ABB invests in 3D navigation start-up to guide future AMRs
22 November 2021 ABB is taking a stake in a Swiss start-up that has developed a technology that allows mobile robots to navigate autonomously through complex, dynamic indoor… Read More
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22 November 2021 
Ball-balancing mobile robot carries flexible pneumatic ‘hand’
1 July 2020 The German pneumatics and automation technology manufacturer Festo has unveiled a mobile robot that moves by balancing on a ball, and carries a human-like pneumatic… Read More
Touch-free gripper uses sound waves to hold tiny objects
3 February 2020 A Swiss researcher is developing a gripper technology that uses ultrasonic waves to hold and manipulate small objects without touching them. Marcel Schuck from ETH… Read More
Electrical cylinder ‘combines the best of hydraulics and electronics’
7 October 2013 Parker Hannifin has announced an “electro thrust cylinder” which, it says, combines the advantages of hydraulics and electronics, and can deliver thrust forces of up… Read More
