Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 23.65
September 13, 2024
…on display at the Universal Robots booth included: Brinkman Automation’s “The Finisher” - an automated modular deburring, polishing and cleaning cell powered by a UR5e cobot. The cell delivers high-precision finishing in a modular design with quick and easy changeover for multiple parts. An integrated cleaning system eliminates the need for a subsequent cleaning operation. Hurco’s VM15Di 3-axis CNC machine featuring tending by a UR20 cobot, UR’s longest reach cobot. The cobot machine tending system is integrated to the Hurco CNC with a collaborative auto door, grippers and pneumatic vises. Attendees saw how easy it is to set up any…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 31.82
September 01, 2023
…a given fixture setup, said Josh Pawley, co-founder of Vectis Automation, a Universal Robots partner. “Vectis Automation is ecstatic to offer the long-reach UR20 arm onto our integrated cobot welding and cutting tools,” he stated in a release. “This cobot will have a huge impact on the market, improving on UR’s already robust and high-performance cobot products.” Pawley noted that the next-generation cobot's design enhancements include 50% fewer parts in the axis drivetrains. In Universal Robots' FABTECH Booth B17063, Vectis Automation will show its UR20 Cobot Welder integrated into a rigid 48 x 48-in. XL Cart with a heavy-duty, water-cooled…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 32.46
November 01, 2022
…said it has installed more than 50,000 cobots worldwide. Vectis Automation, Hirebotics, Kinetic approach welding From Nov. 8 to 10, Vectis Automation will show its new Park’N’Arc at Universal Robots' booth, No. C-11045. Park’N’Arc is a “diving board” rotational range extender that allows for the base of the cobot to be manually moved to various locations. “Compared to a short linear track, the Park’N’Arc is an improved design for increasing range as the cobot base can be translated nearly 8 ft. in a linear direction while maintaining simplicity, robust cable management, and portability,” said Josh Pawley, co-founder of Vectis Automation.…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 17.34
October 06, 2022
…how warehouse and logistics companies are increasingly turning to automation to deal with labor shortages, supply chain challenges, and heightened competition. ASTM International's Aaron Prather Prather also described the types of systems that are available, pitfalls for adopting robots and software, and promising systems that are coming soon. In addition, he described how standards developed by ASTM and numerous experts can benefit everyone across the industry. “We need your voice—those of you that are out there working in this industry are in the field, seeing how the technology is working or not working,” he said. “A standard is only as…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 32.55
September 02, 2022
…up more manpower within a wide range of human-scale automation tasks.” Universal Robots said the UR20 will be “loading and unloading workpieces into a machine fixture requiring a long reach” at its booth. The company said it re-engineered the cobot’s joint to deliver 30% more speed and torque within a closed capsule. In fact, the UR20’s base joint can produce 700 Newton-meters of torque, noted Anders Beck, vice president of innovation and strategy at Universal Robots. “This is more than a performance model Tesla produces on all of its wheels,” he said in a statement. “Even with the increase in…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 24.23
August 19, 2022
…better understand how operations are choosing, deploying, and managing automation in the real world,” said Eugene Demaitre, editorial director of Robotics 24/7 and moderator of several sessions. “We look forward to the application-focused discussions on topics that resonate with our audience of robotics users in supply chain, logistics, and manufacturing,” he added. RAC '22 announces speakers Noted technology evangelist Aaron Prather was already announced as the keynote speaker for the Robotics Applications Conference, or RAC ’22. He was senior technical advisor at FedEx Express and is now director of the Robotics & Autonomous Systems Program at standards organization ASTM International.…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 34.26
August 09, 2022
…InfoTech, Caron Engineering, Custom Service Solutions, Flexxbotics, Mid Atlantic Automation, Newscale Robotics, Robotiq, Robot27, and Vectis. “A lot of people see our Universal Robots moving around with a gripper or picking up a part in our standard demos,” said Austin Brais, New England business development manager at Universal Robots. “This really gives a breadth of all the different applications you can automate. It’s not always just pick-and-place tasks.” The Odense, Denmark-based company decided to host the open house at Robert E. Morris’ facility because it is a partner of Universal Robots. Robert E. Morris is a machine tool distributor and…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 32.32
June 13, 2022
Recording: June 29, 2022 at 3:00 EST
Industrial automation has been a manufacturing mainstay for decades, but the rapid growth of collaborative robots promises to help businesses of all sizes. How do the latest cobots stack up against their industrial cousins, and for which applications are they ideal? In addition, advances in sensors, motion control, and machine learning have enabled some industrial robots to become more collaborative. At the same time, cobot arms and certain mobile robots have gotten bigger in response to industry demand. Are the technologies converging? Date: Wednesday, June 29, 2022 Time: 3:00 p.m. EDT This webinar will examine the state of cobots, new…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 27.36
September 15, 2021
…he said. But if a human can’t be found, automation is the only solution to finish the production. The base price of Hirebotics' arc welder is about $72,000, or just under what one would expect to pay in wages and benefits to a human welder working full-time for a year. Josh Pawley, vice president of business development and founding partner of Vectis Automation, said the robot can sometimes pay for itself in under a year, two years at most. Vectis uses a Universal Robot to automate the welding for Super Vac. Welding robots no longer a novelty The major difference…
