Industrial Automation, Robots and Unmanned Vehicles Industry Newsletter - Oct 2013

Impacts of Robotics on Employment, Safety, Quality, Productivity, and Efficiency
10/15/13, Contributed by, Seegrid
Some analysts assert that technological change is beneficial for all groups in our society, that the changes are more evolutionary than revolutionary in nature.

Robotics in Education
10/15/13, Guy Cefalu, GEN2 Robotics
Robotics and STEM education can be deployed as part of other school curricula, and not just science. As an example, there are programs in which teachers are using robotics in art and history classes.

Vacuum Systems For Successful Robot Implementation
10/15/13, Josef Karbassi , Piab
The design of a vacuum system and choice of vacuum components for robot end effectors can be of crucial importance for a successful robot installation. This paper discusses vacuum solutions for robot end effectors, which increase the possibility of a successful robot installation. At the same time, I would like to resolve the misunderstanding that all vacuum ejectors are expensive to operate.

Compliance In Motion - An Automotive Parts Application
10/15/13, Roberta L. Zald, IPR Robotics, LLC
Even 1 mm of misalignment between the robot’s end of arm tool and the position of the parts in the table could cause costly damage.

ATI's 7th Annual Technology Training Fair
10/15/13, Robert Little, ATI Industrial Automation
We covered a variety of recently developed ATI products including new Robotic Tool Changers, Utility Couplers, Tool Changer Modules, and other new robotic end effector products and applications.

Arduino Galileo From Intel And Arduino TRE From TI

Arduino Blog:

Arduino TRE, based on the Texas Instruments Sitara AM335x ARM Cortex-A8 processor is the “most powerful Arduino to date” and the first that will be able to run “full Linux.”

Thanks to the 1-GHz Sitara AM335x processor, Arduino developers get up to 100 times more performance with the Sitara-processor-based TRE than they do on the Arduino Leonardo or Uno. This performance opens the doors to more advanced Linux-powered applications. The Sitara-processor-based Linux Arduino can run high-performance desktop applications, processing-intensive algorithms or high-speed communications.

The Arduino TRE is expected to be available in spring 2014

Allied Motion - The New EnduraMax 95i Brushless Motor-Drives

Allied Motion's EnduraMax 95i integrated brushless motor-drive is now available on our QuickShip program! Order a QuickShip model online* from our e-catalog and receive it within 48 hours. Now there are two EnduraMax frame sizes: the 75 mm (2.95 in) EnduraMax 75i and the 95 mm (3.74 in), NEMA 34 EnduraMax 95i. The new E95i series offers rated continuous power of up to 750 W and rated continuous torque up to 2.4 Nm (340 oz-in). EnduraMax motor-drives offer ideal solutions for powering small electric vehicles, smart valve operators, packaging and handling systems and similar applications where intelligent brushless motor-drives provide an advantage over DC brush or brushless motors that require separate drives.

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George Brown College Online Robotics Training

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