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Robots & Robot Controllers Products, News, Articles, Events & Resources
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Articles
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Palletizing and De-Palletizing Applications
- 05/21/12 Robotics On Line, May 2012 By Bennett Brumson Robots apply packaging and ready packaged goods for transport by stacking assemblies onto pallets for distribution. Palletizing and de-palletizing applications are a continuing bright spot for the robotics industry. |
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Acceptance, Convergence, Certification Drive Vision Guided Robotics (VGR)
- 04/26/12 Machine Vision On Line, April 2012 By Winn Hardin While 3D VGR applications are growing significantly, 2D robotic guidance to parts on flat conveyors is still a large and active application area. Within the 3D VGR applications, autoracking and similar applications where the parts are not overlapped far outnumber more complex applications like bin picking, where parts are jumbled together. |
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New Applications for Mobile Robots
- 04/26/12 Robotics On Line, April 2012 By Bennett Brumson While fixed robots will always have a place in manufacturing, augmenting traditional robots with mobile robots promises additional flexibility to end-users in new applications. These applications include security, warehouse and distribution applications, as well as ocean and space exploration. |
White Papers
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The Benefits of Using Rigorously Tested Routines from Numerical Libraries
- 03/13/11 By Numerical Algorithms Group This white paper intends to help robotics and automation engineers understand how and why to incorporate use of extensively documented numerical libraries into their application development practices. |
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Machine Vision for Factory Automation
- 03/08/11 By Teledyne Dalsa Many key tasks in the manufacture of products, including inspection, orientation, identification, and assembly, require the use of visual techniques. By replacing human inspection with machine vision, the net result is greater productivity and improved customer satisfaction through the consistent delivery of quality products. This paper helps users match machine vision options with application requirements. |
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Know Your High-flex-life Cable
- 02/05/11 By Northwire Cable designed to survive 10 million to 20 million flexing cycles is high-flex-life cable. It’s different from high-flex cable, which is designed to be supple and highly flexible. High-flex-life cable may actually feel stiffer than high-flex cable. The two products are distinctly different and mutually exclusive. |
Application Stories
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Thermo Fisher installs genome robot at lab
- 05/17/12 The automated robot workflow system integrates 16 instruments to perform 200,000 DNA protein interaction experiments per week. |
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Robots team with 3-D scanners for fast part profiling
- 05/21/12 Vision Systems Design, May 2012 AV&R Vision & Robotics has developed a system that combines visual inspection, robotics, and dimensional profiling techniques to inspect parts in 3-D. It finds defects as small as 100 µm in diameter and 25 µm in depth. |
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Transforming Safety, Quality & Productivity
- 04/25/12 Industrial Automation Asia, April 2012 By Michael Bradshaw, Dematic An integrated robotic layer picking solution has transformed workplace safety and significantly improved the quality and productivity of mixed pallet assembly at Nestlé Australia’s national Distribution Centre. |
Resources & Literature
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Mitsubishi Electric Automation announces web site for Robots
- 05/14/12 The website is a hub of information about robotic solutions for customers in diverse industries engaged in a variety of processes. |
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IMPACT Vision Software Download
IMPACT vision software from PPT Vision pairs with smart camera technology to provide enhanced usability and inspection capabilities for challenging machine vision applications. Free download. |
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Machine & Process Safety Engineering Guide
Omron Scientific Technologies introduces the 2011-2012 Guide to Machine and Process Safeguarding. The guide also highlights Omron STI’s Safety Library with access to educational resource material including fully-illustrated articles on safety regulations and directives, risk assessment, types of protective measures and background on safety technologies. |
Training News
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Motoman Robotics sponsors Educational Institutions for RIA
- 03/15/12 Institutions joining RIA as sponsored members benefit by gaining access to many opportunities, including student recruitment, savings on conferences and workshops, and professionally reviewed papers. |
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ABB introduces robotic educational package for schools
- 08/14/11 ABB’s educational package will give students the opportunity to learn the skills needed to effectively manage modern robotic manufacturing systems. |
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Product Announcements
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Dynomax Offers Lightweight Robotic Spindles
- 12/30/11
DynoSpindle Model 1860 series features compact, high-speed motorized robotic spindles designed for finishing operations requiring high-precision. |
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Dynomax Introduces New Robotic Grinding Spindles
- 12/30/11
Dynogrind spindle series is designed specifically for robotic grinding of abrasive materials such as glass, ceramic, composite and forged materials. |
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FIPA announces GR04.080 miniature gripper
- 05/09/12
GR04.080 is designed for applications in the plastics and automobile industries and generally for handling small, delicate components. |
Company & Organization News
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RMT Robotics signs sales rep in Japan
- 05/21/12 Eepos Japan will sell ADAM robots throughout Japan with a strategic focus on the automotive manufacturing and service industries. |
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FIRST Robotics Championship shoots basketballs
- 05/09/12 This year’s FRC challenge, “Rebound Rumble,” required robots to shoot as many foam basketballs as possible into various hoops located on the field. |
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How Robots Create Jobs
- 04/26/12 Robotics On Line, April 2012 By Adil Shafi , President, Advenovation It is sometimes said in the media that robots take jobs away. Actually the opposite is true. The companies that hire and thrive and have cars in their parking lots are the ones that have embraced automation and used robots to create financial efficiencies and created jobs. |
Project News
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ABB to supply IRB 360 FlexPicker robot to KLEENLine
- 04/10/12 KLEENLine builds stainless steel material handling equipment that handle foods, pharmaceuticals, and other clean-room dependent products. |
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RMT Robotics to supply Mobile Robots to system integrator
- 10/04/11 The ADAM robots will be used to automatically transport work-in-process materials and finished goods between production machines and the automated storage system. |
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Ford invests in structured-light inspection
- 07/23/11 Vision Systems Design, July 2011 In Europe and North America, Ford has begun a project to install robotic plant laser inspection technology in 17 assembly plants for a planned investment of approximately $100 million. The new laser-based systems will provide a structured-light approach to improving the fit and finish of automobiles. |
Event News
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ABB’s Rick Tallian to give keynote presentation at Robot Conference
- 10/12/10 The Robotic Trends New Applications for Industrial Robotics virtual conference and exposition will be held at 10:00 a.m. EDT on October 27, 2010. |
Events
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