Monthly Archives: May 2013

New Steps in AI On the Way

For some time now, the most exciting advances in AI and motion control have been coming out of game production. We like a good game as much as the next guy, but we’d rather not have all the news in our field coming out of toy companies. That may be about to change. Google and… Read more »

Can You See the Big Picture?

In this video about the resurgence and growth of American manufacturing, one of the manufacturers interviewed says the success of manufacturing lies in solving a problem. Are you using your Indramat and Rexroth equipment to solve a problem? It’s easy to  get caught up in to do lists that seem a mile long and we… Read more »

HERB Can Learn, Can Rexroth?

We’ve featured HERB on our blog before. He was part of an Oreo cookie campaign where researchers taught him how to separate the cookie from the cream. As with all robots, HERB needed to be programmed to work and being able to program him to twist and separate a cookie was a big deal for… Read more »