Workshop on Commercial Exploitation

February 24, 2017

On February 21, members of the FourByThree consortium gathered for a seminar on Exploitation and Commercialization held at IK4-TEKNIKER’s facilities in Eibar, Basque Country, Spain. The workshop was facilitated by European expert Ana Maria Magri. The proposed tool for guiding the process was the Lean Canvas, an adaptation of the standard Business Model Canvas by Ash Maurya. Participants split into three groups to discuss the main approaches to the market …Read More

Optimizing Robots While They Sleep (RobDREAM Project)

February 20, 2017

Source: KUKA Laboratories At Automatica 2016 KUKA Corporate Research presented the initial results of the RobDREAM project, which is part of the larger SPARC European robotics partnership. The RobDREAM research seeks to optimize robotic operation by analyzing data and improving processes during “inactive” periods (such as during an off-shift in the evening) – much like animals do during sleep. One of the main goals was to speed up the programming …Read More

How Collaborative Robots Are Impacting Education

February 6, 2017

Source: Amtek Company (Rick Sykes) A few weeks ago I was sitting in the waiting room at the hospital receiving an update from one of the surgeons on staff. My wife’s surgery had gone well. It only lasted 45 minutes (as opposed to two hours) and she only lost a teaspoon of blood. I felt a wave of relief. What had made her surgery so successful was the collaborative robot …Read More

February 2017