Remembering automatic toilet seat covers
Ever wondered if public toilets could be any cleaner? Enter the Brill Seat One, a wacky toilet seat that’s been around longer than you think.
World’s largest carbon fiber rocket-building machine weighs 99 tons
Rocket Lab in the USA has begun installing a 99-tonne automated fibre placement machine to produce the world’s largest carbon composite rocket structures in Maryland.
Novel automated rice cooker adds raw rice, washes it and cooks it remotely
The Chinese company Di have introduced an app-controlled rice cooker that has gained significant attention online this week.
TSA unveils passenger self-screening lanes at Las Vegas airport
On 6th March 2024, the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) and Department of Homeland Security (DHS) unveiled a self-screening system for passengers at Las Vegas’ Harry Reid International Airport, aimed at enhancing efficiency without planning expansion.
Pallet bots help to automate AC factory
From Superinnovators 12/12/23 Chinese company Tuskrobots have developed an autonomous pallet handling bot that has been helping to automate various factories including air conditioning, automotive electronics and pharmaceutical facilities. Their first generation pallet bot was launched in 2018 and they are now shipping sixth generation products across the globe which have max. speeds of 1.5m/s […]
Bullseye! Cable-driven AI dartboard makes it easier to hit big
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Bad back? Automated, collaborative pallet unloading platform, safer and faster
From Superinnovators 25/09/23. This article is in TLDR (Too Long Didn’t Read) format which is popular in the innovation community and provides a bullet summary of information. More info https://www.edmolift.com/en/Lift-tables-and-lifting-solutions/pallet-leveller-pl-2002 You may also be curious about:
Hydrogen fuel cells can be adapted to make drug production greener
From University of Wisconsin-Madison 22/08/23 The world needs greener ways to make chemicals. In a new study, University of Wisconsin–Madison researchers demonstrate one potential path toward this goal by adapting hydrogen fuel cell technologies. These technologies are already used to power some electric vehicles, laptops and cell phones. “The chemical industry is a massive energy […]
Tesla reveals humanoid bot Optimus
By Charles Carter, 01/10/22 Tesla revealed two working prototypes of its humanoid bot Optimus during a live AI event on Friday. To begin with, the company will use the bot in their factories to automate dangerous, repetitive and boring task, before widening out the applications. They are aiming to have Optimus on general sale to […]
Six-armed apple harvester
By Charles Carter, 25/09/22 Innovators at US startup advanced.farm are developing an automated apple harvester that uses computer vision and suction cups to pick almost 30 pieces of fruit a minute. They are transferring technology from their more established robotic strawberry picker to solve apple harvesting challenges, through a $460k 3-year R&D grant from the […]