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Applied Manufacturing Technologies Opens Engineering and Production Facility in Michigan

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…automotive, aerospace, medical, alternative energy, fabricated metal, industrial machinery, rubber and plastics, food and beverage, and other industries.


5 Advantages of Using Robots in Electronics Manufacturing

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…by Mobile Industrial Robots, Metro Plastics reduced forklift traffic, a significant safety hazard to employees. The AMRs even helped reduce employees’ back pain by eliminating the need to bend over repeatedly to move parts. 5. Greater process visibility Installing robots at any stage in the manufacturing process is an excellent opportunity to infuse other new technologies, such as Internet of…


EverestLabs Lands Biggest Recycling Facility Customer in New York

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…comprised of glass, metal, and plastics thrown out by residents of New York City and several other municipalities in the area. It is considered to be the largest commingled recycling facility in North America. “SMR is the processor of 100% of the metal, glass, and plastic, and 50% of the paper collected by the NYC Department of Sanitation throughout the…


RBTX Online Marketplace 2.0 Designed to Further Ease Robotics Development

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…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…


Automated Machine Systems Turns to Epson Robots to Increase Production of Honda Heat Shield Cover

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…group of core competencies in plastic parts assembly and leak testing. With decades of experience in the assembly of automotive parts under its belt, AMS was sought after to help a local plastic injection molding company build a heat shield cover for the air intake manifold on Honda’s 2023 CRV model. Annual production volume was 350,000 parts per year, and…


AMP Robotics Raises $91M in Series C to Fuel Recycling Tech

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…learning to identify and recover plastics, cardboard, paper, cans, cartons, and many other containers and packaging types reclaimed for raw material processing. The company said its AI platform, AMP Neuron, has recognized more than 50 billion objects in real-world conditions. The company added it continues to break new ground in the application of data for recycling with its material characterization…


AMP Robotics Targets Film and Flexible Packaging Recycling with Vortex System

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…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…


KUKA and Roboception Bring Smart Bin Picking System to Market

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…as automotive, electronics, metals and plastics, consumer goods, retail and e-commerce, and healthcare. The company reported 2021 sales of about €3.3 billion ($3.2 billion U.S.) and approximately 14,000 employees. Roboception provides images collision-free picking For precise calculation of picking parameters, Roboception’s 3D camera sends images of items for picking and their environment to a computer for “perfect, singularity-free” path planning,…


IFR: Industrial robots and cobots installs hit “all time high” globally last year

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…terms of robot demand. The plastic and chemical products industry had 3,466 robots (+30%) newly installed in 2021. The food and beverage industry installed 25% more robots, reaching a new peak level of 3,402 units in 2021. The robotics industry offers hygienic solutions that experienced growing demand during the Covid-19 pandemic. As for the future pace of installs, IFR stated…


IFR’s World Robotics Report Finds More Than Half a Million Robots Were Deployed Globally Last Year

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…terms of robot demand. The plastic and chemical products industry had 3,466 newly installed robots, an increase 30% in 2021. The food and beverage industry installed 25% more robots, reaching a new peak level of 3,402 units in 2021. The robotics industry offers hygienic options that experienced growing demand during the COVID-19 pandemic, said the IFR. Source: IFR Global outlook…


Technica Truck Loading and Unloading System to Work With GreyOrange GreyMatter Orchestration Platform

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…food and beverage, chemicals, glass, plastic, dairy, pharmaceutical, home and personal care, paint, education, and logistics. The company said its customers include Procter & Gamble, Coca Cola, Heineken, Pepsi, Henkel, Unilever, Nestle, al Marai, and Danone. Other vendors working on robotic palletizing and truck loading and unloading include Boston Dynamics, Dextrous Robotics, and Honeywell Intelligrated. GreyMatter and iTLS promise to…


How Plastics Recycling Can Improve With Robotics and Machine Learning

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…that there is a global plastic sorting crisis? In fact, only about 9% of all plastics are recycled each year. The rest end up in landfills or the ocean, where they cause enormous environmental damage. But there is hope! Thanks to advances in machine learning and robotics, we may be able to solve this crisis in the near future. About…


igus Acquires Majority Stake in Commonplace Robotics, Partner in ReBeL Affordable Cobot

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Motion plastics offer to replace messy ball bearings, protect power cables, and enable a new generation of affordable robots. Motion plastics provider igus GmbH last week said it has acquired the majority of shares in Commonplace Robotics, an integrator specializing in control systems, software, and power electronics for robots in industry and education. “We are looking forward to exciting technological…


Belgian Traditional House Provides Tourist Attraction With Low-Cost Automation From RBTX

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…kit. Robots from the Cologne-based plastics specialist igus® – including articulated arm robots, delta robots, and Cartesian vending machines – form the electromechanical framework. This framework can be expanded to include individual components from other manufacturers, such as cameras, GUIs, grippers, motors, sensors, or controllers. With just a few clicks, Roose assembled a robotic solution from these components. Michael Hornung,…


MassTech Hosts Second Annual Manufacturing Mash-Up at Polar Park

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…Oven L.W. Tank Repair Lee Plastics Lilly's Fresh Pasta Lutco Co. McLane Research Laboratories DOTS Technology Corp. Mission Systems Nevron Plastics and Metals O-D Tool & Cutter Supply Pearl's Premium Lawn Seed Primetals Technologies Quabbin Wire & Cable Raytheon Technologies Rocheleau Tool & Die SalterieOne Sea Salt Sea Trac Systems SiPhox Solvus Global Somerset Industries Spectro Coating Springfield Spring and…


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