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Future Face of Robotics

hen we think of robots, we face the reality that the robots
Wstill lag science fiction. But, just because robots have not
lived up to our expectations in past decades does not mean
that they will not arrive sooner or later. In fact, the convergence of
several advanced technologies is bringing the age of robotics even
nearer, and making them smaller, cheaper, more practical and cost-
effective.
The conjunction of technologies involving communication, computing
and intelligent interfaces with autonomous robotics suggests that
networks of intelligent, autonomous robots may become the next
disruptive technology.
Autonomous mobile robots are already performing medical procedures,
including surgery on patients to performing dangerous tasks in remote
locations from battlefields to space, with little human guidance and
more with AI. Looking at the rapid advancements in miniaturization
and bio-nanotechnology could lead to a new generation of nano robots,
which would revolutionize the way in which robots are being used. The
future of healthcare is also in safe hands, as Nanobots are all set for the
treatment at the cellular level, perhaps clearing clogged arteries,
repairing genes, battling cancer cells, and delivering drugs. While on a
different domain cognitive robots are proving themselves to be the
icing on the cake by helping to accomplish day to day chores and act as
office helpers or as robotic companions for guiding the blind and
assisting the elderly.
With a prompt boost in the power of microprocessor and artificial
intelligence techniques, robots have dramatically increased their
potential and have become flexible automation tools. The era is near
when we will see there are more of these programmable tooling kind of
robots than all of the traditional robots that exist in the world today.
There is an enormous change waiting to happen; the potential is
significant because soon robots will offer not only improved cost-
effectiveness, but also advantages and operations that have never been
possible before.
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e frequently come across a question, what does the future hold for Robotics? It’s really very difficult
Wto predict the future, foreseeing the rapid pace of development in the associated areas such as AI and
Machine Learning. But, it’s for sure that robots will play a pivotal role in leveraging the quality of life
of human beings in the near future.
Here, in this issue of our magazine, we have listed “The 10 Most Innovative Robotics Companies 2017”, which
are on a mission to provide distinguished and diversified Robotics solutions to their consumers.
On our cover we have Enterprise Integration, which is powered by Digital Robotics and dedicatedly delivers
managed services to clients, transforming their IT operations to world class standards, thus, helping them to focus
on their business.
We have also listed Aldebaran, for their interactive humanoid robots. Aldebaran is a subsidiary of SoftBank
Robotics (SoftBank Group), which currently represents more than 500 employees, with offices in France, Japan,
United States and China. AV&R, for being an engineering firm specializing in automation with more than 100
employees spread on 2 sites operating worldwide. It also offers Robotic Finishing and Automated Visual
Inspection solutions. Houston Mechatronics, for working with robots and providing cutting-edge solutions that
make companies’ work environments safer, improve processes and increase profits. inVia Robotics, for
developing the next generation of automation solutions for E-Commerce fulfillment centers. Medrobotics, for
manufacturing surgical products with a core competency in robotics. Penguin Automated Systems, Inc. for being
a research, development and prototyping company focusing on the implementation of robotic and automation
solutions for its clients. Pollux for being the most innovative industrial technology company in Brazil, whose
purpose is to increase the competitiveness of the industry through solutions that make factories more productive,
efficient and intelligent. Roboworld Molded Products, LLC for protecting industrial robots and ancillary
automation equipments from extreme manufacturing environments. Seven Dreamers Laboratories, Inc. for
having a group of technologists dedicated to creating totally novel, and world-first products in the world of
robotics.
We have included articles on The Advanced Diversity Due to Super Intelligent Machines and Benefits of
Robotic Process Automation in Today’s Time scripted by our editors in the amazing folios of this magazine.
We have also included Add perfect feeling to your robot and boost your production with IoT and Future Face
of Robotics, derived from the thoughts of Michael Haas and Danny Ellis respectively.
So, do flip the pages of our magazine, and we do believe that this issue will satisfy all your Robotics solution
provider’s information needs.
The Rise of Robots
Companies 2017
The
ROBOTICSROBOTICS
Most Innovative

Companies 2017
The
ROBOTICSROBOTICS
Most Innovative
Michael E. Locher
Founder & CEO

Enterprise Integration:
Amalgamating Automation and Robotics
to Change the Economic Model of IT
,,Gain a clear understanding of
your entire IT Supply chain
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Cover Story

Afew decades back, the IT industry was migrating
from the traditional data center/mainframe model
to a client/server or distributed technology model.
The benefits of personal computing and new, easier to use
interfaces enhanced by both Microsoft and Apple were
much more appealing than the typical mainframe “green
screen”. Mobility happened with the introduction of the
Iphone and Ipad. Small devices could be connected
anywhere at anytime to your network. Internal applications
were being built, but older legacy applications were not
being retired. Massive computing power, in a smaller
footprint, along with the ability to download and use almost
any application just… happened. So, we have entered the
realm of the “WILD WEST” where datacenter hosting is
now called cloud… The cloud promotes
a reliance on telecom and its
expense... BYOD (bring your
own device) has become the
norm in the corporate
scenario... And, we have not
even discussed added
complexity and global
security concerns.
Meanwhile, the CFO watched
the IT Operations and capital
budget “skyrocket” and the
complexity exploded. There
were warning signs to the
CIO and internal IT teams,
but true progress to adapt and
change could not happen fast
enough for the CFO and now
CEO.
“We need more people”.
“We aren’t going to support all these
rogue mobile platforms. are we?”
“The business bought it direct, but expect us to support it”.
“They contracted with what application cloud provider?”
“Transformation? My guys are working 24 X 7 right now
just to “keep the
lights on!”
Enter a true global industry
So what has happened in the last 20 years to cause the end
user or line of business to be so dissatisfied with internal
IT? The IT industry was shifting its services offshore for a
better price point. However, due to communication gaps,
the lower offshore costs led to a decline in quality with a
poor customer experience. Then a question arose; how to
bring them back onshore and increase the value of IT? As
an answer to this question, Enterprise Integration (“EI”)
was formed. EI’s charter began 20 years ago with a never
ending commitment to the IT end-user experience, a focus
on process discipline, and the technology prowess to deliver
integrated services and solutions to their customers.
At EI they looked at how technology could eliminate
repetitive tasks and streamline the service they provide, by
automating anything that did not require human decision
making. Intelligence and workflow management were
incorporated to assist humans with the “just-in-time” data.
This data enabled the employee to focus on real problems
and challenges brought forth by the everchanging and
complex IT environments. After the company’s inception,
their approach started out small and focused, but became an
obsession. Today, EI has successfully created hundreds of
automated tasks that free human capital to perform more
value added work further enabling
themselves to compete globally at
both a better price point and
without sacrificing customer
service.
EI exists to “Deliver the
Promise of IT” –powered by
combining dedicated, intelligent
people with a digital robotics
expert system and automated
tool suites. EI is more than just
an onshore IT Managed Service
Provider… Their ambition is to
significantly change the
economic model of IT
Operations through automation
and digital robotics.
The Inception Story
Enterprise Integration (“EI”) was
established with an aim to serve the
need of onshore IT managed services. Soon, EI became a
top notch service provider, delivering comprehensive
solutions designed to increase user productivity, decrease
risk and provide a predictable cost model for IT with world-
class customer service.
Founded in 1998, EI has evolved into a technology-centric
company leveraging automation and digital robotics as a
logical extension of its core onshore solutions: Service
Desk, Security Operations, IT Asset Management – Full
Lifecycle Management, Advanced Monitoring and Alert
Management, IT Operations, End User/Deskside Services,
Datacenter Management, Cloud Integrations and
Professional IT Services – Relocation Services, Email
Migrations, Vulnerability Assessments and Desktop/
Infrastructure Refresh. EI has the right people, processes,
and tools to provide companies with the highest quality and
most flexible solutions to meet their specific needs.
At EI, they do not consider monetary capital as the only
Strategically
maximize
value at
the End
User level
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asset to leverage the company to new heights, but the
company as a whole with its employees, their unique tools
and the facilities they provide to their customers is the
prima facie of the company.
The Company
EI is a one-of-a-kind company which manages 70,000+
devices globally and has extensive experience of more than
20 years in business with a strong financial track record. EI
generates more than 90% of its revenue in long-term
contractual relationships and has a very solid customer base
and balance sheet. They are also a trusted Homeland
Security Service Provider.
The People
Employees of EI are a marvelous combination of smart and
hard working individuals. They have the market’s most
certified technical team holding more than 500 technical
certifications with 100% of their employees being ITIL
Foundations certified. At EI, they believe that good talent is
hard to find, great talent is even harder. But they are
dedicated to finding the best talent the industry has to offer.
The Facilities
EI is one of the crucial players in the industry, which offers
world-class facilities. They have invested more than $15
million in facilities, infrastructure, redundancies and
systems. The 60,000 sq ft state-of-the-art facility includes a
redundant unified communications infrastructure with
redundant/high-speed Internet & VPN capabilities. It has
two world-class, geographically dispersed data centers
including a Class 4 hurricane proof and virtual call center
and facilities for disaster scenarios.
The Tools
Enterprise Integration’s Office of Automation has
developed revolutionary tools that simplify and automate
mundane tasks, freeing up brilliant minds to focus on more
strategic activities.
Service Delivery Intelligence™, or SDI™, is a symphony
of skilled people, automated processes and intelligent tools
harmonizing to create a simple, unified view of the entire IT
supply chain. SDI™ provides comprehensive end-to-end
monitoring intelligence integrated into a single system.
Digital Robotics Engine™ correlates, without human
intervention, the health and delivery of data to the business,
all critical components, back-end systems and reports on
any and all transactions that do not adhere to the perfect
threshold and is managed by SDI™. This evolution of
advanced automation sits at their core of systems assurance,
humanizing IT event storms to effectively manage IT in a
much more competitive environment.
Indicator of Compromise™, or IOC™ empowers the
service desk and security personnel to better understand the
threat to the endpoint, prior to an alert. The IOC™’s
proactive detection allows security engineers to stay ahead
of the opposing threat, further reducing wide-spread risk in
the organization.

Enterprise Integration’s Visionary Leader
Michael E. Locher, Founder and CEO of Enterprise
Integration, is an industry visionary and forward-thinker.
Michael founded EI in 1998 to provide world-class network
and security operations with a proactive
services foundation to deliver the promise
of IT. In the late 1990’s, Michael
realized the poor customer service
and lack of reliable, consistent IT
Operations the market had to
offer. Believing he could
deliver faster, better, stronger
and affordable IT solutions in
an onshore capacity, Michael
began his business plan for
EI. He left his corporate
technology job, where he had
enjoyed great success, winning
more than 30 performance
awards, and opened the doors of
EI in 1998 with a plan and a
prayer. Because of his insight, vision
and dedication, and with support from
the team he hand-picked to guide the
company, he has grown the business from 20
people to 200, from an idea with vision to a successful
company.
Born in Knoxville, Tennessee, Michael graduated with a
Bachelor’s of Science degree in Marketing from the
University of Tennessee. He is a humanitarian who is
committed to giving his time and resources to countless
community organizations and groups. In 1996, Michael was
awarded the Top Business Executive at global systems
integrator Inacom Corporation. He was also voted
Jacksonville Business Journal 40 under 40 in 2004,
received an MSP Mentor Top 250 Inﬂuential People Award
in 2006 and was voted Jacksonville Palmer Hall
Businessperson of the Year for 2007. Michael
recently made the MSP Mentor Locked in
the NOC list. As an honoree, he will be
on the list in perpetuity because of his
technical, business, sales, marketing
and community insights. Michael
is very active in the Jacksonville
community, having served as
Chairman of the Board for
Daniel Memorial – Florida’s
oldest child-caring non-proﬁt.
He has been instrumental in
guiding which organizations EI
supports which include Dreams
Come True, Child Cancer Fund,
Northeast Florida American Red
Cross and countless other local
charities through sponsorship of THE
PLAYERS – a PGA tournament.
Outshining Others with Unique Products and
Services
There is an enormous gap in IT Asset Management (ITAM)
– both hardware and software asset management. Not only
are companies unable to accurately track the physical
assets they deploy within the enterprise, the software is
even harder to track. Then, incorporate the
consumerization of technology tablets, smartphones and the
‘IoT’devices such as climate controls, security systems and
Changing the
economic model of
IT through
Automation and
Digital
Robotics
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an infinite number of others there is not a single tool that
can provide validation and verification of the use and
usability. Hence, EI has internally developed the tools to
track and report on these devices whenever and wherever
they connect to the network or internet. That data feeds
through our Digital Robotics Engine to allow us to update a
single centralized ITAM system with hardware, software
and system health data as well as apply automation to
remediate issues that may occur. This starts at the time of
purchase and is tracked throughout its entire lifecycle. –
Asserts Mr. Locher.
Awards and Accolades
Enterprise Integration has received numerous awards and
recognition for their core onshore offerings:
• CRN’s Solutions Provider 500 (2017)
• CRN’s Managed Service Provider 500 (2015-2017)
• CRN’s Service Provider 500 (2015-2017)
• CRN’s Tech Elite 150 (2015-2017)
• Honorary Member of the Institute for Robotic Automation
& Artificial Intelligence (IRPA)
• Revolutionizing IT Service Experience Through
Automation and Digital Robotics
• Jacksonville Business Journal
• Best in Biz Award 2015, Most Innovative Company of the
Year
• BizTech Innovation of the Year 2015
• 2015 Best of Jacksonville Awards for Best in Business
Consultants
•2016 Best of Jacksonville Awards for Computer System
Designers & Consultants
•Michael E. Locher, 2014 Ultimate CEO
•Michael E. Locher, Best CEO of a Technology Company
2014
• MSP Mentor Global Awards (2008-2015)
• 22nd Global Edition Managed Service Provider 250
• 14th Largest North America Managed Service Provider
•11th Devices Managed
•11th Large 2 of the Top 250 Influential People in MSP
Industry: Mike Locher and Tracey Brown
• Entrepreneur of the Year Finalist (2014, 2015 & 2016)
• Computer World Award
• Field First Initiative with CSX awarded 1 of the top 5
projects in the world
• Inc. Magazine (2008 – 2015)
• Top 5000 fastest-growing private companies
• Palmer Hall Business Person of the year
• Michael Locher, CEO and Founder
EI’s Future Road Map
As an organization that wants to adapt and adopt as fast as
the industry itself is moving, creating a continual learning
organization has been the biggest challenge for EI. There
are many moving pieces, both inside and outside of IT that
are going to have be accounted for and managed from one
central location. In the next 10 years, all these devices are
going to fit under IT's purview in management. So, EI has
accepted the challenge of building an industry-leading
talent within the organization to adapt and adopt this new
purview.
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Aldebaran
aldebaran.com
Fumihide Tomizawa
CEO
SoftBank Robotics designs and produces kind and interactive
humanoid robots. SoftBank Robotics (SoftBank Group) currently
represents more than 500 employees, with offices in France, Japan,
United States and China.
AV&R
avr-global.com
Eric Beauregard
Executive VP
AV&R Aerospace is a brand of AV&R, an engineering firm
specializing in automation with more than 100 employees
spread on 2 sites operating worldwide. It offers Robotic
Finishing and Automated Visual Inspection solutions.
Enterprise Integration
entint.com
Michael E. Locher
CEO
Houston Mechatronics
houstonmechatronics.com
Matt Ondler
CEO & President
Nicolaus Radford
Senior VP,
Engineering & CTO
Reg B. Berka
Senior VP Operations & COO
Houston Mechatronics works with robots and provides cutting-edge
solutions that make companies’ work environments safer, improve
processes and increase profits.
Medrobotics
medrobotics.com
Samuel F. Straface
President & CEO
Medrobotics Corporation is a privately-held, surgical products
company with a core competency in.
Penguin Automated
Systems Inc
penguinasi.com
Greg Baiden
CEO
Penguin Automated Systems Inc. (“Penguin”) is a research,
development and prototyping company focusing on the
implementation of robotic and automation solutions for its
clients.
Pollux
pollux.com.br
J.Rizzo Hahn
CEO
Pollux is the most innovative industrial technology company in
Brazil whose purpose is to increase the competitiveness of the
industry through solutions that make factories more productive,
efficient and intelligent.
Roboworld Molded
Products, LLC
pendantarmor.com
Chris (Christian) Tur
CEO
Seven Dreamers
Laboratories Inc
sevendreamers.com
Shin Sakane
CEO
Seven Dreamers is a group of technologists dedicated to
creating totally novel, world-first products in the world of
robotics.
Enterprise Integration powered by Digital Robotics delivers managed
services to clients, transforming their IT operations to world class
standards, so they can focus on their business.
Since 1993, Roboworld® has been protecting industrial robots
and ancillary automation equipment from extreme
manufacturing environments.
inVia Robotics
inViaRobotics.com
Lior Elazary
CEO
Corwin Carson
CRO
inVia Robotics focuses on developing the next generation of
automation solutions for E-Commerce fulfillment centers.It is Faster,
cheaper, and more capable than any existing solution,their technologies
power the future of order fulfillment.
Brief
Companies 2017
The
ROBOTICSROBOTICS
Most Innovative

Working with Robots to
Transform Dreams into Reality
HOUSTON
MECHATRONICS
1) Why was the company set up? What put you on your
innovation mission to serve robotics?
The three founding partners spent a large part of their
careers in the NASA Robotics group in Houston. We had
the opportunity in those days to work on some of the most
advanced robots in the world so we were well versed in all
aspects of robotics and cutting edge robotics technologies.
We formed the company in 2014 because we saw so many
opportunities in the commercial sector. Companies were
clamoring for robotics and intelligent automation but didn’t
necessarily have the capabilities and know how to do it
internally.
2) Tell us more about the company and the services/
products that your company offers?
Many of our clients don’t want it known the robots we are
building for them but in general terms the robots we have
designed and built include an internal pipe inspection robot,
a large subsea robotic arm designed to permanently reside
on subsea oil and gas infrastructure, a robotic work cell the
performs a complex and hazardous manufacturing process,
an intelligent automation solution that for the first time
allows the automation of a large construction process, a
host of intelligent electric actuators, and electric car drive
motors and motor electrics. Many of these systems have
common elements and technologies that we hold and reuse
to enable rapid deployment in new systems.
3) Tell us something about the proactive Founder/ CEO
and his contributions towards the company.
We realized that true innovation comes from diverse
thought and perspectives. So our first objective was to have
a leadership team that brought different views to the
business. The three founding partners, Matt Ondler CEO,
Nic Radford, CTO, and Reg Berka COO, we all have
different backgrounds, experiences and talents and
contribute equally to the strategic vision of the company. I
believe our best contribution is valuing the dynamic of the
partnership and getting the most out of not only the three of
us but of the entire company.
4) What do you feel are the reasons behind your
company’s success?
Four things. The first is we had deep and rare expertise in a
technology field that was exploding. Second we are very
customer and market focused. We are not trying to build
something that we thought was cool. We stayed laser
focused on uncovering “wrongs” in the market place or
problems customers were having that could be lucrative to
solve and where we had technology or other advantages.
Third was recruiting and developing a very talented team.
We pulled a lot from the NASA robotics pool but also
purposely from other places to ensure the diversity of
thought necessary for innovation. Fourth is our innovation
process and core tenets. These innovation tenets were
developed over our years at NASA and we have honed
them in the company and this allows us to build things that
have never been built and to do so rapidly.
5) What are the challenges you have come across while
establishing your company?
Probably the biggest for a small company is managing a
long sales cycle for the kinds of products we are building.
No matter how large the customer it still takes a long time
to convince them to spend $1M on a robotics project.
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Reg B. Berka, PhD
Senior VP Operations & CEO
Nicolaus A. Radford
Senior VP, Engineering & CTO
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Related to that was getting past the impression in customers eyes that we were too small. It’s the classic paradox, many
customers want to see some company history before they’ll sign on. But you can’t build history before they sign on.
Fortunately our NASA heritage gave us a lot of credibility and now in three short years we have a lot of company history to
point to, so it is easier now.
6) Share your point of view on current scenario of Robotics and its future?
We believe the future is Robotics as a Service (RaaS) and cloud robotics. We knew from the outset that customers don’t
necessarily want to own and operate robots. They really just want the service that the robot provides. Now most often the
robot does not exist in the world so we still need to conceive, design, develop and deploy the robots. But the long-term
business model is to operate robots as a service. These robots are cloud connected and that brings several advantages. As
one robot develops and verifies a new more efficient capability, the knowledge is immediately available to all the other robots
doing the same tasks. Performing data analytics across multiple customers allows us to offer improvements that an
individual customer could not have discovered on their own. There are certainly still technical robotic challenges and lots of
robots to invent, but the business of robotics will be more and more about managing, controlling, monitoring, analyzing, and
upgrading robotic systems that are providing services that customers subscribe to.
7) Do you have any new products ready to be/getting ready to be rolled out into the market? Where do you see
yourself and your company a couple of years from now?
A large internal initiative in the company is the development of a unique and innovative subsea robot to perform inspection,
maintenance and repair (IMR). We are developing the robot in-house and then we will operate it as a service. We believe
because of the technologies deployed on the robot that we will be able to upend the way IMR services are provided for
subsea oil and gas operators. We see ourselves continuing to grow rapidly and think the sky is the limit. Robotics will be the
iconic technology of this century and Houston Mechatronics is poised to be a major player in this field.
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obotic Process Automation (RPA) is an emerging
Rprocess of automation technology based on the
impression of software robots and artificial
intelligence workers. It is a form of automation which has
been positioned under the concept of screen scraping. RPA
is believed to be a significant technological expansion of
this technique in the sense that new software platforms are
emanating which are sufficiently reliable to make this
approach viable for operations in renowned enterprises.
Just like humans, Robots perform on a vast range of regular
tasks, software robots interpret, trigger responses and
communicate professionally with the systems. Enabling
RPA to hold any processes will not only transform and
design the organization’s workflow. It will allow for quality
scalability and flexibility inside out the enterprise which can
tailored to the specific needs. The superior thing about
software robots are they are easy to train and they integrate
swiftly into any system. They consistently update their
progress reports to go even better and bigger by using
operational and business predictability while improving
logically.
Robotic Process Automation contributes in various specific
BENEFITS OF
ROBOTICROBOTIC
PROCESS
AUTOMATION
IN TODAY'S TIME
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technologies that can automate mundane, routine, creating
higher productivity, standardized tasks as well as value with
lesser investment.
This system is rapidly gaining popularity, predominantly in
the banking and finance sectors due to the large volume of
transactions and the great benefits that can be realized
within a short time frame. The magnitude of the benefits of
automation is directly proportional to the incremental
improvement in the manual processing hotspots. The RPA
platform provides your business with the scalability needed
to stay, perform and sustain on top of your game.
Here are the advantages of robotic automation-
Efficacious Costing- As per the estimated act robotics cuts
operational costs by 25-30%. Robots are better enough to
operate 24/7 according to the charging process and take no
vacation when compared to humans who work 9-5 and also
have a pre-fixed number of annual leaves each year. Having
robots take over some of the manually intensive work from
humans could result in visible gains for the business.
Automation can help you recover the cost within a short
time span and from then on, it is all only about gains.
Faultless & High Quality- RPA offers improved services
to processes that have a high probability of human error,
thereby increasing accuracy. Robots are reliable, and
consistent and do not whine when expected to work
tirelessly. They also reduce the cases of re-works and
improve the output quality drastically. The best part here is
that robots follow all rules to the dot, thereby producing
100% accuracy in the process results and let’s not forget
what adds more sweetness to this deal-the fast
implementation of this technology. RPA optimizes
capabilities that multiply the organizational capacity.
Consistency- Robotics is a safe, non-invasive technology
that doesn’t interfere with the inherent systems and
provides a perfect consistency in performing the activities
across the board, each time and every time.
Enhance Analytics- Having access to error free, accurate
data from various sources would improve the quality of
analytics in the process. This leads to better decision
making and overall, to the betterment of the process
execution.
Employee Productivity- RPA ultimately facilities humans
and robots to do just what they excel at. As RPA frees the
employees from their mundane tasks, they can focus more
on client and customer interaction, relationship
management and other such activities where humans
naturally excel at. Having satisfied clients and customers
only mean better business.
Customer Satisfaction- Delivering better quality of work
with high accuracy and improved customer/client
interaction leads to increased customer and client
satisfaction. This only adds to the goodwill of the business.
Faster- As bots are handling the execution here, a larger
amount of work can be done in a relatively much shorter
period.
Restoration from Multiple Systems- RPA makes the
tallying of data and information from multiple systems
possible which generates information that helps with the
integration of process.
Multiskilled- RPA is applicable across industries and has
the ability to perform a wide range of tasks. Any process
that is rule based and can be defined and is repeatable
makes an ideal automation candidate.
Better IT Support And Management- RPA improves the
operational quality of the service desk and monitors the
network. This enables companies to handle short term
spikes without having to recruit extra staff or train them.
As this advanced technology is revolutionizing process
efficiencies and increasing productivity across companies, it
is changing the way various businesses and business models
are run. Analysts are even suggesting that RPA is creating a
second parallel economy that connects to the physical
economy in concurrent systems to speed-up and optimize
knowledge work. Time for you to bring your business
onboard and join the biggest change ever.
ROBO ARENA
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Giving the importance of no room for error in the
aerospace industry, achieving maximum precision
is must for the companies. Needless to say, cost
also plays a massive role when it comes to determining
priorities along the value chain. However, these two factors
are not mutually exclusive. So, to fill this void, enters
AV&R Aerospace with its supply of automation solutions
that deliver ultimate precision while keeping the cost low.
The expert team of AV&R offers automation integration to
its clients. Their requests, often touching critical operations
for the entire industry leads to the birth of new specialties
for the team. The automation processes provided by the
company eventually allows a reduction in production and
labor costs, as well as improves productivity and quality.
The Man Behind the Success
Mr. Eric Beauregard is the Executive Vice-President of
AV&R Aerospace. He holds a degree in Economics from
The University of Sherbrooke. Back in 2006, he joined
AV&R as a CEO where his role was to structure AV&R
(Averna’s Vision and Robotics Group) as an independent
company and, then along with his team, to find a market
niche for the company. Eric also worked hard to make
AV&R a market leader in Robotic Finishing and Automated
Visual Inspection for gas turbine parts. Additionally, Eric is
a well-known, accomplished speaker at various Aerospace
Conferences, and is a member of the Board of Trade of
Metropolitan Montreal’s International Affairs Committee.
He has also been a member of Aéro Montréal's Board of
Directors for six years.
Offering Ground Breaking Services
AV&R Aerospace is a brand of engineering firm named
AV&R, which specializes in automation with a little over
100 employees
spread across 2
operational sites
worldwide. The
company
specializes in
complex
automation
projects which
require a high
level of precision.
AV&R is
working in the
aerospace
industry for more
than 20 years
now. Till date, it
has completed more than 600 projects with a team
consisting of more than 80 engineering graduates, who are
known as aerospace specialists. The company has
developed its expertise in gas turbine critical rotating parts,
which is its core business. It also specializes in Robotic
Finishing which includes deburring, polishing and profiling,
and in Automated Visual Inspection.
AV&R Aerospace:
Improving the Efficiency of
Aerospace Industry
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Ashish Tandon
Managing Director
Egis-India
Tackling Turbulent Weather
AV&R Aerospace is well-positioned when it comes to
playing a signiﬁcant role in the transformation of its client’s
factories with the Industry 4.0. But the challenge is quite
big! The main objective of this new revolution is the
establishment of “Smart Factories”.
However, according to the company, the aerospace industry
is yet to deploy a concrete plan to transform the production
line. This change will take some time and investment, both
of which the industry lacks right now. Yet Eric believes the
industry is not as far from implementing these “Smart
Factories” as it thinks now.
Mission and Vision
AV&R Aerospace is known as a world class leader in
designing Robotic Finishing and Automated Visual
Inspection solutions for aerospace high value-added parts.
Its mission is simple: to keep it that way. The vision of the
company: to build the future with its automated solutions.
With industry 4.0, the company’s vision is slowly turning to
reality! This revolution requests its clients to make their
factories evolve into smart ones, which necessitates
automation systems that communicate with each other. But
still, an aspiration in the industry. This is mostly because
when all the machines on the production line are intelligent
and can communicate with each other, then only it would be
possible. AV&R’s Aerospace is one of the few suppliers
ready for this evolution.
Future Perspective
AV&R is just at the center of the industry helping its clients
to reach a new era. The fact that it is not yet realized in
Aerospace factories is hard to grasp: having such a high
value-added part, it is even more useful for this industry to
establish communication in the production line.
The sooner one notices an inaccuracy tendency, the less
high-value processes are needed to be performed on already
scrapped parts which eventually saves a lot of money. This
is where AV&R Aerospace comes into action with its
robotic solutions. These robotic solutions might seem a bit
complicated now, but these have obvious advantages and
are also attractive mostly due to the value they offer. It
surely is a key to tomorrow’s business success.
,
,We are the leader in industrial
automation for more than
20 years, and we specialize on
automation, machine vision
and robotics solutions
Eric Beauregard
Executive Vice-President
Companies 2017
The
ROBOTICSROBOTICS
Most Innovative
| August 2017 | 23

enguin Automated Systems Inc. (“Penguin”) is a
Presearch, development and prototyping company
focusing on the implementation of robotic and
automation solutions for its clients. It has extensive
experience in making special mobile robot systems for
mining. This system includes the wireless computer
networks to run large fleets of mining equipment to control
center potentially situated many miles away. Its system also
uses positioning system that work in difficult subsurface
environments where GPS does not. It also has extensive
robot control software for mine production control using
cooperative robotics.
Penguin’s Insights and Achievements
Penguin has developed and continues to develop tele-
autonomous robotic technologies at the Penguin Research
Centre in Sudbury. Those technologies comprise, among
other things, telecommunication systems and equipment,
sensory systems and equipment, computer systems,
computer software and actuation systems which enable the
development of robotic solutions for the mining and other
industries. Important systems developed by Penguin include
its Tele-robotic Reconnaissance System, Underground
Positioning System and Optical Communication System.
Penguin provides a comprehensive approach to software
development, systems integration and field testing to ensure
leading edge technologies are supplied to manage its
client’s needs.
Penguin provides telerobotic applications for the industries
like; Mining, Construction, Exploration, Security – Oil &
Gas Industries, Military, Institutional.
Penguin technologies are adapted to a variety of
environments like; Underground & Open Pit, Subsea &
Underwater, In Space, and On Surface.
Penguin has won awards for innovation and creativity
around robot system development. (Northern Ontario
Business Innovation Award)
Services of Future Robotics
Penguin provides several services with its robot systems
Mining:
Penguin has extensive experience in applying automated
systems to mining. Their work includes:
Ÿ Site Assessment Studies: To determine the particular
mine’s technology application
Ÿ Technology Roadmap development for the mines
Ÿ Assessment of current technology mine plans vs potential
automated mine plans to determine Cost/Benefit
Ÿ Full Automated Mine Design services: It includes,
Scoping, Pre-feasibility, Feasibility, and Detailed
Implementation Studies
Environmental Inspection:
Penguin’s suite of robot system provides an opportunity for
the clients to inspect personnel restricted areas in detail. It
includes; Photos, Videos, 3-D mapping capability, Precise
location in surface and underground situations, Thermo
imaging systems, Air quality measurement, Fitting of any
sensors for additional measurement.
All these can fit on its teleoperated robot platform to support
data gathering on-line and recorded. Its robots can travel
large distances on the surface and in confined spaces to
perform this work.
In addition to these services, Penguin is presenting services
which are more important for the safety of employees in
mining industries like; Search and Rescue, Safety and
Security, and more.
Innovative Products
Ÿ Penguin’s Products range from full robot systems
Ÿ Geospatial Mapping Systems
Ÿ Hang-up Assessment and Removal Telerobotic System
Ÿ Blast Hole Cleaning System
Their subsystems such as:
Ÿ Mine Robotic Network Systems including WiFi and LiFi
Penguin ASI:
Providing Robotic Systems
where Human Reach is Impossible
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Ashish Tandon
Managing Director
Egis-India
Ÿ Positioning Systems for surface, underground and
underwater
Ÿ Telerobot software control
Creator of Penguin ASI
Dr. Greg Baiden is the Founder & CEO of Penguin
Automated Systems Inc. Dr. Baiden has worked in all
aspects of the mining industry, including terrestrial,
undersea and space mining. His extensive knowledge has
been applied and is helping to set-up the possibilities in
these areas. Under the leadership of Dr. Greg Baiden,
Penguin has developed and continues to develop tele-
autonomous robotic technologies at the Penguin Research
Centre in Sudbury.
Strategies for Success
Penguin has been successful by applying several strategies.
These include: hiring the very best possible employees,
dreaming about what could be and working with their
customers to get them the systems they want and need.
Penguin has developed new robotic technologies with the
support and assistance of a number of government agencies,
including FedNor and the Northern Ontario Heritage Fund
Corporation and is committed to the development of
intellectual property as a basis for supporting growth in
Northern Ontario. Penguin is engaged in consulting and
development work with leading companies in Canada and
elsewhere.
Challenges that Helps Penguin to Become a Leader
The challenges that Penguin have faced includes in bringing
the new technologies to the extremely conservative mining
industry.
The idea of tele- autonomy is only feasible if a highly
capable network system is in place. This network must
have the high capacity with the ability to work wirelessly in
many environments such as in open air, in a contained
space, underground and underwater. A number of
applications can be dealt with using WiFi, but the technique
ultimately suffers from a lack of capacity for the demanding
application of tele-autonomy. Penguin’s unique foundation
networking technology consists of building high capacity
networks using WiFi and patented LiFi (Optical)
technologies.
Technologies from Penguin for Today and Tomorrow
We can see that mobile robotics is currently a growing ﬁeld.
Penguin has developed a highly accurate system for mobile
positioning of its mobile robots to create a system that is
able to work like a factory robot even though it is mobile.
Penguin is currently rolling out two new products: the ﬁrst
is a mobile mapping unit for GPS denied environments and
the second is a long reach robot to load explosives into
underground mining blockages. It is growing very rapidly
as it introduces these new products.
,
,We perform private research and
development to create technologies
and systems for our clients to apply
and improve safety, resource
utilization and financial
performance.
Dr. Greg Baiden
Founder and CEO
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Companies 2017
The
ROBOTICSROBOTICS
Most Innovative

utomation is already here. From day-to-day
Aactivities to high scale industrial work, people are
developing artificial intelligence and robotics to
make work and life easier. Every new day brings an
innovation and some change into the lives of human beings.
Recently, a major change has been observed in the industry:
the shift from traditional robots to collaborative robots.
Pollux, a company who believes that robots can completely
change the reality of shop floors, is leading the automation
industry and helping businesses overcome some obstacles
in implementing robots in factories. The innovative
company offers a “Robots as a service”, a solution that
includes mapping the manufacturing process to uncover
opportunities for robot use, simulation to confirm technical
viability, engineering to define accessories, risk assessment,
installation, programming and ongoing support.
With robot as a service, Polux’s clients can rely on their
excellent and permanent support, new products inclusion,
maintenance and spare parts. The pay-per-use/rental model
eliminates the obstacles related to traditional robotic
implementations like the lack of flexibility, need for Capital
Expenditure (CAPEX), total cost of ownership for tech
support, spare parts and the need for programming the
robots.
Pollux understands clients’ problems and efficiently helps
them. The industrial technology company is known to make
factories more productive, efficient and smart while
delivering innovative solutions, allowing customers to win
in an increasingly competitive global scenario. By
providing amazing services, they have earned recognitions
from multiple organizations including Endeavor, Ernst &
Young, CNI (National Confederation of Industry) and
FINEP Technology Innovation Award. For five years in a
row, the company has received the prestigious award
GPTW (Great Place to Work). Along with all the respected
awards, Deloitte 2016 has also acknowledged the company
as one of the Top 3 fastest growing SME’s in Brazil.
Industry giants like BMW, Fiat, GM, L’oreal, P&G,
Renault, Volkswagen and Bosch trust on Pollux for their
extraordinary technologic solutions.
About the Foundation of the Leading Company
With a rich experience of more than 25 years in industrial
automation, José Rizzo Hahn Filho, the founder and CEO
at Pollux, leads the company on its way to excellence.
Graduated from Iowa State University, Rizzo represents the
company and the country at numerous worldwide
technological forums like Industrial Internet Consortium
(USA) and Industry 4.0 (Germany). His efforts have earned
him positions like the Entrepreneur of the Year by Ernst and
Young and Endeavor Entrepreneur. Being the founder and
first President of Brazilian Association of Industrial
Internet, Rizzo strongly supports the causes of
entrepreneurship, innovation and industry competitiveness
in Brazil and abroad.
Services which Makes Pollux a Leader in the Industry
Founded in 1996, Pollux is the most innovative industrial
technology company in Brazil. The company acts as a
market reference for technology integration and offers
solutions in pay-per-use model. With a team of 140
employees and more than 450 clients, the robotic solution
provider company is known to deliver services to
Automotive, Pharmaceutical, Consumer’s Good, Food &
Beverages and many other industry segments all over Latin
America. Pollux has implemented over 1000 projects and
has structured its services in 3 primary business units as:
Pollux Automation – Pollux holds the experience to deal
with highly complex projects, building solid relations with
their customers by helping them in development and
Pollux:
Making Automation Industry
Smarter, Efficient and Productive
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Ashish Tandon
Managing Director
Egis-India
implementation of automated assembly lines, robotic cells
and machine building solutions that are more efficient to
provide a high degree of technology, based on advanced
manufacturing concepts and Industry 4.0.
Pollux Robotics – Pollux is the only company equipped
with the expertise to offer robots as a service (including
Rental + Engineering + Support) and known to deliver
Collaborative Robots that can work side-by-side with
people.
Pollux Digital – It acts as a convergence between
Information Technology (IT) and Operations Technology
(OT). Pollux adopts a consultative approach while mapping
opportunities and delivering industrial internet projects,
SaaS, Track&Trace solutions, and systems for Inspection
and Tests.
The company boasts about its excellent technical team
consisting of professionals graduated from some of the best
universities in Brazil, United States, France, Italy and
Germany. With a team of specialists from various
engineering fields, such as industrial automation, computer
programming, software, machine learning, artificial
intelligence, robotics, project management and others, the
company is strategically positioned at the most important
industrial centers providing very fast and qualified response
to their customers and partner's technical assistance needs.
Showcasing the Future
Over the years, Pollux has built a powerful ecosystem to
drive robot implementation to excellence, including some
world-class technology suppliers, such as Universal Robots,
Cognex, Visual Components, Schunk, Robotiq and Dassault
Systèmes. It is in the DNA of Pollux to act by integrity,
build positive and long-term relationships, endeavor and
innovate.
The innovative company is now presenting the “Robotic
4.0” concept: collaborative robots equipped with remote
monitoring system. This new solution, aligned with
industrial internet and industry 4.0, improves client's
productivity and provides real-time management, predictive
maintenance and quality while reducing costs related to
operational flaws.
Pollux has successfully installed over 150 robots
throughout Brazil and expects to reach a benchmark of
installing 2,000 robots in 5 years. The company has grown
4 times its revenue in the past three years and their global
customers are pulling its services abroad Latin America, US
and Europe.
,
,We are revolutionizing industrial
technology with pay-per-use robots
that provides process optimization
and economic savings to our clients
José Rizzo Hahn Filho
Founder and CEO
| August 2017 | 27
Companies 2017
The
ROBOTICSROBOTICS
Most Innovative

Future Face of
Robotics
-Danny Ellis, CEO/Co-Founder, SkySpecs
ear and disbelief have characterized the way in which many think about
Frobots, but as they become more of a reality, excitement and a sense of
possibilityhavetakenover.
Robots and automated machines have been around for over 100 years, but it’s
only in the last 5 years that robots have begun to infiltrate business processes
and operations. Robots are no longer confined to assembly lines, factories, and
government research labs. They take many forms: vacuum cleaners, drones,
cars, chat bots, lawn mowers, thermostats, Lego sets, and rolling droid toys.
Robotics is now taught to children as young as 5 years old. In the not-too-
distant future, anyone with an interest will be able to program a robot, and it
willbefastertodotheprogrammingthantocompletethetaskmanually.
What led to this proliferation of robots? It has been a “perfect storm” of sorts:
computation power is effectively free; data storage is practically infinite and
accessible almost anywhere - on or off the planet - and software has largely
become open-source, giving everyone complex tools that they can assemble
any way they want. Designing, building, and testing robots is no longer cost
prohibitive. The rise of 3D printing, embedded processors like Raspberry Pi
and Arduino, and affordable sensors allow people to build devices to solve
almost any problem. Open-source machine learning, computer vision, and
thousands of sensor and actuator choices make it possible to build and train a
robotfornearlyanytask.
So whatdoesallthismeanforourfuture?
#1:The“3Ds” willbeEliminated(Dirty,Dull,orDangerous)
First, any repetitive, dangerous and/or mundane task will ultimately be taken
over by a robot. Politicians may be worried about losing these jobs and the
unemployment it will initially cause, but eventually the changeover in
generations will solve the problem. For example, once it required hundreds of
people per farm field to grow our crops, but today that same work is performed
with advanced tractors controlled by just a few people. Farmers are able to
drive a single tractor and have multiple robotic tractors follow in their path
performing various tasks. People went on to create new jobs as technology
removed the old ones and this will continue each generation even though older
generationswillalwaysresist.
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#2:Robots willhaveSpecializedSkillSets
Second, people will turn to robots to solve a problem
before they try to solve it themselves. Already we
rely on Google or Alexa to answer questions we'd
have used “manual means” to answer previously.
Eventually we will also rely on robots to make our
breakfast, take us to work, and even perform a
majority of our work. We will only be there to
providethecreativeinputtotherobot.
These robots will likely not look like Rosie from the
Jetsons; they will instead be in whatever form makes
the most sense for a particular task. We won’t need a
bipedal robot to make breakfast or change the
temperature in the house. Each of these tasks will be
performed by their specific robot. Robots will be so
affordable that you will eventually have hundreds of
them in your home all focusing on their specified
tasks.
#3:PeoplewillbecomeMoreRight-Brained
Third, workers will need to tap into their creative
sides. Humans will perform an increasing number of
jobs that remain out of reach of robots: writing,
composing music, acting, entertaining, designing,
developing, etc. Roles like driver (taxi, semi, Uber),
cashier, bank teller, laborers, etc., will most likely be
obsolete in the next couple of decades. But even our
educational system is going to have to change as
new methods of learning prevail and our archaic
school system designed for the industrial revolution
finallyevolves.
Robots are here to stay. They perform tasks faster,
can repeat tasks with extreme precision, and are far
more affordable than traditional and/or manual
methods. And new technologies like augmented
reality are going to give humans an entirely different
way to interact with robots. There will come a day
when we pause for a moment, look up from our cell
phones, and realize that everything we do
throughout the day involves a robot. Our houses will
be cleaned, lawns mowed, kids taken to school,
lunches made and delivered, legal documents
generated, finances analyzed, dinner ordered and
delivered…..allbyrobots.
At least the sports we watch will still be played by
humans, at least for now.
Danny Ellis, is the C.E.O, Founder of SkySpecs. He has
done his B.S.E and M.S.E in Aerospace Engineering
from the University of Michigan. At SkySpecs Danny is
responsible for building a strong team, raise capital,
find customers, sell to customers, develop
partnerships, execute contracts, lobby to the
government to change regula ons, and promote the
business to everyone in the industry.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Danny Ellis
CEO & Co-founder
SkySpecs
| August 2017 | 29
Future Tech

I
ndustrial robots are blind, deaf and insensitive. They
show a characteristic of an inelastic and stiff
behaviour without any environment feedback.
Due to this characteristic, in case of physical contact, high
forces occur. These may cause damage on workpiece, robot
equipment or humans. However, common industrial
automation has achieved high cost reduction in the past
years. This achievement has almost exclusively been
applicable for big lot-sizes and clearly defined tasks.
Applications with a high demand on sensitivity and
flexibility are tricky gaps in automation. Therefore they
often still remain as manual work in the manufacturing
process and cause un-ergonomic workplaces, quality issues,
higher abrasive costs, etc. which result in higher production
costs than necessary. This applies specially to surface
treatment processes like sanding, grinding, deburring, or
polishing.
North America has witnessed its economic upwind during
the last years. The touch-sensitive automation solutions
from FerRobotics, initiate again an incredible growth
potential for US manufacturers across all industries.
Healthy industries keep the economy going.
But manufacturers face tremendous challenges, since labour
costs tend to increase, skilled and reliable workforce is
harder to find, product quality is expected to rise while
prices are expected to go down.
Sanding, grinding, and deburring are highly undesirable and
hazardous 3-D jobs. To automate these quality-related
sequences is the undisputed key competence of the
FerRobotics automation experts. Together with our
customers, we create high synergies such as increase of
productivity, quality and flexibility, optimized functionality
and efficiency. What differentiates FerRobotics from other
players in the market is the outstanding technology. While
automation usually tends to come along with costly
investments and programming efforts, FerRobotics
innovative products stick out as “worry-free“ package with
short payback time. The originally Austrian robotics
trendsetter, wraps “automation in no time“ into intuitive
standard devices with easy usage and easy process
modification, to keep production sites flexible and
competitive.
The wiser gives in
Traditional robotics has taken a giant leap in performing
productivity and quality in multifarious production
environments on surface finishing. However, the industrial
standard in robot programming is position driven, reference
point by reference point.
Random surfaces with random reference points require
heavy programming and are economically not viable.
Hence, the inelastic behaviour of traditional robotics has
high lacks on sensitivity and physical compliance, which in
turn leaves tricky automation gaps to solve.
Add perfect feeling
to your robot
and boost your
production with IoT
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FerRobotics’ approach to robotics automation is completely
different. The key parameter of the process is the actual
contact situation. Therefore, FerRobotics system checks if
there is a contact, tracks the surface and individually applies
the necessary force autonomously. “Within a robot path, our
equipment compensates for positioning tolerances and
masterminds the contact precision without programming it
point by point,”
The perfect feeling
FerRobotics robot devices feel what they are doing. Our
robot equipment guides the tool or gripper as carefully as
would the human hand. The technology detects
counterforces, changes in the surface ﬂow, obstacles and
nestles into the process autonomously. The equipment
performs self-operations, thus adjusting to individual
process situations and environment conditions in real-time.
About the Author:
Michael Haas has a sophisticated technical background in
mechanical engineering completed with profound
international sales skills. In the role of the Vice President of
FerRobotics INC, Michael is leading the North American
operations. With his extraordinary expertise he fully
supports the ambitious FerRobotics customer network in
the automotive, aerospace and general industry on the
challenges of ﬂexible automation. Since 2015 Michael is
the FerRobotics US expert in sensitive automation. Prior to
that, he worked as a leading sales expert and was in charge
of contract management and distributor development
activities in the European, middle and far east market.
Michael Haas
Vice President
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Tech Talk

The Advanced Diversity Due to
In order to build effectual robots that can carry out
useful work in unstructured environments; the robotics
companies are focusing towards new approaches and
extended services to build the intelligent systems. They
indulge in providing and applying the robots in the
industrial sector for replacing the workers and also
enhancing according to the new technologies. The industrial
robots have the incredible dexterity to match their brute
strength and can actually learn on the job. These expert
systems take highly practical forms, all on their own—that
can walk, talk, save lives, and perform critical jobs in
extreme environments, or simply take care of household
mundane tasks. In fact, there are over a million of these
types of robots found in auto, medical, manufacturing and
space industries.
Innovation Is Balanced Against Scale and Profitability
The engineers are coming up with incredibly innovative
robots that look really impressive and achieved the
challenge to turn it into a physical product that can
be manufactured for profit. In time, the use of
robotics is likely to spawn billions of
dollars revenue business. The
future driverless cars,
3D
printing, chat bots
or the home robots like the
vacuum-cleaning and floor-
cleaning robots have driven this
good amount by the sales.
From the military use and emergency
response to health care and home care,
robots are fast becoming a fixture in our
everyday lives. Over the next decade, the
number and variety of robots in the workplace will soar,
taking over many jobs that are too dirty, too dull or too
dangerous for people to do. Already, robots are taking
charge in hospitals, medical centres and nursing homes.
Their mechanical aids will improve lifting and
repositioning of patients, delivering medications to patients’
rooms, delivering lab samples and reports and conducting
routine monitoring of patients — taking temperatures,
blood pressure, glucose and so on.
Another sector that has extremely increased its adaptation
of robotics is the defence sector, where robots will be used
more and more for surveillance, battlefield support, and
sentinel duty. In addition, they would be commonly
associated with the detection and disposal of explosive
devices, or radar tracking and missile defence. These robots
are expected to act as a force multiplier and will operate
close to the military personnel in the field.
Automation, the next phase of Robots
Robots have evolved from electric machines to automotive
“smart” machines. The traditional electric machines were
programmed to perform specific tasks but the automated
ones can directly interact with the real world. However, the
robots follow a line painted on the ground by the
automation software foist on it. The Collaborative Robots
(named as “Co-Bots”) have taken automation to a higher
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Super Intelligent Machines
level by the autonomous robots. These robots support
human beings as a collaborator or as an assistor for a
specific task. These software robots are programmed to use
computer programs in the same way as a human operator
would for the task. They might not complete the task in the
most efficient way, but are easier to accommodate into
the actual business processes and are used as a
flexible way to automate physical tasks. It is
the growth driver and the most affordable
way to automate in robotics.
These robots are
mostly used
for
ind
ustri
al purposes, household
purposes or providing
small business services.
But such robots are not
proven to be ideal for the
higher levels of the
defence and security
sectors.
The problem-solving is
simply done by
introducing Artificial
Intelligence in robotics. It is
the recreation of the human
thought process, a man made
machine with the intellectual
abilities of a human. Robotics is nowhere near to achieve a
new level of progress with AI. This would include the
ability to learn just about anything, to reason, to use
language and to formulate original ideas. The AI robots or
computers gather details about a particular phenomenon
through their sensors or the input is transferred manually
and then the robots compare this information to their stored
data and decide the significance of the information. The
computer runs through various possible actions and predicts
and according to that it decides which action will be most
succe
ssful based on
the collected
information.
Obviously, the
computer cannot
solve the problem on
its own, it should be
programmed to solve as they
don’t have any generalized
analytical ability. They even can’t
absorb any sort of information like a human
until it is programmed in the system.
The real challenge of AI lies on the hypothesis of
how the robot would learn and think, and how all of
these connections would add up to higher reasoning, or
even low-level operations in the critical situations. A
number of robotics experts are focusing on humanoid
robots because they feel that being able to
experience the world like a human is essential to
developing human-like intelligence.
The Services provided by the Robots-
specialized companies
Robot manufacturing companies are the innovative actors
in the robotics market. Keeping in mind the demand and
needs of the future market, they are continuously
researching and developing highly-sophisticated intelligent
service robots. The companies are known for their
unlimited passion for technology, content and services and
relentless pursuit of innovation that drives to deliver
groundbreaking, novel and exciting solutions in their ways.
They provide the ultimate solution regarding industries and
technologies. They are indulged in scrutinizing and
experimenting with new mechanics and products. They
look after the interest of the industrial companies and
design according to their needs. The after-support of the
robots is also taken care by them.
S I Muper ntelligent achines
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Editor’s Pick

Roboworld Family of Companies:
Protecting Industrial Robot Assets in
Extreme Manufacturing Environments
t is no surprise that industrial robots are here to stay.
IWhat many don’t appreciate is the path by which they
arrived on our manufacturing floors. Human workers
were often exposed to hazardous working environments in
dirty, dull and/or dangerous jobs. Industrial robotics
replaced many of these jobs and workplace safety benefitted
accordingly. But these very robots started to degrade while
working in the same harsh environments. Roboworld was
founded in 1993 to provide protection for industrial
automation in extreme manufacturing environments. These
applications include extremes of temperature, corrosive
atmospheres or chemical exposure, explosive dust and
vapors, media blasting and die casting environments (to
name only a few). A Robosuit® protects the underlying
robot—just as a fireman’s jacket would protect them while
battling a blaze.
Each Robosuit® is tailored to the specific OEM make,
model and environment. Roboworld offers over 20
different technical fabrics, aramids, glasses and laminates to
address the vast majority of needs across the full-spectrum
of industrial manufacturing applications. Coverage need
not stop at the robot however. Roboworld custom
manufactures protective covers for the robot control gear,
end-of-arm tooling (grippers) and much, much more.
Offering Innovative Solutions to Protect More than Just
the Robot
Roboworld’s robust portfolio of industrial robot protection
products was recently supplemented with the introduction
of Pendant Armor®. Pendant Armor® protects the robotic
teach pendant from damage much like a protective case or
OtterBox® does for a cell phone. Roboworld Molded
Products LLC, was founded in 2016 as a result of
customer demand for incremental protection for this critical
component of the automation chain.
A teach pendant is essentially a Human Machine Interface
(HMI) that workers use to program and operate a robot.
Like other devices that humans handle—they are prone to
bumps, drops and accidental damage. Pendant Armor®
leverages Roboworld’s previous 25-yrs of experience
protecting industrial robots from hazardous environments,
and extends protection to this very critical piece of
equipment.
Utilizing their robust background in material science,
aviation manufacturing techniques and engineering,
Roboworld Molded Products developed over a dozen
different bumpers for the most popular brands of industrial
robot teach pendants. Each design specifically addresses
those areas of the teach pendant that are prone to damage if
accidentally dropped.
Careful consideration of material properties ensures that the
Pendant Armor® bumper can tolerate the most demanding
operating conditions yet mitigate between 50% to 70% of
the shock associated with an accidental fall. Thoughtful
consideration to ergonomics, weight and screen protection
ensures that the teach pendant is ready to tackle the same
demands as the robot.
The Innovative Mind Behind Roboworld and
Roboworld Molded Products
President & CEO, Chris Tur is the innovative personality
behind the automation industry’s leading-edge family of
Roboworld Companies. His career has largely followed a
technology-inspired path. From the field of Biomedical
Engineering to naval aviation, to energy and now robotics,
Chris enjoys innovating, and routinely challenges the status
quo.
Of many notable accomplishments throughout his career, he
was a key leader on the development team for the world’s
fastest passenger ferry propulsion turbine (HSC Francisco)
while working at General Electric. Chris has also been
recognized for leadership and combat performance with the
U.S Navy, holds more than 10 patents in Robotics, is a
former TEDx presenter, and routinely guest-lectures at
universities about innovation and entrepreneurship.
Success is Largely Attributed to the Founder
Roboworld’s success is largely attributed to the
entrepreneurial spirit of its founder Charles Tur. It was his
vision more than 25 years ago that proved the company
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Ashish Tandon
Managing Director
Egis-India
could bolster the overall market demand for industrial
robotics by offering incremental protection in hazardous
manufacturing environments.
Were an OEM to adapt their entire product line to a very
narrow subset of customer requirements, it would be very
inefficient and costly. That’s where Roboworld and
Roboworld Molded Products excels.
Today, Roboworld and Roboworld Molded Products enjoys
sales of its gear through three distinct channels to market:
OEM-direct, to Integrators/Distributors, and to automation
end-users directly.
Hottest Trends in Industrial Robotics and Our
Collective Robotic Future
Recently, industrial robotics has enjoyed a tremendous
surge in demand. The International Federation of Robotics
(IFR) has projected an incremental delivery of 1-million
robots by 2020.
Today, the hottest trends in industrial robotics include:
· Accelerated adoption of collaborative robots—
robots that supplement the human workforce in
order to increase production-line efficiency and
productivity.
· The introduction of Robots as a Service (RaaS)
where manufacturers ‘rent’ automation in order to
fill specific demands over relatively short periods
of time without owning the capital of production.
· Incorporation of Artificial Intelligence (AI) into
sensor technology such as vision systems,
predictive safety algorithms, and control software
that will make robots safer, faster and more
efficient.
· New segments of manufacturing such as
agricultural production, medicine, food
processing/packaging and autonomous vehicles
will unveil even more uses for robots.
The Entrepreneur’s Challenge
Awareness is the biggest challenge facing Pendant Armor®.
Since Roboworld Molded Products is the first company to
offer mass-produced, patented, energy absorbing bumpers
for teach pendants, very few people are aware that the
technology to protect them even exists. For the past 40-
years, people just accepted the downtime and high cost to
repair these items. Roboworld Molded Products is
investing aggressively in marketing campaigns and
international development activities to generate awareness.
Upcoming Products for the Ever-Changing Market
Roboworld Molded Products works continually with
robotic OEMs to offer incremental protection for their teach
pendants and new robot models. They are introducing
injection molded covers for grippers, collaborative robot
protection, and are exploring other market adjacencies due
to the rough nature of other pendant applications as well.
Visit: www.roboworld.com or www.pendantarmor.com
Chris Tur
President & CEO
,,Stay Protected.
Stay Productive.
| August 2017 | 37
Companies 2017
The
ROBOTICSROBOTICS
Most Innovative

Where there is science and technology, there is
innovation. With innovation, comes an
enormous amount of options and so does
scopes and opportunities, irrespective of the field it belongs
to. When one talks about robotics, the branches are widely
spread, and yet there is always the room to grow. The
current scenario suggests that a huge number of companies,
engineers and researchers are pursuing new technologies
for a better product. While some say that artificial
intelligence or robotics is being processed beyond the
imagination at a considerable speed, the entire scene is
going to change.
Like every coin, any innovation in science too has two
sides, one positive and one negative. Undoubtedly, the
evolution into the world of technology and science has
made human lives much more convenient and easier to live.
Industry pioneers say that
the relations between
human beings and robotics
or many other outstanding
technologies existing today,
will coexist in the future
too, with their roles being
the same as they are today.
Seven Dreamers
Laboratories Inc., is a
leading group of
technologists who are
dedicated to creating entirely novel concepts, offering the
world with products which no one has witnessed before.
This company is known to create milestones in the world of
robotics and automation. The company believes that the
innovation begins with the picking up of right theme.
Following a strict criterion, Seven Dreamers develops
products ensuring that “things do not exist”, “Improve
people’s lifestyle”, and are “technically highly
sophisticated”. Seven Dreamers’ product, laundroid is one
such product which meets these criteria.
Seven Dreamers innovation, dedication and hard work has
earned them various recognition around the world
including Innovation Showcase, Japan-US Innovation
Awards, Special Jury Award from the Ministry of Economy,
Trade and Industry, Japan, WIRED Audi INNOVATION
AWARD, Excellence Award from Nikkei Business
th
Publications at the 15 Japan Innovators Award, “Start-up
Challenging to the World”, Morning Pitch Special Edition
and many others.
Innovating and Creating Things Which Never Existed
Before
Seven Dreamers, dream is not only in their name, it’s in
their vein. They dream about innovation and creation that
will make human lives better and richer. They believe that
true innovation involves the creation of something that has
never existed before,
meaning creating “1”
from “0”. Everybody
wants to fly in the
direction of the wind,
but Seven Dreamers
consists of a group
which find it more
attractive to accomplish
while dealing with the
most challenging
factors. By overcoming
difficult times and
countless errors with a passionate mind towards success,
the company is creating products of their real innovation.
First project being the use of an original 3D measurement
system to manufacture totally order-made action carbon
golf shafts, the company received a huge response and
began working on their second project, which was also a
great success. The second project of Seven Dreamers was
the development of nastent™, a tube-shaped medical
device that is inserted into the nasal passage to aid
The world’s first fully automatic
laundry folding robot
| August 2017 |38

breathing during sleep by preventing obstruction of the
airway. The history was made with their third project,
laundroid, world’s first fully automatic laundry folding
machine.
About the Man behind this Innovative Company
Shin Sakane, President and CEO at Seven Dreamers
Laboratories Inc., is a highly educated man with an
immense level of work experience in leading corporations.
He has completed his doctoral program (Ph.D.) in the
Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry at the
University of Delaware and his excellent performance in
academics has helped him to earn the Glenn Skinner Award.
Soon after completing his academic career, Shin joined
various enterprises like I.S.T Corporation and Super Resin
Inc., at the top management level positions. It is after which
the visionary entrepreneur started climbing up the ladder of
success. He is a man with a clear motive. Even engineers
objected and criticized, Shin believed in himself and
finished it even though it took 12 years to develop
laundroid.
Always self-motivated and self-inspired Shin always says,
“the higher mountain we climb, the more difficult issues are
likely to happen. But that has a sense of accomplishment
and that proves to be an innovation”.
Overcoming Hurdles and Moving Close towards the
Desired Destination
Seven Dreamers is highly evaluated as a tech company, but
at the same time it is often said to have outstanding skills in
marketing and PR. The team has expressed that in the
beginning, there was hardly anyone who had deep
knowledge or experience in corporate branding in the
business. The pillars of the company including Shin were
primarily from BtoB Technology business backgrounds,
where corporate branding is not as important as in the BtoC
business. Having a partner with the authority of marketing
and branding in Japan, it learned from zero and improved
marketing skills quickly to reach its desired goal.
Viewing Future with a Binocular
Goals are high, but not far from where Seven Dreamers is
standing now. They set a goal, work hard and succeed each
time in fundraising and obtaining their stakeholders.
Currently, they are working on two more products which
are expected to get released soon. In the land of the rising
sun, Seven Dreamers is known to be a prominent name
assigned with the words technology and innovation.
Innovating New Ways
to Improve People’s
Lifestyles
Shin Sakane
President and CEO
| August 2017 | 39
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