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October 2, 2024 · Motion plastics component provider igus opened its new robotics campus and injection molding facility, the company’s first outside Germany, in Rhode Island.
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December 5, 2023 · The precise dosing of minute liquid volumes in a matter of seconds is crucial to the fields of medicine and natural sciences. As a result, the use of automated pipetting systems has become increasingly necessary in modern analytics.
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May 24, 2023 · The International Federation of Robotics noted that the automotive industry has driven demand for robots across North America in 2022, followed by electronics and metals and machinery.
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May 16, 2023 · North American robot sales softened in Q1 2023, according to the Association for Advancing Automation, which cited a slowing U.S. economy as a likely cause. Automotive orders rebounded.
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May 3, 2023 · India has both a growing population and increasing numbers of robots, reported the International Federation of Robotics. The automotive industry led the way as manufacturing output grew.
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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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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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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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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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February 25, 2020 · The new owners have confirmed German RepRap will continue to operate as a separate start-up.
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February 17, 2020 · Quality standard plastic 3D printing capabilities added to one of the premier academic institutions in additive manufacturing in the United States.
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February 14, 2020 · It's a high-temperature 3D printer designed to print an expanding array of plastics
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Safety, communication and motion control components enable smooth operation
North America’s largest robotics and automation event winds down
