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Realtime Robotics appoints Ville Lehtonen vice president of product

Robotics Business Review

Optimization evaluates multiple paths, sequences, poses, end-of-arm tool rotations, and interlocks for robots within a workcell. Source: Realtime Robotics. Realtime Robotics, a leader in collision-free autonomous motion planning for industrial robots, last week named industry veteran Ville Lehtonen as its vice president of product.

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Quartz plant cuts cycle time 80% with ABB robots

Robotics Business Review

America Quartz Technology (AQT) specializes in the manufacturing and processing of formed quartz products for the electronics and semiconductor industries at its plant in Hue, Vietnam. To solve these challenges, AQT decided it needed robots that would avoid labor shortages, reduce risk and improve productivity.

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Valiant TMS and Realtime Robotics partner to cut programming, cycle times

Robotics Business Review

Valiant TMS is integrating robot motion optimization as a service. Source: Realtime Robotics Realtime Robotics today announced that Valiant TMS will integrate its Optimization-as-a-Service offering with customers’ manufacturing operations. “They can reap the benefits without wasting hours of their team’s time.”

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Schütte Grinding Machine Minimizes Cycle Times

Modern Machine Shop

Structural rigidity, rapid wheel change — five, 12 or 24-wheel magazine — and a high-torque, high-speed grinding spindle — up to 24,000 rpm — minimize cycle times while producing high-quality tools and parts. The Schutte 335Linear offers a large work area with X-axis of 8.9",

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The Shift Toward Smarter Shops: Real-World Stories of Data-Driven Manufacturing

Modern Machine Shop

When these slow-moving robots are activated in the coming months, they will serve as active transport systems, using optical navigation and laser scanning technologies to guide DMG MORI’s universal turning centers through different stages of the assembly process. Robots and cobots are nearly ubiquitous.

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Five-Axis Turnkey Machine Halves Medical Shop’s Cycle Times

Modern Machine Shop

It combined work previously requiring two turning operations and one milling operation, completing the job in half the time of the original process. The machine’s expanded capacity from its pallet system has also enabled the facility to use the G550 for other large parts, where it often cuts cycle times by as much as 50%.

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Universal Robots unveils newest cobot in portfolio, the UR15

Automation Mag

May 12, 2025, Detroit Collaborative robot (cobot) manufacturer Universal Robots (UR) has presented the newest edition to their portfolio, the UR15, at Automate 2025 in Detroit. The UR15 is combined with OptiMove, URs new motion control technology, which enhances trajectory smoothness and maintains accuracy in movements.