One month, one robot, one big step for beverage production
Every now and then, a project comes along that reminds me why I love what I do. This recent deployment in the beverage sector did just that. It started with …
#RoboCup2025: social media round-up 1
RoboCup2025 took place in Salvador, Brazil. The event saw around 3000 participants competing in the various leagues. Find out what the teams got up to during the first couple of …
Robot Simulators and Physics Engines
In this post we will take a look at robot simulators and physics engines which should be discussed together. Robot Simulator: Basically a robot simulator is a computer program that …
Bio-inspired robo-gripper mimics seed pods for efficiency
For some time now, we’ve been hearing about “bistable” devices that can remain in either of two states without expending any energy. A new one, inspired by plant seed pods, …
How to Ensure Integrity of Pharmaceutical Products with Robotic Palletizing
The pharmaceutical industry is heavily regulated to ensure the safe delivery of medicines and healthcare products. This makes it a particularly challenging industry when we’re talking about shipping and logistics. …
#RoboCup2025: social media round-up part 2
RoboCup2025 took place from 15-21 July in Salvador, Brazil. The event saw around 3000 participants competing in the various leagues. In our first social media round-up post we saw what …
How does a Battery work
A battery works on the basic principle that electrons tend to move from where they are abundant, or in excess, to where they are scarce. This can happen, if there …
Robotic water strider mimics nature with fan-like feet
Although we’ve seen a number of different robotic water striders over the years, scientists are still finding clever new aspects of the insects to replicate. Recently, for instance, researchers created …
What plant managers need to know before automating
As a plant manager, you’re facing an industrial landscape that’s changing faster than ever. Some challenges—like fluctuating raw material costs or sudden regulatory shifts—are temporary. These are called VUCA events: …
Interview with Kate Candon: Leveraging explicit and implicit feedback in human-robot interactions
In this interview series, we’re meeting some of the AAAI/SIGAI Doctoral Consortium participants to find out more about their research. Kate Candon is a PhD student at Yale University interested …