Logistics centres don’t send pallets of single items, but shipments of mixed items. Huge trucks deliver items to the logistics centre and someone must unload the truck. During the unloading of the truck, each item must be registered and then stored. For this purpose Universal Robots and Mujin Corp created an automated system. With the
Maintenance of industrial robots is critical to ensure they work as intended for as long as possible. If your company has robots or you are considering adding them as soon as possible, understanding which maintenance practices to employ can help you get the most out of your investment. Dismantling a robot simply because it is
Yaskawa Corporation has created an industrial robot with artificial intelligence. The robot determines the colour and shape of the object before transporting it to its proper location. Yaskawa is adapting to the changing needs of different industries, including the automotive industry and parts production. Due to the influence of the Corona pandemic, “touching” has become
Line designers can now use one machine to perform multiple operations thanks to robots that are highly flexible and provide fast multi-tooling. The need to increase the efficiency of the production cells to obtain the largest number of operations in the smallest space. Plants in established car-producing countries cannot simply decide to increase their footprint.
ABB Robotics has released a solution. ABB‘s High Speed Alignment software, backed by 50 years of software experience, is the first to enable manufacturers to increase the speed and accuracy of 6-axis robots by 70% and 50%, respectively. Visual Servoing technology, which uses one or more cameras and a computer vision system to control the
At an exhibition held by KUKA Robotics for the plastics industry, a precision micro-cleaning demonstration cell solution was presented, built and provided by KUKA Robotics System Partner Reliabotics, its process a novel CO2-based precision micro-cleaning technology in an engineered solution. and provided by KUKA Robotics System Partner Reliabotics. In the Reliabotics Fortimo MPP (Multi-Purpose Platform)
McStarlite is a California-based company that manufactures parts for the aerospace industry. Like lip liners, they are the doughnut-shaped lip that sticks to the front of an aircraft’s engine casing. This metal rim is machined and molded so that air flows smoothly around the engine. The traditional way of polishing lip skins was traditionally done
Fanuc’s ARC welding robots will make automated welding more feasible for companies with limited floor space but massive work pieces. High-batch manufacturing lines, especially those handling parts larger than 1500mm in diameter, can benefit from the ARCMate 100iD/10L. Its repeatability and quality control capabilities make it a highly desirable addition to manufacturing lines that must
Cobots that work alongside humans in automated processes are already in the future. Collaborative solutions are already transforming the way we operate and eventually the industrial world we know, whether they are used in production, storage, maintenance or training. They are also suitable for entry level automation applications because they are easy to develop and
Many were pleased with the technological advances when Yaskawa upgraded its most popular Motoman HP20 robot with the GP25: improved controls, higher payload and spindle speeds, as well as a hollow-arm manual spindle construction that allows for safe cable routing. However, several European buyers who had long admired the earlier HP20 still secretly longed for
