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.

Feb 11th, 2020

To access the full PMMI Business Intelligence report, visit: https://www.pmmi.org/report/2019-robotics-innovation-2-implementation

Screwdriver B Bit Qc

Plug-and-Play Intelligent Robot Screwdriver

OnRobot releases its Screwdriver product with precise torque control for repetitive assembly applications.

With more than 1,000 disks on each sheet, disk picking by hand was extremely time-consuming.

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.

Screen Shot 2020 06 29 At 5 39 26 Pm

Packaging Robotics Playbook

This new playbook from Packaging World showcases the trends, case studies, and how-to tips to help you make the best possible robot purchasing and application decisions for your operation.

Urplus Application Kits Some Post 1200x1200 Preview

Application Kits for Cobots

Expanding its UR+ platform, Universal Robots adds software and hardware kits for collaborative robot applications.

STR in Isaac Sim with dolly.

BMW Outfits Robots with Artificial Intelligence

To help produce its custom-configured cars more rapidly, BMW used Nvidia’s Isaac robotics platform to add advanced computing and visualization to its factory logistics robots.

The T5 variant features a fifth axis which can be used to swivel and tilt products.

Gerhard Schubert GmbH Drives Innovation with New Digital Technologies

Packaging machinery manufacturer Schubert is addressing the increasingly complex market requirements of greater product diversity and smaller batch sizes.

Kevin Tardif, business development specialist, Festo

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.

Abb Service Restart Image

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.

Image Product C12 Xl 6 Axis Robot

6-Axis Robot

Epson adds the C12XL 6-Axis robot to its line of C-Series robots.

A3 Webinar Covid Robotics Panel2

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.

The new packaging system includes two dual-arm cobots that pick PopGrips from trays, insert them onto backer cards, and drop the cards into bags presented by an automated bagger.

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.

With new equipment for secondary packaging that includes three Fanuc six-axis robots, Pearson was able to exceed Medline’s rate expectations, delivering 160 products/min.

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.

Abb Supports Operations In Critical Healthcare Facilities, Utilities, Industrial And Commercial Buildings With Free Software Solutions

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.

2 Pd Fr Ych 1920 5e9ef0e2da221

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.

Closeup Picking

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.

Screen Shot 2020 04 08 At 10 38 40 Am

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.

Mobile robots use ultraviolet light to disinfect hospitals and other facilities.

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.

Kkv Lv4 Bz 1920 5e84a41f89f85

Humanoid Collaborative Robot

Digit is a collaborative robot that can work alongside humans in factory environments to perform a variety of tasks.

Agv Mic Ui Hi Res

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.

Veo Robotics co-founder Clara Vu tests robot interaction with the company's FreeMove system.

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.

More in Robotics

Jls Vsp Picking Tool

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.

Image of the humanoid duo-arm collaborative robot, which is to be released in 2021.

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.

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.

Students from the surrounding Philadelphia-area robotics teams will display their design, engineering and troubleshooting skills

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

Intelliflex Feeder 530 Fin Copy

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.

Robot and Controller for Harsh Environments

ABB’s IRB 1100 robot, powered by the new OmniCore C90XT controller, is IP67-rated.

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.

Automation and Robotics are Top Two Operational Improvements for Food Manufacturers

Food Manufacturers Top Two Improvement Priorities

Operational improvements that impact food manufacturers the most continue to focus on automation and robotics.

Screen Shot 2020 01 23 At 10 18 40 Am

Siemens Partners with Arm on Automotive Electronics Design

In its Pave360 digital twin technology, Siemens is using Arm’s intellectual property to help automakers and suppliers simulate and verify designs before the vehicle is built.

Report: Innovative New Controls at PACK EXPO Las Vegas

Ten intrepid Packaging World editors fanned out across PACK EXPO Las Vegas in October in search of packaging innovation. Here's what they found.

Report: Innovative New Robotics at PACK EXPO Las Vegas

Ten intrepid Packaging World editors fanned out across PACK EXPO Las Vegas in October in search of packaging innovation. Here's what they found.

Career Building Opportunities Abound at PACK EXPO East

PACK EXPO East to spotlight multiple industrial workforce issues by showcasing potential careers, hosting an entry-level career fair, and offering classroom training to upskill current workers.