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Automation at low cost. Igus has presented its new Delta robot with a ten times larger workspace volume. This system for simple pick & place tasks is supplied as a pre-assembled kit or ready to install.
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Selection of gripper models. The market for collaborative robotics is growing. The success of automation stands and falls with the choice of the right end-of-arm tooling (EoAT) - i.e. grippers, sensors or tool changers.
read more...Record: 300,000 industrial robots in use in Korea
The number of operational industrial robots in the Republic of Korea rose to a new record of around 300,000 units in 2018 (up ten percent), as reported by the International Federation of Robotics in the World Robotics Report.
read more...Robot sees even in poor light
Yamaha's iVY2 machine vision system for robots takes advantage of special vision instructions from the RCX340 multi-robot controller to simplify line setup and improve performance.
read more...Helmut Schmid is also responsible for Northern Europe
Helmut Schmid is now also in charge of the Northern Europe region for Universal Robots. In addition to the DACH and Benelux countries, he is now also responsible for all UR activities in Denmark, Sweden, Norway and Finland.
read more...Robotics and automation hit by downturn
The German robotics and automation industry cannot escape the economic slowdown in the mechanical and plant engineering sector: According to the VDMA, the industry expects sales to fall by five percent to 14.3 billion euros in 2019.
read more...Alliance for networking
The Open Industry 4.0 Alliance will be represented at SPS for the first time. Visitors will be able to see live demos to find out how the Alliance has developed since it was founded in April 2019.
read more...Gripper tuning with the VACUBALL
With the aim of reducing the number of grippers and thus set-up times and storage costs in automotive manufacturing, the Vacuball is a variable ball joint that adapts flexibly and automatically to different workpiece geometries during the handling process.
read more...Path planning for batch size 1
Railroad planning software. The research project "Camera-based path planning KaBa" at the ISW of the University of Stuttgart is working on the development of scalable path planning software. It is designed to plan collision-free robot paths and compensate for deviations in the real component.
read more...More than Automation. Digital Solutions. u-mation. Communicate from Sensor to Future.
Weidmüller "u-mation": Open, platform-independent modular automation system for mechanical and plant engineering. - Driving digital transformation forward regardless of platform.
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