Robotics and Automation - Articles, Stories & Interviews

HALCON reliably checks bottle cap imprints

Machine vision offers enormous advantages for many areas of application, such as quality assurance. In addition to high accuracy and speed, high flexibility and availability are also important for practical use.

The rise of modular robots and the importance of drive train design

As part of an in-house robot build, optimizing the drive train that powers and controls each joint is vital to the robot’s performance. The most effective way of achieving this is by developing the drive train as a complete module.

Automate 2024 Product Preview

Automate 2024 takes place May 6th - 9th in Chicago, Illinois. 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.

Edge Computing and AI in Manufacturing

With Tacton we wanted to give users the flexibility and configuration options they need to outfit their facility, while ensuring the system was reliable, secure, and easy to install.

Talking AUTOMATE 2024 with TM Robotics

Visitors will have the chance to see the entire THE robot range, including the THE400, THE600, THE800 and THE1000. The line-up includes robots of different sizes and strengths, providing visitors with an opportunity to find the perfect model for their application.

Talking AUTOMATE 2024 with TECH RIM Standards

TRS has been active with A3 for years, and as the Detroit show proved --- there are tremendous opportunities at Automate.

Talking AUTOMATE 2024 with DESTACO

Witness the power of precision movement, workholding, and indexing technology that will take your operations to new heights. Our booth is packed with ultra-precise end-of-arm tooling, state-of-the-art conveyors, and other top products from CAMCO, Ferguson and Robohand.

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Robotics and Automation - Featured Stories

NVIDIA and Alphabet's Intrinsic Put Next-Gen Robotics Within Grasp

Intrinsic, a software and AI robotics company at Alphabet, has integrated NVIDIA AI and Isaac platform technologies to advance the complex field of autonomous robotic manipulation.

NREL Invites Robots To Help Make Wind Turbine Blades

Although robots have been used by the wind energy industry to paint and polish blades, automation has not been widely adopted. Research at the laboratory demonstrates the ability of a robot to trim, grind, and sand blades.

Kawasaki Robotics Shares First Look of New Collaborative Robots, Features New Partnerships and Applications for Industrial Robots at AUTOMATE 2024

At Automate Kawasaki Robotics introduces a line of intelligent cobots and showcases Ai-enabled R and BX Series robots for welding, multi-SKU palletizing and depalletizing as examples of limitless opportunities and human ingenuity

Robotics and Automation - News Headlines

XTEND SECURES $40M TO REDEFINE ROBOTICS WITH AI-POWERED COMMON SENSE

XTEND and its XOS operating system are unlocking the potential of robots and drones by empowering them with AI and partnering them with humans - providing them with the 'common sense' to navigate the unpredictable nature of real-world situations.

Lucid Bots Inc. Raises $9M Series A to Scale Productive Robotics Solutions

-Innovative robotics company has pioneered an efficient, scalable process to build modular robotic platforms that serve customers by automating dangerous, labor-intensive tasks -Cubit Capital leads round joined by The Idea Fund Partners, Danu Venture Group, and Y Combinator's Growth Fund

Rainbow Robotics begins pre-orders of Bimanual Mobile Manipulator RB-Y1, the world's first research platform for AI experts for $80,000 USD

During the pre-order period, the research platform is sold for $80,000 USD and the commercial platform is sold for $120,000 USD (VAT excluded). Products are scheduled to be delivered sequentially starting in October.

Pio Brings Warehouse Robotics System to the U.S. to Automate Inventory Management and Order Fulfillment for E-Commerce Brands

Created by AutoStore, Pio's P100 plug-and-play automated warehouse system is being installed at five U.S. locations to enable same-day order processing for small-to-midsize businesses

Comau Introduces MI.RA/OnePicker, A New And Fully Automated Intelligent Piece Picking Solution

-The easy-to-use, AI-backed and collaborative solution reduces upstream process times, saving time, energy and resources for warehouse, e-commerce and other diversified applications while increasing overall productivity and cost efficiency -Vision-based piece picking autonomously grasps randomly placed heterogeneous objects -Can be installed on even the smallest collaborative robots without limiting its reachability inside the bins

Robotics and Automation - Featured Product

Stäubli robotic tool changer solutions

Stäubli robotic tool changer solutions

Stäubli is a pioneer in the construction and development of robotic tool changing systems. Our customers benefit from our many years of expertise in all industry sectors, as well as our modular product concept, which offers three efficient solution paths: MPS COMPLETE offers preconfigured robotic tool changers for immediate use. MPS MODULAR allows the user to determine the configuration, while MPS CUSTOMIZED allows the construction of special, application-specific systems.

Robotics and Automation - Featured Company

Dorner Mfg. Corp.

Dorner Mfg. Corp.

Founded in 1966 and based in Hartland, Wisconsin, Dorner is a privately held World Leader in the design, applications, manufacturing, and integration of conveyor systems. Companies from over 1,200 different industries worldwide turn to Dorner to achieve improved efficiency, productivity, and a positive ROI.