Fabricating & Metal Work

JANUARY 3, 2024

Developments in shrink-fit technology save your shop time and increase tool rigidity, provide better concentricity, and improve cutting performance. In line with customer requirements, our new robotic cell is built as massively as a machine tool. In addition, ER shrink fit collets are available. In addition to standard 4.5°

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Robotics Business Review

MARCH 3, 2024

SMC recently introduced a series of electric grippers designed to be used with collaborative robot arms (cobots) from Universal Robots (UR). SMC will be exhibiting in booth 301 at the Robotics Summit & Expo , which takes place May 1-2 in Boston. SMC said it can be operated with the connection of 1 electrical wire.

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Robotics Business Review

MARCH 1, 2024

2024 is heating up for the robotics industry. It was an exciting month for the industry, and there was no shortage of robotics new to cover. Here are the top 10 most popular stories on The Robot Report in February 2024. Scythe robot lawnmowers adopting ‘Tesla charging standard’ Colo.-based 52 robot lawnmower.

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Robotics Business Review

JANUARY 27, 2024

Portescap said this encoder has been optimized for surgical robotic applications and can survive up to 2,000+ sterilization cycles, with its autoclavable design allowing it to be used within surgical devices requiring precise positioning of the motor’s rotor. Learn from Agility Robotics, Amazon, Disney, Teradyne and many more.

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Robotics Business Review

MARCH 10, 2024

The Robotics Factory is dedicated to creating, accelerating, and scaling Pittsburgh-area startups. Source: Robotics Factory The Robotics Factory has accepted five companies to its Scale Residency program. ESTAT Actuation, KEF Robotics, Thiopoly, Thorne Baby, and Piximo make up the organization ‘s first residency cohort.

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Automation World

JUNE 14, 2023

The LoadMate Plus from Mitsubishi Electric is a robot and stand system that can be configured to fit a variety of manufacturing and packaging applications.

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Robotics Business Review

APRIL 12, 2024

The Phoenix humanoid robot is being developed to enable embodied AI and support general-purpose applications. Credit: Sanctuary AI Humanoid robot developer Sanctuary Cognitive Systems Corp., Through this expanded partnership, Sanctuary plans to equip Magna’s manufacturing facilities with general-purpose AI robots.

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Robotics Business Review

DECEMBER 29, 2023

The Singapore-based company launched its first generation of humanoid robots this year, designated the GR-1. The joint module that is fitted at the hip of the robot is capable of producing a peak torque of 300 Nm, which allows it to walk at a speed of 5 kph (3.1 The robot is equipped with depth cameras in its head and torso.

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Robotics Business Review

MARCH 21, 2024

Every year, promising robotics startups with cutting-edge technology have to shut their doors for good. Robots are expensive to build and develop, and even the smartest roboticists can underestimate the business challenges that come with running a startup. on the first day of the Robotics Summit & Expo, which will be in Boston.

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Robotics Business Review

JANUARY 28, 2024

Universal Robots recently announced a change to the M8 connector on all of its e-Series collaborative robot arms (cobots). Universal Robots, the world’s leading developer of cobot arms, said it also update the tool cap to fit with the new female version of the M8 connecter.

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Robotics Business Review

FEBRUARY 10, 2024

CMU pipe-repair robots crawl into natural gas pipelines and coat them. Source: Carnegie Mellon University Researchers at Carnegie Mellon University’s Robotics Institute are creating robots that can map and repair natural gas pipelines. The CMU team’s robot sits on a pair of 2-in. according to the U.S.

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Robotics Business Review

APRIL 9, 2024

MassRobotics recently hosted a Robotics in AgTech event, bringing together innovators and industry leaders to explore challenges and solutions in the agriculture industry. The event served as a catalyst for discussions and offered a glimpse into the transformative potential of robotics for farming, said the Boston-based organization.

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Robotics Automation News

FEBRUARY 10, 2023

Flexiv, a builder of general-purpose robotics solutions, is set to release a revolutionary new robotic gripper. Featuring industrial-grade force control and an adhesive material based on a gecko’s foot pad, the Grav gripper can lift practically any item that fits within its grasp.

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AU Manufacturing

MAY 10, 2023

The Victorian government is encouraging young female and non-binary students to attend this year’s Trades Fit Expo and explore potential career pathways across a range of industries, such as engineering, robotics, mining, automotive, and clean energy. For more information about the Trades Fit expo, visit vic.gov.au.

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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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Robotics Business Review

FEBRUARY 24, 2024

Black History Month is a time to consider efforts to increase diversity in robotics. Despite its rapid growth, the robotics industry still has a diversity problem, particularly when it comes to race. It can include biases in AI algorithms or a lack of understanding about what different groups are looking for from robotics.

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Robotics Business Review

JANUARY 11, 2024

Dextrous Robotics, a Memphis-based startup that developed a chopstick-like robot to unload boxes from trailers, has shut down. However, the company was unable to close another round of funding to start production on the commercial version of its DX-1 robot. Dextrous had raised about $8 million in funding since its inception.

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Robotics Business Review

APRIL 14, 2024

A multidisciplinary group of scientists, led by Project CETI, is using soft robotics, machine learning, biology, linguistics, natural language processing, and more to decode their communications. These are just our own, personal guidelines,” David Gruber, the founder and president of Project CETI, told The Robot Report. “[The

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Robotics Automation News

JANUARY 31, 2023

Construction robotics company Kewazo has raised $10 million in Series A funding. The company’s main product is an automated hoist that fits together with scaffolding to enable large building blocks to be lifted without a crane. Kewazo’s robotic hoist system is also empowered by its data analytics platform.

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Manufacturing Tomorrow

MARCH 12, 2024

Hear from Jennifer Apicella, Executive Director of Pittsburgh Robotics Network; Reese Mozer, former President of Ondas Holdings and CEO and Co-Founder of American Robotics; Nikolai Romanov, CTO and Co-Founder of Labrador Systems, and Tom Ryden, Executive Director of MassRobotics, as they demystify the robotics roadmap to successful commercialization. (..)

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Modern Machine Shop

OCTOBER 25, 2023

With a growing demand for automation in job shops, Sodick says its ALG sinker series was designed to fit a wide range of automation needs.

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Robotics Automation News

JANUARY 20, 2023

GreyOrange, a provider of automated robotic fulfillment and inventory optimization software, has launched its GreyMatter open API (application programming interface).

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Robotics Business Review

JANUARY 12, 2024

Modern robotics has come a long way since the 1960s. We’ve created robots accurate enough to work on a production line and safe enough to maneuver around a facility floor. In these locations, the robotics charging challenges become more pronounced. Perhaps the most pressing problem of all is how to charge those robots.

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Robotics Business Review

FEBRUARY 9, 2024

CMR Surgical’s Versius surgical robotics system in action. yesterday announced that it has launched vLimeLite, an integrated fluorescence imaging system that works with its Versius Plus surgical robot. ” Learn from Agility Robotics, Amazon, Disney, Teradyne and many more. Source: CMR Surgical CMR Surgical Ltd.

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Robotics Business Review

FEBRUARY 15, 2024

The TMINI robotic surgical system features a wireless handpiece that assists surgeons in performing total knee replacements. has announced two new collaborations involving surgical robotics and implants for total knee arthroplasty, or TKA. Learn from Agility Robotics, Amazon, Disney, Teradyne and many more. over the past week.

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The Fabricator

JULY 24, 2023

For manufacturers and job shops with a high-mix, low-volume production portfolio, there's likely a collaborative robot that fits a need.

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Manufacturer's Monthly

FEBRUARY 12, 2024

to research and develop robotic maintenance of satellites while in orbit in a step to extend the lifespan of vital space infrastructure. The new project will develop robotic satellite technologies to reliably connect with other satellites to perform in-orbit repairs and maintenance.

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Fabricating & Metal Work

JUNE 12, 2023

This new system is capable of producing the most common steel construction profiles – plates, angle irons, tubes, U-profiles, crane runway consoles – and is the world’s first welding robot that can both fit and weld. Welders who perform this craftmanship can now focus on specialized welding projects instead.

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Fabricating & Metal Work

APRIL 14, 2023

Thread verification is the latest enhancement to New Scale Robotics ’ Q-Span Automated Gauging System , a do-it-yourself (DIY) robotic automation system for quality teams in high-mix, small-batch manufacturing. The robot arm loads parts into a fixture and activates the thread gauge to verify or chase threaded holes or external threads.

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Automation Mag

AUGUST 9, 2022

Sumitomo Heavy Industries developed a robot capable of climbing curved steel walls by magnetic adhesion. The achievement is part of a robot development project at the company’s Technology Research Center. The novel robot was designed to automate various manufacturing tasks at industrial sites, according to the company.

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Gary Mintchell

APRIL 26, 2024

It hints at entry into the mobile automated robotic space (see the analysis by Vanessa Lopez, Research Analyst, Interact Analysis at the bottom of the story). While this could include many pieces of equipment, we believe the primary target is mobile robot applications. Mobile robots are experiencing early-stage growth.

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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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Mold Making Technology

DECEMBER 1, 2022

With an ever-growing demand for automation in job shops, Sodick says its ALG sinker series was designed to fit a wide range of automation needs.

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E&T

SEPTEMBER 22, 2022

Although microscopic machines have already been designed to crawl, swim, walk and fold themselves up, there were always 'strings' attached; to generate motion, wires were used to provide electrical current or laser beams had to be focused directly onto specific locations on the robots. Then we’re having a conversation with the robot.

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Automation World

JUNE 14, 2023

Mitsubishi Electric's LoadMate Plus can be configured to fit a variety of applications, such as pick and place, inspection, assembly and packing.

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Robotics Automation News

OCTOBER 11, 2023

Orbital welding is a cutting-edge technology that has revolutionized the field of fusion TIG (Gas Tungsten Arc) welding. Fusion TIG welding is a highly specialized process used in applications that demand the utmost precision, such as in aerospace, pharmaceuticals, and the semiconductor industry.

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Control Engineering

SEPTEMBER 22, 2023

Researchers who created a soft robot that could navigate simple mazes without human or computer direction have now built on that work, creating a “brainless” soft robot that can navigate more complex and dynamic environments. “In As with the earlier version , the new soft robots are made of ribbon-like liquid crystal elastomers.

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