Robotics and Automation - Articles, Stories & Interviews

Apptronik and Mercedes-Benz Enter Commercial Agreement That Will Pilot Apptronik's Apollo Humanoid Robot in Mercedes-Benz Manufacturing Facilities

The partnership represents Apptronik's first publicly announced commercial deployment of Apollo and the first application of humanoid robotics for Mercedes-Benz

Fixed-focus lens vs. autofocus lens: How to choose the best lens for your application

In this blog, you'll learn about these two lens types with key insights into their attributes and best-use scenarios in the world of embedded vision.

DC microdrives bring dynamics into handling

Miniature drives and microdrives can be found in virtually all areas of automation technology and have a correspondingly wide variety of applications. These range from medical technology and laboratory automation.

Agricobots Drives Precision Farming with Outdoornav Autonomy Software

Agricobots’ project aims to develop a specialized vineyard spraying robot known as VinyA st-4030. The robot is engineered to navigate demanding and dangerous landscapes characterized by steep slopes and potential slipperiness.

How AI and Optical Components Are Joining Forces to Tackle Driving Offences in the UK

In this blog, we explore the fascinating world of the highways industry, where state-of-the-art cameras and their accompanying optics are highly valuable for evaluating our routes and maintaining seamless operations.

Chemical Manufacturing Leader Polysciences Partners With Formic to Introduce Automation To Their Production Process

With a unique capability of offering concept-to-commercialization services to their clients, making continuous production improvements for commercialization is a key focus.

Chinese cars in motion thanks to Stäubli connectors

Stäubli’s MPS tool changer provides JAC with flexibility and minimal technician intervention during the manufacturing process, particularly during the handling and welding processes. Water, air and electrical circuits can be connected and disconnected simultaneously.

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Propelling Your Operations Forward with Wireless Charging: Here's What to Know

Your charging strategy is a vital component for simplifying internal material transportation and data transfer. One option in the space gaining popularity and adoption is a wireless charging system, which provides intervention-free charging.

Unlocking the Potential of Robotics through AI-Driven Practical Human Supervised Autonomy

One of the primary challenges lies in equipping robots to understand and navigate dynamic environments and make informed decisions based on that information. This is where Practical Human Supervised Autonomy (PHSA) emerges as a game-changer.

MODEX 2024 - Special News Feature

MODEX 2024 is happening and our special newspage is loaded with news and product announcements from the event.

Robotics and Automation - News Headlines

Kassow Robots Launches the KR Pulse Ecosystem

The approach to which Kassow refers is the core idea of his 7-axis lightweight cobots: to enable industrial end customers to automate more flexibly than is possible with conventional cobots.

Sarcos Robotics is Now Palladyne AI

-Rebranding Emphasizes New Focus on Brain over Brawn -Palladyne AI is Commercializing Advanced AI Software that Enables Robots to Observe, Learn, Reason and Act Like Humans

Geekplus to celebrate 5 years in Europe, debut acclaimed Pallet-to-Person solution during LogiMAT trade show

Geekplus, the global leader in mobile robot and smart logistics solutions, is celebrating its fifth anniversary in the European market during the LogiMAT supply chain trade show in Stuttgart. LogiMAT also marks the European debut of Geekplus Pallet-to-Person, an innovative solution for pallet storage.

Locus Robotics Partners with John Lewis to Revolutionise Fulfilment Deployment at Milton Keynes Distribution Centre

Cutting-edge AMR robotic technology enhances operational efficiency and speeds order fulfilment at new state-of-the-art customer fulfilment centre.

Smart Robotics to Fast-Track Warehouse Processes With Smart Pick & Place Solutions

Introducing the new Smart Mixed Case Palletizer: Capable of autonomously stacking randomly mixed item batches, optimising the distribution of small batch loads, without increasing shipping FTEs, from the sorting facility, and removing the intermediate step currently included in warehouse grid planning

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BitFlow Introduces 6th Generation Camera Link Frame Grabber: The Axion

BitFlow Introduces 6th Generation Camera Link Frame Grabber: The Axion

BitFlow has offered a Camera Link frame grabbers for almost 15 years. This latest offering, our 6th generation combines the power of CoaXPress with the requirements of Camera Link 2.0. Enabling a single or two camera system to operate at up to 850 MB/S per camera, the Axion-CL family is the best choice for CL frame grabber. Like the Cyton-CXP frame grabber, the Axion-CL leverages features such as the new StreamSync system, a highly optimized DMA engine, and expanded I/O capabilities that provide unprecedented flexibility in routing. There are two options available; Axion 1xE & Axion 2xE. The Axion 1xE is compatible with one base, medium, full or 80-bit camera offering PoCL, Power over Camera Link, on both connectors. The Axion 2xE is compatible with two base, medium, full or 80-bit cameras offering PoCL on both connectors for both cameras. The Axion-CL is a culmination of the continuous improvements and updates BitFlow has made to Camera Link frame grabbers.

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OnLogic

OnLogic

A global industrial PC manufacturer and solution provider focused on hardware for the IoT edge, OnLogic designs highly-configurable computers engineered for reliability. Their systems operate in the harshest environments and power innovation in the evolving Internet of Things. Founded in 2003 as Logic Supply, the company has served more than 70,000 customers. OnLogic has offices in the US, Netherlands, Taiwan and Malaysia.