
Handling in the sintering furnace
Martin Mechanic has developed a robot-controlled solution for sintering carbide indexable inserts. The customer ordered two more when the first system was accepted.
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Martin Mechanic has developed a robot-controlled solution for sintering carbide indexable inserts. The customer ordered two more when the first system was accepted.

Schmersal has presented the SLC/SLG 445 series of safety light grids and safety light curtains, which are also suitable for welding robots, for example, thanks to an integrated multiple scan function.

Robotiq has introduced the Hand-E, the first electric gripper for Universal Robots' E-Series. It can be connected using the plug & play principle and is particularly suitable for precision assembly and other collaborative robot applications.

Rethink Robotics has expanded its portfolio of gripper solutions for the Cobot Sawyer. One of the biggest challenges when using collaborative robots is changing the end effectors, which must be selected precisely for each application.

The award-winning Panda robot from Voith Robotics is the first sensitive, self-learning lightweight robot that has the ability to assist humans and significantly increase production efficiency, according to the manufacturer.

The new transport robot from Mobile Industrial Robots, the MiR500, is bigger, stronger and faster than its predecessors, the MiR100 and MiR200 robots. The MiR500 is the size of a standard Euro pallet and is ideal for transporting such pallets autonomously.

The startup Rovi Robot Vision has significantly simplified the complicated electronic sensor technology of robots. With previous solutions, robots only recognize the space around them or objects that they are supposed to grasp or process.

Weiss Kunststoffverarbeitung has developed a robot cell using "on-board resources" in which the operator and the robot share the complex assembly of a miniaturized safety valve.

Exoskeleton for workers. Comau has presented the wearable exoskeleton Mate. It is designed to support movement for both repetitive and daily tasks.
Automatic palletizing of spice cans. Ecoma supports a manufacturer of spices in the continuous automation of production and packaging systems with double palletizing cells.