Robotics & Automation

Denver, Colorado - Geo Week is the intersection of geospatial + the built world. The event brings together AEC Next Expo & Conference, SPAR 3D Expo & Conference and the International Lidar Mapping Forum into a single powerhouse event. Co-located partner events include USIBD, ASPRS, MAPPS Annual Meeting. Industries covered include…

Scientists at the National Institute of Standards and Technology are utilizing rubidium atoms as receivers to detect and display live color television and video games. This new atomic system could soon be utilized to create small and flexible communication devices which do not rely on electronics. Adding video capabilities may potentially advance…

Golden, Colorado - NASA sand others are on the move, and their moving fast. Founded just a few years ago Lunar Outpost is on its way to excavate the moon. Bechtel and NASA are pushing the advancement and it is a go with awards in the millions. Who & What Colorado School of Mines' Lunar Outpost is creating technologies for autonomous lunar…

Westborough, MA & Hopkinsville, KY - Ascend Elements has announced plans to invest $310 million in Phase 1 and up to $1 billion over multiple phases to construct a sustainable lithium-ion battery materials facility in Hopkinsville, Kentucky, with groundbreaking anticipated in the fourth quarter of 2022. The first-of-its-kind manufacturing…

Stockholm, Sweden - Hexagon disrupts reality capture once again with its next-generation, ultra-fast Leica BLK360 laser scanner. Using the ultra-fast Leica BLK360 laser scanner, Hexagon upsets reality capture yet again. Hexagon AB, a global leader in digital reality solutions that integrates sensors with software and autonomous vehicles, has…

GREENSBORO, NORTH CAROLINA - MACK recently released it's Class 8 Mack LR Electric Refuse Truck and is bringing electric innovation to the waste management industry. Recently just launched to the public it is just one part of Mack's rollout of new products, services and solutions. “Mack Trucks, the market leader in the refuse industry, is…

United States Of America - Robotics and Automation are nothing new. It has been evolving consistently since Henry Ford's assembly line and well before. What has changed is the segments and industries they never reached or reach. The country's lack luster adoption and lack of innovation seems to have began with push and pull lobbying and regulation…