Robotics and Automation - Articles, Stories & Interviews
Robot Hype vs. Real Risk: Is Your Business Truly Ready for Autonomous Food Delivery?
The core tension is clear: excitement must yield to scrutiny. This post moves businesses past the novelty of robot adoption and into the necessary preparation phase of risk mitigation and compliance review. It's time to build a solid foundation before the next bot rolls out.
High-precision process monitoring and error detection in additive manufacturing
Powder bed-based laser melting of metals (PBF-LB/M) is a key technology in additive manufacturing that makes it possible to produce highly complex and high-performance metal components with customised material and functional properties.
Smart Supply Chain Strategies for Cold Storage: Solving Challenges with Scalable Automation
The global demand for temperature-controlled logistics continues to grow, and with it comes an increase in operational complexity. These facilities require substantial investment, precise temperature regulation, and the capacity to adapt to market shifts quickly.
The SPT-1500UL from SEER Robotics
What truly sets the SPT-1500UL apart is its patented E-type fork structure, which allows seamless compatibility with a wide variety of pallet types - including open pallets (nine-feet, stringer-style), as well as closed pallets, cages, and customized racks.
Robotic programming brings increased productivity and faster return on investment
"By optimizing robot programs, users can see a significant increase in productivity while generating more profit with their robot, using robots for short production runs, and delivering closest conformance to design." Carlos Marcovici, Robotmaster Authorized Partner, Brazil
How Collaborative Robots Improve Flexibility, Safety, and ROI
When we design cobot palletizing systems, we're often solving two different problems: limited floor space and the need to shift operations between lines throughout the day.
Giving Robots and Humans the Same Voice: Real-Time Escalation Systems for Smart Factories
By giving robots and humans the same voice, real-time escalation systems transform factories into agile, responsive, and collaborative environments. They ensure that no signal—machine or human—goes unheard.
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Using generative AI to diversify virtual training grounds for robots
New tool from MIT CSAIL creates realistic virtual kitchens and living rooms where simulated robots can interact with models of real-world objects, scaling up training data for robot foundation models.
Improving AGV efficiencies with updated battery technologies
AGV-powered sectors like eCommerce and pharmaceuticals have set the pace for electric adoption, cutting emissions while streamlining operations. Yet, legacy batteries, whether lead-acid’s sluggish charging or Li-ion’s trade-offs in speed, cost, or size, limit progress.
SwarmFarm Raises $30M AUD to Untether Farm Productivity from Machine Size
By designing autonomy from the ground up — not as a bolt-on feature, but as a fully integrated platform — SwarmFarm gives farmers the ability to scale productivity without scaling machine size.
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maxon to Debut at The Assembly Show, Showcasing Precision Drive Systems and Parvalux Motor Solutions for Industrial Automation and Material Handling
By combining brushed and brushless DC motors, gearheads, sensors, and controllers into complete mechatronic drive systems they meet the evolving needs of industrial automation and assembly applications.
Flexiv Forecasts the Future of Robotics at IROS 2025
From human-inspired design to next-generation adaptability, Flexiv Robotics showcases and explains the innovations shaping the future of intelligent automation.
B dynamic Logistics Selects Softeon Warehouse Management System to Power Growth and Customer Onboarding Speed
In line with its mission of Making the Customer the Hero, B dynamic Logistics selected Softeon's WMS to enhance the customer experience through faster onboarding speed, flexible system integration, and operational agility and scalability.
Stäubli Robotics Launches MTC-900, a Plug-and-Play Machine Tending Solution for Smarter, Safer Automation
New plug-and-play machine tending cart enhances productivity and safety with seamless integration with IMMs via the Euromap 67 standard, offering manufacturers a fast track to collaborative automation.
Agibot Unveils Next-Gen Industrial-Grade Interactive Embodied Robot Agibot G2
It combines rapid learning and deployment capabilities with multimodal voice interaction functions, and is adaptable to multiple scenarios including industrial production, logistics, and guided tours - poised to reshape the application landscape of industrial-grade embodied robots.
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igus - triflex R robot dresspacks
Properly managed cables on a multi-axis robot are the difference between successful, failure-free operation and frequent unplanned downtime and lost profits. Discover how triflex® robot dresspacks are designed to protect cables in multi-axis motion - extending cable life, minimizing costs, and reducing unplanned downtime.
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HONPINE
HONPINE is a leading supplier of reducers, RV reducers, robot joint motors, drive motors, and rotary actuators. Utilizing advanced manufacturing techniques, we have been providing precision transmission solutions since 2018. Our high-precision gearboxes have been exported to over 50 countries and have received excellent market feedback.
