When you think about robotics, Freescale Semiconductor probably isn't the first company to come to mind -- but they're hoping that will soon change. The company, which began its life as a division ...

With automation hardware getting less expensive every day, and robot software focusing on usability, tasks that previously weren't a good candidate for robots can now be automated with astounding ROI.

Universal Robots (UR), a supplier of collaborative robots (cobots), has now integrated the Standard Robot Command Interface (SRCI) into its software. UR said it is among the first cobot vendors to ...