Should You Tip Robots?

There’s a robot barista in New York City, we hear, which asks for tips. We figure the coffee shop’s point of sale software includes a tipping option, rather than that the robot actually solicits tips, but it’s still an interesting question: should we tip robots? This brings up some additional questions that should help us… Read more »

When You Need Indramat Manuals

Indramat manuals

Indramat manuals are technical documents that provide important information on how to use, troubleshoot, and maintain Indramat motion control products, which include servo drives, motors, and controllers. If you have Indramat components in your facility, you probably have Indramat manuals around. Or you did once. By now, they have probably been lost, thrown away, or… Read more »

Regulating Robots

Queen Elizabeth I refused to approve a patent for a machine that could make silk stockings. “I have too much love for my poor people who obtain their bread by the employment of knitting to give my money to forward an invention that will tend to their ruin by depriving them of employment and thus… Read more »

Rexroth Collaborates with Finnish Robotics Company

Finland has been declared the Happiest Country in the World for the 7th year in a row, according to the World Happiness Report. We are not suggesting that this is caused by the collaboration of Rexroth with the Finnish logistics company K. Hartwall. But that is certainly a reason to celebrate and something to add… Read more »

Mercedes Tries Humanoid Robots

Humanoid robots have been the big news in robotics recently. Sometimes they’re presented as a way to make robots cuter — Tesla’s Optima is supposed to be a “buddy,” after all — but sometimes they’re described as fitting into human-oriented spaces better. That’s the approach Mercedes is taking. They’re bringing humanoid robots into their factories… Read more »

Extra Heat and Your Rexroth Systems

We’re centrally located in Northwest Arkansas, making it easy for us to get your machinery to you fast when you need it. Until recently, we used to be in agricultural zone 6. Agricultural zone 6, as defined by the USDA (United States Department of Agriculture), is a designation on the Plant Hardiness Zone Map. This… Read more »

“Stop the Presses!” and Your Servos

Long ago, before online news sources and social media, a remarkable event could lead to someone running into the press room and shouting, “Stop the presses!”. The idea would be to stop your printing press, update the news stories, and then start printing again with the correct and current information. The famous press error “Dewey Defeats… Read more »

Sexist Robots?

It is not news that AI and robots show the same biases their makers and programmers do. We’ve already seen hiring programs eliminating women from consideration for jobs and sorting photos of people by outmoded stereotypes. Sexist robots have stepped it up now. A Saudi male robot named Muhammad patted a female reporter’s posterior in… Read more »

The Century Club

Industry Week is great about bringing us news of manufacturers who have been in business for a century or more. These are the titans of industry, the companies that have stood tall for over a hundred years, weathering economic storms, technological revolutions, and the ever-changing tides of human history. Here are some from their most… Read more »

Manufacturing Madness

Manufacturing madness… is is the political fallout over changes in tarrifs? A more recent version of Mad Hatter disease, the results of mercury poisoning among hatmakers? In fact, it is the annual contest to determine the Coolest Thing Made in South Carolina. 16 local products go head to head in brackets similar to the NCAA… Read more »

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