Expansion of the stepper motor range
Faulhaber takes over Dimatech
Effective July 19, 2018, Faulhaber Antriebssysteme acquires Dimatech SA, a Swiss manufacturer of high-performance stepper motors using disc magnet technology.
read more...read more...Which climbing robot will get the coconut?
In the design competition sponsored by Schunk at Heilbronn University, participants had to build a robot that climbed to lofty heights and plucked a coconut from a palm tree.
read more...Engelberger Robotics Award 2018 goes to Esben Østergaard
Esben Østergaard, CTO of Universal Robots, has been honored with the Engelberger Robotics Award 2018. With his invention of the collaborative robotic arm, he has initiated a paradigm shift in robotics.
read more...New EMEA headquarters for Kawasaki Robotics
Kawasaki Robotics has officially opened its new EMEA headquarters in Neuss. In addition to sales and service engineering, the new training center is also located here.
read more...Joseph F. Engelberger Robotics Award
Robotics Award for IFR Secretary General Gudrun Litzenberger
The Secretary General of the International Federation of Robotics, Gudrun Litzenberger, has been honored with the "Joseph F. Engelberger Robotics Award".
read more...Plug & Work
The trend towards mass automation is giving an enormous boost to small and lightweight robots in particular. Lightweight robots from Universal Robots, for example, are harmless when interacting with humans and can also be programmed quickly.
read more...Lifts and fixes
Goudsmit has introduced a magnetic power gripper that can be used both as a lifting magnet for picking up or gripping heavy ferromagnetic parts from six millimetres and can also be used in robotics applications.
read more...Minimizes image errors
Computar has developed the MPW2-R lens series, a ruggedized version of its MPW2 series for machine vision sensors with five megapixels. The new ruggedized lens series is available from Framos and is suitable for industrial applications.
read more...Solid shaft gearbox with 28,000 Nm nominal torque
Precise, robust and reliable gearbox solutions are required for positioning heavy loads. Nabtesco has developed the RV-2800N especially for handling particularly heavy loads.
read more...Henrik Schunk joins the VDMA Executive Committee
The main board of the VDMA has elected Henrik Schunk as Vice President of the association. He replaces Norbert Basler on the Executive Committee, who has stepped down for personal reasons.
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