Monthly Archives: September 2015

Happy Labor Day!

Since 1894, the first Monday of September has been set aside to honor the working people of America. If you have the day off, enjoy it! But don’t hesitate to call if you need Rexroth electric drive, control, or servo support.

Can Robots Tell Jokes?

A group of researchers led by Bob Mankoff tried to teach robots to distinguish between things that are funny and things that are not. This wasn’t a casual question. Mankoff is a cartoon editor for a publication that has a caption contest. Having to sift through mountains of submissions made him wonder whether the first screening… Read more »

New Vehicles

We were supposed to have flying cars by now, but the market isn’t there. We were supposed to have personal hovercrafts, but they don’t look as cool as anticipated. And driverless cars work for Google… except when people run into them. Rexroth has driverless automatic trucks carrying freight right now, though. Terex Port Solutions is… Read more »