Kawada Robotics President Discusses Human-Robot Coexistence
The era of human-robot coexistence (7): Kawada Robotics President Naoto Shirama | Nikkan Kogyo Shimbun Digital Edition https://www.nikkan.co.jp/articles/view/00766271
The era of human-robot coexistence (7): Kawada Robotics President Naoto Shirama | Nikkan Kogyo Shimbun Digital Edition https://www.nikkan.co.jp/articles/view/00766271
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A team led by Nitin J. Sanket, a professor at Worcester Polytechnic Institute (WPI), has developed palm-sized flying robots that mimic bats' use of ultrasound, aimed at search-and-rescue missions. AI software filters noise from the ultrasound signals, letting the robots detect obstacles within a 2-meter radius. The team chose low-power ultrasonic sensors commonly used in automatic faucets, and to suppress interference from propeller noise, designed 3D-printed structures placed in front of the robot to modulate sound waves, similar to the function of a bat's nose, ears, and mouth tissues. The robot currently works; the next step is to increase its flight speed.
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The summary meeting for the 8th China University Intelligent Robot Creativity Competition and the preparatory seminar for the 9th competition were held on October 31, 2025, in Changsha, Hunan. The event was hosted by the competition organizing committee and undertaken by Hunan Qiangzhi Technology, with nearly 60 representatives from various competition regions and tracks attending. Professor Gu Daqiang of Zhejiang University chaired the meeting. At the meeting, the "Excellent Secretariats" of 4 competition regions—Jilin, Zhejiang, Hubei, and Jiangsu—were commended, and matters such as the event setup and schedule for the 9th competition and a proposed additional industry-education integration track were discussed.
Linear Capital reviewed its portfolio companies' progress over the past quarter in funding, product launches, major partnerships, and industry recognition. On funding: White Rhino completed a B round with cumulative funding of nearly 500 million, Douxiang Technology completed a new round of 200 million yuan, and Chuangcai Shenzao completed an A round of tens of millions of yuan.
Thanks @mehul for hosting our visit to @maticrobots last weekend. We learned a lot, and it was great to see the full process behind Matic's robot design. Seeing your journey was truly inspiring for our project at SigRobotics.
Last weekend, 13 SIGRobotics students flew from the cornfields to San Francisco to take part in two different robotics hackathons... We won awards at both! Our project "Performative," a matcha-making robot, took first place at the Seeed Studio x NVIDIA hackathon. Our project MARC (Marker Actuated Robotic Controller) at Calhacks 12.0 won second place in the robotics track. 📷
🎉 Honored to be named to the 2025 AI #Disruptors60 list by @TechCrunch and featured on the @Nasdaq tower! The list highlights the most pioneering startups turning AI into real-world impact. At DYNA, our mission is to empower the future of the physical economy with general-purpose robots. Keep building! #AI #Robotics #AGI #TCDisrupt #startup #TCdisrupt
Running the GR00t N1.5 model to pour matcha. Getting ready for the @seeedstudio hackathon @NVIDIARobotics @VectorWang2
In December 2023, DJI announced on its STEAM education official website that, effective December 31, it would stop selling Tello edu, RoboMaster EP, the AI artificial intelligence kit, the DJI Education platform, and AI scenario-based education solutions, and that starting in 2024 it would suspend the youth education segment of its business. The article states that the education business accounts for less than 2% of revenue, that the RoboMaster competition will continue, and analyzes the difficulties facing education robots: high product pricing, a high barrier to use, and high investment.
Founded in 2007, Jingsong Intelligent is a domestic intelligent logistics system integrator and logistics equipment manufacturer, specializing in the software and hardware of automated storage and retrieval warehouses and material conveying systems. Its product line covers stacker cranes, shuttle vehicles (RGV), overhead suspended vehicles (EMS), laser-guided automated guided vehicles (AGV), truss robots, and software such as WMS, WCS, and MES. It has previously cooperated with Komatsu Group and Swisslog, serving customers in industries such as automotive, tobacco, electric power, and defense.
We invite you to join an extraordinary journey exploring social robots in special education, where you will become part of an international social robotics community for special education experts and autism specialists. 🤝👩🏫🤖 See you there! https://buff.ly/47UB17z
If you haven't yet heard of the robotics YouTube channel "Ben's stuff," you're in for an incredible experience 🤩 📽 We're very excited to see Misty bring joy and robotics knowledge in her new home! 💜 🤖 🏡 Don't forget to watch and subscribe: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qDwTeyiuYFQ
Misty will miss the 2023 Stockholm Comic Con ❤️ 🧙 🧝 #comiccon #stockholm #robotics #sci-fi #fantasy #humanrobotinteraction
Yesterday Misty went to Comic Con 2023 in Stockholm and dove deep into the wondrous world of the fantasy, sci-fi, and gaming communities. 🧙♂️🛸🤖 What a great event—Comic Con, see you next time! 🚀
The Misty team had the pleasure of participating in the Third International Workshop on Computational Thinking, Coding Skills, and AI in Schools. What a great event! 👩💻 👩🏫 Learn more: https://buff.ly/3QHPmhV
As night falls, the ghosts of robots past haunt our office corridors on Halloween, and some of them decide to possess our Misty, giving us all a fright 👻🤖 Luckily, we captured footage of this supernatural activity 😉 Happy Halloween! #Halloween #Robots
After an incredible day at Digitalidag, Misty is continuing her journey around Sweden. On Tuesday, October 31, Misty will head to Växjö to take part in DIGDAG 2023, the Digital Competence Day! To register for the event, please visit: https://buff.ly/3Q4BCfK #digdag2023 #växsjö #robotics
It's so wonderful to see Misty's positive impact on students' journey into social robotics! 👏 🎉 Go University of Washington! https://buff.ly/45BKGyj #mistyrobotics #inspireinnovation #futuretechleaders #edutech #hri #humanrobotinteraction #universityofwashington
Misty wasn't born a princess, but she has become the queen of social robots 👸💫 #robots #queen #computerscience #robotics #engineering #shorts
Just solved some major bugs? 🐞 💻 Misty is here to celebrate with you! 💃 🤩 #robots #computerscience #bugs #computervision #machinelearning
The 2022 edition of the National Teaching Development Index for Regular Higher Education Institutions, released on December 23, includes the "Yuyao Cup" Chinese University Robotics Experimental Teaching Innovation Competition, making it one of 56 teaching competitions for faculty. The competition was established in Yuyao in 2022 by the research institute to promote innovation in robotics experimental teaching through a faculty competition format, and features four themes: robotics experiment design, virtual simulation experiment design, remote real experiment design, and domestic industrial robots (higher vocational group).
Boston Dynamics, Agility Robotics, ANYbotics, Clearpath Robotics, Open Robotics, and Unitree Robotics recently issued a joint open letter announcing that they will not weaponize general-purpose mobile robots or related software, nor support others in doing so, and that they will review customer applications and explore technologies to reduce the risk of weaponization.
A team led by Professors Luo Yi and Jiang Jun of USTC, in collaboration with Shang Weiwei of the Department of Automation and others, integrated mobile robots, chemistry workstations, an intelligent operating system, and scientific databases to develop a data-intelligence-driven full-process machine chemist. The results were published in National Science Review (NSR).
A research team led by ESA and the German Aerospace Center plans to conduct the first large-scale space robotics trial of the Surface Avatar project in 2023, studying how astronauts use multimodal interfaces such as voice, gestures, and eye tracking to remotely control a team of robots performing collaborative tasks on a planetary surface. Amazon opened its second and first multi-story robotic fulfillment center in the Czech Republic, in the city of Mošnov, with an investment of over 5 billion Czech korunas and a total area of more than 187,000 square meters; it is planned to be fully operational in 2023 and bring up to 2,000 jobs.
Matternet's M2 quadcopter delivery drone has received type certification from the U.S. FAA, becoming the first non-military drone in the U.S. to obtain this certification, with an approved payload of four pounds, flight altitude of 400 feet or lower, and a maximum speed of 45 mph.
Chinese high school senior Shi Mulang spent a year single-handedly developing a self-driving bicycle. The bike has no pedals, and its handlebars are fitted with a "radar eye" that controls balance and steers along the optimal path. He wrote the program code, ran simulation experiments, and repeatedly debugged the system on his own, earning a top-ten worldwide result in the S.-T. Yau High School Science Award, and he has also helped several domestic companies tackle autonomous driving challenges.
Nike is testing B.I.L.L., a robot that cleans and repairs worn sneakers, at its flagship retail store in London; processing a pair of Air Force 1s takes about 45 minutes. Loona, the robot dog from Beijing-based KEYiTech, is on Kickstarter, with 1,402 backers and $469,100 raised so far. Tencent Robotics X Lab and a City University of Hong Kong team demonstrated a wearable haptic rendering device that operates at a voltage reduced to below 30 volts.
On August 29, 2021, Anhui Governor Wang Qingxian visited EFORT to research the development of the robotics industry, expressing the hope that the company would place greater emphasis on model innovation in addition to technological and product innovation. EFORT has built a shared factory based on intelligent spray-painting robots, providing leasing and contract manufacturing services through a cloud architecture and intelligent algorithms, enabling small and medium-sized enterprises to use spray-painting robots without equipment investment. EFORT has completed the second phase of its intelligent shared factory in Nankang, Ganzhou, achieving replication and expansion from one to two.
Xinguang Technology showcases AGV applications in the automotive engine industry, including magnetic-strip buried roller-docking AGVs, laser-navigation AGVs, and belt-docking AGVs. The article is mainly composed of on-site photos and introduces how AGVs with different navigation and docking methods are applied in this industry.
On April 7, Shenzhen Han's Robot Co., Ltd. won the "Vico Cup · OFweek 2020 China Robotics Industry Outstanding Investment Value Enterprise" award at the OFweek 2021 China Robotics Industry Conference and Vico Cup Awards Ceremony. Han's Robot was founded with investment from Han's Laser and completed its first round of financing of 165 million yuan in 2020. It currently has an international team of about 150 people. Its M intelligent collaborative robot was launched online in Germany and made its domestic debut in March 2021.