Because products need to be manufactured quickly and cost-effectively, the pressure to automate production processes is greater than ever. To meet these growing requirements, igus has developed a new, compact linear robot that is shipped from stock as early as same-day and offered at a low price of $2,165. The self-lubricating and maintenance-free drylin E…

Suhner has released its new ROBOTsander, a highly capable and adaptive surface treatment solution used in the automotive, aerospace, appliance, off-highway and outdoor power equipment market.  Operations that benefit from the ROBOTsander are material protection, surface brightening, paint preparations and CFRP activation. Applications include grinding, brightening, polishing, deburring and sanding. The ROBOTsander can safely be used on…

With four times as many as color receptors as humans, the Mantis shrimp has the most impressive eyes in nature.  Manufacturers have long relied on human vision for complex picking and assembly processes, but 3D vision systems are beginning to replicate the capability of human vision in robotics. Here, Nigel Smith, managing director of Toshiba…

Industry veteran tapped to guide and expand robotics and intelligent systems initiatives PRESS RELEASE: FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE January 17, 2017 Cleveland, OH—WTWH Media, LLC, a business-to-business publishing and event company, today announced Dan Kara, technology business analyst and integrated media veteran, has joined WTWH as Vice President, Robotics and Intelligent Systems. Kara will guide and…

Boeing recently completed initial flight tests of an electric vertical-takeoff-and-landing (eVTOL) unmanned cargo aerial vehicle (CAV) prototype. The platform is designed to test and evolve Boeing’s autonomy technology for future aerospace vehicles. In less than three months, Boeing engineers designed and built the CAV prototype, which stands 4 feet off the ground, measures 15 by…

Teledyne DALSA, a Teledyne Technologies company has introduced its newest Genie Nano cameras built around ON Semiconductor’s Python P3 1.3M CMOS image sensors. These new models feature a global shutter, with 1280 x 1024 resolution, and image capture of up to 83 frames-per-second with Teledyne’s TurboDrive technology. Developed for cost-conscious imaging applications that don’t require the…

Roboteq Inc. has introduced a new magnetic guide sensor capable of detecting and reporting the position of a magnetic field along its horizontal axis. The sensor is intended for line following robotic applications, using adhesive magnetic tape to form a track guide on the floor. Measuring only 165 x 35 x 35mm, the MGSW1600 is…

(Following is an unedited webinar, presented by Robert Dahlstrom is founder and CEO of Apellix Robotics.) Today we’re talking about robots, and more specifically software controlled robots and how robots are software. As we know, robots and certain drones are definitely hardware, but what does hardware require to run and operate? Obviously, the answer is…

The very purpose of using a robot to automate a process relies on the robot being accurate and repeatable. As robots move from environments where they were traditionally used behind cages to open environments, it is important that their power solutions keep up. Here, Michele Windsor, global marketing manager at global battery specialist Ultralife Corporation,…

Industrial robot distributor, TM Robotics has assisted in the launch of Toshiba Machine’s THE400 SCARA robot, which was unveiled at the International Robot Exhibition (IREX) 2017. The biennial show was held on November 29 to December 2, at the Tokyo Big Sight in Japan. Alongside the new SCARA model, Toshiba Machine demonstrated its robot programming…

Teledyne DALSA has announced its new high resolution camera—the Falcon4 86M. Available in monochrome and color, Falcon4 models combine incredibly large resolution and fast frame rates, enabling high-speed, smear-free image capture with superb spatial resolution. The Falcon4 cameras are powered by Teledyne DALSA’s 86 megapixel global shutter CMOS image sensor, which outputs up to 16 full…

Teledyne DALSA, a Teledyne Technologies company, has announced the GV 4000 vision system. This new multi-camera system offers more memory resources, power-enabled camera ports and a small step-up in performance over the GV 3000, making it well suited for applications using multiple large format Genie Nano cameras. The 4000 model is also physically smaller and…

Energid Technologies has announced that Han’s Robot, a subsidiary of global Chinese manufacturer Han’s Laser, has licensed Energid’s Actin premier control software for its new line of cost-effective collaborative robots (“cobots”), called Elfins. Actin is an easy-to-use robot control and simulation framework that offers robot manufacturers faster time to market, reduced software development costs, and…

Matrox Imaging has announced Project Change Validator, a modification proofing utility that ensures machine vision systems uphold inspection requirements following any new project updates. Available in the Matrox Design Assistant 5.1 flowchart-based machine vision software, Project Change Validator provides production managers the comfort that all project modifications maintain inspection integrity. Project Change Validator brings enhanced…

FANUC Corp. will introduce the new SR-3iA and SR-6iA SCARA robots at the International Robot Exhibition (iREX) 2017 in Tokyo. FANUC’s new SCARA robots feature high-speed, precise operation for pick and place, assembly, testing/inspection and packaging processes in a wide range of industries including consumer electronics, auto component, plastics, food and beverage, lab automation, appliances and…

Today, robots dominate the manufacturing industry and are increasingly emerging in many other fields. Automation applications that grip, turn, pivot and perform simple pick-and-place tasks over long periods of time are made possible with low cost robotics. This can create a huge competitive advantage for small and medium-sized businesses. At low-cost-robotics.com, a comprehensive overview of…

TM Robotics is preparing to introduce the THE400 SCARA robot, the latest addition to its range of industrial machinery. The new model has been developed to set the standard for the next generation of SCARA robots, and will be officially launched by Toshiba Machine at the International Robotic Exhibition (IREX) in Tokyo, Japan, which runs…

FANUC Corp. has announced the production of its 500,000th robot. “Automation and robotics are key drivers of manufacturing competitiveness,” said Mike Cicco, president & CEO, FANUC America. “More companies are using automation to overcome inefficiencies, lower costs, increase productivity, and gain market share. Having sold a half million robots is a key milestone for FANUC, and…

Allied Electronics is sponsoring the team from Colorado State University (CSU) in Fort Collins, Colorado, in the 2018 NASA Robotic Mining Competition (RMC). VP of eCommerce and Marketing Dan Stewart and Director of Brand and Supplier Marketing Elisa Weber traveled to Fort Collins to deliver RS Pro, and other products distributed by Allied, for use…

One of the newest, most challenging problems facing experts in artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning is called “explainability,” said David Jensen at the University of Massachusetts Amherst. However, it’s a problem he is delighted to have because it means that machine learning systems can now learn such complex models of the world that the…

READY Robotics has announced an enterprise hardware and software platform that makes it dramatically easier for large scale factories to deploy robotic automation in one day. Previously, industrial robot deployment required weeks, if not months of time, a lot of upfront capital and robotic expertise, and even then the robot is only programmed to perform…

The influence of today’s on-demand economy has uprooted traditional food production processes. No longer are environmentally conscious consumers content with purchasing items from large distributors or supermarkets. Instead, consumer pressure to track food from farm to fork has led to fully traceable food production and micro-farming. Seeking to influence the next generation of food production,…