Robotics and Automation - Articles, Stories & Interviews

Elmo Launches New Titanium Product Line and Platinum Servo Drives at SPS 2025, Redefining Limits of Motion Control

Designed to deliver exceptional performance, industry-leading compactness, and advanced high-end technology, built for demanding industrial and harsh-environment applications.

Designing Human-Centric Automation: The Next Evolution of Robotics in the Supply Chain

In this new era of human-centric automation, robotics and intelligent systems are being designed to elevate the supply chain, creating supply chains that are not only faster and more resilient but also safer, more inclusive, and deeply human.

Decorating plastics with robotic precision

The collaboration between Roboprint, Shibaura Machine and TM Robotics illustrates how partnerships between emerging innovators and established suppliers can help the plastics industry adapt to new demands.

Precision Measurement Technology Combined With Autonomous Robots

By combining our manufacturing-grade measurement systems with Dusty’s robotics expertise, we created a solution that delivers 10× faster layouts and sub-millimeter accuracy, reshaping what’s possible on construction sites.

Deep Dive into integration challenges of ONVIF-compliant GigE cameras and how ONVIF enhances interoperability

GigE cameras are being adopted faster in applications that demand high-bandwidth data transmission over long distances up to 100 meters using Ethernet cables. GigE cameras with ONVIF-compliant enable interoperability across different devices smoothly.

How High-Precision Reducers Drive the Development of Intelligent Manufacturing Technology

Laser navigation requires the steering wheel to accurately turn to the commanded angle. The near-zero backlash characteristic of harmonic reducers ensures that the angle rotated by the steering motor is transmitted to the tire without any loss, avoiding "backlash error."

Humanoids - Safety Standards for the Next Wave of Robots

Today's safety concerns generally boil down to physical component and perception issues. If a robot is in a rugged environment, hardware components degrade and can lead to dangerous malfunctions.

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The Hidden Cost of AI Adoption: Why Your Operating Model is Holding You Back

Despite aggressive AI investments, 95% of enterprise AI initiatives fail—not because the technology doesn't work, but because the organizational infrastructure beneath it was never designed for how AI actually changes work.

UBTECH Humanoid Robot Walker S2 Begins Mass Production and Delivery, with Orders Exceeding 800 Million Yuan

By establishing a closed-loop commercial cycle—from technology and real-world application to delivery and iterative improvement—UBTECH has developed core capabilities to rapidly address market demands and efficiently secure and fulfill orders

Explosion-Proof Robotics in ATEX/IECEx Environments: Progress, Challenges and Practical Pathways

Industrial robotics has transformed manufacturing, logistics and maintenance across countless sectors. Yet in potentially explosive environments such as refineries, petrochemical plants, offshore platforms and battery production facilities, the picture changes dramatically.

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IFF Introduces Smart Dosing Robot to Transform Fragrance Production

New technology delivers quicker, more precise creative sampling for IFF customers across Greater Asia.

Elmo Launches New Titanium Product Line and Platinum Servo Drives at SPS 2025, Redefining Limits of Motion Control

Designed to deliver exceptional performance, industry-leading compactness, and advanced high-end technology, built for demanding industrial and harsh-environment applications.

HONPINE Harmonic Robot Joint Actuator — Leading the Industry with Four Core Advantages

HONPINE's Harmonic Robot Joint Actuator, through technological innovation and integrated design, achieves breakthroughs in four key dimensions — precision, torque, operation & maintenance, and adaptability — providing an optimized solution for collaborative robots, humanoid robots, and other advanced automation systems.

RealMan Unveils RealBOT Embodied Open Platform at IROS 2025

Next-gen human-robot teaming.

'The Perfect Solution': Customers and Partners Share Firsthand Impact of Cyngn Technology

The perspectives below come from a mix of end-users, technology partners, and OEMs who have worked with DriveMod in real production settings, each offering a different vantage point on how the platform behaves once it's in the field.

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ResinDek TRIGARD ESD ULTRA FOR HIGH-TRAFFIC ROBOTIC APPLICATIONS

ResinDek TRIGARD ESD ULTRA FOR HIGH-TRAFFIC ROBOTIC APPLICATIONS

To maximize the productivity of an autonomous mobile robot (AMR) or automatic guided vehicle (AGV) deployment, it's critical to create the optimal environment that allows the vehicles to perform at their peak. For that reason, Cornerstone Specialty Wood Products, LLC (www.resindek.com) created the TriGard ESD Ultra finish for its ResinDek engineered flooring panels. The TriGard ESD Ultra finish is ideal for high-traffic robotic applications characterized by highly repetitive movement patterns and defined travel paths.

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MVTec LLC

MVTec LLC

MVTec is a leading international manufacturer of software for machine vision used in all demanding areas of imaging like the semi-conductor industry, inspection, optical quality control, metrology, medicine or surveillance. In particular, software by MVTec enables new automation solutions in settings of the Industrial Internet of Things. MVTec is the developer and vendor of the general purpose machine vision software products HALCON and MERLIC.