Monthly Archives: December 2022

FANUC IS ONE OF THE LEADING JAPANESE PLAYERS IN AUTOMATION

The global move to electric cars presents enormous prospects for Japanese industrial robot manufacturer Fanuc. Compared to petrol cars, electric vehicles are quite different in design: they need fewer parts, for example. However, Yamaguchi pointed out that production lines for electric vehicles employ more robots than those for petrol vehicles. Recently, most of our major

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ABB HAS OPENED ITS STATE-OF-THE-ART, FULLY AUTOMATED AND ADAPTIVE ROBOTICS PLANT IN CHINA.

In Kangqiao, Shanghai, China, ABB formally opened its state-of-the-art, fully automated and adaptive robotics plant. The 67,000 sqm manufacturing and research facility, in which ABB invested $150 million (RMB 1.1 billion), will use its digital and automation technologies to produce next-generation robots, reinforcing its position as a leader in robotics and automation in China. Sami

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ROBOTIC AUTOMATION IS NOW MORE FLEXIBLE THANKS TO THE COMPATIBILITY OF MICROPSI INDUSTRIES’ IA MIRAI SOFTWARE

FANUC customers can upgrade their robots, in particular the CRX series, with useful hand-eye coordination thanks to compatibility. Factory automation and industrial robots FANUC customers can upgrade their robots, in particular the CRX series, with useful hand-eye coordination thanks to compatibility. In Japan, MIRAI, together with its US subsidiary FANUC America, is a leading supplier

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ROBOTIC SOLUTION FOR TRUCK UNLOADING WITH PICKLE ROBOT

Startup Robot Pickle Robot is developing robotic automation systems that unload trucks. The company says it has also raised $26 million in Series A funding led by Ranpak, JS Capital, Schusterman Family Investments, Catapult Ventures and Soros Capital. It has added growth-oriented industry veterans to its management team to accelerate commercialization of its flagship robotic

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ROBOTS FOR RETAIL AUTOMATION: DOBOT LAUNCHES NOVA COLLABORATIVE ROBOTS

Dobot’s Nova Series collaborative robots were created especially for retail customers. They are capable of performing tasks including the preparation of coffee, mixed drinks, ice cream, noodles, fried chicken and even physical treatments. Two major obstacles facing the retail and service sectors are rising costs and labour shortages. The first two industrial robots in the

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ENERGY EFFICIENCY AS A STRATEGIC GOAL OF YASKAWA MOTOMAN

Yaskawa has offered a conventional technological solution without the need for additional hardware to recover the robot’s braking energy and transfer it to the power grid. All Motoman robots in the larger series, with payloads up to about 50 kg, including the latest YRC1000 robot controllers, are able to immediately convert the kinetic energy of

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