Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 15.99
…has designed its software to bring robotics simulation and programming capabilities to companies of all sizes and to coders and non-coders alike. RoboDK said it creates systems that remove the need for costly, vendor-restrictive hardware. The company currently supports more than 900 robots from over 70 manufacturers. They include ABB, FANUC, KUKA, Yaskawa Motoman, Stäubli, Omron, and Universal Robots. Easy curve generation for streamlined programming While robots have long promised to increase production efficiency, as they become more widely available, the programming step has become a bottleneck, asserted RoboDK. The company claimed that its software is already helping manufacturers to…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 15.98
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Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 15.94
…it will show its SprutCAM X Robot offline robot programming software and the 17th version of its SprutCAM X system for computer-aided design and manufacturing at the EMO Hannover manufacturing trade fair. The company will show its innovations at Booth E06 in Hall 9 from Sept. 18 to 23 in Hannover, Germany. After a four-year hiatus, the EMO exhibition is back, and SprutCAM said it will be the venue for European premiere of its latest technologies. Limassol, Cyprus-based SprutCAM claimed that its team was inspired by nature to create software for programming CNC machines and industrial robots. The company said…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 15.92
…to set up the gripper, eliminating the complexity and programming required with custom grippers, the company said. Robotiq asserted that its user-friendly software features a visual interface and built-in modules that guide users through steps, eliminating the need for programming. Robotiq steps users through setting up its palletizer. Click on image to enlarge. Source: Robotiq Standardization the key to successful deployments Robotiq said its engineers have elimnated complexities to save customers time and effort. By pre-connecting hardware and pre-programming parts of the software, the company said it also minimizes the risk of malfunction during installation. Standardization and pre-configuration mean that…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 15.75
…accessible to more people and businesses. With AI making programming easier, through lead-through and even natural language, education can shift more towards how robots can assist humans more effectively, rather than just teaching programming skills. This transition will make robots more approachable and bring them to a wider audience, leading to new job prospects while helping alleviate labor and skills shortages. “A shortage of people with the skills needed to program and support robots has long been a hurdle to the uptake of robotic automation, especially in small to medium sized manufacturing companies,” Segura added. “We will see this increasingly…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 15.57
…costs and improve energy efficiency. Robot Control Mate simplifies programming ABB’s Robot Control Mate is available as an add-on to ABB’s RobotStudio software. The company said it enables users to move, teach, and calibrate the IRB 1010 from their computers or mobile tablets without programming skills. This simple programming, together with the small size of the IRB 1010, also opens new possibilities for educational applications, added ABB. The IRB 1010 can be installed on classroom desktops, both teachers and students can quickly and easily master the skills needed for programming and operation, the company claimed. The IRB 1010 joins ABB’s…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 15.39
…Pro supports wireless control on different devices with multiple programming options. This can simplify testing and programming processes. Smart performance: Designed for intelligent integration, M1 Pro saves installation time, DOBOT said. The M1 Pro can maintain smooth operations and guarantee consistent production, for example, in a gluing application. Cobots automate new applications Thanks to recent technological breakthroughs, tasks that were previously impossible to automate can now be done by robots, said DOBOT. Numerous robotics vendors have developed collaborative robots, but DOBOT said it is one of the few to gain strong support for both industrial and educational robots. After DOBOT's…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 15.24
…2016, READY Robotics said its software can simplify robot programming. The Columbus, Ohio-based company's core product is Forge/OS, which it described as “the first industrial operating system for controlling robots from top robot OEMs, as well as the peripherals needed to make those robots productive in a real-world environment.” It released Forge/OS 5 earlier this year. In addition to its enterprise-grade software, the company offers its READY Market, a robot-agnostic marketplace, and the READY Academy, an online learning platform. It said these offerings make it easier for manufacturers of all sizes and technical backgrounds to use robots to improve productivity…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 15.14
…for all robots, claimed the company. By making robotics programming simple, Wandelbots said it empowers companies of all sizes to use robots on their shop floors. Leading robot manufacturers such as Unversal Robots and Yaskawa use Wandelbots' software at customers like BMW, Bayer, VW, Fraunhofer, Schaeffler, Rotop, and Vitesco. The company has also partnered with operational technology (OT) systems integrators in Europe such as Gibas, Alumotion, Heidenbluth, and Sojka. Wandelbots plans to use its latest financing to open its Robotics Software Platform to automation providers and the third-party developer community. The opening will enable developers to build their own robotics…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 14.71
…“The RiFLEX software reduces engineering time dramatically and turns programming and setting up of the XtendR into a more or less effortless task. It gives immense flexibility to the user and allows him to actually combine cobots of different brands in the same system, if needed.” RiACT RiFLEX software, integration to be on display “XtendR is powered by our RiFLEX software, which simplifies the programming and setup of the cobot system,” added RiACT's Grossmann. “RiFLEX has configurable solutions for common applications such as palletizing, machine tending, and pick and place.” Copenhagen-based RiACT claimed that it has developed “no-code” robotics to…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 14.58
…their own robotics specialists can achieve complex automation and programming cost-effectively and independently with the KR1018.” Kastrup, Denmark-based Kassow Robots designs and manufacturers seven-axis lightweight robots for industrial applications that are “strong, fast, simple.” The company claimed that Its line of five cobots offers a “unique combination of speed, power, and long reach.” “When combined with simple programming techniques, our cobot capabilities can help customers and integrators quickly and cost-efficiently perform complex automation tasks in machine tending, material handling, general automation, and related applications,” said Kassow. The company joined the Association for Advancing Automation (A3) in January 2022, and the…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 14.38
…how the latest generation of teach pendants democratizes the programming process. “Tablet-like teach pendants are now similar to iPads and other consumer tablets,” said Josh Leath, a senior product manager at Yaskawa Motoman. The software residing on these devices also mimics consumer offerings, using graphical user interfaces to replace more cumbersome traditional software approaches. Take, for example, ABB’s Wizard Easy Programming interface. “This intuitive graphical user interface allows users new to robot programming to initiate programming actions using a graphical drag-and-drop style block,” explained Joshua Alphonse, local business-line manager for electronics U.S. at ABB's Robotics and Discrete Automation Division. “The…