Factory Automation - Articles, Stories & Interviews
What is the role of cameras in pick and place robots?
Pick and place robots perform repetitive handling tasks with speed and consistency, making them invaluable across industries. These robots depend heavily on the right camera setup. Get insights about the challenges faced by cameras, use cases, and their biggest benefits.
System lets robots identify an object's properties through handling
With a novel simulation method, robots can guess the weight, softness, and other physical properties of an object just by picking it up.
Automate 2025 Product Preview
Automate 2025 takes place May 12th - 15th in Detroit, MI. 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.
Automate 2025 Q&A with DESTACO
There’s nothing like seeing our products in action. We will have live demonstrations, giving attendees the chance to see the performance and capabilities of our solutions up close and personal.
Automate 2025 Q&A with igus
We will show how our components can help bring automation machinery to the next level by using our components but also how our robotics department can solve your problems for you with our robotics platform called RBTX.com.
Automate 2025 Q&A with Zimmer Group
We have evolved from a manufacturer of single components to becoming a full-range provider of complex system solutions in the field of robotics. Our portfolio covers the entire automation spectrum – from high-functioning grippers to robot accessories.
Will AI Take My Job in Manufacturing?
While employees have every right to be sceptical about AI, it’s important to note that integrating AI into existing workflows is actually in place to enhance productivity and remove the need for time-consuming manual tasks.
Factory Automation - Featured Stories
ForwardX Deploys 435 AMRs at Chery Automobile's Dalian Factory
435 AMRs are now live at Chery's Dalian factory, transforming internal logistics and setting a new benchmark for scalable, intelligent automation in the industry.
OMRON Introduces the OL-450S - A Complete Autonomous Mobile Robot Solution for Material Handling
Featuring an integrated lifting plate, advanced navigation, and centralized fleet management, the OL-450S offers a complete solution for automating material transport in automotive, semiconductor and electronics, food and household goods, and other fast-paced industries.
Shibaura Machine unveils complete robotics line automation at Automate 2025
At Automate 2025, the company will display all four models from the range: the THE400, THE600, THE800 and THE1000. The compact THE400 is ideal for fast, precise operations in assembly and inspection processes, particularly within the electronics and automotive sectors.
Factory Automation - News Headlines
Combination 3-in-1 Lighting Module Reduces Machine Vision System Complexity and Cost
The Combined Tube Light reduces costs, maintenance, and setup complexity by merging tube, dark field, and bright field illumination into a single housing. It also removes the need for additional lighting units and linescan cameras, as well as the floor space for three separate inspection stations.
Doig Corporation Launches First Off-The-Shelf Palletizing Solution in North America, Powered by OnRobot's D:PLOY
Unlike traditional automation systems that require weeks of integration and specialized expertise, Pallet EZ is ready to install and deploy the same day. It allows manufacturers to be up and running within hours, and adjust to changing production needs in minutes, without programming knowledge or external support.
Mouser Electronics Delivers Expert Perspectives on Motor Control in New eBook from Analog Devices
From industrial robots and factory automation systems to medical devices, consumer electronics, and electric vehicles (EVs), motors drive the machinery that powers our modern world. In 14 Experts Discuss Motor Control in Modern Applications, engineers from ADI and other technology companies offer their perspectives on how ADI is helping meet the growing demands for intelligent, high-performance motor solutions.
Factory Automation - Featured Product
Elmo Motion Control - The Platinum Line, a new era in servo control
Elmo Motion Control - The Platinum Line, a new era in servo control
Significantly enhanced servo performance, higher EtherCAT networking precision, richer servo operation capabilities, more feedback options, and certified smart Functional Safety. Elmo's industry-leading Platinum line of servo drives provides faster and more enhanced servo performance with wider bandwidth, higher resolutions, and advanced control for better results. Platinum drives offer precise EtherCAT networking, faster cycling, high synchronization, negligible jitters, and near-zero latency. They are fully synchronized to the servo loops and feature-rich feedback support, up to three feedbacks simultaneously (with two absolute encoders working simultaneously). The Platinum Line includes one of the world's smallest Functional Safety, and FSoE-certified servo drives with unique SIL capabilities.
Factory Automation - Featured Company
FAULHABER MICROMO
Since 1961, FAULHABER MICROMO has partnered with OEMs to deliver high precision, high performance, custom micro motion system solutions to markets such as medical, robotics and automation in North America. FAULHABER MICROMO's tradition of innovation started decades ago in Germany. The groundbreaking invention of the FAULHABER coreless winding started it all for a market that produces millions of motors today.
How can the FAULHABER MICROMO team help you deliver your next innovation to market first?
Learn more about MICROMO's solutions for the most demanding applications, our diverse motion products and technologies, online ordering, Engineering and R&D teams, Clean Room Assembly, Machining Center and other services at our Clearwater, FL facility at https://www.faulhaber.com.
