Abstract
New research on robotics is the subject of a new report. According to news reporting from the Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) by NewsRx journalists, research stated, “Small South African manufacturing companies, endeavouring to benefit from Fourth Industrial Revolution (4IR) technologies, specifically automation, are restricted by exorbitant costs and the lack of know-how associated with automation.” The news editors obtained a quote from the research from Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR): “This project aims to develop affordable modular automation blocks that can couple with each other, using the OpenStructures grid, to provide customisable degrees of freedom tailored for specific automation applications. The cost of development is recovered, and the cost of maintenance is reduced through the reuse of these blocks over different automation applications.” According to the news editors, the research concluded: “A key measure of effectiveness is a standardised mechanical and electrical interface for each block.”
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