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NEW YORK - Verizon and the Los Angeles Times today announced they have entered into an agreement to accelerate the deployment of advanced robotics and other technology from Verizon to expand on the way news is gathered, shared and consumed.

Through the engagement, the companies will work to integrate technologies including 4G-connected drones, 5G-connected ground robots and 3D modeled data, among others, to redefine digital media and add dimension to news reporting and storytelling. The initial focus will be on:

Providing a see what the robot sees experience through high-definition, near real-time video feeds from the robots both in the air and on the ground.

Getting visuals from miles away through the use of ground robots to capture digital stills from onboard cameras in difficult-to-access areas.

By combining Verizons network, edge computing and intelligent software technologies, with the innovative thinkers at the L.A. Times, we have the potential to transform the future of storytelling, said Elise Neel, Senior Vice President of New Business Incubation at Verizon. Verizon is working with partners to innovate in their respective industries and this collaboration is an example of how we are using technology to drive innovation in the industry. Through the work we are doing with the L.A. Times, people from all over the world could have an opportunity to feel like they are immersed in the stories of Southern California.

Robotics, in the air and on the ground, paired with data-driven technology running on Verizons wireless networks, including 4G LTE and 5G Ultra Wideband, will enable news gathering in hard to reach areas. This near real-time data will help the L.A. Times set new benchmarks in how breaking stories are captured and delivered.

At the Los Angeles Times, were always looking for ways to get closer to the news, explain what it means and illustrate the vital stories of California, said Chris Argentieri, President and COO of the L.A. Times. This collaboration with Verizon will allow us to build on our expertise in video journalism, data visualization and product design to create deeply immersive and immediate extensions of our reporting with their best-in-class technologies.

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Skills 2nd place CES team Prowler Bots Chester Cullen, Colton Huth, Robert Crandall, Ryder Olsonawski

Saturday February 12 Franklin Middle hosted 34 elementary and middle school robotics teams fromMinnesota and North Dakota at the 3 rd Annual Thief River Falls VEX IQ tournament. In total five teamsfrom Thief River Falls participated in the tournament which was split into two challenges. The first wasthe teamwork challenge in which the teams are paired randomly with other teams other teams to tryand score as many combined points as possible.Through 9 qualification rounds Team XNOR from Franklin middle school ranked first averaging 72.14points per match. This was almost 10 points ahead of 2 nd place team Alpha Males from South MiddleSchool in Grand Forks which averaged 63.71 points. The two teams were paired together in the Finalsand won the teamwork challenge scoring 92 points which was 30 points more than the 2 nd placefinishers Green Wave Robotics from East Grand Forks and Three Amigos from St. Cloud. Also competingin the teamwork finals were the Chocobots from CES finishing 5 th , St. Bernards Robotics finishing 7 th and the Prowler Bots from CES finishing 9 th .The second challenge was the skills challenge. In the skills challenge teams are given 3 chances of oneminute of driver control time to score as many points as possible. They are also given 3 chances of oneminute of autonomous or programmed time to score as many points as possible. They then add thehighest driver score and the highest autonomous score together for a total skills score. Team XNOR fromFranklin Middle School also won the skills challenge with a score of 80 points. This was 10 points aheadof the 2 nd place Prowler Bots which scored 70 points. St. Bernards Robotics also scored 70 points andlanded in 3 rd as the Prowler Bots had a slightly higher programming score. Also ranking in the skillschallenge were the Chocobot from CES ranking 11th with 44 points and the Techno Bots from CESranking 15 th with 34 points.During the tournament teams are also interviewed by a group of volunteer judges and several awardsare handed out for a variety of reasons. None of these of are considered more prestigious than theExcellence award which is considered the highest award in VEX Robotics. This award takes intoconsideration the teams engineering notebook, the teams interview with the judges, the teamsperformance during the qualification rounds of the tournament and the teams skills ranking. Sincethere was more than 10 middle school and 10 elementary school teams at this event there was anExcellence award handed out for each division. The Alpha Males from South Middle School in GrandForks won the middle school award and St. Bernards Robotics from Thief River Falls won theElementary School Division.

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Ever wondered how, exactly, Pittsburgh became a leading city for robotics? A new exhibition in town has the answer.

The Carnegie Mellon University Libraries recently opened an exhibition taking a look back at Pittsburghs storied robotics past. Titled Looking Back to Move Forward / A Re:collection of Robotics at Carnegie Mellon, the exhibition brings together over 40 robots and archival artifacts for display, including soccer robots, snake robots, an early-stage autonomous food delivery robot and the Terregator, one of the early iterations of an outdoor autonomous vehicle.

Beyond displaying these robots of yore which are paired with recollections from the innovators who built them the exhibition also explains the unique digital preservation process they require, and what current efforts to keep record of a tech history look like.

The best way to tell CMUs story is to do it honestly as a complex, comprehensive, and nuanced account of successes and failures, inspirations, and warts, said Katherine Barbera, an archivist and oral historian who co-curated the exhibition, in a statement. Through the efforts of The Robotics Project we will ensure that historians, scientists, journalists, filmmakers, students, and other creators from the many fields who rely on archives for historical research are able to access this history and make it part of the public collective memory.

Looking Back to Move Forward exhibition at the Hunt Library. (Courtesy photo)

The public opening of the exhibition comes after the initial launch of The Robotics Project, an interdisciplinary effort to robotics history preservation, in 2019, with the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation provided funding in 2020. But the idea of working to document the universitys fast-moving tech advances for history is even older than that.

William Red Whittaker, a CMU professor who spearheaded innovation on autonomous vehicle development, was one of the first to suggest a systematic archival process for robotics at the school. His interest in doing so culminated in his founding of the universitys Field Robotics Center in 2018, which focused on transferring photographs and slides from the early 21st century into digital files.

While robots are the main attraction for most people, we hope audiences will appreciate that this project goes beyond the physical items, said the exhibitions other curator, robot archive processing archivist Kathleen Donahoe. The Robotics Project team is building a research collection to investigate the research ecosystem of robotics, create a model for preserving these records, and document the history of the field.

Looking Back to Move Forward advances Whittakers efforts as the inaugural exhibition in CMUs new gallery space in the first floor of Hunt Library on campus. But the exhibition is also available online, through a 360 virtual tour of the space.

The formal recognition of the robotics history in Pittsburgh cements the citys status as a global capital for innovation in the field. In looking back, those working within todays thriving robotics economy can examine the origins and continue learning from the founders that started it all. Particularly as the regions robotics become even more complex (including the commercial launch of autonomous vehicles on the horizon), understanding the pathway of past innovations could illuminate the future of new ones.

Though representations of CMUs robotics past alone is not a comprehensive view of the whole citys work in this field, this exhibition offers a glimpse at what future digital preservation efforts could look like, and dovetails with similar ongoing projects from institutions like the Heinz History Center.

The exhibition opened on Jan. 19 and will run through March 18 in the Hunt Library Gallery on CMUs campus.

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Open Robotics is working with Blue Origin, the sub-orbital spaceflight company founded by Jeff Bezos, and NASA on Space ROS. Space ROS is a version of ROS 2 meant to meet verification and validation requirements aerospace software must meet before being used in a mission.

The Robot Operating System (ROS) been used in space activities for over a decade now. Its use began at ROSCon 2012, where NASA presented its use of ROS in the Robonaut 2 (R2) humanoid robot. NASA switched R2s software over to ROS and used Gazebo, Open Robotics 3D robotics simulator, to build a model of the robot and the International Space Station (ISS).

By 2014, R2, and its ROS-based software, was up and running on the ISS. This was the first confirmed use of ROS in space.

When NASA started working on its next robot, Robonaut 5 (R5), also called Valkyrie, it used ROS from the beginning. It also continued to use Gazebo for testing and development of the robot. R5 later competing in the DARPA Robotics Challenge.

In 2015, NASA held the first Space Robotics Challenge (SRC), a virtual competition to advance robotic software and autonomous capabilities for space exploration missions. For the SRC, teams were challenged to simulate R5 doing habitat preparation tasks. The winner of the competition, Coordinated Robotics, was able to transfer his code from simulation to real robot hardware in one day.

Astrobee aboard the ISS. | Source: NASA

Brian Gerkey, co-founder and CEO of Open Robotics, is keynoting ourRobotics Summit & Expo, which takes place May 10-11 in Boston. His talk, called Robotics Needs a Babelfish: The Skinny on Robot Interoperability, will discuss how companies are addressing interoperability, and what options are available to vendors, end users, and integrators. Attendees will learn about the history of Open-RMF (Robotics Middleware Framework), best practices for multiple vendor robot interoperability, and future interoperability trends.

NASA uses ROS in other space robots such as Astrobee, the free-flying successor to SPHERES. Multiple Astrobees are at work inside the ISS.

Currently, NASA and Open Robotics are working on the VIPER program. The goal of VIPER is to send a mobile robot to the South Pole of the Moon in 2023. ROS 2 will be in the control loop for the rover.

Blue Origin recently acquired Honeybee Roboticsfor an undisclosed amount. The deal is expected to close in mid-February, and Honeybee Robotics will become a wholly-owned subsidiary of Blue Origin.

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Twenty-seven bones, 27 joints, more than 30 muscles and over 100 ligaments make up the human hand.

Coordinating these components with our brain and nervous system, hands are capable of doing amazing things. One thing scientists have not yet been able to do with their own brains and hands, however, is design an effective prosthesis for the thousands of people affected by upper limb loss. The SoftHand Pro, pictured at the Cybathlon 2020 international assistive technology competition, is the first prosthesis to combine soft robotic technologies and the natural biomechanics of the human hand to improve the functionality, versatility and robustness of hand prostheses for people with upper limb loss. Photo courtesy of IIT-Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia Download Full Image

There are many (prosthetic) hands developed by research that are beautiful engineering masterpieces. The problem is, they often dont get out of the lab, says Marco Santello, a professor of biomedical engineering in the Ira A. Fulton Schools of Engineering at Arizona State University. There is a huge gap between building something very elegant and sophisticated and something that someone would like to use in daily activities.

Santello and a team of interdisciplinary researchers have been developing the SoftHand Pro the first prosthetic to combine soft robotic technologies and the natural biomechanics of the human hand to address the unmet needs of functionality, versatility and robustness in a hand prosthesis and improve peoples quality of life.

If prosthetic users are not satisfied with how a prosthesis works, they rely on constantly using their intact limb, Santello says. However, there are a lot of activities we do with more than one hand. So, if they have a prosthetic hand they can rely on to function reliably and consistently, they can do (more) activities they care about.

After years of proof-of-concept research and preliminary testing, Santello is collaborating with Kristin Zhao, director of the Assistive and Restorative Technology Laboratory at Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota, on a $3.2 million National Institutes of Health-funded R01 project to conduct a clinical trial to assess and compare the performance of the SoftHand Pro against a commercially available prosthetic hand.

Clinical trials are a priority for us as translational researchers because they give us the opportunity to learn whether our novel technologies will meet the needs of patients, says Zhao, the project's co-principal investigator alongside Santello. Further, this clinical trial exemplifies a powerful team science approach that brings together teams with expertise in robotics, biomechanics, neural control of movement and clinical care for patients with limb loss.

This research initially received one of three seed funding grants from Team Science a partnership between ASU and Mayo Clinic in which a multidisciplinary team comprised of one ASU researcher and one Mayo Clinic researcher collaborate on innovative health care solutions as well as additional National Institutes of Health R21 grant funding for early stage research.

In the laboratory, hand prostheses are often very complex, require extensive maintenance or are prone to breakage. Many commercial prosthetic hands have their own drawbacks, such as their expense, weight and difficulty to repair.

The biggest weakness is that users are often not satisfied (with commercial prostheses) because the range of functions you can perform is often limited, says Santello, who is also the director of the School of Biological and Health Systems Engineering, one of the seven Fulton Schools.

With too few joints, a prosthetic hand is easier to control, but cant do everything patients would like it to do. More joints increase functionality, but can make controlling the hand too complex. However, Santello says the solution needs to go beyond the prosthetic hand's mechanical structure.

During his postdoctoral work in neuroscience, Santello observed that even though the hand has many joints, biomechanical restrictions in the human hand and neural constraints in the central nervous system result in only three or four main coordination patterns of finger motion, known as synergies. These patterns, extracted from hand shapes used to grasp and use a large set of everyday objects, can be considered the fundamental building blocks that underlie all possible hand shapes.

This concept caught the attention of robotics researchers, including Antonio Bicchi, who is a professor of robotics at the University of Pisa, a senior scientist at the Italian Institute of Technology in Genoa, Italy, and an adjunct professor in the School of Biological and Health Systems Engineering at ASU; and Manuel G. Catalano, a researcher at IIT and an affiliate at Mayo Clinic. In his doctoral thesis, Catalano, advised by Bicchi and Santello, developed and investigated the design concept of the SoftHand Pro, which earned him international acclaim with the 2014 Georges Giralt PhD Award for the best PhD thesis in robotics.

People who work in robotics thought this was a really cool concept because so far, weve been building robotic hands with as many motors as joints, which makes control very, very difficult, Santello says. But now, if you can design the (prosthetic) hand in a way that moves according to biological constrained patterns of finger motion, you dramatically simplify control without necessarily compromising function and versatility.

By using the concept of hand synergies, Bicchi and his team designed and built the prototypes of what is now the SoftHand Pro.

Maria Fossati, a designer on the European SoftHand Pro team who also works at the Italian Institute of Technology in Genoa, demonstrates the SoftHand Pro at Cybathlon 2020, an international competition in which people with physical disabilities compete in events with state-of-the-art assistive technologies. Photo courtesy of IIT-Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia

By combining soft robotics, biomechanics and neuroscience, the SoftHand Pro has emerged as a flexible prosthetic with 19 joints controlled by a single motor that manipulates the joints according to the natural movement patterns of the hand. Using only one motor to control so many joints is a unique feature compared to other prosthesis designs. The SoftHand Pro also has more joints, also known as degrees of freedom, than other commercially available prosthetic hands, and is closest to the degrees of freedom of the human hand.

The SoftHand Pro works with myoelectric technology that uses the electrical signals generated in the remaining tissue of a persons forearm muscles to control the prosthetic hand. Santello says that all the user has to do is think about closing the prosthetic hand and, by contracting the forearm muscles, it will mold to an object using the concept of constrained movement patterns, not unlike what happens when using an organic hand.

When you use your own hand, youre not thinking that the thumb needs to flex 10 degrees and then this finger 25 degrees and the next finger five degrees fortunately, you dont! Santello says. Often, you have an approximation of the shape of the object in the shape of your hand, and you use the compliance of the hand to do the rest for you and stop closing as soon as you see or feel like you have secure contact. You dont need a complex algorithm to choose a given hand shape for a specific object, nor does the SoftHand Pro user need to be aware (of the motion of the fingers).

In the case of a prosthesis, the user practices this motion so it becomes second nature to see an object and grasp it with the prosthetic.

Even with such a simple control mechanism, the SoftHand Pro offers versatility for this motion. Its flexibility allows the hand to conform to many shapes and permits movements like picking a small object off of a table to taking a book from a shelf motions other prosthetics would struggle with because of their rigidity or limitations in their mechanical design.

Qiushi Fu, one of Santellos former doctoral students and postdoctoral researchers who is now an assistant professor at the University of Central Florida, helped conduct early testing of the SoftHand Pro with control subjects who have intact hands. He also assisted in the development of the SoftHand Pros bio-inspired robotic control algorithms and protocols that expanded and enhanced its capabilities.

The SoftHand Pro prototype was a relatively new concept, and it provided opportunities to explore different directions. I was investigating bio-inspired robot control (as a doctoral student), and it helped to expand my expertise into prosthetics and human-machine interfaces, Fu says. Demonstrating that our control algorithm can help subjects transport fragile objects was an important achievement.

In addition to providing increased functionality, the compliant nature of the SoftHand Pro is also more resistant to breakage. By being able to flex, extend and mold to the environment, the soft robotic mechanical joints are less likely to break during movements performed by organic joints.

Santello has brought the basic scientific foundation of the technology to the SoftHand Pro and worked with Bicchi and others in Italy to test the device. Now Zhao and Mayo Clinics biomechanical and clinical expertise will help the team evaluate if the prosthesis will lead to greater improvement in grasping and manipulation performance than a commercially available, multi-digit prosthetic hand called the i-limb by orthopedics company ssur.

When the opportunity to work on a prosthetic project came up, Mayo Clinic was my top choice, says Santello, who has fostered collaborations between the institution and his school for the past decade.

The ASU and Mayo Clinic team, with the support of the Italian Institute of Technology team, coordinated by Bicchi and Catalano, is now taking on a complex new phase of the project through an extensive, multi-site clinical trial that started in August 2021. They will work with 36 individuals with upper limb loss over five years to compare the SoftHand Pro to the commercial alternative. The subjects will participate in laboratory testing with both prosthetics, and use each prosthetic at home for daily activities for eight weeks.

Comparing the use of two prostheses over a long period of time in real-life scenarios outside of the lab adds a more rigorous reality check, Santello says. Thats what excites us. Theres an opportunity to significantly impact quality of life for individuals with upper limb loss who use prostheses.

This phase of research is made possible by working with Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota, which will provide access to a team of experts in prosthetics, occupational therapy and physical rehabilitation in addition to a prosthetic and amputee rehabilitation clinic, the Hanger Clinic.

The Mayo Clinic team will leverage its integrated clinical practice, research and educational expertise to help carry out this pivotal clinical trial that has our core value at its center to respond to the needs of the patient, Zhao says. We are excited to partner with Drs. Santello and Bicchis teams on this important effort.

Its a high-risk, high-reward project, Santello says. We strongly believe that there is an opportunity to improve acceptance of prostheses, improve lives and enable prosthesis users to be more functional, more independent and able to do more things in a better way. We have to wait for the results, but based on what we know so far, there is a high likelihood that the outcomes of our project can make an impact.

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SENDAI, Japan, Feb. 15, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- IRIS OHYAMA Inc. and SoftBank Robotics Group Corp. have entered into the "Business Alliance Agreement" seeking to create medium- to long-term demand in the robotics market and solve social issues. In addition, IRIS OHYAMA, based in Sendai, Miyagi Prefecture, Japan, has agreed to accept the "Third-Party Allotment of Shares" implemented by Tokyo-based SoftBank Robotics Group, totaling 10 billion yen.

In Japan, the labor shortage is becoming a serious issue due to the declining birthrate, aging population, and the effects of the spread and prolonged infection of the novel coronavirus. Furthermore, DX (digital transformation) has progressed in various fields of socioeconomic activities, and new demand creation is required in the post-coronavirus era. Therefore, IRIS OHYAMA and SoftBank Robotics Group established a joint venture, "Iris Robotics Co., Ltd.," in February 2021 in order to make a full-scale entry into the market for corporate services and robotics. The company provides a total solution for business robotization, such as consultation and establishment support for corporate services and robots in business settings.

In this way, the two companies have built an excellent relationship through the robotic business. With this business alliance and the implementation of the "Third-Party Allotment of Shares," the management resources and know-how of each company will be integrated to further strengthen the cooperation. The two companies will together contribute to the realization of long-term improvements of corporate values and solutions to social issues. In order to respond to the developing DX and accomplish a sustainable society, the duo will make efforts to "solve the labor shortage and shift to DX," "accomplish a carbon-free society and contribute to the reduction of CO2 emissions," and "develop and improve new solutions."

Business Alliance Overview1. Efforts to solve labor shortage and shift to DXGiven the DX shift acceleration due to the serious labor shortage and coronavirus pandemic, the two companies regard the service robotics field as a growing sector and are expanding the field through the development of new models and introduction to companies, medical facilities and educational institutions.

2. Accomplishing carbon-free society and contributing to CO2 cutsTo address environmental issues such as accomplishing a carbon-free society and reducing CO2 emissions, the pair will reduce fuel consumption and solve environmental issues by connecting the wireless control system "LiCONEX" to IRIS OHYAMA's service robots to improve operational efficiency.

3. Development and improvement of new solutionsBy implementing DX, saving labor and improving efficiency, the two companies will promote research and development of robots that respond to social changes. Through the synergistic efforts of IRIS OHYAMA's product development capabilities and the great knowledge and technology in the field of AI robot OS possessed by SoftBank Robotics Group, the duo will seek to create a new market.

IRIS OHYAMA Inc.Headquarters: 2-12-1 Itsutsubashi, Aoba-ku Sendai City, Miyagi Prefecture, JAPANEstablished: April, 1971Description of business: Planning, manufacturing and sales of housewaresRepresentative: Akihiro Ohyama, Executive President

SoftBank Robotics Group Corp.Headquarters: 1-7-1 Kaigan, Minato-ku, Tokyo, JAPANEstablished: January, 2012Description of business:As a holding company that oversees the robotics business in the SoftBank Group, the Company is engaged in management activities with the objective of investing in and growing subsidiaries. In this fiscal year, the Company also started to engage in research and development activities of robot products.Representative: Fumihide Tomizawa, President & CEO

Website (TAIWAN): https://www.irisohyamatw.com/Website (THAILAND): https://www.irisohyama-thailand.com/

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Dublin, Feb. 09, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The "Cloud Robotics Market to 2030: Trend Forecast and Growth Opportunity" report has been added to ResearchAndMarkets.com's offering.

The global cloud robotics market will reach $40.29 billion by 2030, growing by 26.5% annually over 2020-2030 considering the impact of COVID-19 pandemic. The market is driven by proliferation of the cloud technology, broad spectrum use of wireless technologies, the cost-effectiveness and enhanced process efficiency of cloud robotics, and the increase in the adoption of Internet of Things (IoT) and Artificial Intelligence (AI).

This report is based on a comprehensive research of the entire global cloud robotics market and all its sub-segments through extensively detailed classifications. Profound analysis and assessment are generated from premium primary and secondary information sources with inputs derived from industry professionals across the value chain. The report is based on studies on 2017-2019 and provides estimate for 2020 and forecast from 2021 till 2030 with 2019 as the base year (Year 2020 is not appropriate for research base due to the outbreak of COVID-19).

In-depth qualitative analyses include identification and investigation of the following aspects:

The trend and outlook of global market is forecast in optimistic, balanced, and conservative view by taking into account of COVID-19. The balanced (most likely) projection is used to quantify global cloud robotics market in every aspect of the classification from perspectives of Component, Robot Type, Implementation Module, Connectivity Technology, Deployment Mode, Business Model, Application, and Region.

Based on Component, the global market is segmented into the following sub-markets with annual revenue ($ mn) for 2019-2030 included in each section.

Based on Robot Type, the global market is segmented into the following sub-markets with annual revenue ($ mn) for 2019-2030 included in each section.

Based on Implementation Module, the global market is segmented into the following sub-markets with annual revenue ($ mn) for 2019-2030 included in each section.

Based on Connectivity Technology, the global market is segmented into the following sub-markets with annual revenue ($ mn) for 2019-2030 included in each section.

Based on Deployment Mode, the global market is segmented into the following sub-markets with annual revenue ($ mn) for 2019-2030 included in each section.

Based on Business Model, the global market is segmented into the following sub-markets with annual revenue ($ mn) for 2019-2030 included in each section.

Based on Application, the global market is segmented into the following sub-markets with annual revenue ($ mn) for 2019-2030 included in each section.

Geographically, the following regions together with the listed national/local markets are fully investigated:

For each aforementioned region and country, detailed analysis and data for annual revenue ($ mn) are available for 2019-2030. The breakdown of all regional markets by country and split of key national markets by Component, Business Model, and Application over the forecast years are also included.

The report also covers current competitive scenario and the predicted trend; and profiles key vendors including market leaders and important emerging players.

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1 Introduction

2 Market Overview and Dynamics2.1 Market Size and Forecast2.1.1 Impact of COVID-19 on World Economy2.1.2 Impact of COVID-19 on the Market2.2 Major Growth Drivers2.3 Market Restraints and Challenges2.4 Emerging Opportunities and Market Trends2.5 Porter's Five Forces Analysis

3 Segmentation of Global Market by Component3.1 Market Overview by Component3.2 Hardware3.2.1 Robot Devices3.2.2 Robot Components3.3 Software3.3.1 Robotics Application Software3.3.2 Software for Integrated Virtual Robots3.3.3 Software for Cloud Data Storage and Analytics3.4 Services3.4.1 Deployment and Integration3.4.2 Connectivity Management3.4.3 Strategic Consulting3.4.4 Training and Support

4 Segmentation of Global Market by Robot Type4.1 Market Overview by Robot Type4.2 Stationary Robots4.2.1 Cartesian/Gantry Robots4.2.2 Cylindrical Robots4.2.3 Spherical Robots4.2.4 SCARA Robots4.2.5 Articulated Robots4.2.6 Parallel Robots4.2.7 Other Stationary Robots4.3 Wheeled Robots4.3.1 Single Wheel Robots4.3.2 Two Wheeled Robots4.3.3 Three Wheeled Robots4.3.4 Four Wheeled Robots4.3.5 Six Wheeled Robots4.3.6 Tracked Robots4.4 Legged Robots4.4.1 One Leg Robots4.4.2 Bipedal/Humanoid Robots4.4.3 Tripedal Robots4.4.4 Quadrupedal Robots4.4.5 Hexapod Robots4.4.6 Many Legs Robots4.5 Flying Robots4.6 Swimming Robots4.7 Robotic Balls4.8 Swarm Robots4.9 Modular Robots4.10 Micro Robots4.11 Nano Robots4.12 Soft/Elastic Robots4.13 Snake Robots4.14 Crawler Robots4.15 Hybrid Robots4.16 Other Robot Types

5 Segmentation of Global Market by Implementation Module5.1 Market Overview by Implementation Module5.2 Peer-based Cloud Robotics5.3 Proxy-based Cloud Robotics5.4 Clone-based Cloud Robotics

6 Segmentation of Global Market by Connectivity Technology6.1 Market Overview by Connectivity Technology6.2 Cellular6.2.1 3G6.2.2 4G6.2.3 5G6.3 Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE)6.4 WiFi/WiMAX6.5 Radio Frequency (RF)6.6 Infrared

7 Segmentation of Global Market by Deployment Mode7.1 Market Overview by Deployment Mode7.2 Public Cloud7.3 Private Cloud7.4 Hybrid Cloud

8 Segmentation of Global Market by Business Model8.1 Market Overview by Business Model8.2 Platform as a Service (PaaS)8.3 Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS)8.4 Software as a Service (SaaS)

9 Segmentation of Global Market by Application9.1 Market Overview by Application9.2 Industrial Use9.2.1 Manufacturing9.2.2 Automotive9.2.3 Transportation & Logistics9.2.4 Other Industrial Sectors9.3 Commercial & Professional Use9.3.1 Healthcare and Medical9.3.2 Agriculture9.3.3 Retail and Consumer Service9.3.4 Travel and Tourism9.3.5 Home and Construction9.3.6 Banking, Financial Services, and Insurance9.3.7 Other Commercial Sectors9.4 Personal & Consumer Use9.4.1 Entertainment9.4.2 Education9.4.3 Personal Healthcare9.4.4 Home Appliances9.4.5 Cleaning9.4.6 Other Personal Sectors9.5 Government and Military Use9.5.1 National Defense9.5.2 Homeland Security9.5.3 Space Management

10 Segmentation of Global Market by Region10.1 Geographic Market Overview 2019-203010.2 North America Market 2019-2030 by Country10.2.1 Overview of North America Market10.2.2 U.S.10.2.3 Canada10.2.4 Mexico10.3 European Market 2019-2030 by Country10.3.1 Overview of European Market10.3.2 Germany10.3.3 U.K.10.3.4 France10.3.5 Spain10.3.6 Italy10.3.7 Russia10.3.8 Rest of European Market10.4 Asia-Pacific Market 2019-2030 by Country10.4.1 Overview of Asia-Pacific Market10.4.2 Japan10.4.3 China10.4.4 Australia10.4.5 India10.4.6 South Korea10.4.7 Rest of APAC Region10.5 South America Market 2019-2030 by Country10.5.1 Argentina10.5.2 Brazil10.5.3 Chile10.5.4 Rest of South America Market10.6 MEA Market 2019-2030 by Country10.6.1 UAE10.6.2 Saudi Arabia10.6.3 South Africa10.6.4 Other National Markets

11 Competitive Landscape11.1 Overview of Key Vendors11.2 New Product Launch, Partnership, Investment, and M&A11.3 Company Profiles

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The Worldwide Cloud Robotics Industry is Expected to Reach $40+ Billion by 2030 - GlobeNewswire

ODENSE, Denmark--(BUSINESS WIRE)--The hit rate is high when capital-hungry start-ups and risk-taking investors meet up at Odense Investor Summit in Europes fastest growing robotics environment. Based on the success of previous summits, more than half of attending start-ups will succeed in finding investor capital at the matchmaking event. This year 15 technology companies will present their automation inventions in front of 300 investors.

Investors are increasingly interested in finding golden eggs in the robotics start-up scene, as automation and robotics technology are making headway in more and more industries. A record number of robotics investors are waiting to participate at the Odense Investor Summit on 24 March 2022, which will be held in Denmark at the same time as the robotics trade fare R-22.

Shared robotic event generates a lot of synergy

Odense Municipality is the organiser of Odense Investor Summit and has worked for years to make Odense the worlds best robotics city. Children as young as three years old are experimenting with robot technology in the city with the international robotics environment, which attracts start-ups, investors, and robotics talent from all over the world.

Odense Mayor Peter Rahbk Juel:

In Odense, the key elements to a thriving robotics industry are united: economy, expertise, capacity. Investors in the fields of automation and robotics come here to access the most promising investment opportunities and to learn about the latest trends in the market, incited not least by the event of Odense Investor Summit. Visitors are impressed by the way in which members of our local ecosystem seek out coopetition and knowhow from one another.

The summit will also have panel discussions, and keynote speakers, including Greg Smith, President for Industrial Automation Group and President of Teradyne:

With the acquisition of Universal Robots in 2015, we saw the potential of Odense in the field of robotics. In 2018, we acquired Mobile Industrial Robots and reaffirmed our commitment to Odense as an important center for research into robotics. Since 2015, we have been a constant in Odenses ecosystem and we have been excited to witness the growth of the robotics community, which is constantly proving its capability to commercialize technology.

This is the 8th Odense Investor Summit. Investors have pledged more than EUR 860 million to robotics start-ups in Odense.

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Start-Ups From All Over the World Will Raise EUR30 Million in Odense, Europe's Robotics Capital - Business Wire

What do you want to be when you grow up? Id like to be as smart as the Philly-area teens named finalists in the nations oldest math and science competition, the Regeneron Science Talent Search.

Regeneron Pharmaceuticals and the Society of Science host the annual search, selecting high school seniors based on their projects scientific rigor, as well as their potential to become world-changing scientists and leaders. Previous finalists have gone on to win Nobel Prizes, National Medals of Science and Fields Medals, per the org.

Of 1,800 applicants in 2022, three local high school seniors are among the searchs top 40: Claire Andreasen, Leo Wylonis and Victor Cai. Each finalist is awarded up to $25,000 and participates in a weeklong competition in March. Top prizes range from $40,000 to $250,000.

Heres how the students told us they hope to use science to change the world:

Victor Cai with his narrowband radar project. (Courtesy photo)

Cai was selected as a finalist for developing a short-range distance sensing radar to help visually impaired people navigate their homes. He told Technical.ly he was inspired to develop his project after his karate teacher of 11 years slowly lost his sight due to a rare eye disease.

I was eager to do something for him, he said.

Traditionally, radar algorithms can interfere with Wi-Fi and Bluetooth, making such technology difficult to use in the home. Cai used a little-known radar concept, officially called the Multiple Frequency Continuous Wave. His technology uses only four kilohertz of bandwidth, as opposed to one gigahertz required by a traditional algorithm, Cai said.

Cais project, Designing a Narrowband Radar Using GNU Radio and Software Defined Radio for Tomography and Indoor Sensing. (Courtesy photo)

The device is currently about one foot by one foot in height and width. Cai is developing a smaller prototype that the user can wear around the house.

He said he was elated when the Regeneron Science Talent Search announced he was among the top 40.

Science allows us to innovate these new technologies and in general, with engineering, to use these technologies around us to develop ways in which we can make peoples lives better, he said. For me, its really special to create something that hasnt been possible before.

Andreasen proved graphene, a sustainable carbon-based material, can develop magnetic properties under certain conditions making it applicable for use in electronics such as hard drives, transistors and MRIs.

The magnetic materials in electronics and electronic components(such as hard drives, transistors, MRIs, generators, and more)are typically made out of expensive materials that require unethical and unsustainable mining practices, Andreasen wrote in an email to Technical.ly. One way we can improve the efficiency, cost, sustainability, and ethicality of electronics is by discovering alternative magnetic materials.

Her proof of graphenes magnetic capabilities allows scientists to question if other non-magnetic materials can develop similar controllable characteristics, she said.

Claire Andreasen. (Courtesy photo)

For her research, Andreasen used modeling and computational software, such as MATLAB and Ovito, to analyze individual atoms in graphene. She spent a year working on the project, but was still surprised by her induction into Regenerons top 40.

I was very, very shocked and excited. I am still very, very shocked and excited. A lot of the activities I do outside of research are not STEM-focused and this was my first big research project, so I didnt expect to be named a finalist, Andreasen wrote. When shes not developing her research, Andreasen co-leads an environmentalism club at her school, plays the French horn and participates in Delawares Youth in Government, similar to mock trial.

Andreasen focused on graphene because of its sustainability. After graduating, she hopes to fuse environmental and science studies, researching clean energy solutions.

For now, shes looking forward to connecting with the other finalists during the weeklong competition.

I have been watching the intro videos of the other finalists, she wrote, and its shocking to see how much we have in common beyond science.

Leo Wylonis MRI motor robot. (Courtesy photo)

Wylonis always liked working with his hands. When he was little, he built Lego robots. Inspired by loved ones experiences with surgery, he developed a motor for use in MRI robotics that got him a spot in Regenerons top 40.

During surgery using MRI robotics, procedures are completed while a patient is in the MRI, or magnetic resonance imaging, machine. Because the MRI is broadcasting a live image of the patients body, it leaves less room for error than typical surgery. However, there can be no metal tools inside the MRI because it will degrade the machines images.

Wylonis developed a non-metal DiSERVO motor from mostly custom-printed 3D plastic parts for use in MRI robotics. His prototype was tested to have higher torque, be faster and more accurate than the leading motor used in the field, which was developed by Johns Hopkins University researchers, per his project abstract.

Wylonis plans to study engineering after high school. He attributes his lifelong interest in science to the excitement of creating new things.

There are so many different innovations going on in the world that are completely new, he said. The prospect of making something completely new that helps the world is really cool, and I really like getting in the flow of a project and completing it to its finish.

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All of three local students are excited about meeting their fellow finalists during the competition from March 9 to 16.

Its kind of nice to have a wide range of topics being researched by all of the finalists and to just get to know different areas of science and how they are improving our lives, Cai said. And we all have that shared passion for using science to improve the world.

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