Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 16.05
…companies in increasing their competitiveness. To this end, motion plastics specialist igus has built up a broad network of 55 robotics providers and 40 integrators over the past three years – and new partners are constantly being added. As a result of continuous developments and product innovations, affordable robotics has become especially interesting for small and medium-sized companies. And the number of offers on the market is increasing. For instance, igus Low-Cost Automation represents a broad portfolio of articulated arm, linear, delta, and SCARA robots. Product modularity means that single components, or complete individual solutions, can be assembled according to…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 16.02
…link breakages. Richard Habering, Head of Business Unit smart plastics at igus: “Particularly in applications such as automotive production lines with extremely high output, any downtime can cause costs of several €100,000. Real-time status monitoring of the energy supply system in industrial robots, therefore, offers users considerable added value.” Sustainable maintenance with smart plastics With the help of numerous test series in the industry’s largest test laboratory, igus is continuously working on further optimizing the quality and durability of its products. The combination of a triflex R flexible cable carrier with high tensile force absorption and the i.Sense TR.B sensor,…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 15.87
…Image courtesy of ANSYS and Sebastian Celis Sierra Deadly plastic bottles The first step to clear the landmines is to pinpoint their locations beneath the ground. It's a lot harder to detect modern landmines with conventional radar because they are often housed in plastic containers. This is certainly the case with many landmines left in Cambodia. “Rebels fashioned them with whatever materials they happened to have on hand, including PVC pipes, plastic bottles, and various chemicals. They purposefully left metal out to prevent the military from identifying them with metal detectors,” according to a NOVA report from 2018. Sebastian and…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 15.79
…24/7 that Fast Radius is supplying the company with plastics, sheet metal, aluminum, and stainless steel. Tally 3 is the company’s flagship product and is used to check inventory in grocery stores. “Prior to engaging with Fast Radius, and prior to Tally 3, which is our latest production model, we built robots in-house, and we engaged with a multitude of prototype houses in China,” he said. “[They were] very small shops that are able to make low quantities, machining prototype sheet metal that wasn’t always of consistent quality.” A one-stop shop With Fast Radius, Simbe Robotics is able to get…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 15.63
…partners, parts providers and customers including Extol, specializing in plastics engineering and innovation with industry leading plastic assembly technology, custom automation and engineering services; GKN Powder Metallurgy/Forecast 3D, a provider of advanced industrial 3D printing, short-run manufacturing and high-volume production; Henkel, high-impact adhesives and engineering solutions provider; Oechsler; and Prototal, one of Europe’s parts manufacturers. New Professional Services, Expanded Alliances In additional news, HP announced new and expanded 3D Professional Services offerings and industrial alliances, including: HP 3D Professional Services: HP is unveiling a variety of new professional services capabilities including design optimization for breakthrough applications, manufacturing process streamlining to…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 15.39
…followed, with 57,000 installations, +38%. It was ahead of plastics and chemical products, which had 22,500 installations, a 21% increase, and food and beverages, at 15,300 installations, growth of 24%. Source: IFR The Americas and Europe recover In the Americas, the number of industrial robot installations reached the second-best result ever, only surpassed by the record 55,200 installations of 2018. The largest American market, the U.S., shipped 33,800 units, representing a market share of 68%. In 2021, industrial robot installations in Europe recovered after two years of decline, exceeding the peak of 75,600 units in 2018. Demand from the largest…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 15.25
…at ramping up the use of post-consumer resin in plastic products and packaging. AMP is developing Vortex to target and recover film and flexible packaging for baling and selling,” it added. Vortex will hit the mass market by 2023 AMP Robotics added the system has been “optimized for quality control on fiber lines.” It is working to deploy the system with its first customers now and plans to start selling it more broadly in 2023. The company said Vortex helps address a major need in the recycling space. “The recycling industry lacks infrastructure for the identification and separation of film…
Found in Robotics White Papers & Archives, with a score of 14.22
…for robotics rise constantly in other segments of the plastics, pharmaceutical and food industries up to the metal and machine sector. Demand from Asia, especially China, will probably provide an even bigger boost to the market by the end of the decade. With the increasing demand, the requirements on manufacturers and suppliers in robotics are also rising. The competition has intensified significantly. New companies are entering the market and increase the cost and price pressures among the established ones. The booming robot market in China with its growing national competition is a striking example of this trend. At the same…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 14.12
…as well as tier 1 and 2 automotive, electronics, plastics and aerospace. “We are thrilled to work with MIBA, through its eepos Italy division, to bring the ADAM system to manufacturers in southern Europe,” said Bill Torrens, director of ADAM Systems Group, RMT Robotics. “Their experience and connections in the Italian industrial marketplace make MIBA an ideal addition to ADAM’s growing global network of promotional partners.” “The ADAM AMR system is a unique and innovative solution that has great potential to transform the way materials are transported in Italian factories,” said Adolfo Lorenzi, principal, MIBA. “We are eager to work…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 13.90
…The group has used a 3D printer to create plastic molds that can function as a microenvironment for hair follicle growth. The process could be a way to facilitate the growth of human hair follicles in a laboratory to slow or prevent hair loss. According to team leader Angela Christiano, the Richard & Mildred Rhodebeck Professor of Dermatology at Columbia university Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons, growing human hair from cell cultures has historically been difficult. While rat and mice hairs have been grown in a dish using cell cultures, but human hair cultures have never produced reliable results.…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 13.73
…they could use the RBTX Robotics Marketplace 2.0. Motion plastics provider igus GmbH last week announced an update to the RBTX.com marketplace it launched in 2019. The online platform brings providers and users of low-cost robotics together with the goal of making automation more accessible. The redesiged marketplace includes enhancements and new features to make it even easier for users to find components or complete solutions that meet their requirements and budget, said igus. “There are now 76 partners on our RBTX marketplace,” said Alexander Mühlens, head of the Automation Technology and Robotics Business Unit at igus. “RBTX is available…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 13.67
…several areas such as food and consumer goods (48%), plastics and rubber (37%), life sciences (31%), and electronics (22%). Shipments to the automotive industry did slow, with 19,178 units shipped to North American automotive OEM and tier supplier customers in 2018 – a 12% decline from 2017. Overall, the automotive industry accounted for just 53% of total robot shipments in North America in 2018, its lowest percentage share since 2010. “While the automotive industry has always led the way in implementing robotics here in North America, we are quite pleased to see other industries continuing to realize the benefits of…