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Robotics - systems and peripherals
This year's handling awards were once again presented as part of Motek. In category 2 "Robotics - Systems and Peripherals", a collaborative industrial robot, a software module for commissioning and controlling a robot and service robotics modules were honored.
read more...Readers' prize of the handling award
For the first time, readers were also able to vote in the 6th handling award. The winner is the young company Hohe Tanne with the Fl.A.S.H. hygienic gripper.
read more...The 38th Motek has come to a successful close. A total of 976 exhibitors from 32 countries came to Stuttgart. 35,165 trade visitors saw innovations from the fields of production and assembly automation as well as joining and connecting.
read more...At Motek, igus presented the new version of the Delta robot, which is characterized by a 10-fold larger workspace volume. Lubrication-free components made of tribo-plastics make the robot low-maintenance.
read more...HRC has a lot of potential - for the right application in each case. But HRC integration can only succeed if all aspects of safety are taken into account and the solution pays for itself in economic terms.
read more...The Institute for Control Engineering of Machine Tools and Manufacturing Units (ISW) at the University of Stuttgart has developed a robotic finger with adaptive flexibility based on shape memory alloys for handling sensitive workpieces.
read more...By optimizing the shape of the housing and taking design measures, SMC has succeeded in reducing the weight of the pneumatic parallel grippers in the MHL2 series by up to 10 percent. At the same time, strokes of up to 120 mm are possible.
read more...The Zimmer Group will be showcasing several innovations from its various technology areas at Motek. For example, gripper series have been enhanced with several new features and functions, including an end-of-arm flange that makes grippers wireless-capable.
read more...Universal Robots' Motek stand is geared towards specific questions from users. The manufacturer of cobots will be demonstrating how quickly other robotic components can be installed on the robots.
read more...You can only use what you know. At BoKa Automatisierung from Dorfprozelten in Franconia, these were grippers from Röhm. Thanks to its many years of good experience with the clamping device specialist's products, BoKa has opted for two-jaw grippers for its latest development.
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