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ATI Industrial Automation Inc. today announced the MC-50 Manual Tool Changer, which it claimed “provides unmatched performance, reliability, and quality for the manual exchange of robotic tooling.” The patent-pending MC-50 has an intuitive design and ergonomic lever operation to enable fast changes of robotic end-of-arm tooling (EOAT) by hand, said the company. It also includes a safety latch button on the lever to provide secondary locking for increased safety and prevention of involuntary uncoupling, ATI noted. MC-50 designed for compatibility, endurance The MC-50 is designed for safe, diverse use cases. Source: ATI Industrial Automation The compact Tool Changer is intended…
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ATI Industrial Automation today announced that its Multi-Axis Force/Torque Sensors are compatible with FANUC's robots and Force Control Software. “This collaboration opens up new possibilities for advanced automation and precision control in robotic applications,” said the Apex, N.C.-based company. “This collaboration brings together two industry-leading solutions, enabling our customers to achieve new levels of dexterity, efficiency, and reliability in their robotic applications,” said Robert Little, president and general manager of ATI Industrial Automation, in a release. ATI Industrial Automation claimed that it is “the world’s leading engineering-based developer of robotic accessories and robot arm tooling including multi-axis force/torque (F/T) sensing…
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ATI Industrial Automation yesterday announced the availability of its CGV-900, a compliant angle grinder. The robotic end-of-arm tool is designed to be used for grinding and finishing processes and eliminate the need for humans to do those tasks manually. An end-of-arm tool is installed onto a robot arm to extend its capabilities. In a video demonstration, the company highlighted the CGV-900 while it was installed on a FANUC CRX collaborative robot. The company noted it is going after the metal fabrication, automotive, and aerospace industries with the new tool. Apex, N.C.-based ATI highlighted that the device can be used to…
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Collaborative robots are increasingly being used in industrial applications such as material removal. Kane Robotics today said it will exhibit with three different partners at Automate 2023 this week in Detroit. The company's GRIT cobot works alongside people to perform a wide variety of labor-intensive finishing tasks. “If a person’s doing it, we can train a cobot to do it,” stated Alan Hiken, chief operating officer at Kane Robotics. “We’re not reinventing new processes to automate; we’re helping manufacturers move to new tools that will make them more efficient.” “We're excited to be in this space,” said John Spruce, founder…
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…cobot application is the new rotational positioner from THG Automation, addressing any welder who ever struggled to weld circular or odd-shaped parts. “Welders use positioners manually all the time, and it was a natural progression for us to incorporate positioners into our collaborative welding system to allow the weldments to be presented to the robot at a more optimal orientation,” said Matt Hendey, CEO of THG Automation, who will be showing the positioner incorporated in his company’s Fronius Perfect Welding CMT system using a UR10e cobot. Both welding partners—along with many other UR integrators, OEM partners, distributors, and customers—plan to…
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…of robotics startups. Novanta business units Celera Motion and ATI Industrial Automation will collaborate with MassRobotics to advance innovations in medical robotics and improve robot productivity. “As a Boston-based company with technology development and manufacturing in Massachusetts, Novanta is uniquely positioned to be a leader in developing robotics talent for the region,” said Brian Young, chief human resources officer at Novanta. Novanta is a technology partner to manufacturers of medical and advanced industrial systems. The Bedford, Mass.-based company said it has proprietary expertise in photonics, vision, and precision motion technologies. Novanta part of Massachusetts ecosystem MassRobotics is an independent, nonprofit…
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…floor. However, there is still the limitation of process automation knowledge that can bottleneck or be a detriment to a successful robotic installation. This project aims to create an assistance system that can act as a stopgap for this lack of expertise by providing suggestions and corrections during robot task programming. This system will use artificial intelligence and machine learning methods to learn a model of the industrial task from previously programmed tasks and use this corpus to aid the user. This will allow a novice programmer to approach expert-level programming. Visual Tactile Robotic Surface Inspections Lead: Siemens Partners: GelSight…
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…material removal operations seem impossible to automate, according to ATI Industrial Automation. Sponsored by the Advanced Robotics for Manufacturing (ARM) Institute, students and engineers at Carnegie Mellon University's Robotics Institute discovered a single solution to two of these material removal challenges. The team included research and development experts from Siemens Technology, as well as application guidance and support from Yaskawa. Together, these automation experts devised a system that uses robots to remove weld beads from inside a tube. Material removal operations are essential to a variety of industries and range from very light finishing to heavy gate removal. Some processes…
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ATI Industrial Automation Inc. today said it is releasing the QC-29 tool changer, a new standard option for smaller robots. Founded in 1998, ATI Industrial Automation develops robotic accessories and robot arm tooling. The Apex, N.C.-based company said its end-of-arm tooling (EOAT) can enhance the productivity and flexibility of automation across a wide spectrum of industries. It provides automatic tool changing, force-torque sensing, material removal, and more capabilities. In July, Novanta Inc., a Bedford, Mass.-based industrial and medical equipment manufacturer, said it planned to acquire ATI for $172 million. ATI designs QC-29 for robust light robot tool changing The QC-29…
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ATI Industrial Automation Inc. yesterday said it has developed the ultra-thin Mini43LP Force/Torque Sensor to provide high-precision force sensing in a rugged, yet compact transducer. At less than 8 mm (0.31 in.) tall, the newest member of ATI’s force/torque sensor product family is “uniquely suited for smaller automated applications,” said the company. Apex, N.C.-based ATI claimed that it is the world’s leading developer of robotic accessories and robot arm tooling. The company said its end effectors can enhance the productivity and flexibility of automated systems through capabilities such as automatic tool changing, force-torque sensing, material removal, and more. Founded in…
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Novanta Inc., which supports industrial and medical equipment manufacturers, today announced today that it has agreed to acquire privately held robotic tooling maker ATI Industrial Automation for $172 million upfront in cash and additional contingent cash payments associated with 2021 financial performance. “ATI is a fantastic business with proprietary intellectual property in attractive and growing markets,” stated Matthijs Glastra, chairman and CEO of Novanta. “The business adds intelligent technology solutions and expands Novanta’s position in mission-critical robotic applications, such as electric vehicle production, medical robotics, and collaborative robotics.” Bedford, Mass.-based Novanta said it offers proprietary technology expertise and competencies in…
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The Association for Advancing Automation (A3) has announced a lineup of five new virtual events taking place in the fall of 2020. As COVID-19 continues to make it difficult or impossible to hold large gatherings, A3 is transitioning the following 2020 in-person conferences to virtual events as well as adding two new events: RIA Robotics Week: September 8-11 (new) International Robot Safety Conference: October 6-8 Autonomous Mobile Robot Conference: October 26-27 AI & Smart Automation Conference: October 28-29 (new) MCMA TechCon: November 9-10 The in-person Collaborative Robots, Advanced Vision & AI Conference is postponed until the Fall of 2021. However,…