Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 6.82
March 25, 2024
…ability to pick microparts precisely and quickly (<200ms). Cambrian’s systems can pick a wide range of parts, including transparent, plastic, and shiny metal. Cambrian is also backed by ff Venture Capital (ffVC), who invested in the company’s seed round. ffVC initially seeded Cambrian after the company graduated from its startup accelerator, AI Nexus Lab, in partnership with NYU's Tandon School of Engineering in Brooklyn.
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 8.62
March 15, 2024
…a variety of challenging scenes and objects, including transparent plastic, polished cylinders or dark reflective parts. Fizyr identifies each item with segmentation, shape detection and material detection. Its algorithms prioritize the actions to be taken, utilizing cascade learning to analyze inputs, calculate optimal actions and direct the robot. After each pick, a new image allows Fizyr to recalculate, account for any changes that occurred, and direct the robot’s next step, all in a fraction of a second. “Zivid cameras help integrators solve the most complex automation challenges their customers face, but great results require highly capable brains,” said Mikkel Orheim,…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 5.00
March 11, 2024
…RFID, premium security features and contains 25% post-consumer recycled plastic by mass. The TC53e-RFID offers integrated short-range UHF RFID, enabling associates to take inventory in the backroom, validate tickets at a concert or verify all items in a shopping cart from up to nearly 4 ft/1.2m away with the same device ergonomics as the standard TC53e. The TC5Xe series, WT6400 and WT5400 are all powered by the Qualcomm 4490 octa-core processor which provides a longer lifecycle and more processing power. It can run multiple applications including apps powered by augmented reality and AI, apps designed for voice and line of…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 8.98
February 06, 2024
…atop its grid layout system and move bins that weigh up to 35 kg (77 lbs). Along with its plastic bins, as part of the rollout to McKesson Canada, Ocado also will utilize metal bins for fire safety. The company’s metal bins help reduce fire loss risk by 99.4%, according to testing done by FM Global. Ocado’s battery replacement robot (pictured above), supports the OSRS robots to allow an automated battery exchange and charging option to keep robots moving. In May 2023, Ocado acquired Massachusetts-based 6 River Systems and its Chuck mobile robots.
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 12.21
January 31, 2024
…intralogistics automation picks orders for fresh produce stored in plastic crates. “Fruit and vegetables are an extremely important commodity group for REWE customers -but characterized by heavy physical labor in the warehouses, which makes it difficult to recruit personnel,” said Lars Sibel, director SCM and logistics at Rewe Markt GmbH. “Cimcorp offers a unique solution to automate fruit and vegetable picking and alleviate physical labor for warehouse workers and thereby ensure the reliable delivery of fruit and vegetables to stores.” Cimcorp’s product-handling systems deliver sustainable operations for REWE REWE Group said sustainability is a fundamental element of its business strategy,…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 10.41
December 05, 2023
…than $3,000 and offer a 3-month return on investment. Plastic components for automated pipetting Once you’ve made the decision to automate your pipetting processes, the next steps are choosing components & hardware and integrating them. Metal ball bearings are often chosen as part of the guide system for lift and travel movements, however these bearings require constant external lubrication. External lubricants can prove especially challenging in medical applications like pipetting where contamination of samples is a primary concern. Even worse is the potential of total system failure due to inadequate or improper lubrication. Plastic plain bearings completely eliminate the need…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 16.48
October 26, 2023
…robots in cleanrooms igus®, the world leader in motion plastics and moving cable management systems, is launching a new energy supply system for SCARA robots in cleanrooms: the Clean SCARA Cable Solution is made of tribologically optimized high-performance plastics and works almost particle-free according to ISO Class 2 even in high-speed applications. It is also stronger and more user-friendly than classic corrugated hoses. In electronics production, tiny particles invisible to the naked eye can wreak havoc, ruining electronic components, semiconductors, and displays. Therefore, it’s critical that machines like SCARA robots, which move rapidly along four axes in under a second,…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 4.58
September 26, 2023
…Scott Breen, CMI’s vice president of sustainability, will discuss the lease program during a panel at the Paper and Plastics Recycling Conference in Chicago on Oct. 12.
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 5.57
September 12, 2023
…with a focus on e-mobility, batteries, electronics, metal and plastic, consumer goods, e-commerce, retail, and healthcare. It plans to begin delivering the portable system later this year. Interested parties can contact Machina Labs for more information about price, availability, or training or to request a demonstation. Mehr is speaking at FABTECH. On Sept. 11, he will discuss “Robotic Sheet Shaping: A Thesis on the Future of Manufacturing” at 2:00 p.m. CT in Room S501BC. On Sept. 13, Mehr is participating in a panel entitled “Advancing Robotics in the Fabrication Metal Industry” at 12:30 pm CT in the FABTECH Theater. Editor's…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 6.35
August 31, 2023
…assembly and material handling applications in the aerospace, appliance, automotive, biotechnology, consumer product, electronics, food processing, medical device, pharmaceutical, plastics, semiconductor, and telecommunication industries. Epson Robots is a unit of Epson Group, which is led by Tokyo-based Seiko Epson Corp. and said it generates annual sales of more than JPY 1 trillion ($6.8 billion U.S.). Los Alamitos, Calif.-based Epson America Inc. is the group's regional headquarters for the U.S., Canada, and Latin America. Editor's note: For more about PACK EXPO, visit Robotics 24/7's special coverage page.
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 7.72
August 31, 2023
…electronics industries, followed by life sciences/pharma and biomedical, then plastics, rubber, and metals. Automotive components, food and consumer goods, and automotive OEMs showed the biggest drops, said A3. A3 presents events including AI and Robot Safety Conference Those interested in looking ahead and learning about robot safety or artificial intelligence and smart computing can attend A3's International Robot Safety Conference and AI & Smart Automation Conference, co-located in Pittsburgh the week of October 9. Registration is now open. The Association for Advancing Automation said it is the leading global advocate for the business benefits of automating. The association's members include…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 12.81
August 29, 2023
…Cable Solution, which it said is made of high-performance plastics and works almost particle-free, according to ISO Class 2, even in high-speed applications. Microscopic debris can ruin electronic components, semiconductors, and displays, noted igus. Machines moving at high speeds, such as SCARA robots that move along four axes in less than a second, can release particles from corrugated hoses and tubes. “Finding a way to guide cables and hoses on a SCARA robot in a cleanroom is a science in itself,” said Matthias Meyer, head of the triflex and Robotics Business Unit at igus. “Fast movements are pure stress for…
