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Sidewalks]]></title><link><![CDATA[https&#x3a;&#x2f;&#x2f;cr4.globalspec.com&#x2f;blogentry&#x2f;28236&#x2f;Delivery-Bots-Dash-Around-D-C-Sidewalks&#x3f;from_rss&#x3d;1]]></link><description><![CDATA[Around the holidays, you may have heard about the fancy little robots &#x5b;video&#x5d; Amazon uses in its warehouses to get goods from shelves to pickers&#x26;mdash&#x3b;or more accurately, to get the shelves to the pickers. 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The off-the-shelf robot maneuvers fabric that has been stiffened by being dipped in a re-suable thermoplastic solutio]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 12 Dec 2016 05&#x3a;00&#x3a;00 EST</pubDate><guid><![CDATA[https&#x3a;&#x2f;&#x2f;cr4.globalspec.com&#x2f;blogentry&#x2f;27847&#x2f;Robots-Enter-the-Garment-Industry]]></guid><dc:creator>Engineering360 eNewsletter</dc:creator><dc:subject>Robotic Systems Blog</dc:subject></item><item><title><![CDATA[Open-Source Robotics Now Open To All&#x2026;At An Attractive Price Point]]></title><link><![CDATA[https&#x3a;&#x2f;&#x2f;cr4.globalspec.com&#x2f;blogentry&#x2f;27833&#x2f;Open-Source-Robotics-Now-Open-To-All-At-An-Attractive-Price-Point&#x3f;from_rss&#x3d;1]]></link><description><![CDATA[With Industry 4.0, the so-called Smart Factory and the Internet of Things &#x28;IoT&#x29; currently occupying the limelight in the engineering world, it is easy to forget the substantial effect that previous &#x26;lsquo&#x3b;industrial revolutions&#x26;rsquo&#x3b; have had on engineering and manufacturing.&#xa;&#xa;Arguably, the advent]]></description><pubDate>Sun, 11 Dec 2016 05&#x3a;00&#x3a;00 EST</pubDate><guid><![CDATA[https&#x3a;&#x2f;&#x2f;cr4.globalspec.com&#x2f;blogentry&#x2f;27833&#x2f;Open-Source-Robotics-Now-Open-To-All-At-An-Attractive-Price-Point]]></guid><dc:creator>Gianluca Fanchini</dc:creator><dc:subject>Robotic Systems Blog</dc:subject></item><item><title><![CDATA[Robots Helping Robots]]></title><link><![CDATA[https&#x3a;&#x2f;&#x2f;cr4.globalspec.com&#x2f;blogentry&#x2f;27611&#x2f;Robots-Helping-Robots&#x3f;from_rss&#x3d;1]]></link><description><![CDATA[Imagine what industry might look like if robots could cooperate with each other spontaneously using body language as their guide. 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