robotics

JMP Solutions recently completed construction on its new automation and robotics facility in Fayetteville which opened for business on March 1, 2022. The 20,000-SF manufacturing and integration space will provide automation and robotics solutions to the Northwest Arkansas region and…

AMBOTS, a Northwest Arkansas autonomous manufacturing technology startup, was recently awarded a $1 million Small Business Innovation Research Phase II Award from the National Science Foundation. AMBOTS stands for Autonomous Mobile roBOTS and Advanced Manufacturing roBOTS. The grant will enable…

MORE Technologies, an Arkansas robotics startup, has sold its technology assets and patent to a Colorado-based programmable robot company. Founded by four University of Arkansas students, MORE Technologies – which stands for Modular Open-source Robotics Ecosystem – has specialized in…

The health care industry is known for its innovative uses of new technology, and in a variety of different areas, robotic surgery is becoming increasingly popular. This type of surgery allows surgeons to be more precise, have more control and…

by Tyler Hale In March, Arkansas students will be competing in an underwater robotics competition. Arkansas 4H and the Electric Cooperatives of Arkansas have partnered to host the  2020 Arkansas SeaPerch Challenge on March 6 in Bryant. During the competition,…

Shortly after taking office in 2014, Gov. Asa Hutchinson recognized the need for more computer training in Arkansas schools and advocated for the introduction of coding into school curriculums across the state. In 2015, legislation was passed to expand computer…

 Canon Reeves, a student at the University of Arkansas and CEO of his own company, MORE Technologies, began building robots when he was 14-years-old. Since then, he’s increased his knowledge of robotics, but he still remembers what it was like…

In a video produced by University of Arkansas alumnus Luke Osborn (B.S.M.E., summa cum laude, ’12), a sleek black prosthetic hand whirs and clicks as the fingers touch a rectangular object, then an egg-shaped one. When a sharply pointed object…

by Dustin Jayroe | Photography by Meredith Mashburn A junior at the University of Arkansas, Canon Reeves has already accomplished more in his first 20 years of life than most people do in a lifetime. Reeves is a roboticist, a…

via GIPHY by Canon Reeves Why don’t we have robot maids like Rosie from the Jetsons yet? A quick search of Boston Dynamics’ robots shows incredibly agile robots that seem to be more than capable of doing the dishes. So…