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Jonathan Shaffer, corporate safety engineer, Optimation Technology

How to Safely Implement Collaborative Robots

As collaborative robots continue to be introduced in manufacturing, some key safety hazards need to be addressed before collaborative robots can be safely implemented on the line.

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.

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.

Birds-eye view of a built RFSS in a two-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.

Donna Ritson, DDR Communications

Implementing Robots Throughout Manufacturing

Robotics are not just for the automotive industry anymore. With a wave of innovations in dexterity, vision, mobility, connectivity and safety, robots are finding a place in a wide range of industries that are becoming increasingly aware of their benefits.

The Mate wearable exoskeleton uses an advanced passive structure to help workers perform repetitive tasks.

Finding the Human in Technology

Calling it Humanufacturing Tech, Comau introduced several new technologies at Automate 2019, including an exoskeleton, a digital assistant for manual operations, and an interactive IoT platform.

The Gecko Gripper uses a natural adhesive technology modeled after the fingers of a gecko.

Cobot Tooling Company Grows Its Innovative Technologies

OnRobot has been formed through a series of mergers and acquisitions that will continue unabated for the next couple years at least as it builds its portfolio. Blue Workforce assets are its latest acquisition.

Bird’s eye view of stamped parts work in process prior to weld assembly cells.

New Manufacturing Plant Opens in Detroit

The combined efforts of Ford, Flex-N-Gate and the City of Detroit has brought automotive parts manufacturing back to the city via a new 454,000-sq-ft greenfield facility.

Give the Robot the Dirty, Dull and Dangerous Job

Give the Robot the Dirty, Dull or Dangerous Job

The pros and cons of robots on the processing and packaging lines created a lot of discussion at the Top to Top Summit, where CPGs and OEMs come together to solve pressing manufacturing problems.

Chris Corfield, Control Techniques

Drones and Industry 4.0

Though drones might still seem to be more of a hobby than a critical piece of the IIoT puzzle, numerous applications and new technology developments are being explored that will better position drones as important data collection devices for industry.

Josh McNeely, RedViking

Starting From Scratch—Designing a Connected Factory

Trying to overcome the drawbacks of traditional conveyance, a construction vehicle manufacturer moved to automated guided vehicles to meet requirements for scalability, sustainability and quality.

Josh McNeely, RedViking

Are AGVs the Right Fit for Your Manufacturing Environment?

Automated guided vehicles can provide flexible paths and processes, scalability, flexibility and intelligence in rapidly changing markets.

The discussion underway at Georgia Tech. Photo: River West Photography www.riverwest.co

Exclusive: Experts Weigh In On the Impact of Data

In an exclusive roundtable discussion with Automation World, Georgia Tech engineering, science and research experts shared their insights on the trajectories and effects of artificial intelligence and machine learning, and how the intersection of data and technology is changing industry.

'Products that were once thought to require a personal, face-to-face sale are starting to move online. People are more comfortable buying PLCs and HMIs online.'

Buying Behaviors Alter Automation Technology Sales

Just as consumer buying behaviors have shifted online, the purchase of automation technologies is undergoing the same transition—and it’s changing how technology suppliers and distributors interact with the market.

Steve Szamocki, JMP Solutions

AGVs Can Be a Game Changer in Food and Bev

Automated guided vehicles can enhance plant floor safety, improve material movement, ensure consistency and improve inventory tracking and traceability for an industry that faces considerable changes and pressures.

Luigi De Bernardini, Autoware

Digitalization Is Disrupting the Supply Chain

A range of technologies have changed the industrial landscape. Companies that can successfully manage those technologies will also change the way they manage their supply chain.

Tom Doney, Nestlé, at the Automation Conference & Expo

Nestlé Samples a Selection of IIoT/Industry 4.0

With more than 400 factories around the world, the food and beverage behemoth has to take a practical approach to digital innovations, running a range of pilots that make sense for production.

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