Topic: Motors and Drives

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igus Partners With MassRobotics Associated Network to Aid Small and Midsize Businesses

August 25, 2023 · igus, which offers numerous motion plastics and low-cost automation products and services, has joined the MassRobotics Associated Network to expand its audience in North America.

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Apollo Humanoid From Apptronik Designed to Transform the Nature of Work

August 23, 2023 · Apollo, a new humanoid from Apptronik, is the result of years of development work and is designed to be easy and affordable to manufacture and use.

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RoboSource Showcases Best Practices for Robotics Innovators and Entrepreneurs

August 11, 2023 · RoboSource, a networking and information event held by MassRobotics and Venture Cafe, provided advice from robotics suppliers, startups, integrators on hardware development.

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Yaskawa Offers to Boost Stability, Increase Flexibility, and Scale Up Production at PACK EXPO

August 4, 2023 · Yaskawa Motoman and Yaskawa America plan to display robots for packaging, logistics, and bin picking for food and beverage, consumer goods, and other industries.

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ST Robotics Integrates Controllers With igus Robots

August 1, 2023 · ST Robotics said its systems, which integrate its controllers with igus Cartesian and delta robots, offer enhanced performance.

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Unitree Introduces Quadruped Robot of Embodied AI, the Unitree Go2

July 24, 2023 · Unitree said its new Unitree Go2 quadruped robot is designed to be more perceptive, rugged, interactive, and affordable than its predecessor models, opening up new applications.

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Development of Battery-Free Multi-Rotation Absolute Mechanical Encoder

July 18, 2023 · In recent years, greater accuracy, better reliability, and safety are demanded of motors, especially motors used in critical positioning applications. Such systems typically utilize servo motors with encoder feedback along with battery backup, allowing it to perform closed loop absolute control. From these requirements, a battery-free, multi-rotation absolute mechanical encoder was developed. The AZ Series, a closed loop system, adopted this type of sensor and is currently on the market today.

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Everything You Need to Know About Stepper Motors

July 18, 2023 · Stepper motors are often misconceived as the lesser of servo motors, but as a matter of fact, they are highly reliable just like servo motors.

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DNP to Enter into Development and Manufacture of Encoder Disks that Support Factory Automation

July 7, 2023 · As demand for factory automation increases, DNP said there is an increased need for these types of components.

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Automate 2023 Shows Renewed Focus on Manufacturing, Partnerships, and Data as a Differentiator

May 26, 2023 · Automate 2023 featured hundreds of exhibitors, and Robotics 24/7 spoke with many of them, as well as attendees and speakers to cull the latest manufacturing trends.

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Schaeffler Presents Advanced Gears, Sensors, and Bearings for Industrial Robotics at Automate 2023

May 24, 2023 · Schaeffler showed its Precise Silent Constant-series planetary gears, RT1 heavy-duty and RT2 standard-duty precision strain wave gears, and RT1-T heavy-duty RT1-T strain wave gear with integrated torque sensor.

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Festo to Feature UR+ Certified Multi-Axis System, Mechatronic Learning Systems at Automate 2023

May 19, 2023 · Festo will show its multi-axis system, which uses the Festo Motion Control Package for UR cobots, as well as its Simplified Motion Series actuators, decentralized I/O, and educational content.

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igus Shows Offerings and Support for Low Cost Automation at Hannover Messe

April 28, 2023 · igus showed not only its motion plastics, cable carriers, and free configuration software at Hannover Messe; it also gave examples of how its low-cost automation can enable many applications.

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maxon Partners With MassRobotics to Support Advances in Drive Technology for Robotics

April 25, 2023 · maxon, which provides motors for robots in demanding applications, has teamed up with the MassRobotics collaborative to encourage innovation in motion control technologies.

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J &M Manufacturing Wins International Golden manus Award 2023 From igus

April 21, 2023 · J&M Manufacturing received the 11th annual manus Gold award for creative use of igus' bearings, which are designed to enable corrosion- and lubrication-free motion in robots and other equipment.

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Amazon Apprenticeship Program Upskills Workers for Robotics Careers

April 12, 2023 · Amazon's Mechatronics and Robotics Apprenticeship program provides paid training to diverse employees to give them the necessary skills to become electromechanical technicians.

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6 Noteworthy Industrial Robotics Displays From IME West 2023

February 19, 2023 · IME West featured demonstrations of mobile platforms, cobots, SCARA robots, delta robots for bin picking, brushless motors, and systems for medical device assembly.

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Flexiv Announces New Parallel Robot, Gripper at FLEXIVERSE Event

February 6, 2023 · Flexiv unveiled two new products during its FLEXIVERSE event last week that will be available later this year.

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Celera Motion Introduces Compact Denali Servo Drives

February 2, 2023 · Celera Motion claimed that its new Denali Series servo drives are the "world's smallest," designed for use in surgical robots, industrial grippers, and other compact applications.

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Robots Assemble: Why Do Scientists Want to Create Self-Building Modular Robots?

January 28, 2023 · MIT Center for Bits and Atoms has released details of its new modular robotic systems that it said could be useful for industrial and construction applications.

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