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Delta Robot Eases Encoder Disk Production
US Digital operators can focus on more important tasks while a new robotic workstation handles disk-picking duty for the company’s new optical kit encoder.
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Packaging Robotics Playbook
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Application Kits for Cobots
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BMW Outfits Robots with Artificial Intelligence
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Gerhard Schubert GmbH Drives Innovation with New Digital Technologies
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Robots: How to Choose the Right One
Available in a range of performance capabilities and prices, robots are becoming ubiquitous in all types of industrial production operations. Understanding the capabilities of each robot type is key to making the best choice for your business.
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ABB Offers Support Package to Customers Resuming Operations
ABB’s Robotics and Discrete Automation business launched a special package of digital solutions as well as virtual and field service support initiatives to help businesses restart production lines that may have been idle during the COVID-19 pandemic.
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6-Axis Robot
Epson adds the C12XL 6-Axis robot to its line of C-Series robots.
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COVID-19 Brings Increased Visibility to the Role of Robotics
Presidents and CEOs of Fanuc, Universal Robots, Fetch, and Schunk discuss how robotics and automation are helping manufacturers through the pandemic and what the lasting effects might be.
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Cobots Automate Assembly & Bagging of PopSockets
Promotional products company automates the placement of this popular smartphone accessory on a backer card and bagging of the product at 24/min with two dual-arm collaborative robots.
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Wet Wipes Case Packed via Robots at 160/min
Medline Industries replaces an aging case-packing system with one that allows for robotic case erecting, packing, and case sealing, as well as semi-automated operations for smaller batches.
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ABB Offers Free Access to Several Products Amid Pandemic
To help industrial organizations struggling with the effects of COVID-19, ABB is eliminating charges on the use of some of its key robotics and power technologies.
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Cobot for Automated Palletizing
Cross Automation uses a UR-10 from Universal Robots to design a mobile, customizable robotic palletizing system that requires no robot programming.
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Autonomous Bin Picking and Placing Moves Cobots Into Machine Tending
Universal Robots’ ActiNav is a UR+ application kit that not only picks parts from bins, but is able to precisely place that part into a machine for further processing.
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Digital Twin-Designed Robotic Sortation System
At Modex 2020, JR Automation exhibited a robotic flexible sortation system designed to interface with virtually any delivery system—from conveyors and autonomous vehicles to forklifts.
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COVID-19 Provides Use Cases for Mobile Robotics
Robots can tackle the three Ds they are known for to help combat the spread of the novel coronavirus. Mobile robots are suited to disinfecting facilities, providing surveillance, and delivering goods.
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Humanoid Collaborative Robot
Digit is a collaborative robot that can work alongside humans in factory environments to perform a variety of tasks.
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Smart 5G Patrol Robots Equipped with Advantech’s MIC-770 Edge Computer Deployed to Fight Coronavirus
As part of its effort to contain the spread of COVID-19, China is using 5G patrol robots developed by Guangzhou Gosuncn Robot Co. using Advantech technology to monitor mask wearing and body temperatures in public places.
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Making Industrial Robots Collaborative
With its FreeMove system in use in the aerospace, automotive, appliance, and construction equipment manufacturing industries, Veo Robotics is proving that high-speed, heavy-payload robots can be cobots too.
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Live at PACK EXPO East: Unique VSP End-of-Arm Picking Tool
New end-of-arm tooling automates vacuum skin package handling for quick, efficient case packing.
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Toshiba Machine Adds Collaborative Robots
With the introduction of a humanoid duo-arm cobot and a SCARA duo-arm cobot, Toshiba Machine expands its robot line and prepares to do business as Shibaura Machine.
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Are Autonomous Mobile Robots at the Tipping Point?
Why many industry experts and observers feel that advances in software, cloud computing, and machine learning are enabling autonomous mobile robots to become far more commonplace in industry.
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Future innovators of the packaging industry showcase their creations at PACK EXPO East
Future innovators of the packaging industry showcase their creations at PACK EXPO East
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Industrial Robot Growth
PMMI Business Intelligence recently completed a study of the industrial robot market, with a focus on the food, consumer packaged goods, and life sciences markets. This infographic highlights key findings from the research.
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Epson to Showcase its Latest Robots Solutions for Real World Automation Application Needs at ATX West
Epson Robots, the #1 SCARA robot manufacturer in the world, will show how its latest robots meet the needs of high-performance precision parts automation applications in simulated demos at the Automation Technology show, ATX West.
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Robot and Controller for Harsh Environments
ABB’s IRB 1100 robot, powered by the new OmniCore C90XT controller, is IP67-rated.
Supply Chain Management
Meeting E-commerce Expectations with Automation
As online retailers shape consumer buying behavior by offering customized goods, manufacturers are turning to technology suppliers and machine builders to add flexibility into production, packaging, and supply chain processes.
