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Today, the robot-guided "reach into the box" significantly increases the degree of automation in industrial production and allows maximum flexibility. One of the largest automotive suppliers relies on Power Pick 3D from Isra to sort components for the chassis.
read more...The goods-to-person robotics solution Butler from Grey Orange optimizes supply chain processes from inventory management to order picking. Among other things, it is used in Zalando's new 30,000 square meter fulfillment center in Brunna, near Stockholm, Sweden.
read more...Assembly automation. Martin Mechanic has developed the second generation of systems for the construction of damping systems for a customer in the automotive industry. The number of robots in the system was doubled from eleven to 22.
read more...Bionic gripper. Festo has developed the pneumatic robotic hand Bionic Soft Hand. Combined with the Bionic Soft Arm, a pneumatic lightweight robot, the Future Concepts are suitable for human-robot collaboration.
read more...Autonomously working robots. A Kuka KR 20 robot automates the production of drive motors for household tumble dryers at household appliance manufacturer Miele. Using a camera system, the robot works largely autonomously.
read more...Autonomous gripping. While gripping processes have primarily been geared towards high productivity and process reliability to date, flexibility is also coming into focus in conjunction with the smart factory. In the future, grippers will enable flexible operations through to autonomous handling scenarios.
read more...Configure the right drive and control solution online, order it, open the delivered package and then put it into operation yourself. With its Maxolution parallel arm kinematics kit, SEW-Eurodrive shows just how easy it is to implement even complex robot solutions today.
read more...Raw robots and low-cost automation. Igus has been active in linear and drive technology for over 20 years. The specialist for motion plastics also offers cost-effective automation solutions and a suitable open platform that brings users and suppliers together.
read more...Automation increases the quality of individual products, while at the same time increasing the demands on the plant engineers who are to develop the automated production lines. Hainzl supplied a system for synchronous motor components to cable car manufacturer Leitner.
read more...The ISW at the University of Stuttgart is researching rope robot systems, including a rope robot with an endless axis of rotation. The use of ropes as driving elements opens up new application possibilities, particularly for extended handling tasks.
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