Smart sensors in modern logistics: Overcoming supply chain disruptions
The COVID-19 pandemic has wreaked havoc on supply chain operations worldwide, creating massive disruptions and new challenges in four critical points in the logistics...
How often do robots need preventative maintenance?
Throughout the United States, we find robots performing dangerous and distasteful jobs that only present risk and boredom for human workers. Robots are used...
Augmented and Virtual Reality in AEC – New opportunities and use cases
The Architecture, Engineering, and Construction (AEC) industry is one of the largest industries in the United States, with expenditure reaching over $1.162 trillion each...
Notable exterior wall finishing robots for smart construction
Today's highly competitive and market-oriented construction companies require automatic and robotized construction systems to meet the increasing demand for quality at a lower cost...
Four concrete finishing robots transforming interior finishing operations
Concrete finishing is an essential step in construction that requires immense attention and effort to smooth and level out the surface. Traditionally, workers use...
Ship automation: Promises and challenges affecting sea operations
Maintaining and operating a ship, be it a passenger ship, container or tanker, is a complex and time consuming endeavor. Most vessels use proprietary...
Top 12 industrial exoskeleton technologies for industrial workers
Musculoskeletal disorders (MSDs) is one of the most common conditions among industry workers. Most strain injuries associated with MSDs, are caused by repetitive manual...
Interior finishing robots – How robotic technologies transform construction
Interior finishing is an essential process in a building after it has been constructed. The interior finishing operations such as painting, plastering, tiling, wiring,...
Different types of robots transforming the construction industry
Traditionally, construction works of the large building were performed by human labor in an uncomfortable working condition for a long duration. This would take...
The rise of robots in construction – Benefits, and barriers
Construction plays a significant role in the global economy, making up 10 % of GDP in developed countries and more than 25 % in...
10 commonly used sensors on mining drones you should know
Underground mining has unique and significant safety hazards compared to surface mining, due to high-stress concentrations, weak rock masses, and limited access and air...
Drones in underground mines – Applications and benefits
Drones that carry different acoustic, visual, chemical, and biological sensors, have various military and civilian applications such as search and rescue, surveillance, firefighting, weather...
