Industrial Robotics - Articles, Stories & Interviews

Talking AUTOMATE 2024 with DESTACO

Witness the power of precision movement, workholding, and indexing technology that will take your operations to new heights. Our booth is packed with ultra-precise end-of-arm tooling, state-of-the-art conveyors, and other top products from CAMCO, Ferguson and Robohand.

ZIMMER GROUP'S NEW ZIMO FLEXIBLE ROBOT CELL SMOOTHS THE PATH TO AUTOMATION

There are few who would argue that the combination of labor and skills shortages, together with the drive to attain greater levels of productivity, means that automation is now becoming an essential part of manufacturing for a greater number of businesses, especially SMEs.

A Cut Above: Adding Next-level Protection for Next-generation Welding

By partnering with Roboworld since their first Cobot rolled off the line on Day 1, all of Vectis’ robotic welding systems and teach pendants have included Robosuits® and Pendant Armor®.

Productivity Inc. Wants Your Robot to Do More

Using ATI’s QC-11 Tool Changer and RCT-151 Radially-Compliant Deburring Tool along with a Renishaw probe, they produced a demonstration highlighting their expertise in aiding potential customers to maximize productivity of the robots already installed in their facilities

Reshoring with robots - UK manufacturers can use automation to bring production back home

The advantages of all-electric injection moulding machines demonstrate how automation and robots can help manufacturers bring their operations back home to the UK. Reshoring can be achieved with cost- and energy-efficiency as well as productivity benefits.

Fiber Alignment and Photonic Chip Test & Assembly Just Got Easier

The new algorithm and technology have the potential to drastically reduce complex fiber alignment and photonics alignment procedure times by several orders of magnitude, surpassing any other existing technique used for automated fiber optic alignment in the market.

Five challenging applications automated with AI-powered robots

Robots equipped with AI vision systems, such as MIRAI, can perceive and adapt to their surroundings. This allows them to handle variance while performing complex tasks, making it possible to automate operations otherwise considered too complex to solve.

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The most compact Motion Control System on the market

FAULHABER is introducing a new Motion Control System. More precisely: The world's smallest Integrated Motion Controller.

Shibaura Machine to unveil new SCARA features at Automate 2024

Visitors will be able to see the two newest models in the THE range, the THE800 and THE1000, in action at the show at its booth managed by TM Robotics, its distribution partner in North, Central and South America,.

How Small Manufacturers are Building a Business Case for Robotics

Smaller manufacturers are the fastest-growing area of industrial robotics today, driven by the need for new collaborative robotics systems.

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Mitsubishi HC Capital America Reveals Key Factors Shaping Adoption of Robotics-as-a-Service in 2024

To familiarize end users with the benefits of RaaS, Mitsubishi HC Capital America, the largest non-bank, non-captive finance provider in North America, reveals key factors that businesses should consider in their decision-making about its adoption.

Piab USA Announces New Office Location in Canton, MA

The new office, located at 100 Energy Drive], will serve as the central hub for Piab USA's operations, housing its management, sales, support, R&D and distribution center.

Latest mobile industrial robots: trends and uses

Industrial mobile robotics has become a powerful automation tool and the deployment of industrial manufacturing robots continues to increase. The latest report provided by the IFR 'World Robotics - Industrial Robots 2023', presents very positive results for industrial robotics in terms of annual sales volume. Its statistics show that, in 2022, the annual sales volume of robot units grew by 5% (+ 553,052 industrial robots sold) more than in 2021. According to the same report, the stock of operational robots increased to 3,903,633 units, 12% more than in2021, and the value of robot installations grew to $15.8 billion, 4% more than in 2021.

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PI USA - High Precision R-Theta Stages for Semicon, Laser Processing Apps
PI USA - High Precision R-Theta Stages for Semicon, Laser Processing Apps

PI USA - High Precision R-Theta Stages for Semicon, Laser Processing Apps

2-axis R-Theta motion systems are better suited to spiral motion than Cartesian XY stages. R-Theta systems often find applications in precision laser / semiconductor applications due to higher throughput, precision, and smaller size. See examples and options.

Industrial Robotics - Featured Company

MVTec LLC

MVTec is a leading international manufacturer of software for machine vision used in all demanding areas of imaging like the semi-conductor industry, inspection, optical quality control, metrology, medicine or surveillance. In particular, software by MVTec enables new automation solutions in settings of the Industrial Internet of Things. MVTec is the developer and vendor of the general purpose machine vision software products HALCON and MERLIC.