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Enrico Krog Iversen, former CEO of Universal Robots, and the Danish Growth Fund are merging the three gripping system companies Perception Robotics, Optoforce and On Robot to form the new company OnRobot.
read more...Pick and place in food production. ASA is focusing on a compact high-speed pick and place application for handling folding cartons in the food sector.
read more...Scaglia Indeva is presenting a special feature at Automatica: with the Indeva Modulo modular system, users can design and assemble their very own safe gripping tool and modify it as required.
read more...Servo-electric cobot gripper. For use with cobots, Weiss Robotics offers the CRG 200, a smart servo-electric gripper module that has been developed for cooperation between man and machine.
read more...Vacuum cups are usually used for handling glass panes. When the pane condenses, suction cup marks become visible that are difficult to remove. Eurotech has developed a suction plate cover.
read more...With the electric gripper swivel unit EGS from Schunk in size 40 from the 24V modular system, parts weighing up to 0.55 kilograms can also be picked up and rotated in a compact space.
read more...Automated, networked production systems are needed to make the smart factory a reality. Henrik Schunk explains how Schunk is creating the conditions for this with intelligent components in the run-up to Automatica.
read more...Vacuum specialist Guédon has introduced a technical innovation for the automated handling of food in paper and plastic bags with the flex-o-grip surface gripping system.
read more...Added value through collaborative robotics
Humans and machines are increasingly working hand in hand. Automated processes will soon be standard in networked production environments. By then at the latest, it will be necessary to broaden our view: Only by focusing on the application as a whole can automation generate sustainable added value.
read more...Perforated, wavy or awkwardly shaped ferromagnetic workpieces are difficult for vacuum grippers to pick up. The MHM-X6400 magnetic grippers from SMC are ideal for this.
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