Industrial Internet of Things, collaborative robots, digital twins and more aren’t just new ways of trying to get you to loosen your purse strings. They bring with them the promise...
IDC’s latest report forecasts technological shifts in the robot market that will impact business models, system functionality, skillsets, regulations, and more.
From the value of ERP-to-controller connections to remote access and control, cybersecurity and collaborative robotics, discussions at the 2016 Automation Conference & Expo hit...
Suppliers say collaborative robots represent the disruptive automation that manufactures need to succeed in the future, but safety concerns still loom in the distance.
As robots moved from science fiction to industrial reality, the biggest complaint about them was that they eliminated good jobs. However, evidence is beginning to mount that this...
Specific demands from a range of manufacturing industries are driving the rapid development of cage-free robots that can work alongside or in close proximity to humans. Here’s...
Using MyRobotCloud digital twin technology, Columbia/Okura enables users to design a miniPal palletizing system in less than hour by inputting carton dimensions, speed rate and...
The partnership combines Universal Robots’ cobot technologies with Denali’s Automation-as-a-Service portfolio, which includes AWS machine learning capabilities.
As seen in two applications from Robotiq and Versabuilt using Universal Robots’ cobots, machine tending applications are becoming a key aspect of collaborative robot use in industry...
The Festo Motion Control Package can add up to four axes of motion beyond the six axes of motion provided by Universal Robot’s collaborative robot products.
Universal Robots redesigned its collaborative robot technology to create the UR20—its longest reach and heaviest payload cobot. Target applications include palletizing and packaging...
At Pack Expo 2023, Mike DeGrace, Americas UR+ ecosystem manager at Universal Robots highlighted the company’s UR20 in a palletizing application along with Robotiq’s palletizing...
Using digital twin technology, users only need to input specifications around carton dimensions, speed rate and type of application to receive palletizing layouts and suggestions...
Universal Robots exhibited how its UR5E Series collaborative robots can be equipped with 3D scanners to automate metrology inspections at Automate 2022.
Designed to address labor shortages in manufacturing and warehouse operations, mixed-case de-palletizing systems, such as those available from Universal Robots and Mujin Corp....
In this Take Five video, we turn the spotlight on new robotic technologies from Festo, Honeywell, Universal Robots, and Robotiq showcased at PACK EXPO 2021.
Growing demands for customization, increasing numbers of SKUs, and ongoing labor issues are leading HMLV manufacturers to adopt more easily configurable automation hardware and...
Two new robotics research projects at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute will address high-speed spraying and deposition applications as well as handling of explosive materials....
Universal Robots, Bosch, Danfoss, and Festo have all launched new partnerships and collaborations with academic institutions in the interest of bridging the automation skills ...
Increased payload capabilities, coupled with it longer reach, position the UR10e for increased packaging and machine tending applications, while the UR5e provides automated box...
Highlights of new automation technologies to be showcased at PACK EXPO Las Vegas from Beckhoff Automation, Festo, Nord Gear, Omron, and Universal Robots. Watch this Take Five ...
The new Cobot Welder system from Hirebotics, featuring Universal Robots’ UR10e collaborative robot, can be programmed with Hirebotics’ Beacon smartphone app, eliminating the need...
Last year proved itself a veritable rollercoaster of disruptions and developments, resulting in robotics adoption growing in some areas and shrinking in others, yet still painting...
With the release of its injection molding machine interface, Universal Robots aims to help users of its e-Series cobots better integrate their assets for a smoother production...
