On this robotics roundup, we see Festo angling to beat its Japanese competitors with “smart” robotics, programmable logic controllers, and more opportunities for growing and expanding robotic systems without making existing, valuable machinery obsolete.
Read more: The Factory of the Future
While large automation companies are maneuvering, conferences and competitions bring out new talent. CNN has a look at FIRST, the largest robotics competition in the world, and students at the Center for Initiatives in Jewish Education’s Young Engineers Conference created robot firefighters and other high-tech equipment.
Festo’s Smart Robotics Aimed at SMC
German factory Festo claims to be catching up to competitors by outperforming Japanese company SMC with “smarter” robotics, programmable logic controllers, and associated assembly line gear, which Festo claims will revolutionize factories by allowing them to constantly reconfigure with the latest gadgetry plus upgrade the factory workforce from semi-skilled operators to highly-skilled mechatronics and information technology (IT) experts …
The Super Bowl of robotics
Dean Kamen is changing American culture and getting kids excited about science and technology through the largest robotics competition in the world …
Imaginative student engineering projects showcased
An eye belt for the blind may be used to detect unseen objects. These three engineering projects were among more than 50 created by grade nine and ten students from local Jewish day schools at the Center for Initiatives In Jewish Education Young Engineers Conference that took place recently at the Posnack Jewish Community Center in Davie …