Robotics and Automation - Articles, Stories & Interviews
How to Successfully Automate Packaging in Low-volume, High-mix Production
Recent advances in robotic programming have reduced the implementation time of robotic automation to a point where even small and medium sized manufacturers with high-mix, low-volume production can get a robotic packaging application up and running in just a few hours
Rain Announces $9.7M in Seed Financing to Enable Rapid Wildfire Response with Prepositioned Autonomous Aircraft
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Leveraging broadly deployed early wildfire detection sensors, pioneering technology gives fire agencies new ability to scale and expedite wildfire response
Transforming Manufacturing Processes with AMRs: Boosting Efficiency and Adaptability
One of the key advantages of AMRs lies in their adaptability. Manufacturing processes often require frequent changes, reconfigurations, or repositioning of equipment and materials. AMRs can quickly and easily adapt to these changing requirements.
Designing High-ratio Drives for Precision Applications
Virtual Testing Helps Precision Gear Start-up Increase Understanding of Design Performance and Reduce Costly and Time‑intensive Physical Prototyping
Why Rotary Encoders Might Be the Best Fit for Your Industrial Robotics Design
Encoders make industrial robots accurate enough to perform positionally accurate machining and handling tasks on large components. Let’s talk about how.
Case Study: Delta Line Motion System Solutions for Robotics
Delta Line motors, particularly those in its rapidly expanding frameless range, offer exceptional power density and are well suited to meet the need for compact yet powerful motion solutions.
Bringing Robotics to Small Manufacturing
Ease of use will be prioritized, with user-friendly programming interfaces and modular designs, while industry-specific solutions and cost reductions will drive wider adoption across various sectors.
Robotics and Automation - Featured Stories
A remote solution to safety concerns - Remote controlled robots improve precision and worker safety
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From bomb disposal and construction site monitoring to surveillance and firefighting, remote controlled robots allow humans to act in hazardous situations without putting themselves in harm’s way.
Toyota Research Institute Unveils Breakthrough in Teaching Robots New Behaviors
This advancement significantly improves robot utility and is a step towards building "Large Behavior Models (LBMs)" for robots, analogous to the Large Language Models (LLMs) that have recently revolutionized conversational AI.
Mobile Robotics - Increasing Flexibility Enables Increasing Efficiency in Logistics
According to IDTechEx's research, there has been a significant cumulative increase in funding for various types of mobile robots (e.g., mobile picking, intralogistics, material handling, etc.) from 2015 to 2022.
Robotics and Automation - News Headlines
ABB Robotics launches OptiFact™ to unlock full potential of factory data
• OptiFact collects, manages, and analyzes data from hundreds of factory devices centrally, saving up to 25% time in data collection and analysis
• The new platform, which complements ABB Robotics' existing digital solution suite, helps factory operators increase production uptime by up to 20%
• Pilot projects confirm OptiFact's ease of use, ability to speed decision-making and optimize operations
US Robot Installations Hit Double Digit Growth - New World Robotics Report by IFR Reveals
On a global scale, the United States accounted for 7% of robot installations in 2022, placing the US third in the world following China and Japan
Robot Installations in Japan up by 9% - IFR reports
Japanese exports achieved a new peak level at 207,737 units in 2022, adding another 12% to the previous peak level of 2021
Robot Funded by Can Manufacturers Institute to Save More Than 1 Million Aluminum Beverage Cans Annually from Landfill
Ardagh Metal Packaging and Crown Holdings Finance EverestLabs AI and Robotic Technology for Caglia Environmental's California Recycling Facility with a 50-Percent Revenue Share
A3's Artificial Intelligence & Smart Automation Conference Heads to Pittsburgh in October; Agility CEO Damian Shelton to Keynote
Association for Advancing Automation (A3) expands powerhouse briefing into two-day event, including new half-day introductory course, to help manufacturers in data strategy, advances in AI robotics, machine vision, and AI-powered optimization and prediction
Robotics and Automation - Featured Product
CMES - AI-Powered 3D Robot Vision
Powered by AI, CMES Robotics enables 3D vision for factory robots. CMES AI vision software enables robots to recognize unstructured, flexible, or deformed objects, pick them up, and loading and unloading. CMES Vision software has been deployed worldwide for random palletization and depalletization along with void filling applications. CMES Robotics automates your warehouse, logistics, and supply chain. For more information, please visit: cmesrobotics.com or email info@cmesrobotics.com.
Robotics and Automation - Featured Company
HP 3D Printing
HP Inc. creates technology that makes life better for everyone, everywhere. Through our portfolio of personal systems, printers, and 3D printing solutions, we engineer experiences that amaze. HP 3D Printing technologies are reinventing design and manufacturing, by unlocking the full potential of 3D printing."
