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The bionic ants cooperate and coordinate their actions and movements to achieve a common aim – in the same way individual ants complete tasks for the whole colony.
Festo says that in the future production systems will be based on intelligent individual components that adjust themselves to different production demands by communicating with each other.
The ants are able to complete complex tasks, like transporting large, heavy loads, that they wouldn’t be able to achieve individually by working together.
The robot features a stereo camera and a floor sensor that together allow the ant to work out its location and identify objects to be grabbed by grippers at the front of its “head”. The antennae double up as chargers for the lithium batteries that power the ants’ movements. A radio module in the abdomen allows the ants to communicate with each other wirelessly. Just like their natural counterparts, the ants have six articulated legs.
Bionic Ants are robotic ants that are being developed by a German company called Festo to work in the factories of the future.
Festo says the way the ants are constructed is unique too. The bodies of the bionic ants are made from a 3D printed plastic powder melted layer by layer with a laser. The circuitry is also 3D printed on top of the body. Festo says this is the first time the techniques have been combined.
The ceramic legs and pincers are flexible actuators that move quickly and precisely without using much energy. Again Festo says the application of this so-called ‘piezo’ technology to miniature robots like its bionic ants is a first.
The bionic ants are part of the developer’s Bionic Learning Network. Festo works on transferring natural phenomena to engineering techniques and equipment.
The technology firm says the factories of the future will have to produce customized products, meaning that they will have to adapt to different production requirements.
Festo plans to exhibit its robotic ants in April at the world’s biggest industrial technology fair, Hannover Messe, where the German engineering company will also show off other recent creations like cooperative artificial butterflies.
Modi and Merkel with bionic ants at the Hannover Industrial Fair.
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The company is developing electric scooters that are light years ahead of what we’ve been seeing for quite some time now.
The startup is based in Bangalore, India.
They have successfully managed to attain several rounds of funding, the most recent one being from Tiger Global which invested $12 million.
Other investors include The Bansals, the cofounders of Flipkart.com, who provided funding to the tune of $1 million.
The vehicle showcases several advancements not only to conventional technologies but also design and aesthetics.
Some of them include incorporating lightweight materials, improvements in Battery Technology, and even the dashboard which consists of a skinned version of the Android Operating System.
The company also claims that the scooter will feature traction motors that adjusts ride quality based on the user profile of the rider.
The prototypes for their first model the S340 are already enduring early road tests even though they are far from being finished.
The company has plans to unveil the completed product in Q1 of 2016.
You can check out more about Ather Electric Scooters.
A look at their website gives you an idea of what their trying to achieve; nothing short of automotive excellence.
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Regarding the funding that they secured, Tiger Global invests $12m in electric vehicle start-up Ather Energy.
Flipkart co founders investing in the startup, Tired of rejections, Ather Energy co-founders find help in Flipkart’s Sachin Bansal | ETtech
That the father of computers is a mechanical engineer.
Charles Babbage (1791-1871), computer pioneer, designed the first automatic computing engines. He invented computers but failed to build them.
A mechanical computer is built from mechanical components such aslevers and gears, rather than electronic components.
A difference engine is an automatic mechanical calculator designed to tabulate polynomial functions. The name derives from the method of divided differences, a way to interpolate or tabulate functions by using a small set of polynomial coefficients. Most mathematical functions commonly used by engineers, scientists and navigators, including logarithmic and trigonometric functions, can be approximated by polynomials, so a difference engine can compute many useful tables of numbers.
Part of Charles Babbage’s difference engine (#1), assembled after his death by his son, Henry Prevost Babbage (1824–1918), using parts found in Charles’ laboratory.
First complete model of difference Engine #2
The London Science Museum’s difference engine, the first one actually builtfrom Babbage’s design. The design has the same precision on all columns, but when calculating polynomials, the precision on the higher-order columns could be lower.
In the latest research by Compass, a firm specializing in automated reports and benchmarking tools, Bangalore has been declared as the Startup capital of India. With 3100 to 4900 active startups, Bangalore has received $2.25 billion of Venture capital funds in 2014, thereby outranking every other metropolis in India.
Bangalore is the World’s 2nd fastest growing startup ecosystem, in terms of exit volume and VC inflow among all the top 20 global destinations for entrepreneurs.
In terms of funding, $2.25 billion of capital inflow ranks it as 6th largest startup ecosystem globally.
Overall, Bangalore is ranked as 15th biggest startup city in the whole world. The last time Compass did such a research for startup ecosystems was in 2012, when Bangalore was ranked 19th. Hence, in the last 3 years, the city has climbed 4 spots, which is yet another achievement.
The report mentioned about Bangalore: “The ecosystem, which has historically been known as “the world’s back office”, has transformed itself into a high octane environment that offers early-stage startups the opportunity to turn into billion dollar companies.”
Special mention of Flipkart and InMobi occurred in the report, wherein they have been hailed as the leaders of $1 billion valuation ‘unicorn club’, which helped ‘recirculate the money’ within the ecosystem, and inspired other startups to think beyond their present status.
The power of youth observed in Bangalore is another highlight of the report as the median age of startup founders is 28.5 years, which is 12% less than the regional average (inside India) and 21% below Silicon Valley’s average.
However, the biggest obstacle to Bangalore’s incredible success story is the city’s inability to locate and nurture talents; as Human Resource failure is highlighted prominently in the report. In terms of finding cost-efficient talent, the city is ranked #17. The report also observes that the ‘quality of local talent’ available is not yet at par with other global ecosystems.
Another disappointing factor is the engagement level vis-à-vis employees and employers in Bangalore. The report said that startups from Bangalore gave an average of 7% equity to their employees, which is 23% lower than global average.
Overall, Silicon Valley (nick name of Southern part of San Francisco bay, California) is still the #1 startup ecosystem in the world with #1 ranking in VC funds inflow, talent acquisition, startup experience and more.
New York City is at #2 rank with numero-uno position in market reach and Los Angeles is #3 biggest startup ecosystem in the world.
Besides Bangalore, Singapore is the only Asian city in this top 20 rank, at #10.Tel Aviv at #5 is the only non-American city in the top 5 and there are total of 7 American cities in the top 20 list.
Among European cities, only 3 managed to enter the elite top-20 list: London at #6; Berlin at #9; Paris at #11. Interestingly, there are 3 cities from Canada as well: Toronto at #17; Vancouver at #18 and Montreal at #20.
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