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Industrial Robot Brief

October saw the welcome return of more automation trade shows after a long hiatus, adding to the sense of a return to normal for the sector. The appetite is clearly there, with some shows seeing a增加50％in attendees compared to pre-pandemic levels.

行业对机器人的需求也在增加。根据促进自动化协会的数据，与去年同期相比，北美的Q2机器人订单增加了67％的惊人67％（A3）10月发行。超过一半（5,530）个订单来自非自动化客户，从金属和生命科学到电子产品和消费品，这些行业的数量越来越多。

同时，在其他工业自动化新闻中：Autotech Startup Robotire（开发了巧妙的轮胎换机器人），关闭了A750万美元A系列资金round; logistics, supply chain and warehouse robot specialists Dexterity raised1.4亿美元的新资金; Japanese electronics company Omron Corp. announced plans to take a10％的股份in cobot maker Techman Robot; Aim Robotics and Kassow Robots宣布了合作伙伴关系; and Miso Robotics unveiled arobotic chicken wing frying解决方案。

Skolkovo科学技术研究所的研究人员揭幕了一种旨在进一步提高人机合作安全性的系统。被称为'同伙,’ the wearable system can track human users’ movements using hand-tracking technology and provide tactile feedback to warn them about potential collisions with robots.

Also in October, Montreal-based Mecademic, which specializes in the design and manufacture of small, ‘plug-and-work’ industrial robots for micro-automation applications (see video below for more) announced a partnership with Electromate that will see Mecademic’s miniature arms being made available through Electromate outlets.

Amazon Boosts Investment In Robotics Research

亚马逊机器人的十月忙碌的始于新闻，即麻省理工学院和亚马逊将建立一个“科学枢纽”，重点是“共同感兴趣的领域”。人工智能和机器人技术将在第一年成为中心的重点根据公司的说法: “Amazon will provide gift and sponsored research funding over the next five years to support research and academic fellowships on campus.”

亚马逊还宣布在马萨诸塞州韦斯特伯勒市开设了一个新的机器人创新中心。包括机器人研究和开发实验室在内的4000万美元，350,000平方英尺的设施将使亚马逊机器人能够发展其工程，制造，支持和测试团队。

New Modular & Swarm Robots

Imagine a future where tiny, smart robotic devices can quickly self-assemble into robots capable of handling real-world industrial applications and payloads. That day is a long way off, but advances in swarm and modular robotic systems (accompanied by advances in material science and miniaturization of motors, sensors and computing components) provide a tantalizing glimpse of what aspects of this future might look like.

10月，来自瑞士生物体生物体实验室（Biorob）的研究人员揭开了“室友”的“室友” - 模块化变形，3D可重新配置的机器人。每个室内机器人都是一个简单的设备，该设备由外壳，电池，三个移动电动机和无线连接组成。他们可以集体地自组装成家具。

同样在10月，北塔姆（Norte Dame）的研究人员揭示了一群可重新配置的相同，低成本的四倍机器人，可以结合他们克服环境障碍的努力。这些机器人比室友更复杂，有四个腿，柔性尾巴以提高稳定性，一个光传感器，一个使机器人互相停靠的磁连接器和电池。他们可以共同形成链条以创建一个cent式形状。

The researchers noted that while individual robots performed better at simple tasks, groups of robots were better at more complex tasks such as obstacle traversal and object transport in rough terrain, where flexibility and the ability to work collectively came to the fore.

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Robodk的十月阅读

Five more stories from October that captured our attention.

• 区块链可以为机器人舰队提供安全通信吗？（（机器人报告)
• Researchers 4D print tube-like soft robot capable of rolling and climbing on its own (3D打印行业)
• 这些工业机器人所做的只是敲打脚（Boingboing)
• Agility Robotics – Perceptive locomotion for legged robots (YouTubeIROS 2021)
• 这些怪异的虚拟生物发展了他们的身体以解决问题（MIT Technology Review)