Robotics and Automation - Articles, Stories & Interviews
Implementing Advanced Vision Systems for Safer Robotics
Robots could revolutionize workplace safety. For that to happen, though, the organizations employing this technology must equip it with tools to help it recognize and respond to hazards. That means capitalizing on machine vision.
Global cricket ball manufacturer uses automation with a vision system for efficiency and upskilling
The plan was to place the full trays of cricket ball covers into the dispenser, feeding trays automatically to the TVL700 robot to load and unload the trimming machine. This requires only one operator to load a set of trays every 20 to 25 minutes.
Sneaker and Sportswear Retailer’s New Mezzanine and Ground Floor Feature ResinDek Robotic Flooring
As directed by the facility’s warehouse management software (WMS), a fleet of 142 AMRs continuously delivers mobile shelves to associates at workstations equipped with light directed picking modules on both floors.
Special Agents: Chemical Weapons Disposal Done Right
The M55 rocket stockpile was successfully destroyed without any major incidents. With so many complex systems, processes, and disposal procedures, the Robosuits played a key role in ensuring that all of the careful planning and timing would not be disrupted.
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.
Robotics and Automation - Featured Stories
ABB Robotics launches global startup challenge to accelerate innovation in robotics and AI
Startups and scaleups to submit ideas in natural language programming, skill learning, and autonomous decision-making. Winners gain access to ABB's global network, cutting-edge technologies, and long-term partnership opportunities
Tips for choosing a 3D vision system - The future of vision systems in manufacturing
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Advanced 3D vision systems are a stark contrast to the vision software of manufacturing’s past. Many existing systems still require professional CAD programming to ensure the robot can recognise shapes.
The Interplay Between Robotics and Artificial Intelligence in Manufacturing
AI and robotics make the factories of the future smarter and more efficient. Manufacturers need to use these exponential technologies to gain a competitive advantage.
Robotics and Automation - News Headlines
KUKA Automated Solutions and Training Technology at FABTECH Canada
The Replicator from Optimach for process programming by simply recording tasks by hand, KUKA Edu_ArcWelding for educational training, the KMP 600s-2 for logistics automation and the LBR iisy cobot for intuitive operation and knowledgeable learning with the iiQKA.OS operating system and Educational Kit.
KCI Unveils RoboFlat for Optimized Concrete Floor Flatness and Levelness Testing
SPARKS, Md., May 14, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- KCI Technologies Inc., a multi-disciplined engineering and consulting firm with offices throughout the United States, is pleased to launch RoboFlat™, a high-performance, cloud-based product for concrete floor flatness and levelness testing. Designed to address floor challenges in a variety of robotic-equipped facilities, this product streamlines testing operations, processing large volumes of data and delivering rapid results. With RoboFlat, contractors and building owners can be assured that their floors meet the required flatness specifications.
Tompkins Robotics Announces Transcend Robotics Execution Platform
This launch marks a significant evolution in Tompkins Robotics' commitment to deliver stable, cost-effective robotics automation solutions to customers worldwide.
Orbbec Partners with DigiKey and Computech to Expand Availability of 3D Vision Technology
This initiative is driven by new Orbbec management team members, previously from Intel RealSense and Microsoft
New version of MVTec HALCON machine vision software focuses on usability and strengthening core features
• Powerful shape matching technology now even more user-friendly
• Continuous acceleration of algorithmics
• Release on May 16, 2024
Robotics and Automation - Featured Product
Discover how human-robot collaboration can take flexibility to new heights!
Humans and robots can now share tasks - and this new partnership is on the verge of revolutionizing the production line. Today's drivers like data-driven services, decreasing product lifetimes and the need for product differentiation are putting flexibility paramount, and no technology is better suited to meet these needs than the Omron TM Series Collaborative Robot. With force feedback, collision detection technology and an intuitive, hand-guided teaching mechanism, the TM Series cobot is designed to work in immediate proximity to a human worker and is easier than ever to train on new tasks.
Robotics and Automation - Featured Company
Staubli Corporation
Stäubli is a leading manufacturer of textile machinery, quick release couplings and robotics systems. With a workforce of over 4500 employees Stäubli is present in 25 countries supported by a comprehensive distribution network in 50 countries worldwide. Stäubli's North American headquarters is located in Duncan, South Carolina and has over 200 employees supporting Textile, Connectors and Robotics customers, with a dynamic sales force strategically placed on the West Coast, Canada, Mexico, and elsewhere throughout the continent.
