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BitFlow Enters into Definitive Agreement to be Acquired by Advantech

Companies to Leverage Imaging Technology Synergies to Target AI-powered Machine Vision in Industry 4.0 Environments

Case Study: Glide-Line’s Zero Contact Zoned Conveyor For Integrator, Mid-South Industrial Automation

Mid-South Automation’s team was challenged to find a cost-effective way to make a 34 station modular system, making each module (or section) self-powered.

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

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.

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Dexterity AI and FedEx Unveil First-of-its-Kind Robotics Trailer Loading Technology

Dexterity AI focuses on the complexity of truck loading by giving mobile robots a suite of intelligence ranging from the ability to see, touch, think, and move quickly to pack trailers with stable, dense walls of randomized boxes.

EU Automation publishes new guide: How to Get Robotics Right - Avoiding the Common Costly Mistakes of Automation Adoption

The useful guide provides engineers with valuable information about how to introduce automation into manufacturing practices successfully, so they can realise the full potential of robotics

Rain Announces $9.7M in Seed Financing to Enable Rapid Wildfire Response with Prepositioned Autonomous Aircraft

Leveraging broadly deployed early wildfire detection sensors, pioneering technology gives fire agencies new ability to scale and expedite wildfire response

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Hai Robotics Launches New Solutions Aimed to Heighten Warehouse Storage Density and Real-Time Efficiency

The telescopic Grapple Hook ACR can be integrated within HaiPick System 3, creating a nexus that facilitates higher performance while delivering enhanced storage density.

RobotLAB Proudly Renews Longstanding NAO & Pepper Agreements With United Robotics Group

Partnership Underpinned by Commitment to Innovation Spanning Nearly 15 Years Has Resulted in the Deployment of More Than 7,500 Robots

Locus Robotics to Showcase AI-Enabled Warehouse Automation at Logistics Summit in Dusseldorf, Germany

Locus Experts to Detail Flexible, Scalable Automation for Peak Season and Beyond in two key speaking sessions

BitFlow Enters into Definitive Agreement to be Acquired by Advantech

Companies to Leverage Imaging Technology Synergies to Target AI-powered Machine Vision in Industry 4.0 Environments

Digital Twins: Transforming Industrial Design and Maintenance in a Technological Revolution

In a groundbreaking leap forward for industrial automation, the concept of digital twins is taking center stage, promising to redefine the way industries design, operate, and maintain complex systems.

Robotics and Automation - Featured Product

Harmonic Drive - Simplify with our New, Innovative Family of Compact Rotary Actuators with Integrated Servo Drive!

Harmonic Drive - Simplify with our New, Innovative Family of Compact Rotary Actuators with Integrated Servo Drive!

The SHA-IDT Series is a family of compact actuators that deliver high torque with exceptional accuracy and repeatability. These hollow shaft servo actuators feature Harmonic Drive® precision strain wave gears combined with a brushless servomotor, a brake, two magnetic absolute encoders and an integrated servo drive with CANopen® communication. This revolutionary product eliminates the need for an external drive and greatly simplifies wiring yet delivers high-positional accuracy and torsional stiffness in a compact housing.

Robotics and Automation - Featured Company

ResinDek / Cornerstone Specialty Wood Products

ResinDek / Cornerstone Specialty Wood Products

As the manufacturer of ResinDek® panels, we have been at the forefront of testing and innovating flooring panels for the Material Handling Industry since 1994. In 2007, we began providing ResinDek panels for automated warehouse distribution robots. Much of our initial research and development occurred with Automated Guided Vehicles. In the last decade, we have provided a variety of ResinDek engineered flooring products to numerous Automated Guided Vehicles (AGV) and Autonomous Mobile Robot (AMR) manufacturers for their testing labs. As a result, millions of square feet of ResinDek panels are in service worldwide with robotic traffic in distribution centers, warehouses, microfulfillment centers, and retail environments.