to provide an unparalleled user-friendly experience.
  • The Hancom Malang Malang Home Robot will be available in the U.S. through Amazon and other retail outlets in mid-2021.

Clarkson Professors Receive Robot to Continue Human-Robot Handover Interaction Research

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Thursday, December 19, 2019

The robot will help the professors continue with their research on augmenting robots to be human-aware by using deep learning to automatically detect where humans prefer to hold objects and provide assistance with human awareness built-in.

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  • The robot will help the professors continue with their research on augmenting robots to be human-aware by using deep learning to automatically detect where humans prefer to hold objects and provide assistance with human awareness built-in.
  • "We are spurring a new area of research on creating artificial intelligence (AI) algorithms for robots that are human-aware.
  • There is a pretty broad research area on human-robot interaction or HRI, but a lot of this research has focused on experimental or toy problems.
  • My research makes novel contributions to HRI by assessing how to ensure a robot hands over an object to a human such that a human is comfortable holding it."

IFA 2019 Exhibitor Profiles

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Thursday, September 5, 2019

Trifos first robots are smart vacuums that feature powerful cleaning, advanced intelligent vision, innovative human-robot interaction and AI-powered surveillance.

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  • Trifos first robots are smart vacuums that feature powerful cleaning, advanced intelligent vision, innovative human-robot interaction and AI-powered surveillance.
  • Trifo will launch robots that perform other innovative functions in the future.
  • Trifos mission is to create robots that perceive physics, geometry and semantics of home environments, communicate with humans naturally, and continuously learn new skills.
  • Trifo, named after the mighty clover, trifolium, helps people achieve the optimal balance between family, work and personal life.

Flexiv Releases White Paper: Adaptive Robots and the Future of Industrial Automation

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Thursday, August 29, 2019

In the white paper, the robotics and AI firm forecasts a future in which adaptive robots will revolutionize the world of industrial automation.

Key Points: 
  • In the white paper, the robotics and AI firm forecasts a future in which adaptive robots will revolutionize the world of industrial automation.
  • Flexiv defines this next-generation adaptive robot as one with high tolerability of position variance, great disturbance rejection and transferrable intelligence acrossdifferent tasks.
  • The white paper, titled 'Adaptive Robots and the Future of Industrial Automation', outlines the progress from the first industrial robots of the 1990s, ideal for tasks involving repeated trajectories, to that of the collaborative robots (or 'cobot'), integrated with safety features able to protect humans from hazards in the environment.
  • Flexiv Ltd. is a global leading robotics and AI company, focusing on developing and manufacturing adaptive robots which integrate force control, computer vision and AI technologies.

Global Rehabilitation Robots Market Shares, Strategy, and Forecasts Report 2019: Market Size at $641 Million in 2018 and is Expected to Grow Dramatically to Reach $6.4 Billion by 2025

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Friday, March 15, 2019

Worldwide Rehabilitation Robot markets are expected to achieve significant growth as robots replace much of the human work in physical therapy.

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  • Worldwide Rehabilitation Robot markets are expected to achieve significant growth as robots replace much of the human work in physical therapy.
  • The robots are steadier, make fewer mistakes, support treatment for longer durations, and decrease the cost of rehabilitation for many conditions.
  • The robots permit a more accurate rehabilitation routine for any specific condition than is possible with human physical therapy in many cases.
  • With the use of rehabilitation robots, patient recovery of function is able to be more substantial than what is achieved now.