Last week the winners of the 5G Robotics Challenge, sponsored by Verizon and Ericsson, participated in a showcase to demo their projects. This first-of-its-kind challenge asked teams to create 5G-powered solutions in three key areas: industrial automation, collaborative robotics (cobots), and warehouse automation. The winners were comprised of university teams from Northeastern, and University of […]
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The robotics industry is poised to be a major beneficiary of 5G, the fifth generation of wireless communication. If 5G meets its advertised median speeds of 1 Gbps, 5G will have a speed 20 times faster than 4G. Combine that increased speed with lower latency (about 1ms) and next-generation, 5G-powered robots should be more reliable […]
