Robotics Business Review

JANUARY 9, 2024

announced today that the GX10B and GX20B, larger models in its GX-B series of SCARA robots, are now available through its channel distributor partners. “These new SCARA robots are powerful, automation solutions with a low total cost of ownership, expanding opportunities for our partners.” Source: Epson Epson America Inc.

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Automation Mag

APRIL 17, 2023

Advances in automation technologies are transforming the industrial manufacturing landscape. Broadly termed “digital transformation,” these smart manufacturing initiatives bring physical and cyber systems together for greater performance, efficiency, sustainability and safety. 2022 was no different. 2022 was no different.

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Fabricating & Metal Work

APRIL 18, 2023

WELDING TIPS Implementing robotic welding can significantly improve a manufacturing operation’s productivity and weld quality, but what are the robotic welding basics you should know to be successful? Success with robotic welding requires a well-researched plan.

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Robotics Business Review

JANUARY 11, 2024

Source: Kane Robotics Kane Robotics Inc. has combined artificial intelligence with visual sensors to enable its collaborative robot to automatically track and grind weld seams with high accuracy and speed. Kane Robotics cited the case of Paul Mueller Co. How is Kane Robotics’ approach different from others?

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Trimantec

AUGUST 10, 2020

Are you looking to enhance your existing line processes through robotic integration? Robots are changing the manufacturing industry and will continue to do so throughout the coming years. Table of Contents: History of Robotics. Robotics in Manufacturing. Types of Industrial Robots.

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MEM

FEBRUARY 22, 2023

CKF have recently designed, installed and commissioned a new robotic case packing system for an international third party logistics company. Situated within one of their many UK facilities, the new system is the latest robotic automated installation to be successfully completed on this site.

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ATS

MAY 12, 2023

Share The automotive industry is experiencing rapid change. Technology continues to evolve, electric vehicle demand continues to grow and shift the market share balance, and manufacturers remain on the hunt for efficiencies and process improvements. Augmented reality is helping car manufacturers to do so in these areas and more.

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Control Engineering

APRIL 9, 2023

Learning Objectives As supply chains are disrupted, baby boomers age out and the need for general use products continues to grow, manufacturers are faced with producing more with less. Robust yet intuitive robot capability is effectively addressing these issues, boosting manufacturing output and product quality for optimal productivity gains.

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Manufacturer's Monthly

NOVEMBER 21, 2023

This has led to significant advances in energy storage materials, flexible electronics, advanced composites , additive manufacturing , and novel biomedical materials for prosthetic implants, drug release and mRNA vaccines just to name a few. In our experience, robotics complements our human expertise and input, rather than replacing it.

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i4.0 today

MAY 17, 2023

ABB Robotics has enhanced its industry-leading logistics automation portfolio with the launch of the Robotic Item Picker – a new AI and vision-based solution that can accurately detect and pick items in unstructured environments in warehouses and fulfilment centers. With a payload of up to 3kg and a reach of up to 1.65

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i4.0 today

OCTOBER 3, 2022

bebopsensors.com , the world leader in smart fabric sensor technologies, announced today the BeBop Sensors RoboSkin line of skin-like coverings for tactile awareness for humanoid robots and prosthetics. The Missing Component to Make Robots More Human – the Sense of Touch. Humanoid Robots — a World Designed with and for Humans.

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i4.0 today

APRIL 21, 2023

A highly flexible ABB robot is helping a major UK chemicals company produce accurate laser welds on chemical production equipment. The company, an ABB Value Provider, has extensive experience designing and building robotic automation solutions for companies in industries including aerospace, automotive and nuclear.

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Modern Machine Shop

MARCH 16, 2023

” This was fitting, as an expedition’s success is oftentimes determined by the team’s preparation, and Studer’s products aim to ready manufacturers for potential uncharted waters in 2023 and beyond. Studer’s roboLoad is a robotic automation system for its S121, S131 and S141 grinding machines.

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i4.0 today

OCTOBER 19, 2022

Most accurate robot in class for 1.5 kg payloads for highest manufacturing quality, 50 percent higher payload than comparable robots on the market, Consumes 20 percent less energy using OmniCore E10 controller enabling manufacturers to improve energy efficiency, reduce costs.

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Fabricating & Metal Work

APRIL 22, 2024

With a shorter measuring span and higher accuracy, the P2002 probe is ideal for use for dedicated gauging fixtures where the measuring results from multiple probes are used in combination with each other, such as in assembly line manufacturing. Technical details include: Measuring range: +/- 1mm Accuracy: 0.90 microns Repeatability: 0.1

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Fabricating & Metal Work

JUNE 23, 2023

By completely automating how robots are programmed and adopted, Xaba is solving the challenges of deploying industrial robots by not only increasing accuracy, consistency, and throughput but also significantly reducing the time and costs of robotics deployments.

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Fabricating & Metal Work

AUGUST 22, 2023

Snow’s core product is resistance welding machinery, and that spans the gamut from a shop that has one small machine in its operation, all the way to a Tier I automotive supplier that is putting machines into a line, as well as some with small robotic workcells, noted Sam Snow. “We Snow also develops robot cells when it makes sense.

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i4.0 today

SEPTEMBER 19, 2023

The company is showcasing options from the IntElect platform for processors of all sizes operating in every manufacturing sector, producing every application type. At Fakuma 2023, Sumitomo (SHI) Demag demonstrates that its all-electric IntElect platform is an excellent option for manufacturers producing components in every market segment.

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Robotics Business Review

JANUARY 2, 2024

Source: LinkedIn As The Robot Report reported last October, one of the biggest autotech stories of the year was the stalling of Cruise after California’s Department of Motor Vehicles suspended its driverless testing license. We’ve done many pilots both in automotive, as well as the commercial space,” she said.

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Modern Machine Shop

FEBRUARY 18, 2024

In 2020, ARCH’s Newtown, Connecticut, facility bought a five-axis Grob machine to consolidate operations for a medical robotics part from several machines to one. Making Medical Machinery ARCH Medical Solutions operates over 20 manufacturing facilities across the U.S., Meeting it promptly requires an equally meticulous process.

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i4.0 today

JUNE 20, 2023

IO-Link Wireless provides essential characteristics, essential for advanced industrial manufacturing capabilities. Complementing Routeco’s portfolio, some of CoreTigo’s main solutions target challenges in the Packaging, Automotive, Pharmaceuticals and Metal Works. Today Magazine.

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MEM

JULY 10, 2023

IO-Link Wireless provides essential characteristics, essential for advanced industrial manufacturing capabilities. Complementing Routeco’s portfolio, some of CoreTigo’s main solutions target challenges in the Packaging, Automotive, Pharmaceuticals and Metal Works.

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Mold Making Technology

DECEMBER 6, 2022

Within the past few years the number of Fastems ’ CNC automation solutions utilizing automated guided vehicles (AGV) or autonomous mobile robots (AMR) has multiplied, and the demand keeps rising, the company reports. Plug-and-Play Robotic Cell Streamlines Low-to-High Volume Part Loading, Unloading and Palletization.

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Frost & Sullivan Manufacturing

SEPTEMBER 2, 2022

For automotive companies, fully autonomous vehicles are a holy grail. The Dojo supercomputing platform will build Tesla’s momentum toward fully self-driving vehicles and could also support enhanced capabilities in the company’s AI powered humanoid robot, Optimus. It has been appropriated by other disciplines, including software.

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Dinesh Mishra

AUGUST 23, 2022

North American Lighting (NAL), a Koito Group Company, has been manufacturing automotive lighting systems for vehicle manufacturers since 1983. For a manufacturer like NAL, which works with some of the largest automotive OEMs in America like Ford and GMC, speed and precision are critical.

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Fabricating & Metal Work

JANUARY 19, 2023

SUPPLIER PROFILE HAIMER’s Automation Cube robot cell can be scaled according to a customer’s request and is suitable for automated shrinking, presetting and balancing. HAIMER is predominately a tool holder manufacturer, producing tool holders for CNC milling machines as the core focus of its products.

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Robotics Business Review

JANUARY 17, 2024

. “At least once a year since 2000, Ansys has acquired and/or announced a major technology sharing partnership with another company,” wrote Shawn Wasserman, a former Ansys employee, on Engineering.com , a sibling site to The Robot Report. “Today, however, the script has been flipped.”

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Gary Mintchell

NOVEMBER 29, 2023

Dayton, Ohio once had several manufacturers of special coil-winding machinery. Central western Ohio had several companies that manufactured special tube-bending machines. An entire ecosystem built around collaborative robots. This will be beneficial in, for example, the automotive industry. Odessa, Denmark?

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E&T

JANUARY 30, 2023

Smart manufacturing Factories and manufacturing units have begun to become smart, and their numbers are likely to increase. Smart manufacturing is likely to give a new outlook as technologies such as AI, big data analytics, and human-machine interface are expected to give it an edge. The country also has human capital.

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Mold Making Technology

FEBRUARY 29, 2024

To ensure it remains globally competitive now and in the future, Cavalier Tool & Manufacturing Ltd. Photo Credit: Hermle AG Founded in 1975, moldmaker Cavalier Tool & Manufacturing Ltd. Cavalier Tool & Manufacturing Ltd. used for larger workpieces, they wanted to incorporate them in the new manufacturing cells.

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Mold Making Technology

MARCH 27, 2024

cell built around a SmartPower120 injection molding machine and robot. SUSCC offers an associate’s degree in applied science degree in plastics engineering technology, as part of its advanced manufacturing associate of applied science, which takes five full semesters, with many companies providing tuition reimbursement.

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Mold Making Technology

FEBRUARY 8, 2023

Over the past 56 years, we have grown into a world-class manufacturing business with 130 employees and an 87,000-square-foot manufacturing facility (61,000-square-foot air-conditioned manufacturing area, 14,000-square-foot area for the office, engineering and training; and a 12,000-square-foot climate-controlled warehouse.

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E&T

NOVEMBER 9, 2022

“There are many years to go before what, arguably, is the greatest change to how we travel since the invention of the motor car is fully realised,” says David Wong, senior technology and innovation manager at the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders (SMMT), trade association for the UK motor industry.

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Manufacturer's Monthly

NOVEMBER 23, 2022

CNC Design has recently expanded its long-term partnership as the Australian distributor of Swiss manufacturer Gu?del Manufacturers’ Monthly speaks with CNC Design sales manager Michael Sutherland about the advantages of linear tracks for robots in an automated environment. Importantly, Güdel is completely control agnostic.

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Fabricating & Metal Work

MARCH 22, 2023

The tool manufacturing industry embraces automation solutions at an unprecedented pace. Manufacturers need to be more flexible and responsive than ever before. One of the recent offerings in this space is our ANCA Integrated Manufacturing System, or AIMS for short. Pictured is integrated manufacturing with robot transfer.

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Fabricating & Metal Work

AUGUST 28, 2023

Those who manufacture anything that moves should attend the Motion + Power Technology Expo to discover the latest advancements moving the entire power transmission supply chain forward, including mechanical, fluid power, electric and hybrid technologies.

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Fabricating & Metal Work

FEBRUARY 20, 2024

The compatibility and ease of use of tool changers with various robotic tools and end-effectors contributes to versatility in the production process, while at the same time reducing errors and keeping your operators safe. Target industry segments include electronics, aerospace, automotive and general industry. with higher momentum.

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