Industrial Robotics

Expert articles on industrial robotics for manufacturers, engineers and automation specialists. Covers robot selection, automation planning, ROI analysis, technical guides and the latest trends in smart manufacturing and Industry 4.0.

DO ADVANCES IN ROBOTIC TECHNOLOGY SAVE COSTS?

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Industries have been looking for solutions for years that offer savings in time, cost and labor. The advances in artificial intelligence and robotics are happening very fast, managing to improve operational costs, speed, precision and output volume, thus providing a wide range of companies with these improvements. Flexible systems are currently offered that are associated … Read more

THE HUMAN BRUSH

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The Serbian-Australian-American artist Dragan Ilic, born in Belgrade, is the author of the D1-2K4 project, where the robot uses the painter’s body as a brush. Industrial robots generate movements with great precision since they program trajectories and adjust movements in real time, which is how the artist develops his work. One of the reasons why … Read more

DESIGN PROJECTS CREATING CERAMIC PARTS

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Robots have also had the opportunity to carry out the work of an artisan, creating ceramic parts. In this case, the artist in charge is Charlotte Nordmoen, a designer and researcher with a degree in Costume Design from the London College of Fashion, interested in exploring art in relation to technology and science and curious … Read more

3 Ways Robotics Is Set to Disrupt the Construction Industry

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The construction industry is characterized as one of the least digitized industries as it still relies on manual-intensive labor for a series of operations. Experts believe that the industry has yet to meet its absolute potential as robots don’t play a significant role—as yet—in the commercial renovation, demolition or construction processes.

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The Importance Of Precision And Repeatability In Industrial Automation

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In industrial automation, the robot’s effectiveness is measured by the characteristics of precision and repeatability. It is very important that, in the productive process, the same task can be carried out continuously while maintaining the same level of precision, which would be the objective to be achieved. In quality tests, one of the most important … Read more

Automation With An Ecological Impact

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Smart factories also contribute to sustainability by offering efficiency, profitability, safety and effectiveness, designing factories with environments that are more beneficial to the health of both customers and their workers. Causing the least impact on the environment thanks to the use of IoT, data analysis, robotics, RPA practices and artificial intelligence/machine learning, etc.

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