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Robot Maid
Robots Make Us Sad At Work
Snow Blowing Bot
Tech of the Day: What's an Integrator?
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Robot Maid
I get bored sometimes. And to fill that boredom with something positive I scroll through the bowels of the internet looking for something interesting. Today I found something really awesome that I'm pretty excited about. I'm surprised that it hasn't made a bigger splash too. Samsung is working on robots to help around the house. There are a few videos from CES showing their two bots Bot i and Bot Handy. Both are freaking awesome and I really hope Samsung is serious about bringing these or at least something close to these to market. Bot i is basically a mobile personal assistant. It follows you around reminding you of all the things you need to do and it also nags at you a little bit too. Who doesn't want to develop a codependent relationship with a narcissistic bot? I can't wait! Then there's Bot Handy, your sidekick that does dishes, picks up dirty laundry, and really keeps your house in order. If somethings out of place it uses AI to detect it and deal with it.
We are getting closer to the Jetson's reality I saw in cartoons!
Robots Make Us Sad At Work
A recent report came out saying that us humans are insecure about our jobs being taken by robots. Makes total sense! The development of robots and automation is accelerating at an unprecedented rate. Robots are coming out every day doing jobs that humans can do. Flipping burgers, tending manufacturing equipment, parking lot security. Robots ARE coming after the "basic" jobs. Companies and some people are denying this but it's the truth. We have a labor shortage and the easiest way to make a dent in it is to automate the simplest jobs. Frankly, I'm surprised we still hand our money over to a person at McDonalds and a person is handing us our food.
The study the report was based on concluded that there is a correlation between job insecurity and robot population density and that this issue is prevalent throughout our modern day society. So what's the fix for this issue? The researchers stated that self affirmation was the cure to this insecurity...
You can see the full report HERE
Science Daily also reported on this
Tech of the Day: What's an Integrator?
If you're in the automation space you've probably heard of someone or a company being called an INTEGRATOR. What kind of a beast of a human is this? Is it like the terminator but better?
Not really. An integrator is a person or a company that takes multiple technologies, generally from different vendors, and unifies them into a solution that solves a client's problem. Why do integrators exist you ask? Let's say you want to put a conveying system into your facility that routes totes to various locations. Ok, so you need to call a conveyor company, you'll need a warehouse control software, you need some barcode scanners, next find someone that will create an interface between your company's software and the warehouse control software. And how about the physical installation of all this? This is a lot of work.
An integrator solves most if not all of this. An integrator acts as the lead on all of these topics delivering to you the complete package ready to go. Lots of companies don't have huge engineering staff or any at all so an integrator provides the on demand technical know how needed to execute automation projects. What's in it for the integrator? Two things. Money and experience. Integrators usually add 10-30% to the cost of a project. More importantly integrators leverage the experience from their projects to expand their knowledge base, building upon their capabilities which then affords them opportunities with other clients.
Plug of the Day
What do an F1 racing team, robotic arms, and cnc equipment have in common? HaaS Automation. Gene HaaS built an American made vertical machining center that was affordable. If you've never heard of the brand I don't fault you but I bet your local machine shop has. HaaS has been a massive supporter of the little guy since they started in 1983. They practically give away their equipment to anyone that's ready to be an brand ambassador!
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Snow Blowing Bot
For many of you people out there winter is coming...winter IS coming. Are you ready? Do you have your snowboots, gloves, coats, hats? How about your snow shovel or snow blower? Rest easy cause now there's Snowbot. Check out the video of this little guy chugging away at removing snow. Automation is making our lives easier and this is just another way for us to get lazier and become more comfortable on those cold snowy winter days.
If you want to check out this company and what they're up to:
It's Wonderful Wednesday! Go be wonderful!
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JOB POSTING OF THE DAY
JLG, an Oshkosh company is looking for a Senior Manufacturing Automation Engineer. Located in somewhat scenic Hagerstown Maryland this job lets you get creative in coming up with real ways to streamline processes. You'll be challenged to fight for budget dollars to bring your projects to reality but boy it's awesome to see your ideas get funded.
Have feedback or want to contribute a video, article or tacos? Maybe I'm interested maybe I'm not. If you have something constructive you can catch me on Twitter. @robotsrcoming or email us at [email protected]
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