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Robot Gripper Showdown: Air Gripper vs. Electric Gripper

Universal Robots

In this article, we'll take a look at some of the UR certified electric and pneumatic grippers available through UR+ –a global ecosystem of components, software, and application kits that have been validated and certified to be mechanically, electrically and digitally compatible with cobots from Universal Robots.

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Combatting empty shelf syndrome: Keeping grocery shelves stocked in the midst of crisis

Manufacturing & Logistics IT

Businesses across every industry have faced unparalleled disruption to their operations as a result of the coronavirus pandemic. In the retail sector, we saw shelves across the globe being repeatedly stripped bare during the early days of the crisis, as supply chains that simply weren’t geared-up to deal with such sudden and dramatic changes in buying behaviour struggled to keep up during the first stages of the crisis.

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Track biopharma regulatory updates with Clinicaltrials.gov feeds

Canadian Metalworking Magazine

Streamline your biopharma intelligence by adding custom ClinicalTrials.gov feeds to your Feedly. Clinical trial updates produce overwhelming amounts of information every day. But a small portion of these articles refers to the diseases and studies you want to monitor. Cut through the noise and build custom RSS feeds on ClinicalTrials.gov with the information you need.

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Industrial gripper showdown: pneumatic gripper vs. hydraulic gripper

Universal Robots

Pneumatic and hydraulic grippers are amongst the most popular gripper types (along with servo-electric). If you're wondering whether pneumatic or hydraulic grippers are likely to be the best fit for your application, this article is for you as we compare and contrast the design, performance and usability of hydraulic and pneumatic grippers.

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Modernizing MES: A Guide for Complex Manufacturers Adapting to Industry 4.0

As engineers push the boundaries of innovation with groundbreaking hardware products, their success depends largely on the speed and efficiency of production. The challenge? Manual processes and disparate systems lead to multiple versions of documents, incomplete records, and duplicated work, creating a chaotic system of records that is difficult to manage.

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The last mile of logistics: Will we soon be getting parcels from a robot courier?

Manufacturing & Logistics IT

CEP service providers face major challenges. Firstly, they have to cope with the high volume of orders, which – driven by e-commerce – is constantly increasing.

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Retail sales claw back to normal levels, but ParcelHero warns stores not to celebrate yet: 31.8% of those sales were made online

Manufacturing & Logistics IT

The Office of National Statistics (ONS) retail sales figures for June showed sales soared by over 13% compared to May, to reach near-normal levels. Indeed, with fuel sales excluded, they actually beat June 2019’s figures by 1.5%.

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Blue Yonder acquires Yantriks to deliver dynamic commerce

Manufacturing & Logistics IT

Blue Yonder has acquired Yantriks, a SaaS provider of commerce and fulfilment microservices.

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