Drivers are familiar with winding around annoying curves in the parking garage until finally sighting an open spot. If the driver has a plane or train to catch, this can be especially unpleasant. This problem led Serva Transport Systems, a German company based in Grabenstätt on Lake Chiemsee, to develop a special application that parks, sorts and picks up cars autonomously. Continue reading
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Like Tom Cruise in Minority Report: Laser measurement enables non-contact interaction
Navigating through interactive contents by movements of the hand like Tom Cruise in Minority Report – this is the dream that the Swiss Atracsys company has made a reality with the beMerlin LV. The LMS100 2D laser scanner from SICK supplies a high-quality signal whose evaluation enables the user to carry out intuitive and futuristic navigation. (with video) Continue reading
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Robotics to cleanup our community and environment
Market demand for a low cost, high-volume community-wide bin cleaning service drove the need for innovation. FreshBins’ vision involved deploying an industrial robot mounted on a truck to automate the bin pickup process. Putting robots on a truck to automate the process of collecting and cleaning commercial and domestic rubbish bins required innovation to locate the target bins in various open air environments. Continue reading