Robotics and Automation - Articles, Stories & Interviews
How Is Modular Robot Design Reshaping Factory Automation?
How industrial robots work constantly adapts to increased demand and novel technologies, but it enhances automation potential the most. What is shifting and how can production engineers and electronics experts in these sectors fully leverage the benefits?
Multi-camera system with AI and seamless traceability leaves no chance for product defects
VIVALDI Digital Solutions GmbH has developed an exemplary, innovative solution for AI quality inspection in real time. In addition to an edge server with an Intel processor, intelligent image processing plays a key role in the so-called SensorBox.
What is the role of cameras in pick and place robots?
Pick and place robots perform repetitive handling tasks with speed and consistency, making them invaluable across industries. These robots depend heavily on the right camera setup. Get insights about the challenges faced by cameras, use cases, and their biggest benefits.
Only the changes count - Event-based cameras optimize flow analysis in science and industry
How does the air flow around an airplane? How does the blood move through our veins? And how can pollutant emissions in combustion processes be minimized?
Automate 2025 Product Preview
Automate 2025 takes place May 12th - 15th in Detroit, MI. The Exhibit hall floor will be loaded with new products and services. Here is a preview of some things to look forward to at this years event.
Addressing Challenges in Software Solutions for Robots and Physical AI
We leveraged our long heritage and leadership in robotics to create an AI software product that helps our customers overcome the challenges of traditional automation, accelerate set-up and deployment, and achieve greater ROI from their existing automation systems.
Automate 2025 Q&A with DESTACO
There’s nothing like seeing our products in action. We will have live demonstrations, giving attendees the chance to see the performance and capabilities of our solutions up close and personal.
Robotics and Automation - Featured Stories
Are Humanoid Robots Coming Soon to the Construction Industry?
With major tech players investing heavily in this next generation of robotics, construction leaders are beginning to ask: could humanoid robots soon find a place in the industry. And, if so, what would that mean for workers, safety, and the economics of the job site?
System lets robots identify an object's properties through handling
With a novel simulation method, robots can guess the weight, softness, and other physical properties of an object just by picking it up.
ForwardX Deploys 435 AMRs at Chery Automobile's Dalian Factory
435 AMRs are now live at Chery's Dalian factory, transforming internal logistics and setting a new benchmark for scalable, intelligent automation in the industry.
Robotics and Automation - News Headlines
How to Benefit from Power over Camera Link in Machine Vision
BitFlow Axion™ PoCL frame grabbers eliminate need for separate power supply
Robust.AI Partners With Foxconn To Accelerate And Scale Manufacturing Of Carter Warehouse Automation Robots
To help meet increasing international customer demand faster and cost effectively
Productivity Ranks As Number One Priority for CPGs and Industry Suppliers According to New PMMI Report
More than three-quarters of survey respondents are focused on productivity, with cost and automation priorities sharing second place.
Battery Show Europe: MVTec presents advantages of machine vision for battery production
• Battery production benefits from machine vision
• Reliable quality assurance along the entire production chain
• MVTec as a global technology leader for machine vision software
Cold chain automation breakthrough as Geekplus deploys multi-zone pallet system
Now live at a 2,700 sqm flagship facility operated by leading cold chain logistics provider JJCL (Jinjiang Cold Logistics), the system enables seamless pallet movement between environments ranging from -18°C to +5°C. This marks the first production-grade deployment of fully automated multi-temperature pallet handling in the industry.
Robotics and Automation - Featured Product
PI USA - 7 Reasons Why Air Bearings Outperform Mechanical Bearings
Motion system designers often ask the question whether to employ mechanical bearings or air bearings. Air bearings deserve a second look when application requirements include lifetime, precision, particle generation, reproducibility, angular accuracy, runout, straightness, and flatness.
Robotics and Automation - Featured Company
FAULHABER MICROMO
Since 1961, FAULHABER MICROMO has partnered with OEMs to deliver high precision, high performance, custom micro motion system solutions to markets such as medical, robotics and automation in North America. FAULHABER MICROMO's tradition of innovation started decades ago in Germany. The groundbreaking invention of the FAULHABER coreless winding started it all for a market that produces millions of motors today.
How can the FAULHABER MICROMO team help you deliver your next innovation to market first?
Learn more about MICROMO's solutions for the most demanding applications, our diverse motion products and technologies, online ordering, Engineering and R&D teams, Clean Room Assembly, Machining Center and other services at our Clearwater, FL facility at https://www.faulhaber.com.
