Harvest helpers on the 3D printer farm
Automatic loading of printing plates. Voodoo Manufacturing has tripled its 3D printing capacity with the help of collaborative robots from Universal Robots.
read more...HRC + Cobots
read more...61 Arms for painting
Resource-saving paint shop. Dürr is supplying the complete system and application technology, including the building, for Škoda's new paint shop at its main plant in Mladá Boleslav, Czech Republic.
read more...Everything under control
Predictive maintenance. Automotive supplier Koki benefits from ABB's Ability Connected Services. The proactive service portfolio provides early warning of impending problems, making inspection and maintenance more effective.
read more...Yaskawa Europe with Environmental Energy Division
With the start of the new 2018 financial year, the global Yaskawa Group is operationally integrating its activities in the energy and marine sectors into Yaskawa Europe. The additional Environmental Energy division thus complements the existing Drives Motion Controls and Robotics divisions.
read more...Mobile cell visitors
Flexible production. Around a dozen industrial robots work in a smart factory in Norway. Omron's mobile LD robots and enterprise management software are used to intelligently connect the cells.
read more...ZEW and London School of Economics
Studies: Robots create jobs
According to studies, equipping companies with industrial robots has led to a positive job balance. The ZEW estimates that further automation and digitalization in companies will trigger processes that will lead to a 1.8% increase in employment by 2021.
read more...The new one fits on the wall
The SR-3iA with a payload capacity of three kilograms is the first model in Fanuc's newly developed Scara series. Fanuc is thus expanding its product line in the lower payload range with a cost-effective solution for high productivity.
read more...Automation in sawing technology
Robotics on the sawing line
Sawing with robot support. Automation and robotics are rapidly gaining ground in metal processing - including in sawing technology. Robot-assisted systems are taking over more and more work steps following the sawing process.
read more...FTS in the Duty Free Shop
Transport robotics in the security sector. Together with project partner EK Automation, Heinemann has installed a transport robot for a structurally restrictive and highly dynamic environment - at Oslo Airport.
read more...Plug in and off you go
At the Hannover Messe, Universal Robots (UR) will be using application examples to demonstrate how simple and flexible automation solutions can be implemented using plug-and-produce.
read more...Combating the skills shortage with cobots
Plastic injection molding manufacturer PMC is tackling the shortage of skilled workers and productivity pressure with the smart Cobot Saywer from Rethink. The robot takes over monotonous tasks, relieves employees and increases productivity.
read more...Automated material flow with Soto
Relief in the warehouse
Magazino is presenting the Soto robot at Cemat. Using 3D camera technology, the mobile robot can pick up objects such as cartons or small load carriers (SLCs) completely autonomously from different heights, store them temporarily on the vehicle, navigate them to their destination and place them there with millimeter precision.
read more...New Industry 4.0 software platform
Yaskawa is presenting its Industry 4.0 concept i³-Mechatronics at the Hannover Messe. This integrative approach includes products such as robots, drive and control technology, as well as specially developed software solutions. The backbone of the concept is the newly developed Yaskawa Cockpit software platform.
read more...Pilz wants to grow further with robotics
Pilz continues to grow: In the 2017 financial year, the automation company increased its turnover to 338 million euros and the number of employees to a good 2,300. In 2018, the family-owned company is also focusing on a new, modular range for service robotics.
read more...Mechatronics for the future
From safe robots for HRC to compact tool changers and reliable connection solutions with higher mating cycles to production processes for new technical fabrics made from high-modulus fibers - at HMI, Stäubli will be showing how production processes can be efficiently designed at key interfaces to Industry 4.0.
read more...Flexible production with machine intelligence
At Omron, visitors to the Hannover Messe will experience how robots and machines work together seamlessly so that production processes can be changed easily. Also on show again: a new version of the Forpheus table tennis robot.
read more...Sniffer on the lookout for leaks
Inficon is presenting a new product for automated sniffer leak detection at Control. The XL sniffer adapter ensures that the LDS3000 leak detection and leak testing device can be used more easily in automated robot systems; a robot arm guides the measuring probe dynamically over the test parts.
read more...Update for Sawyer
With Intera 5.2, Rethink Robotics has further developed the operating system of the Sawyer collaborative robot. Intera 5.2 provides a better insight into business-critical data in real time and delivers key figures such as cycle time, number of parts, speed and force exerted.
read more...Industrial and collaborative robots
Yaskawa's Motoman exceeds its targets
The Motoman HC10 collaborative robot from Yaskawa not only meets the requirements of the European Machinery Directive, its YRC1000 controller with FSU and PFL board also fulfills at least performance level "d" category 3 in accordance with DIN EN ISO 13849-1 and therefore exceeds the standard specifications.
read more...A word with the workplace
Workplace 4.0. The next-level human-robot collaboration developed by IBG is used to design the assembly workplace. The user is recognized by a 3D camera and the work environment automatically adapts to them.
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