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AMRs and AGVs Augment Material Handling Efficiency and Safety

Fabricating & Metal Work

Autonomous mobile robots (AMRs) and Automated Guided Vehicles (AGVs) automate repetitive and physically demanding tasks, freeing up your team to focus on more complex and value-added activities within the shop. Whats more, these systems streamline workflows and reduce cycle times.

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Streaming Video Analytics AI Assists Industrial Engineering

Gary Mintchell

Machine vision has been usable since the 1980s to detect flaws, presence, and other quality issues, as well as to guide robots. Low process efficiency—cycle time variability, too many interruptions. Low operations visibility—safety challenges due to best practices violations, missed inspection or assembly steps.

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Future-proof facilities: How Honda retools its plants

Automation Mag

The plant will continue to build the Civic, the gas-powered CR-V, as well as Honda engines, but the addition of the Hybrid called for an upgrade to the assembly line at the plant. “We We’re starting to look at where we can apply these robots to improve the flexibility of our lines,” Buzdugan adds. “If

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10 cobots guarantee ‘just in time’ manufacture of gearboxes

Robotics Business Review

The company integrated 10 collaborative robots from Universal Robots using only internal resources. SEAT decided to integrate 10 UR10e collaborative robots to carry out the unloading. This guaranteed cost savings both at the time of installation and in future maintenance tasks. UR collaborative robots at SEAT Componentes.

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Robotics Innovation from FANUC Boosts Aerospace Manufacturing Output

i4.0 today

In the face of unprecedented demand for new aircraft, robotics specialist FANUC is helping the aerospace industry to increase production efficiency and boost output. Automation and robotics are considered key levers to support this increasing demand. The robot is now part of Airbus’ proprietary automated mobile drilling system.

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KUKA Next-Generation Mobile Robotics Come to MODEX 2024

Fabricating & Metal Work

KUKA Robotics will spotlight a pair of innovative mobile robots March 11-14 in booth B4003 at MODEX 2024 in Atlanta. The KMP 1500P autonomous mobile robot (AMR) makes an optimal contribution to intralogistic processes in production and storage facilities. The robot uses built-in technology and QR code readers to identify loads.

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Manufacturers using digital transformation to future-proof operations

Control Engineering

Capturing manual assembly data Silicon Valley startup Invisible AI helps manufacturers digitally capture data from manual assembly lines to provide valuable insights and drive improvements. You may have 20 or 50 cameras on a line, all communicating with each other, all on the same local network. Watch a demo.