Found in Robotics White Papers & Archives, with a score of 14.38
…include: Innovations in cameras, lidar, and collaborative robotics How picking robots are getting faster and more accurate AI and programming enable more thorough inspections Robotics providers receive recognition as innovators How robots are shaping the future of industry
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 14.17
…it has launched its Fuzzy Studio “no-code” industrial robot programming and simulation software. Fuzzy Studio allows non-experts in robotics to create virtual cells and control industrial robots, claimed the Paris-based company. The software enables businesses to automate production at an affordable price and lower risk, even in situations that were once considered impossible, such as for small batches or complex parts, said Fuzzy Logic. It added that Fuzzy Studio is now available, along with documentation and tutorials, on its website. “This online launch is the culmination of two years of Fuzzy Studio evolution built on deployment in production with our…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 14.04
…and flexible way, claimed the company. It includes node programming, Freedrive for fast cobot positoining, a dedicated toolbox for security configuration, and a built-in wizard for estimating physics. PolyScope X includes a reworked programming experience and toolset, noted Universal Robots. These features will allow integrators and OEM partners to structure their code into operations that can be reused throughout the program, making each operation simpler to understand, maintain, and troubleshoot, it said. PolyScope X is designed to help machine shop operators change over more quickly. Source: Universal Robots UR works to advance machine tending “PolyScope X is a landmark development…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 13.87
…member of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME). “Programming their movements in 3D is complex, so software typically maps the motion to a set of world coordinates, in which the origin sits on the pedestal’s first joint axis,” he said. Five- and six-axis: The sweet spot? Four-, five-, and six-axis robots offer a higher degree of freedom. Most industrial robots today are either five- or six-axis. They can move along all three axes and turn along two or three axes as well. Six-axis robots are considered “fully free” since they can move and turn along all axes. These are…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 13.72
…their own automation without needing deep expertise in robot programming, it added. Forge/OS 5 has been built to facilitate third-party development, said READY Robotics. Software developers can focus on use cases that scale across top robotic brands and benefit from its intuitive core services, it asserted. “Forge/OS is built on Linux, C++, and Qt 5.15,” said Josh Seabloom, vice president of engineering at READY. “Forge/OS at its heart is a device-centric operating system. ... We have made it possible for third parties to build custom device drivers in Forge.” The operating system can reduce the complexity for those with multiple…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 13.65
…for $5,725, the RBTXperience software for easy commercial robot programming, and the virtual iguverse, which offers the perfect playground to quickly get robot applications and programming up and running and bring them to reality. ReBeLmini – a plug-and-play cobot New cobots, software, and virtual parallel worlds ensure that even robotics novices can quickly get started with affordable automation. The hardware starting point is an igus plastic robot, such as the new ReBeLmini, a plug-and-play cobot priced at only $5,725, including control software and power supply. This robot works with five axes, weighs 4kg, has a reach of 310mm, moves loads…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 13.46
…development kits (SDKs). The software is designed to simplify programming, enable local and remote virtual reality immersive control, and input actions without having to code a robot from scratch, said the company. SDK enables global telepresence Currently, developers must create an individual program for each robot, even if they want to use the same function on a different robot or if the robot is upgraded by the manufacturer, according to Sheffield, U.K.-based BOW. This is time-consuming and expensive, and it is a significant barrier to adoption, noted the company. BOW described its flagship software as the “Android of robotics”—a single…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 13.29
…— to solve the same fundamental problems. The Perl programming language motto, “there’s more than one way to do it,” perfectly captures what is happening in the robotics space. In contrast, the Zen of the Python programming language, which is “there should be one — and preferably only one — obvious way to do it,” is starting to blur in robotics. 2. The emergence of different schools of thought in robotics As more infrastructure is being architected, different schools of thought are emerging. Proponents of a particular school have their own world view on how robots will become ubiquitous and…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 13.16
…robotization of these complex tasks, without expertise in robotic programming and at lower costs. Generating robotic trajectories requires long and complex programming by a roboticist. Automation is even more complicated for applications such as high-pressure cleaning of aeronautical parts that involve a large number of parts with variable geometries. With Fuzzy Studio, these complex trajectories are automatically generated in a few clicks using 3D information from objects placed in a virtual cell. It is possible to add an unlimited number of waypoints to these trajectories, according to the company. “The key element of Fuzzy Logic's software is its ability to…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 13.10
…welds without the need for in-depth knowledge of robot programming.” The main innovation of the Cobot Arc Welding Package is its Easy Teach Device, which uses lead-through programming and interactive buttons to determine weld points, said the company. The device is a hardware interface between the robot and users, enabling non-robot experts to program welding sequences without the need to interact with a FlexPendant. Using the Easy Teach Device, users can automatically generate the programming code by simply guiding the robot's arm along the welding path, explained ABB. The package makes it easy to change from part to part and…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 12.97
…adapters, cabling, and software that removes complexity of robot programming, said OnRobot. “As cobots grow more powerful, OnRobot customers are scaling up their collaborative applications,” says Enrico Iversen, OnRobot CEO. “Building on the success of our existing, industry-proven gripper range, the new 3FG25 and 2FG14 grippers deliver unrivaled gripping and payload power while also providing customizability for heavy-duty applications, including harsh environments.” CNC machine tending tending applications typically involve heavy metal workpieces. It’s a domain where OnRobot’s 3FG25 can be deployed, capable of handling cylindrical and odd-shaped items. But handling heavier parts requires higher forces and handling bigger parts requires…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 12.96
…to work on individual projects or details, with no programming required. By 2024, there will be a shortfall of 400,000 welders, compared with the current total of 600,000 welders in the U.S., according to the American Welding Society. Welding robots can help mitigate this shortage, but they need to accommodate customization. “All of our customers having a hard time hiring welders, whether they're in construction, agriculture, or automotive manufacturing,” said Dmitry Golitsyn, co-founder and chief technology officer of ABAGY. “Robots haven't been flexible or adaptive enough for non-serial production, and the time needed to reprogram them is not cost-effective,” he…