October 25, 2013, Robo Business, Santa Clara, CA—Yoky Matsuoka from Nest talked about the evolution of technologies that lead to greater automation. The thermostat is one example of this trend of humans, devices, and how they work together. The differences between robots and thermostats are not that great. As more technology gets integrated into the…
October 25, 2013, Robo Business, Santa Clara, CA—Michael Bruenig from the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization in Australia presented their findings on vision and mapping. The main idea is to free the robots from their tethers. The current big driver for autonomy is in mining. The shippers want to have robot workers doing the…
October 25, 2013, Robo Business, Santa Clara, CA—Garry Mathiason from Littler Mendelson addressed some of the issues associated with the glacial changes in laws and the ongoing robotics revolution. Companies need to address the hidden compliance requirements and legal changes for a robotized workplace. The future is arriving fairly quickly. By 2025, half of the…
January 2013 – At the CES tradeshow this year, CEATEC held a briefing to overview the expo that would be taking place in Japan and some of the themes and exhibitors that would be present. One of the key members of the Japan ecosystem that presented was Murata. The company, incorporated in 1950 after starting…