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Behind the Slowdown in Robot Orders

Not all industrial sectors are reducing their robot orders. The consumer packaged goods industry, for example, has significantly expanded its orders. But recent declines indicate how multiple factors—from political uncertainty and overbuying to poor implementation plans—can have an impact on automation technology adoption.

Cobots Take on Manufacturing Challenges

From basic bin picking and placing to welding, soldering and assembly line operations, manufactures are finding collaborative robots suitable for more applications.

Robot Ecosystems Aid Industry Adoption

As Universal Robots’ partner ecosystem expands to more 500 products, this growth showcases how plug-and-play is helping to drive robotic applications and ease robot adoption across...

Additive Manufactured Grippers Transform Robotics

Manufacturers can now integrate lightweight design principles into gripper fabrication processes using additive manufacturing to create grippers that are both sustainable in their...

InOrbit Releases AI Copilot for Robot Optimization

Operating over messaging platforms such as Microsoft Teams or Slack, InOrbit’s RobOps Copilot allows users to get detailed explanations of robot issues to arrive at key optimization...

Why Vacuum Gripping Excels in Intralogistics Applications

Robotic end-of-arm vacuum gripping is ideal for automated picking and sorting of packaging made with plastic, foil, corrugated and paper.
Source: OnRobot

OnRobot Announces New Grippers and D:Ploy Collaboration

Two new electrical grippers for heavy-duty, collaborative robot applications were announced at Automate 2024 in addition to the new AutoPilot machine tending software for D:Ploy...
Source: Automation World

ABB’s New Heavy Payload Industrial Robots

The IRB 7710 and IRB 7720 are large robots designed for use in automotive manufacturing as well as in the electronics and construction/earthmoving industries.

Products

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Robot and Controller for Harsh Environments

ABB’s IRB 1100 robot, powered by the new OmniCore C90XT controller, is IP67-rated.
Workcells for Robotic Welding

Workcells for Robotic Welding

Built for demanding production environments, the compact ArcWorld 50 series workcells from Yaskawa Motoman are affordable, wire-to-weld solutions that are pre-assembled on a common...
Version 7.0 of Kineo software components from Siemens provide new simulation capabilities in robotics/machine automation.

Software Components for Robotics Simulation

Version 7.0 of Kineo software components from Siemens provide new simulation capabilities in robotics/machine automation.
The IntelliFlex Feeding System from Epson Robots accommodates a wide variety of parts for advanced applications.

Parts-Feeding System for SCARA Robots

The IntelliFlex Feeding System from Epson Robots accommodates a wide variety of parts for advanced applications in medical, consumer, automotive, electronics and more.

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Source: Automation World

Robotic High-Force Torque Driving

A look at the Universal Robots-Estic high-torque screwdriving platform.

ABB AMR with Visual SLAM

The new T702 from ABB is a tug-style autonomous mobile robot (AMR) that uses Visual SLAM (simultaneous localization and mapping) navigation to create a 360-degree point cloud ...

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Robotics, VR and AR Set the Pace for Automation

Innovations in Robotics, Virtual Reality and Augmented Reality lead to improvements in Automation.
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6 Key Robotics Trends in Packaging and Operations

How CPG companies and manufacturers in other industries are increasingly using robotics to improve operations.