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Nigel Smith

Nigel Smith is managing director of TM Robotics. TM Robotics has installed thousands of robots in factories throughout the world, including North and South America, Europe, the Middle East, Africa and Australia. Many of the top manufacturing companies depend on TM Robotics’ product offerings for their reliability, performance, and overall value.
 
In partnership with Shibaura Machine, TM Robotics is the only company that offers a comprehensive range of all three categories of robots; 6-axis, SCARA, and Cartesian. These are designed and built in-house.

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    Engineered for Sustainability: The New Blueprint for Robot Design

    In the world of robot manufacturing, efficiency has always been king, but today, a new measure of success is emerging: sustainability.
    By: Nigel Smith
    22 April, 2025 | 3 minutes
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    The Rise of On-demand Manufacturing

    By combining industrial robots with injection molding machines, manufacturers can achieve significantly faster injection speeds than traditional molding equipment.
    By: Nigel Smith
    21 November, 2023 | 3 minutes
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    The Future of Robot Programming

    In this feature, Nigel Smith, CEO of TM Robotics, explains the importance of robot programming that’s simple enough to be refigured to any kind of manufacturing environment, as companies diversify to improve sustainability.
    By: Nigel Smith
    13 October, 2023 | 2 minutes
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    Flexible Feeding for a Smart Production Line

    Robotics and integrated feeding modules can optimize line feeding processes in manufacturing. This feature originally appeared in InTech Focus: Systems Integration 2022, the InTech Focus ebook for November 2022.
    By: Nigel Smith
    14 December, 2022 | 3 minutes
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    Robots Support Medical Device Innovations

    Nigel Smith, CEO of industrial robot specialist TM Robotics, explains how advanced automation and robotics can help manufacturers produce new medical innovations.
    By: Nigel Smith
    09 November, 2022 | 3 minutes
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    Robots With AI Will Interpret Images as Reliably as Humans

    Nigel Smith, CEO of industrial robot specialist TM Robotics, explains why a combination of 2D and 3D vision systems and artificial intelligence (AI) are among the latest technologies set to usher in a new phase of robotics.
    By: Nigel Smith
    23 August, 2022 | 2 minutes
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    Automating the Plastics Industry

    Nigel Smith, founder and CEO of industrial robot supplier TM Robotics, explains how robot technology is impacting the plastics and injection molding market.
    By: Nigel Smith
    07 October, 2021 | 2 minutes
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    Contamination-free Automation

    Nigel Smith, managing director of Shibaura Machine partner, TM Robotics, explains how clean room robots can eradicate the risk of human contamination.
    By: Nigel Smith
    18 August, 2021 | 3 minutes
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    Tips for Choosing a 3D Vision System: The Future of Vision Systems in Manufacturing

    Nigel Smith, CEO of Shibaura Machine, formerly Toshiba Machine, partner, TM Robotics, gives three rules to live by when choosing a 3D vision system for manufacturing.
    By: Nigel Smith
    19 July, 2021 | 2 minutes
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    Counterfeit Parts: Manufacturing’s next threat?

    By Nigel Smith This article explains why counterfeit industrial equipment could present a ticking time bomb for manufacturers.
    By: Nigel Smith
    09 April, 2020 | 2 minutes
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    Calculating Robot ROI

    As manufacturers consider investing in robotic technology for productivity, it’s vital they have a clear grasp of ROI validating purchasing decisions.
    By: Nigel Smith
    09 March, 2020 | 2 minutes
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    Are Cobots Inherently Safe?

    As one of the fastest growing sectors of the robot market, a lack of knowledge could be dangerous. This article will work to quash some common misconceptions about collaborative robot safety.
    By: Nigel Smith
    22 January, 2020 | 3 minutes
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