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“You really need to develop a whole product solution—hardware, software, UI, interfaces, and process redesign—with a consideration for what problem you are really trying to solve.” —Aldo Zini
Getting large teams of robots to collaborate is the work of Dr Regis Vincent, who envisions applications that include mapping nuclear contamination.
What obstacles remain for robots to work alongside humans in industrial settings, and how far have we come in eliminating those challenges? Dr. Roland Menassa answers these and other questions in his presentation at the RoboBusiness summit November 2-3 in Boston.
John Reid, director of Product Technology and Innovation at Moline Technology Innovation Center, a part of John Deere’s Global Technology Innovation Network, discusses how his company’s technologies will help feed the world’s billions.
Mark Ingebretsen
abreast of the latest news, research, and business
analysis in key areas of the fast-changing
robotics industry
According to Dan Kara, conference chairman and President of Robotics Trends, “We are delighted that Evolution Robotics has once again joined the RoboBusiness Conference and Exposition as a sponsor. Evolution is widely recognized as a leader in vision and autonomous navigation solutions, a fact driven home by the increasing number partnerships the company has forged with a variety of robotics solution providers. The continued support of the RoboBusiness Conference and Exposition by world class robotics companies such as Evolution Robotics speaks volumes as to the industry wide reputation and impact of the event.”
Paolo Pirjanian, President and CEO of Evolution Robotics notes, “The Consumer Robotics Industry is on the verge of massive growth within the coming years and Evolution Robotics is excited to fuel that growth by providing low-cost, breakthrough solutions that enables the industry leaders to bring useful products into the market at practical prices. RoboBusiness Conference and Exposition is an excellent forum for bringing industry leaders together to create partnerships that will shape the future of this industry. It has played a significant role in the continued growth of Evolution Robotics as the leading provider of advanced and cost-effective vision and navigation solutions for making robots truly intelligent.”
RoboBusiness sponsors include Founding Sponsor iRobot and Premiere Sponsors the Technology Collaborative and the Massachusetts Technology Leadership Council, along with Gold Sponsors Coroware, Freescale Semiconductor, Holland+Knight, Evolution Robotics and Microsoft. Corporate co-sponsors include Advanced Digital Logic, ATI Industrial Automation, Autonomous Solutions, Foster-Miller, Galileo Mobility Instruments, GOSTAI, Honeywell, Hokuyo Automatic, InTouch Health, Japan External Trade Association (JETRO) and City of Osaka, Kumotek, MachineBus, Magmotor, NEXSTAR, OceanServer Technology, OC Robotics, OLogic, Perrone Robotics, RoboTech Center, Segway, SCHUNK and Vecna Robotics. RoboBusiness academic, association and media co-sponsors include Premier Media Co-Sponsor Popular Science, along with Robotics Society of America, Circuit Cellar, Hobby Manufacturers Association, Entertainment Engineering, Robot Magazine, Nuts & Volts, Linux Journal, Machine Brain, RC Driver, Object Management Group, Global Emerging Technology Institute, Strategy Analytics, Vision Systems Design, and Servo Magazine.
To foster information exchange and interaction among the various constituents driving the intelligent systems and mobile robotics market, the RoboBusiness Conference and Exposition will offer five comprehensive educational tracks, each of which focuses on a specific theme driving this new industry. Tracks within the RoboBusiness Conference and Exposition include:
- Business Development and Investment;
- Technology and Standards;
- Applications and Products;
- Markets and Industries; and
- SPOTLIGHT: New Markets for Industrial Robotics.
About Robotics Trends
Robotics Trends is the world’s first integrated media firm serving the burgeoning personal, service and mobile robotics marketplace, servicing their clientele through three major business divisions: divisions:
- Robotics Trends Publishing, which produces http://www.roboticstrends.com, an online news and information portal focused on business and technology trends for people who build, buy, invest in, and seek to understand the personal, service, mobile and military robotics market;
- Robotics Trends Events, which produces the RoboBusiness Conference and Exposition (http://www.roboevent.com and http://www.robobusiness2006.com) and the RoboNexus Conference and Exposition (http://www.robonexus.com); and
- Robotics Trends Analyst Services serving the strategic consulting needs of leading emerging robotics manufacturers.
Contact
For further information, please call Dan Kara at (508) 529-4197 or email dk [at] roboticstrends [dot] com.
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