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As of 2019, UAVs have seen widespread adoption throughout the commercial survey industry. For oil and gas companies, UAVs can significantly reduce risk, improving both the accuracy and the timeliness of surveys and inspections.
The last two decades have been busy ones for industrial automation. Let's take a closer look at some of the most exciting advances in industrial automation and how they're impacting their respective industries.
The construction industry has been around for many many years, however the tools we use have changed the way we’re able to do construction. Some design principles for buildings have stayed the same for millennia, but the process has evolved.
CES 2019 was quite eventful this year with a whole bunch of new robots announced. If everything goes right, you might even be able to get your hands on a couple of robots on this list in the following year! There is no clear order in this list, I just wanted to show off the ones that struck me t…
A simple motion detection solution with object filtering is available using short range radar sensors.
Earlier this year, we had the pleasure to collaborate with Daphne & Velma by providing 3 Lynxmotion Phoenix Hexapods. We're super excited to see the movie released earlier this month, and we couldn't be more thrilled to share with you our interview with the movie's producer Amy Kim. Amy will sh…
Congratulations to Saildrone which have just raised $60 million in series B funding (May 2018) to continue development and deployment of their autonomous sailing robot. Saildrone, which launched commercially in 2016, has as its current mission is to build and deploy a fleet of 1,000 fully autono…
Modern combine in a field - Soon this will be an autonomous robot Every single day we are reminded that the robot revolution is moving forward. From autonomous vehicles to automated cashier, the robots are taking a larger and larger place in our daily lives. And while our attention has been focu…
Rapid Liquid Printing, a new process developed by M.I.T.'s Self Assembly Lab and Steelcase, is a new process which uses gel to suspend the material being printed. There are no limits on size and the process is touted as being considerably faster than existing 3D printing methods.
You may or may not have heard, but the world saw the first robot obtain citizenship last fall. Although this was a historic milestone in the history of robots, it hasn't come without its lot of controversies (both about the citizenship and the praise for the robot). This left many a bit clueless ab
Every January, Las Vegas is the theatre of the annual grand mass of the consumer electronics industry during the CES. While every year gives us a glimpse into what could be the future, 2018 was somehow a bit different from the previous editions. This year, robots weren't just proof-of-concept units…
People have been missing the Arduino.org for quite some time. These were among the best Arduino compatible boards available on the market and they were a beloved best-seller at RobotShop. Fortunately, the wait is over now. CC Logistics, the new name of the company, just released a new lineup of pro…
This edition of the Consumer Electronic Show, the annual grand mass of electronics products in Las Vegas, has gifted us with so many robotics products that it might be hard to navigate among all the announcements. The team at RobotShop and our community have debated together and here's our ranking …
Robot Visions by Isaac Asimov Ever since the stories of Isaac Asimov, robotics had long been restricted to the imagination. Although it had been unclear in the past, the present state of technology shows that robotics has become a tangible reality. The evolution of robotics follows the same …
UPS has entered the drone delivery race. Take a look at their teaser video.
If you thought the most expensive material on the planet was a diamond, you were likely not considering radioactive elements like plutonium (or drugs like LSD), or very rare like californium. Scientists at Harvard have added a new one to the list of most expensive materials and it may even be at th…
