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FREE ELECTRONIC DESIGN SERVICE OLO ROBOTICS ANNOUNCES THREE PARTNERSHIPS
TAD electronics (TAD), developer of low-to-no maintenance electronics, now offers a free electronic design service for engineering and manufacturing applications, offering custom hardware, firmware and software design without any upfront costs. Design fees can be one of the costliest areas of product development and are often the factor which prevents new electronics’ innovations coming to market. This latest TAD offer provides a genuine risk-free solution, allowing operators to explore custom development without the pressure of initial investment as Rob White, Head of Engineering from TAD explained: “Standard electronics often fail to meet customers’ niche requirements, such as challenging environmental conditions or specific user interface needs. Bespoke systems can be designed to overcome these challenges, but the upfront design costs are typically prohibitive. “That’s why we’ve introduced our free, risk-free design service. For viable projects, our team of multidisciplinary engineers will work with you through each stage, which could cover initial discussions, concept/architecture definition, assembly and enclosure design and manufacturability considerations, to name a few.” “Whether you require ultra-low power consumption, specific data encryption methods, ruggedness for outdoor conditions, or compatibility with legacy equipment, our approach to treating your project as unique means these requirements are integrated directly into the heart of your solution.”
https://tad-electronics.co.uk/ service/risk-free-design/
OLO Robotics has completed its commercial launch,
announcing new manufacturing and distribution partnerships with Deep Robotics, inMotion Robotic, and Fiction Lab as robot companies move to make their hardware accessible to mainstream software teams, not only specialist roboticists. By integrating OLO’s ROS2-native platform with quadrupeds and mobile robots, these partners are positioning robots as part of the existing software stack rather than separate, bespoke projects. OLO provides an accessibility layer on top of ROS2, bringing the
full robotics development environment into the browser, including cloud simulation, AI-assisted coding, visualisation and sim-to-real deployment. This enables organisations to build and deploy robotic systems without requiring in-house ROS2 expertise, making it easy for the user to instantly access the ROS2 ecosystem of robots. The platform supports JavaScript and Python, requires no local installation, and connects directly to existing ROS2 robots and drivers. “The industry has spent a decade talking about a skills shortage as if the only answer is to train more roboticists,” said Nick Thompson, co- founder and CEO of OLO Robotics. “What we see is a different picture: the expertise is already inside warehouses, factories and labs, but the infrastructure was never built for those teams.” Poland-based Fiction Lab’s LEO Rover, a modular platform used by universities and engineering teams, can now be ordered with OLO as an optional bundle. China’s Deep Robotics and Germany’s inMotion Robotic have also worked with OLO to ensure their robots operate on the platform from first use, removing the need for separate integration projects.
olo-robotics.com
NEW MACHINED SPRINGS
6 May 2026 | Automation
automationmagazine.co.uk
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