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Last year was a banner year for the robotics industry, “the strongest year ever,” according to statistics released in February by the Robotics Industries Association.
Held in Orlando, Fla. from January 18 to 20, the 19th annual Robotics Industry Forum offerred up many new announcements, including a new robotic system integration certification...
Robotics has expanded beyond automotive into a variety of industries, notably food and beverage and retail. This has driven changes in end-of-arm tooling to accommodate demands...
In the second part of our series on collaborative robotics, find out what to expect as robots expand their roles into domains formerly reserved for humans.
From robotic safety standards to disparate best practices in the fast-growing oil and gas industry, U.S. multinationals and their machine-builder partners are having to analyze...
Programmable, smart devices coupled with new approaches and new standards are changing safety from a static add-on to a dynamic partner in packaging machine productivity.
Internally programmed safe zones are created by controllers that have embedded safety software that limits robot movements without recourse to safety sensors or other external...
March 12, 2012
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