Sense of touch in orange
Optoforce, the hardware and software specialist for tactile sensing in industrial automation, has launched new application software for Kuka lightweight robots.
read more...read more...Kuka pours again at Motek
From HRC and pick-and-place applications to ready2_use cells, intuitive operation with the new Smartpad and the networking of the manufacturing world: Kuka is presenting an excerpt from its portfolio at Motek.
read more...Robotics in industrial production
Collaborative robot for handling and logistics
Fanuc is expanding its range of collaborative robots. The new CR-15iA with a payload capacity of 15 kilograms closes the gap between the smaller CR-4iA/CR-7ia models and the CR-35iA.
read more...Linear technology goes on a digital journey
While some design engineers are still amazed at the vehemence with which IT technologies are pushing their way into factories, basic technologies are also changing. Take linear technology, for example: while many still regard it as a purely mechanical matter, more recent developments paint a different picture.
read more...Interview with Jürgen von Hollen
MRK is not witchcraft
Acceptance of robots as colleagues is increasing, but there are still reservations. Jürgen von Hollen, President of Universal Robots, spoke to handling editor Annina Schopen about the new e-Series, Universal Robots' recipe for success and the challenges of implementing HRC in Germany.
read more...Testing with communication
The test devices from Ceta offer various industrial interfaces for integration into factory automation: digital I/O, RS-232 and USB host are integrated as standard.
read more...Dietmar Bohn becomes Managing Director of TDM Systems
Peter Schneck hands over the management of TDM Systems to Dietmar Bohn and retires. Bohn was most recently in a management position at SAP.
read more...Robotics in industrial production
Positioning and parts localization
Sick offers a broad portfolio of solutions for 2D and 3D localization of parts in automated, robot-assisted handling processes.
read more...Vision & Control takes students to the Vision
The Suhl-based company Vision & Control is inviting 60 students from Ilmenau Technical University and selected school pupils to the Vision trade fair in Stuttgart, including bus travel and overnight accommodation. The aim is to get the young people interested in industrial image processing.
read more...Without programming for automation
At Motek, Fraunhofer IPA will be using robot applications to present new technologies that increase the degree of automation in assembly and thus leverage economic and qualitative potential.
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