Leading online retailer Amazon has unveiled a new industrial robotic arm capable of handling millions of different objects. It calls it the Sparrow robot, a new intelligent robotic device that speeds up the fulfilment process by moving individual products before they are packed, an important step towards cutting-edge technology and helping our workers. With considerable
Skyline Robotics (a company that, with the help of robotics, software engineering and mechatronics, brings together a group of creative programmers who have a shared vision of a day when robots help people with everyday tasks and employment) created “Ozmo”, a technology that combines an industrial robot, a computer vision system, artificial intelligence (AI) and
KUKA Robotics will be bringing its leading educational simulation and software technologies to the Association for Career & Technical Education (ACTE) CareerTech VISION 2022 conference in Las Vegas. Visitors to booth 327 will be able to experience KUKA’s ready2_educate mobile training cell, which offers a gateway to the world of robotics. ready2_edcucate is a modular
Robotics software company Wandelbots GmbH, based in Dresden (Germany), dedicated to developing robotics software to make robots easily accessible, has introduced the No-Code to Robotics category where robots can be taught using an intuitive input device (TracePen) accelerating automation in industries. Wandelbots has announced the addition of FANUC to its list of robotics suppliers. The
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
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
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
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
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
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
