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Unloading trucks with robots! 📦 Bastian Solutions has developed a mobile robot system that automates high-volume, floor-level unloading of trailers. Let's have a closer look at how it actually works! The robot seamlessly drives itself in and out of trailers and docks without any fixed infrastructure. This system picks...

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Robotics is entering the mainstream! 👀 Let's accept this fact. Consumptionism – stonks. Possibilities (HW + SW) – stonks. Demographics - not stonks. Modern robots are often designed to interact with our legacy world, whether it's a household, a factory, or a shipyard. That means they often need to work with existing machines, tools, and spaces. In short: retrofitting. Improving old machines with new technologies without major interference in their operation. Modern way of integrating things. You don't have to change the entire environment to deploy a robot. The robot will adapt, just as human would when freshly hired. The promise is to have an army of robots to help with the world designed for us. I also believe that general purpose robots, are not a direct competition for single purpose machines (like a highly efficient specialized packaging machine, for example). It's like adding a robot to this carriage. Specialized machine could be a car ;) ~~ ♻️ Join the weekly robotics newsletter, and never miss any news →

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MEET TRUCKBOT: THE ROBOT THAT UNLOADS MORE THAN YOU DO IN A WEEK This beast can unload up to 1,000 boxes per hour—from trucks, trailers, or shipping containers. No breaks, no whining, no coffee. It’s called TruckBot, and it was basically built to do the worst warehouse job ever: unloading floor-loaded containers (aka the box version of Tetris). It hooks up to your average conveyor belt, reaches 52 feet into trailers, and lifts boxes up to 50 pounds like it’s nothing. Powered by something called the MujinController (sounds sci-fi, but it works like magic), it figures out what to do, plans every move, and doesn’t stand around pretending to look busy. Basically: it’s the future of warehouse work, and it’s not calling in sick. Source: Mashable, Strictly Robots

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