The German company isn't really trying to replace human ping pong players with robots, of course, but promote its new robotics factory in China, which is having its official grand opening today, so a little artistic license can be forgiven.
"It would be $35 million a year for a ship to do the same thing,"says Vass, 49, at Liquid Robotics' factory, where some half-dozen yellow longboard-shaped Wave Gliders are being hand-assembled while others are being wheeled around the parking lot on carts to make sure their solar arrays and electronics systems are working properly.
Spiesshofer will join us to discuss ups and downs of this inevitable push toward robotics factories, including increased worker safety and some difficult questions surrounding potential job loss among their human counterparts.
11 40 AM – 12 00 PM Fireside Chat with Ulrich Spiesshofer (ABB) During Spiesshofer's fireside chat, hear about the inevitable push toward robotics factories, including increased worker safety and some difficult questions surrounding potential job loss among their human counterparts.
A robotic factory would be sent ahead to make fuel for the astronauts' return trip.
SAN FRANCISCO — Solyndra, a Silicon Valley solar-panel maker that won half a billion dollars in federal aid to build a state-of-the-art robotic factory, plans to announce on Wednesday that it will shut down an older plant and lay off workers.
These three former Makerbot employees are working on creating Voodoo Manufacturing, an effort to "combine software and hardware to build a new-age robotic factory".
The company operates through the following business segments: Research, design and development of test, burn-in and embedded peripherals; and Design and production of specialized machinery and equipment namely material handling equipment and robotic factory automation equipment.
It's building a robotic factory of 3D printers so clients can send a digital file and get a physical product in return with no molds, labor, startup cost or minimum order size.
At the Centro Cultural Banco do Brasil, "Wu Yulu's Robot Factory" features robotic representations of Jackson Pollock, Bruce Nauman and Yves Klein making art in their namesakes' styles.
Roger Smith, with all his visions of robotic factories, failed completely, leaving behind a worse mess than he inherited.
