Industrial Robotics Articles, Stories & News

Microscan introduces NERLITE® Smart Series Machine Vision Lighting

10/19/11, 04:12 PM | Industrial Robotics

Microscan announces the rollout of its new NERLITE® Smart Series machine vision lighting product line. The NERLITE® Smart Series was developed to provide accurate, repeatable results in a variety of system configurations, with high intensity output, integrated controls and uniform illumination.

How Google's Self-Driving Car Works

10/18/11, 10:34 AM | Industrial Robotics

IEEE Spectrum has an article explaining how Google's new  autonom ous vehicles project works. The article is based on a recent presentation that  Sebastian Thrun and Chris Urmson gave at keynote speech at the  IEEE In ternational Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems . The article can be found here .

ABB to automate chemical complex in Saudi Arabia

10/18/11, 09:03 AM | Industrial Robotics

ABB won the Main Automation contract for Sadara Chemical Company (Sadara), a joint venture between affiliates of Saudi Arabian Oil Company (Saudi Aramco) and The Dow Chemical Company (Dow).

National Instruments Announces Sound and Vibration Measurement Suite 2011

10/18/11, 09:00 AM | Industrial Robotics

New Software's Ready-to-Run Vibration Logger Simplifies MCM, NVH and Audio Test Development

IROS 2011 Montage

10/17/11, 11:18 AM | Industrial Robotics

The IEEE International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems took place a few weeks ago in San Francisco. Willow Garage put together a nice montage video of some of the robots on display. Enjoy.  

AutomationDirect announces APR40 series power relays

10/17/11, 08:44 AM | Industrial Robotics

AutomationDirect announces APR40 series power relays.

NASA, NIA Announce 2012 Student Rover Contest

10/17/11, 08:38 AM | Industrial Robotics

NASA and the National Institute of Aerospace (NIA) are launching a 2012 undergraduate and graduate level student robotics competition.

Upcoming Webinar: Precision Linear Actuators

10/17/11, 08:29 AM | Industrial Robotics

Basics for Design Engineers

GlobalSpec Industrial Automation & Robotic Systems Online Event Draws More Than 2000 Attendees

10/14/11, 08:24 AM | Industrial Robotics

Ninety-Seven percent of engineering, technical and industrial professionals at GlobalSpec virtual event are decision makers

Self-Propelled Transporter Slashes Turbine Manufacturing Costs

10/14/11, 08:15 AM | Industrial Robotics

Solar Turbine's Mabank TX manufacturing facility has incorporated a pair of Wheelift IP-SPMTs (In-Plant Self-Propelled Modular Transporters) into their manufacturing process to benefit from increased efficiency, effectively reducing the cost of manufacturing via the savings in time and personnel gained through the use of Wheelift's transporter technology.

TSMC Solar Completes Phase I Equipment Move-in

10/14/11, 07:52 AM | Industrial Robotics

New CIGS Fab Features State-of-Art Automation

Lean Logistics: Goodyear's Automated Warehouse Puts Customers on Top

10/14/11, 04:24 AM | Industrial Robotics | Industrial and Manufacturing

With the high number of SKUs, manual sorting capabilities had reached capacity, and Goodyear wanted to protect its workforce from the risk of injuries. It was also essential to have a Supply Chain Deployment strategy that offered real advantages to customers.

A Robot Playing Jenga

10/13/11, 11:17 AM | Industrial Robotics

Torsten Kröger of Standford programmed a robot arm to play the block stacking game Jenga in order to demonstrate the potential of multi-sensor integration in industrial manipulation. The record height the robot was able to achieve was 28 stages, that is, ten additional stages consisting of 29 blocks that were put onto the top of the original tower.  

Omron STI publishes Guide to Machine and Process Safeguarding

10/13/11, 09:16 AM | Industrial Robotics

Omron Scientific Technologies introduces the 2011-2012 Product Selection Guide to Machine and Process Safeguarding.

FANUC introduces iLimitS CNC software

10/13/11, 09:04 AM | Industrial Robotics

FANUC introduces iLimitS CNC software option that provides machine process monitoring including spindle load, spindle speed and up to 4 coolant flow devices. iLimitS monitors the process and protects the machine, parts and fixtures.

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