ASTM International, a voluntary technical standards development organization for materials, products, systems, and services, as part of a National Institute of Standards and Technology urban search and rescue robot performance standards project, has developed a new standard that describes specific ways to describe requirements for the storage, shipping and deployment of urban search and rescue robots.
In this interview, Robotics Trends interviews Yulun Wang , Founder and CEO of Santa Barbara based InTouch Health, a provider of remote presence robots. The systems are positioned as a win-win-win for patients, the healthcare industry and individual healthcare professionals.
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The robotics industry must vie with all other industries for qualified engineering talent. Unfortunately, the overall US pool of engineering talent is dropping right at a time when scores of existing engineers are preparing to retire.
By John P. Desmond
Based on initial stage performance results for a for retail replenishment application that far exceeded expectations, Walgreens has agreed to expand the Kiva Mobile Fulfillment System at its Mt. Vernon, Illinois facility.
