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How AI, Robotics, and Automation Power Next Generation Pack Assembly

Successful pack assembly systems balance throughput, quality, and safety in real time. Integration matters more than buying the most sophisticated robots; it comes down to seamless software logic, modular failover paths, and smart system design.

Legal Considerations for Robots-as-a-Service (RaaS) in Warehousing

Understanding the nuances of RaaS agreements is key to maximizing its benefits. From implementation fees to site licensing and maintenance responsibilities, a well-structured contract ensures that both vendors and operators are aligned on expectations and obligations.

What Is the Difference between Wi-Fi and Industrial Wireless Networks?

Traditional wireless technologies like Wi-Fi, while great in consumer environments, often fall short of meeting the stringent requirements of industrial settings and specific factory automation applications and machine deployments.

Multi-camera system with AI and seamless traceability leaves no chance for product defects

VIVALDI Digital Solutions GmbH has developed an exemplary, innovative solution for AI quality inspection in real time. In addition to an edge server with an Intel processor, intelligent image processing plays a key role in the so-called SensorBox.

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.

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.

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How Is Modular Robot Design Reshaping Factory Automation?

How industrial robots work constantly adapts to increased demand and novel technologies, but it enhances automation potential the most. What is shifting and how can production engineers and electronics experts in these sectors fully leverage the 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.

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.

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New motors, gearhead and encoders with Ø 16 mm for the FAULHABER product range

This combination enables optimal efficiency, maximum dynamics and absolute precision ideal for high-tech industries and challenging applications in industrial automation, robotics and medical technology.

Comau Displayed Its Cell Formation and New E-Mobility Solutions at the Battery Show Stuttgart

With cleanroom-compliant robotics and modular systems designed for giga-scale production, Comau underscores its commitment to accelerating the global battery manufacturing transition

Rethinking how robots move: Light and AI drive precise motion in soft robotic arm developed at Rice

According to the study published in Advanced Intelligent Systems, the new robotic system incorporates a neural network trained to predict the exact light pattern needed to create specific arm movements. This makes it easier for the robot to execute complex tasks without needing similarly complex input from an operator.

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Discover how human-robot collaboration can take flexibility to new heights!
Discover how human-robot collaboration can take flexibility to new heights!

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.

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