All Robotics and Automation Articles & Interviews

What is Rapid Prototyping?

04/30/14, 10:46 AM | Mobile Robots, Other Topics | General Industry Articles

Whether a robot is needed to prototype a part or a robot is the object being prototyped, Rapid Prototyping is the future.

Design With Touchless Rotary Sensors

04/30/14, 10:45 AM | Mobile Robots, Factory Automation | Hardware Bits and Pieces | Novotechnik

Touchless rotary sensors are position sensors that use a position marker attached to an applications rotating part plus a sensor to measure the markers angle.

Why I Automate: Engineered Machined Products, Inc.

04/30/14, 10:45 AM | Industrial Robotics, Factory Automation | Industrial and Manufacturing | A3 - Association for Advanced Automation

Like any small company introducing change into their operations, some employees feared that automation may take their jobs. But at EMP, the opposite was true. "Weve seen jobs grow, and thats very important; not only for this community, but for the State of Michigan,"

Festo's FAST Program

04/30/14, 10:45 AM | Industrial Robotics, Factory Automation | Industrial and Manufacturing | Festo

The FAST™ Program is a group of close to 2,000 products that can be utilized in many automation applications that we guarantee to ship within 1, 3, or 5 days, depending on the configuration.

National Robotics Week And MATE ROV Competition

04/14/14, 12:59 PM | Industrial Robotics, Other Topics | Experimental and Educational

The 2014 MATE competition highlights the role that ROVs play in exploring and documenting shipwrecks, studying sinkholes, and conserving our national maritime heritage sites.

Graphene - The New Magical Material

04/14/14, 12:58 PM | Mobile Robots, Other Topics | Technology Discussions

Graphene may possibly be the future replacement for silicone. Its a two-dimensional material that measures just one atom thick and has a breaking strength 300 times greater than steel.

Cable Carriers for Rotary Applications

04/14/14, 12:58 PM | Industrial Robotics, Factory Automation | Hardware Bits and Pieces | igus

Here are three different types of rotary applications and the cable carrier system used for each.

How Trends in Electronics are Affecting Connectors

04/14/14, 12:58 PM | Industrial Robotics, Factory Automation | Hardware Bits and Pieces

New smaller and more portable electronics in aerospace, defense, and other stressful environments, like those encountered in robotics and oil exploration, are resulting in changing demands and designs of electronic connector systems.

DRC SafeStop Case Study

04/14/14, 12:58 PM | Industrial Robotics, Other Topics | Experimental and Educational | TORC Robotics

For the Robotics Challenge, to demonstrate the robots ability to operate a vehicle, DARPA chose to use the RANGER XP 900 EPS vehicles, which were all customized for the challenge with a TORC SafeStop Emergency System.

AUVSI 2014 Special News Report

04/01/14, 12:07 PM | Industrial Robotics, Other Topics | AUVSI - Association for Unmanned Vehicle Systems

This is our special news page where you can read about and post news and announcements about products and services exhibited at AUVSI 2014 Unmanned Systems.

Additive Manufacturing and 3D Printing The Future of Manufacturing

03/27/14, 10:20 AM | Mobile Robots | Technology Discussions

The next chapter in the industrial revolution is 3D printing, delivering a huge impact on additive manufacturing. It will not only create thousands of new jobs, but it will create many new businesses.

Drones in the Water

03/27/14, 10:20 AM | Industrial Robotics, Other Topics | Systems and Applications

Essentially, were creating drones for water that produce mapping capabilities; its somewhat similar to air drones (i.e.: fixed wing UAVs) that map from the sky, but were mapping from the water.

International Paper Saves Labor Costs, Improves Reliability, Quality and Work Flow

03/27/14, 10:20 AM | Industrial Robotics, Factory Automation | Industrial and Manufacturing | Motion Controls Robotics, Inc.

Downtime near zero vs. extended downtime of former gantry system.

Beta Testing Dynamixel XL-320 Servos

03/27/14, 10:19 AM | Industrial Robotics | Hardware Bits and Pieces

Dynamixel XL-320 is a digital servo (in this case, featuring a 8-bit STM8 controller).

What to Look for When Specifying a Robot Cable

03/14/14, 09:09 AM | Industrial Robotics, Factory Automation | Hardware Bits and Pieces | igus

In order for a cable to withstand repeated torsional movement, its necessary for the cable to have a special design. Its important that the conductors, shield construction and jacket materials of the cable compensate for major changes in bending load and diameter.

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