Recent news reported layoffs at Universal Robot (UR), and their growth report indicated a 3% year-over-year decline. I have a few questions:

1. Is UR's decline due to increased competition from other cobot manufacturers, particularly more cost-effective Asian companies like Jaka Robotics, Dobot Robotics, Aubo, Elite etc., macroeconomic factors, or simply that real-world SME adoption is limited, with many potential users only exploring cobots through demos and case studies?

2. Are small and medium-sized businesses (SMEs) worldwide ready to adopt collaborative robots (cobots) for automation? If not, how many years away is widespread adoption? What are the biggest barriers, in your opinion?

Look forward to your thoughts on these questions.

#cobot #automation #SMEs

Hey everyone! I am just starting to get into robotics, and I just wanna ask which type of motor (For the wheels) and what specifications of said motor would I need if I were to make a robot that would carry a load of up to 30 kg. It would just need to be able to go forward and reverse. In that same note, what controller would be compatible with the motor if I were to use an arduino mega as its brain. Thank you!

Hello All.

As part of our Teen Tech innovation (11-18 Year Old Science F-a-i-r Competition in the UK), we innovated a mars rover that has a greenhouse gases tank, a robotic arm to pick up boulders, a Carbon Dioxide Laser and Fibre Laser to break the rocks apart, and perhaps an inbuilt compact refinery the refinery the boulders into metals and gases, and also a whole range of sensors to monitor environmental conditions. Obviously, we can't physically have lasers for a science f-a-i-r project or a refinery, but we've currently designed the rovers to have a robotic arm with servos, motors to make the rover move, solar panels, and a range of sensors.

This would help create a habitat for humans to live in, with all the resources they need, perhaps colonising even more planets.

Do you have any advice on our project? Some suggestions on what we should change or improve?Some vital information?

Thank you

After seeing demonstrations of this robot and craving a smoother skating experience, especially at the age of 37, I would love to see these made into boots to roll down the uneven streets of NYC. Should I dare to dream of such a future?

Hello everybody, I recently got a rplidar c1 and cant find the dimensions for the mounting holes anywhere. I don't have any tools except a tape measure. do you think it's precise enough? also if anybody knows I would be uber grateful if you shared it. Also if you guys have any recommendations for using it. I don't want to use a gui software because it feels like cheating but I know a decent amount of python so if you guys know any libraries or anything like that. I am new to lidar but want to build a telepresence robot to make a semi self driving robot.

NOTE: This is a duplicate post of one in r/LiDAR

5Does someone have "manesty xpress 700" tablet compression machine datasheet/info about it , I am not finding anything online.

Hello all! I am new to robotics, and am currently learning about kinematics and DH parameters (Angela Sodemann's videos) to solve IK for the project I am involved in. I tried solving few and was able to correctly calculate DH parameters. However, when I try it with my robot (picture 1), it's confusingm and am stuck.

I am solving for right arm

Please, help me know what I am doing wrong(not able to include a3)!! (idk whether the axes are wrong or the kinematics diagram itself is wrong)

https://preview.redd.it/gukn3v8eiwge1.jpg?width=902&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=539ad7cde7f499d2948a4ec62614c7146009c522

Thanks in advance :))

Here is a video of my project: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zNaNGJlEBdU

Overall, it was fun to build and works surprisingly well. The arm is Waveshare RoArm-M2-S and the trimmer is called Flowbee.

Im fairly new to gazebo and how it operates. I have world files and sdf files for f16 jets. I also have a ready launch file, which gives the correct path for the files. But i am just able to see the world not the f16?

What could be possibly be wrong?

Hey I'm interested in learning and building a maze solver robot but I'm not sure from where to start. I have some experience with basic electronics and programming (C, CPP and a bit of Python) and I'm part of a combat robotics club at my college. I want to understand the key components, algorithms, and design considerations for making a small maze solver using Arduino nano. Should I start with a simple line-following bot first? What sensors and microcontrollers would you recommend? Also, any good resources or beginner-friendly guides would be appreciated.

THANKS !!

Looking for recommendations for motors for a 3k sumo robot I want a motor with very high torque and a pretty good speed it is non magnetic and the arena where the robots will be facing each other is made from wood (pls give recommendations from jsumo) thx!

hi everyone, i am quite new to robotics, so i am not sure how i should look for something like this.

i am looking for a lightweight/small (like 3 cm diameter max) bldc which has relatively high torque. i want to be able to drive it in both directions. the application of the motors will be in being able to resist the rotational force of a finger, so i dont "need" much rpm. the torque should probably be something in the range of 2-4 kg / cm. does something like this exist? i am not currently satisfied with brushed motors as i get a lot of friction and the motion is not smooth. do you have any suggestiosn?

Hi, I would like to buy a window cleaning robot. First of all are these robots good? Second I wanna buy a very good one, the budget is maximum $500. I have a house that has some windows upstaires that can't be opened, is there any way I can clean them easily? And also I have some windows that are very big. In conclusion, I want a robot that is very good and has a big battery since I have a lot of big windows.

I'm looking to get serious about learning kinematics, simulation and such with a quality 3D printed arm.

The one pictured is pretty cool for a hobbyist like myself, but I am looking to up my game.

Any good FREE 3d printed arms out there? Preferably one that you yourself have printed and built.

Thank you in advance.

https://preview.redd.it/brziev242rge1.jpg?width=3111&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=8ef9df1e4e7f9bd470b580f6d9f0a49dc7fe8ac8

With this rapid development with AI, agents and everything.

How much are you guys really implementing AI in your projects?

I find it difficult to really get done, tho im a noob in this. But are there any sources for AI with just software for robotics?

Hi everyone,

I'm a student exploring robotics projects and I'm particularly interested in how robotics can innovate within the bottled water industry.I'm looking for something that I can build.

I’d love to hear about any experiences you’ve had or projects you’ve seen that align with these themes. Thanks in advance!

Similar to things like HuskyLens from dfrobot?

I mean phones have nice hardware and cameras so is this actually possible? If so how would I go about it?

Hello everybody, I know this might be unrelated but specifically for robotics, Do you guys have any tips on fusion? I'm new and I want to know how to design better. Here is a question how do you design in a way where you can build it like it's built and split it up into components? Any other tips that really helped you in your experience would be great!!! I watched a couple YouTube videos but I like reddit more imo.

Hey everyone, I’m a PhD student in robotics (from ME background) and was recently assigned to work on deformable object manipulation—things like handling soft objects (food or human body). The problem is, I really dislike contact mechanics, and my advisor isn’t an expert in this area either, so I don’t have much support.

This has been frustrating and overwhelming, and I’m starting to worry about my job prospects. I prefer industry research over academia or pure engineering roles, but this field feels like it’s still in its infancy. I’m unsure if there are good career opportunities for someone specializing in this area.

Currently I'm doing literature review and exploring RL and graph learning methods currently. I have a co-advisor from computer vision side, not exactly clear how much vision-based training I'll have access to. My primary advisor seems to not willing to let me to lean too much on vision side as he thinks his expertise is in ME therefore should be the focus which limit my ability to dive deep into vision-based approaches.

So, I’d love to hear from people in the field:

• How does the job market look for deformable object manipulation in industry research?
• Are there companies actively hiring in this area (robotics, AI, soft manipulation, etc.)?
• Would it be better to pivot to something more established, or is this a valuable emerging field?

Any advice, insights, or personal experiences would be greatly appreciated! Thanks in advance.

I am currently working on autonomous mobile robot at my work. All of its control is written in C as a firmware/embedded layer. However, we currently just have the single robot to test on.
I'd like to create a simulation environment for the robot without having to rewrite the entire codebase to use something like ROS nodes for me to use Gazebo.

Looking for ideas on either better/simpler ways to integrate ROS into our code and use Gazebo, or alternatives that offer better solutions.

Our robot code is running linux with a real-time kernel patch if thats relevant.

I'm looking for such a thing I found ERC but the registration opens too soon and it has "Europe" in it's name so I'm not even sure they accept people outside us/Europe