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.
Applied Manufacturing Technologies Opens Engineering and Production Facility in Michigan
December 21, 2022
Applied Manufacturing Technologies, a FANUC-authorized systems integrator, has nearly doubled production space for industrial automation across the street from its headquarters.
IFR’s World Robotics Report Finds More Than Half a Million Robots Were Deployed Globally Last Year
October 13, 2022
The IFR has released its annual World Robotics Report, which tallied the still-growing number of industrial robots that have been installed around the globe.
How Plastics Recycling Can Improve With Robotics and Machine Learning
October 8, 2022
Plastics recycling is increasingly necessary in the face of global pollution and shipping challenges, but automation is making the dirty and dangerous task of sortation easier.
igus Acquires Majority Stake in Commonplace Robotics, Partner in ReBeL Affordable Cobot
October 7, 2022
igus has been collaborating with Commonplace Robotics for the past six years on its ReBeL collaborative robot and is continuing its North American expansion.
Meijer Partners With Council of the Great Lakes Region to Use Robots to Clean Water and Beaches
August 26, 2022
Meijer, a Midwestern retailer, is working with the Council of the Great Lakes Region, Grand Valley State University, and other organizations to deploy robots across states.
Robotics Can Play a Key Role in Plastic Injection Molding
July 31, 2022
Robotics can provide efficiencies and data in injection-molding processes for plastics manufacturers. Automation can help with insert molding, packaging, and labeling.
igus Marks Record Year With 180,000 Active Customers, Increases Delivery Capacity
March 24, 2022
igus, which develops and produces motion plastics for industrial uses including robots, marked 32% revenue growth last year. It plans to invest in expanding and sustainability.
ABB Robots to Help Zume Accelerate Transition From Single-Use Plastics
November 17, 2021
Zume wants to scale up production of plant-based packaging as an environmentally sustainable alternative to plastics, and ABB Robotics plans to install more than 1,000 robotic cells.
Robot Orders in North America for Q2 Increase 67% Year Over Year, Reports A3
October 20, 2021
In the second quarter of 2021, North American manufacturers increased their orders for robotics to new heights as the pandemic made labor shortages more acute, reported A3.
Arburg Owners Purchase 3D Printing Startup German RepRap
February 25, 2020
The new owners have confirmed German RepRap will continue to operate as a separate start-up.
Penn State Chooses ROBOZE One+400 Xtreme to Develop Plastics for AM
February 17, 2020
Quality standard plastic 3D printing capabilities added to one of the premier academic institutions in additive manufacturing in the United States.
AON3D Launches Industrial 3D Printer Built for the Strong Plastics
February 14, 2020
It's a high-temperature 3D printer designed to print an expanding array of plastics
Moldex3D Partners with Wittmann Battenfeld on LSR Injection Molding and Smart Manufacturing
August 16, 2019
The memorandum of understanding is aimed at bringing together both parties' extensive knowledge and technical expertise to advance the role of simulation in LSR injection molding.
