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…gain full awareness of the machine, from the hardware and firmware versions and the real-time I/O state to the program running on Vention’s MachineMotion controller. This ensures that user guidance will be efficient and timely, said the company. Vention claimed that its customer success team provides above 96% in terms of responses within the promised time. With more than 16,000…
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…of cluttered bins, assemblies, packaging, machine tending, and also to move around larger things.” Its customers span multiple industries including medical, pharmaceutical, automotive, general manufacturing, energy, and warehousing. Right now, CapSen's customer base is still small. Glover said it has less than 10. The nine-year-old company has focused on staying small because the systems it makes can each individually take…
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…at its booth in a machine tending application, loading and unloading heavy workpieces into a machine fixture. Universal Robots collaborated with Pro Spot International for the first spot welding application. Source: Universal Robots New takes on palletizing, case packing Manufacturers looking to verify whether a UR cobot palletizer will work for their applications can now receive a complete project analysis…
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…to medium-volume orders where insertion machines would not be cost effective, said ABB. The company said its original cobot also offers a significant advantage over repetitive and physically stressful manual insertion of THT components. AMRs to include VSLAM ABB said it has transformed AMRs with the addition of visual simultaneous localization and mapping (VSLAM) technology in collaboration with Swiss-based AI…
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…task or job. The plug-and-play machines are engineered to work with new or legacy equipment and have the flexibility to perform both simple and complex activities, it said. Productive Robotics’ cloud analytics system streamlines connectivity requirements for nimble data collection and reporting. Installation for the kitted OB7 cobots is simple and quick and can be performed whether an application calls…
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…require long reach, such as machine tending, assembly, quality assurance, or pick-and-place tasks, according to Kassow Robots. The KR1805 has a reach of 1,800 mm and can handle a payload up to 5 kg. Source: Kassow Robots The robot's seventh axis, or “wrist joint,” enables continuous dispensing, welding, and material removal applications, regardless of access angle, without the need to…
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…a 95,000-sq.-ft. steel fabrication and machine shop. “As manufacturing is coming back to the States, we're getting more orders than we can handle,” said Helfrich, a manufacturing engineer at the company. “We used to build two to three [systems] a month. Now, they want 100 and maybe even 150 a year, so it's quite an increase in production.” The company…
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…in many manufacturing areas, including machine tending, assembly/disassembly, inspection, to name a few. Qualifications This service is available only to small and medium-sized manufacturers in the Southwestern Pennsylvania region, limited to the following 11 counties: Allegheny Armstrong Beaver Butler Cambria Fayette Greene Indiana Lawrence Washington Westmoreland Manufacturers must fit into the small and medium-sized range, defined as having 500 or…
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…of computer numerical control (CNC) machines with cutting-edge robotics. CNC machines use pre-programmed software to control their movement and operation. Types of CNC robots include Cartesian, cylindrical, and SCARA robots. The potential benefits from such robots include increased efficiency and productivity, improved accuracy and precision, and reduced labor costs. These machines can perform complex tasks with high consistency and accuracy,…
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…palletizing Piece picking and perception Machine tending and welding with collaborative robots RAC ’22 included presenters from integrators and end users such as Körber Supply Chain, GXO Logistics, and Toyota North America. Attendees included leading global companies including Ahold Delhaize, Amazon, Cargill, Carrier, Fuji, Garmin, General Mills, HomeGoods, Johnson & Johnson, the Mayo Clinic, and Starbucks. In addition, Aaron Prather,…
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…used to complete gripping, palletizing, machine tending, tool changing, and tool-extension applications. Destaco, a Dover Corp. company, said it is a leader in the design and manufacture of high-performance automation, workholding, and remote-handling systems. The company serves customers in a variety of end-markets, including the automotive, life sciences, consumer packaged goods, aerospace, industrial and nuclear sectors. “Small payload robots are…
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…and manufacturing applications. RIOS Intelligent Machines Inc. said it has developed haptic intelligence for manipulation tasks that were previously difficult to automate, such as packing, machine tending, and autobagging. Smarter and more dexterous robots sound great, but how can the majority of warehouses, which are not yet automated, get started with them? Robotics 24/7 chatted with Dr. Bernard Casse, founder…
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…transferring delicate objects, or even machine-tending applications,” the company said. It will be available in the second quarter of 2023, according to the company. The Grav gripper will be compatible with cobots developed by other vendors. Source: Flexiv Flexiv at ATX West 2023 Flexiv will be attending ATX West 2023 this week and plans to showcase several of its automated…
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…its RightPick 3 picking system, machine learning, and RightCare service to address that need. The New England Venture Capital Association (NEVCA) this month named Somerville, Mass.-based RightHand the “Robotics Company of the Year” at its 10th annual NEVY Awards. Yaro Tenzer, co-founder and CEO of RightHand, thanked NEVCA and MassRobotics for nurturing innovative startups in the Massachusetts robotics cluster. Vince…
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…large scale components, material handling, machine/conveyor tending, flexible manufacturing and peg-in-hole insertion-type assembly,” it said. “Static/indexed performance encompasses situations in which the manipulator and A-UGV of a mobile manipulator shall not move simultaneously while physically connected as a single unit.” ASTM said it welcomes membership and participation in the development of its standards, and remote working meetings of the F45…
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North America’s largest robotics and automation event winds down
