Horst robot needs more space
Fruitcore is expanding its production capacities for the Horst line of industrial robots. The Constance-based robot manufacturer opened a new site in Villingen-Schwenningen at the beginning of July.
read more...read more...Double growth for Horst
New industrial robots. Fruitcore launched its low-cost robot line two years ago with the Horst900. Now it has two brothers in one fell swoop: the smaller, fast and precise Horst600 and the larger and more powerful Horst1400 expand the product family.
read more...Universal Robots: Helmut Schmid leaves
Helmut Schmid, long-standing Managing Director and Regional Sales Director for Western and Northern Europe at Universal Robots, left the company on July 1.
read more...New Motoman lifts up to six kilos
Two new, compact Scara robots complement the Motoman portfolio from Yaskawa: The robust new developments Motoman SG400 and Motoman SG650 are designed for payloads of up to three or six kilograms.
read more...Søren E. Nielsen becomes new MiR President
On August 1, Mobile Industrial Robots will have a new CEO: Søren E. Nielsen will become the new President. The former CTO succeeds current CEO Thomas Visti, who is embarking on a new career path.
read more...SEW software simplifies robot control
The Movikit Robotics software module for the Movi-C modular automation system from SEW-Eurodrive has been enhanced with new functions to optimize communication between the robot kinematics.
read more...Survey: Robots offer opportunities for Covid-19 restart
According to the automatica trend index, 84 percent of decision-makers expect more robot automation in German SMEs, 77 percent rely on mobile robotics to quickly convert production and 76 percent of employees want robotics training in SMEs.
read more...Tool for smart communication and commissioning
Zimmer has introduced a master gateway and software tool for component commissioning. They enable simple parameterization and commissioning, and the benefits of IO-Link components can also be used on robots.
read more...Vision system detects irregularly shaped objects
Yamaha Motor has developed the new RCXiVY2+ vision system, which has a new "blob detection" feature that enables picking, presence detection and high-speed counting of multiple workpieces for irregularly shaped objects.
read more...UR cobots become OPC UA-compatible
OPC UA is one of the fastest growing standards in machine-to-machine communication. UR's cobots now support the interface standard via a software solution from UR+ partner Rocketfarm.
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