Dealing with deformable objects
Interdisciplinary research project "Soft Tissue Robotics". Researchers are working on a multi-body system approach for the automated handling of soft components.
read more...read more...Electric actuators for automation
Programmed printing with IAI servo presses
IAI Industrieroboter presents a new product generation of servo presses. They are based on the company's electric push rod axes.
read more...Collaboration with seven axes
Seven-axis cobots. Robotics engineer Kristian Kassow and his two partners are an experienced founding team behind the start-up Kassow Robots, which was founded in Copenhagen in 2014.
read more...Hahn takes over Rethink Robotics
German robotics specialist Hahn acquires Rethink Robotics to strengthen its market position in the field of collaborative robotics.
read more...Robot-assisted laser marking system
Multi-sided labeling of workpieces
ACI Laser offers a handling system consisting of a laser marking station and an industrial robot. With its six joints, the integrated robot can move freely inside the station and independently removes objects from a workpiece carrier.
read more...Gripper jaws are technical fingertips
Gripper jaws are the part of a clamping gripper that makes direct stereomechanical contact with the gripped object. However, it is often not just clamping, but a combination of force and shape pairing.
read more...Robot sales doubled in five years
The International Federation of Robotics has presented the new World Robotics Report: Global sales of industrial robots reached a new record of 381,000 units shipped in 2017 - up 30 percent on the previous year and still rising.
read more...Collaborative robotics: when is safe safe safe?
Human-robot collaboration offers enormous opportunities for manufacturing companies of all sizes and in all sectors. At the same time, it requires special attention when it comes to safety. There is an absolute obligation to assess and mitigate potential risks.
read more...Manipulators, robotics and system solutions
handling award for the robot doctor's case
Second place in the Manipulators, Robotics and System Solutions category went to Preccon. The company presented iMS, a measuring system for industrial robots for fully automatic diagnosis and independent calibration of the entire robot cell.
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handling award for three-axis vibration technology
Second place in the Components for Handling and Assembly category went to Asyril. The company presented a feeding system with patented three-axis vibration technology for flexible small parts feeding.
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