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Cameras give industrial vision-guided robots human-like functions

Control Engineering

Empowering a robot to ‘see’ allows it to precisely and consistently differentiate, pick, sort, move, weld or assemble various parts no matter their complexity. For instance, a multiple-step manual welding task on an automobile assembly line might take ten ‘blind’ robots to perform since each part must be mounted in place before every weld.

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Enhancing manufacturing with ERP: growth and efficiency unleashed

Manufacturer's Monthly

Image: Amonthep/stock.adobe.com Discover how you can enhance and streamline your manufacturing operations, boost efficiency, and drive growth for medium to larger sized businesses. Taylor elaborates, “We work with ambitious manufacturers who are being held back by various common issues.

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Five robot trends for 2023

Control Engineering

The adoption of robotics helps to lower energy consumption in manufacturing. Compared to traditional assembly lines, considerable energy savings can be achieved through reduced heating. At the same time, robots work at high speed, increasing production rates so that manufacturing becomes more time- and energy-efficient.

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Four manufacturing applications that benefit from under-rider AMRs

Control Engineering

AMR insights Autonomous mobile robots (AMRs) can play a key role in manufacturing because of their name: They’re autonomous and do not require constant human intervention the way an automated guided vehicle (AGV) would. Robots differ in functionality.

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AMRs and AMVs Create Safer Surroundings and Adjust Workflows Quickly

Fabricating & Metal Work

AI-enabled mobile robots can transform sectors like discrete manufacturing, logistics and laboratories,” Segura said. It lifts all types of load carriers for easy implementation into existing industrial projects to optimize warehouse processes, streamline assembly lines and enhance complex material handling.

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Five advances in motion control, communications, design to ease automation use

Control Engineering

AP backplane communications brings together enormous functionality and creates a higher level of integration among our devices than we’ve ever had.” The AP ecosystem makes it efficient for end-user customers to add functionality as needs arise. These assembly lines incorporate up to 20 handling gantries.

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Robot workers can help humans in manufacturing jobs

Control Engineering

As opposed to industrial robots that function explicitly separate from human workers because of safety considerations, cobots are designed to operate in concert with humans. They move slower, deliver less brute force and include more sensors to avoid causing injury and can perform repetitive motions.