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.
Robotics and Automation - Featured Stories
NVIDIA and Alphabet's Intrinsic Put Next-Gen Robotics Within Grasp
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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
The ERT150 - Dorner's Next Evolution of Edge Roller Technology Conveyors
The next evolution in Dorner's Edge Roller Technology conveyor platform, the ERT®150, is ideal for small and light-load assembly automation, as well as medical and medical-device assembly application. The ERT platform is the only pallet conveyor of its kind available with an ISO Standard Class 4 rating for cleanroom applications. Earning the ISO Standard 14644-1 Class 4 rating means Dorner's ERT150 will conform and not contribute to the contamination of cleanrooms to those standards. As implied by its name, the ERT150 (Edge Roller Technology) uses rollers to move pallets through the conveyor smoothly with no friction (a byproduct often seen in belt-driven platforms). The conveyor's open design eliminates concerns of small parts or screws dropping into rollers and causing conveyor damage or jamming. The ERT150 is suited to operate in cleanroom environments requiring a pallet handling conveyor. It is capable of zoning for no or low-back pressure accumulation and is ideal for automation assembly applications within industries including medical devices, electronics, consumer goods among others.
Robotics and Automation - Featured Company
REIKU NORTH AMERICA
Almost 85% of Robotics Downtime can be directly attributed to cable or hose failures.
For 50 years REIKU has been recognized as the Global Leader in Hi Tech Cable Protection Systems.
The cost of production downtime and the eventual replacement of failed cables and hoses can be dramatically reduced or even eliminated with REIKU Robotic Cable Management System Solutions.
REIKU works closely with all of the major Robot manufacturers developing "customer oriented system solutions".
