Hillcrest Labs Unveils Next-Generation Portfolio of Motion Control Software and Products
Hillcrest Labs today unveiled its second-generation family of user interface solutions that pave the way for a wide range of products to incorporate state of the art natural user interfaces (NUIs).
US Patent Issued to FANUC on Aug. 30 for "Image Processor for Robot System and Robot System Including the Same" (Japanese Inventors)
United States Patent no. 8,010,233, issued on Aug. 30, was assigned to FANUC Ltd. (Yamanashi, Japan). "Image Processor for Robot System and Robot System Including the Same" was invented by Yoshiki Hashimoto (Yamanashi, Japan), Takehisa Sera (Yamanashi, Japan) and Shougo Takahashi (Yamanashi, Japan).
Schneider RCCL/Spider for Complex Case Loading
LAS VEGAS, NV - Schneider Packaging Equipment Co. Inc., specializing in end-of-line solutions for cartoning, case packing and palletizing needs, demonstrates its newest Robotic Vertical Carton/Case Loader (RCCL) equipped with two FANUC Robotics Delta (spider) robots for specialty cartoning, case loading, and high-speed pick and place applications at Pack Expo, Las Vegas Convention Center, September 26-29, 2011 in Booth 2018.
VISION wants to grow further
Promising start to registrations: An even better event is to follow the most successful VISION - Focus on system integration
Machine Vision Market in North America Posts Healthy Results in Second Quarter 20
Machine vision sales grew 16% in North America in the second quarter of 2011 compared to the same quarter one year earlier, according to the Quarterly Machine Vision Sales Tracking Report of the Automated Imaging Association (AIA).
New ISO Robot Safety Standards Published
Recently they announced the ISO 10218-1 standard for the robot, and the ISO 10218-2 standard for the robot systems and integration. For more info on what's changed from the older paper and what's been added read more here.
Robotic Cartoner Infeed Reduces Required Space and Increases Productivity
ESS Technologies, Inc. new robotic cartoner infeed integrates with automatic cartoning machines, allowing manufactures to easily automate manual carton loading processes or retrofit other bulkier types of product infeed systems.
Aerotech Announces the Release of its Automation Control Solutions Brochure Highlighting Their Complete Line of Motion Controllers and Software
Aerotech announces the release of its Automation Control Solutions brochure highlighting their complete lines of high-performance motion controllers and software
New ISO Robot Safety Standards Published!
The new standard requires a risk assessment be accomplished when designing and integrating new robot systems and assigns responsibilities for them. The R15.06 and Z434 will also include an update of the popular risk assessment methodology offered in the existing standards.
e-con Systems Announces e-CAM33_USB Autofocus Camera
-con Systems announces e-CAM33_USB, a 3.2 Mega Pixel USB camera module housing Autofocus pluggable camera with OV3640 CMOS Image sensor from Omnivision.
New Research Brings Simulations Of Complex Objects To Real-time
Jernej BarbiÄ and Yili Zhao of USC preseneted a paper at this years SIGGRAPH that demonstrates a method of simulating deformation of large complex objects in real-time by decomposing the mesh into several subdomains. Here is the abstract:
This paper shows a method to extend 3D nonlinear elasticity model reduction to open-loop multi-level reduced deformable structures. Given a volumetric mesh, we decompose the mesh into several subdomains, build a reduced deformable model for each domain, and connect the domains using inertia coupling. This makes model reduction deformable simulations much more versatile: localized deformations can be supported without prohibitive computational costs, parts can be re-used and precomputation times shortened. Our method does not use constraints, and can handle large domain rigid body motion in addition to large deformations, due to our derivation of the gradient and Hessian of the rotation matrix in polar decomposition. We show real-time examples with multi-level domain hierarchies and hundreds of reduced degrees of freedom.
They are also doing experiments to combine the simulation with haptic feedback to allow real-time interactions with the simulations. You can watch a video here, or visit the USC's page with the full paper here.
DynamicOps Debuts Upgrade to Award-Winning Cloud Automation and Management Platform at VMworld
Showcases Enhanced Private/Public Cloud Integration with Amazon EC2, Expanded VDI Capabilities
Adaptive Gripper Manufacturer and the Motoman Robotics Division of Yaskawa America, Inc. Form Strategic Partnership
Partners collaborate to bring greater flexibility to robotic automation applications with adaptive gripper tooling utilized on high quality robots.
New Aitech Graphics XMC and PMC Enable Dual Processing of Independent Video Streams
FPGA-based boards provide exceptional I/O capabilities; different video outputs
ReconRobotics Awarded $5.8 Million in U.S. Military Contracts
Miniature Recon Scout reconnaissance robots designed to protect dismounted soldiers
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IP Seals for Robots
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Encoder Products Company
At Encoder Products Company, we specialize in the encoders that provide you with motion feedback. EPC has been a leading designer and manufacturer of motion sensing devices for more than 50 years, we understand that each industrial automation application is different, and you need encoders that fit the needs of your applications. Our encoders are highly configurable, offer an array of shaft or bore sizes, output types, connector types, mounting options, and resolutions as high as 65,536 CPR.
