Magnetic Levitation Supports 6-Degree-of-Freedom Motion Platform

Planar Motors’ smart robotic system XBOT offers the ability to simultaneously and independently control motion, with hygienic contactless design.

Sep 26th, 2019

Robotics Competition Highlights Students’ Skills

As a way to showcase the industrial robot skills of high school and technical college students for prospective employers, Lab Midwest and Fanuc Robotics hosted the first Team Robotics Competition.

Robots at Your Service

Robotics-as-a-Service is gaining traction as companies gravitate to a model that minimizes upfront capital investment, streamlines maintenance, and unleashes data-driven insights.

The OPC Robotics Companion Specification lays the foundation for the integration of industrial robotic systems into the Industrial Internet of Things.

OPC Robotics Specification Released

The OPC Robotics Companion Specification lays the foundation for the integration of industrial robotic systems into the Industrial Internet of Things.

The new for-hire BotX Welder—developed by Hirebotics using Universal Robots’ UR10e collaborative robot arm—lets manufacturers automate arc welding with no capital investment, handling even small batch runs not feasible for traditional automation. Source: Universal Robots

Cobots Address Skilled Welder Shortage

Hirebotics creates a collaborative robot system capable of arc welding using Universal Robots UR10e arm.

Ultra-Light Vacuum Gripper for Cobots

Ultra-Light Vacuum Gripper for Cobots

Coval's CVGC Carbon Vacuum Gripper is the first of the company’s EOAT (End Of Arm Tools) range.

Discover the Secrets of a Successful Automation Project

Discover the Secrets of a Successful Automation Project

Learn about planning and project management, building your machine or automated system, and technologies to improve manufacturing outcomes. Automation World’s free resource features 150 pages on managing automation projects from start to finish.

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Sensors ensure worker safety with cobots

SICK’s microScan3 safety laser scanners control the speed of cobots to keep workers safe while maintaining productivity.

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Magnetic Levitation Supports 6-Degree-of-Freedom Motion Platform

Planar Motors’ smart robotic system XBOT offers the ability to simultaneously and independently control motion, with hygienic contactless design.

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FANUC Shows Off Full Range of Robots, Cobots

Robots for picking, packing, and palletizing. PLC motion software allows programming via ladder logic.

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Schneider Electric Unveils IIoT-Ready PLCs, AR, and Motion

Demos of IIoT box as server for hands-free augmented reality and next-generation of motor controls.

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Yaskawa Motoman Showcases Smart Pendant & New Cobot

The intuitive program enables the robot to connect the dots without programming. Plus, a sneak peek at the HC20 20kg cobot.

Discover the Secrets of a Successful Automation Project

Discover the Secrets of a Successful Automation Project

Learn about planning and project management, building your machine or automated system, and technologies to improve manufacturing outcomes. Automation World’s free resource features 150 pages on managing automation projects from start to finish.

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Palletizer Handles Variety of Package Sizes

ABB Palletizer uses imaging to handle a wide range of package sizes for e-commerce.

Using Cobots in Packaging Applications

James Cooper, Executive Director of Global Accounts at FANUC America Corp., spoke at the Innovation Stage at PACK EXPO Monday about how CPGs are implementing cobots for packaging applications.

A four-cobot line picks random product and loads food into a pouch destined for Blessings in a Backpack.

Cobots Make Random Picks

And overcome what used to be impossible.

The MiR500 robot approaches the injection molding machine and its attendant robot.

Robot moves stacks of pallets

Mobile unit reduces fork truck traffic and improves worker safety on the manufacturing floor.

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Growing the Ecosystem for Autonomous Mobile Robots

Mobile Industrial Robots (MiR) is growing its MiRGo partner program. At PACK EXPO Las Vegas, a MiR1000 incorporates a TR1000 top roller from ROEQ.

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End-to-End Cobot Solution for Blessings in a Backpack

System integrator Allied Technology worked with Universal Robots to create a compact system for packaging food into bags for kids in need.

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Epson Introduces Flexible Feeder and All-in-One 6-Axis robot

The IntelliFlex feeder is integrated with robots and vision, while the VT6L robot reaches up to 900 mm with a payload up to 6 kg.

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High-Speed Assembly Robots

Denso's HSA1 Robots run with a single controller.

More in Robotics

Digital Twin Technology Reduces Commissioning Times

ABB’s PickMaster aims to shorten commissioning times from days to hours.

Universal Robots’ UR16e can handle a payload of 16 kg (35 lb).

Collaborative Robot Gets the Heavy Lifting Done

Universal Robots’ latest cobot has a payload capability of 16 kg, enabling its use in packaging and palletizing, heavy machine tending, and more.

Mark Sobkow is vice president of manufacturing solutions

Integrating Robots Into Your Manufacturing Environment

Robots in the manufacturing environment is becoming much more prevalent, but it hasn’t gotten any easier to implement. These four questions will help your organization figure out if they’re ready for implementation.

Epson's T3 All-in-One SCARA robot.

Epson Expands Industrial Automation Reach

Extending its high-speed, high-precision technologies across a range of price points, Epson is positioning itself to be a major player in small part handling robots, vision, and feeder systems.

Assembly of a base station at Nokia's facility in Oulu, Finland. Source: Nokia

Nokia Employs 5G In Its Own Factory

To prove the capabilities of its private wireless 4.9G & 5G networks, edge/cloud, and analytics technologies, Nokia put them into play in its Oulu, Finland, base station pre-production facility.

The Soft Robotics gripper, designed to mimic the human hand, gently and accurately picks up Peeps to load into trays.

Just Born and JLS Team Up to Automate Peeps Brand Packaging

The line integrates JLS robotic packaging cells with equipment from several OEMs. The flexible format accommodates various configurations, upping productivity without impacting the workforce.

Built for demanding production environments, the compact ArcWorld 50 series workcells from Yaskawa Motoman are affordable, wire-to-weld solutions that are pre-assembled on a common base.

Workcells for Robotic Welding

Built for demanding production environments, the compact ArcWorld 50 series workcells from Yaskawa Motoman are affordable, wire-to-weld solutions that are pre-assembled on a common base.

Yamaha’s SCARA robots are now available with arm lengths from 120 mm to 1200 mm, and maximum payloads from 1 kg to 50 kg.

SCARA Robots Boost Speed, Versatility and Uptime

Yamaha’s SCARA robots are now available with arm lengths from 120 mm to 1200 mm, and maximum payloads from 1 kg to 50 kg.

The SCHUNK EGB with IO-link is a compact mechatronic 24 V gripper for small components that allows flexible processes during fast-paced pick & place.

24 V Gripper for Small Components has IO-Link

The SCHUNK EGB with IO-link is a compact mechatronic 24 V gripper for small components that allows flexible processes during fast-paced pick & place.

Bill Pollock, Optimation

How Robots Will Save the Human Race

This tongue-in-cheek prediction of the not-too-distant future shows a world where humanity is being snuffed out—due to a continuing rise in carbon emissions and an increase in sea levels—and robots are beginning to inhabit and run the country, while trying to save the human race.

The robotic flexible sortation system (RFSS) in a one-robot configuration. Source: JR Automation

Virtual Commissioning of a Robotic Cell

To develop a new robotic system for the material handling industry, JR Automation used a combination of Siemens simulation technologies to create a digital twin of the system that included the robots, PLC, HMI, and sensors.

The inspection system includes a UR10 cobot and a Keyence CA-HX200C LumiTrax vision system.

Automotive Supplier Calls on Cobot for Critical Inspection

Comprehensive Logistics, a contract manufacturer for the automotive industry, implements an innovative vision-guided robot to meet high production volumes for powertrain and sub-assembly products.