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Boston Dynamics' Spot robot at the BMW Hams Hall plant

BMW Uses Boston Dynamics' Spot Robot to Collect IoT Data

To help gather data for its facility digital twin, BMW has deployed the Spot quadruped mobile robot, equipped with IoT sensors, as a more cost-effective way to gather operating measurements.
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The Humanoid Robotics Gap in Industry

Manufacturing is a prime application for humanoids because of its structured environment. However, the ability of these robots to interact with humans remains a key issue to be...
The UR10e robot at El Pinto, equipped with a custom Coval vacuum gripper, testing the alignment and suction of 12 single-serve cups.

Robot Helps El Pinto Foods Increase Packaging Efficiency

With a Universal Robot and custom-designed pneumatic gripper, In-Position Technologies helped El Pinto Foods reduce the need for manual packaging and handle rapid product surges...
An automated high-speed pick-and-place system utilized on a production line for donuts and berliners.

Coesia Expands Packaging Machinery with Robotics and Vision

Via a strategic partnership with PWR Pack, Coesia plans to provide full line automated packaging systems in Europe, Australia and North America.
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Should Manufacturers Care About Humanoid Robots?

With AI advancing fast, humanoid robots could break new ground for manufacturing. But it will take some time, the outcome is unclear and preparation will be key.

Can AI-Powered Robotics Help Overcome U.S. Manufacturing’s Labor Shortage?

Robotics powered by artificial intelligence, particularly AI-vision software, offer a promising solution to alleviate workforce shortages by automating manual tasks and enhancing...

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.

Amy’s Kitchen Boosts Yields and Production with Chef Robotics

Since implementing the Chef system, Amy’s Kitchen has improved product consistency of runs by 12%, reduced food giveaway by 4% and increased labor productivity by 17%.

Products

Piab Cobot

Cobot

The piCobot Electric is an electric pump unit cobot with a slim design and absence of air-tubing and cabling. The cobot’s design simplifies installation, and as the piCobot...
Epson Robots 6-Axis Robots

6-Axis Robots

Epson’s new C-B Series robots, powered by the RC700E controller with integrated SafeSense technology, includes the C4B, C4LB, C8LB, C8XLB and C12XLB. The C-B series features...
Thomson Industries’ Movotrak CTU 7th axis

Robot 7th Axis with Collision Detection

Thomson Industries’ Movotrak CTU 7th axis features a Kollmorgen servo motor, linear-unit-driven guide rails and collision detection functionality to move cobots between task locations...
Mitsubishi Electric RV-35/50/80FR series of robots

Industrial Robots

The newest RV-35/50/80FR series of robots are designed to allow for an expanded work envelope through its increased payload and reach compared to prior series. The RV-35/50/80FR...

Videos

Can Humanoid Robots Be Effective in Manufacturing?

Humanoid Robots in Manufacturing

Discover how humanoid robots are transforming modern manufacturing in this podcast discussion excerpt with Karthee Madasamy of MFV Partners, among the first investors in Agility...
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 ...