Logo building At the Asyril booth, this Epson robot was busy making logos a little more three dimensional. Pick and place The MKE booth featured this Stäubli TX60 grasping and replacing different components. Going for a spin Over at Pflügen’s booth, a Fanuc R-2000iC 210F was keeping busy manipulating car wheels, to show its…
Neuromate stereotactic robot to assist at Boston Children’s Hospital
Renishaw has announced that Boston Children’s Hospital (BCH) has become the latest world leading health organization in the U.S. to have a neuromate stereotactic robot installed. BCH hosts a National Association of Epilepsy Centres (NAEC) accredited Level 4 Epilepsy Centre, and the team plans to begin integrating their newly installed neuromate into their Stereoelectroencephalography (SEEG) procedures.…
ATI develops new low-cost force/torque sensor
“There’s been a movement in the industry to start automating man-made products,” said Robert Little, CEO of ATI Industrial Automation. “In order to for them do that, they need robots. In order for those robots to be completely successful, they need force sensing feedback.” ATI has unveiled the newest offering in its Force/Torque Sensor product…
Maxon offers new robotics brochure
Maxon Motor, a supplier of high precision drives and systems, has unveiled a new robotics brochure. The company’s products include small, high-quality brushed and brushless DC motors. These advanced motors range in size from 4 mm to 90. Maxon also offers a complete line of control electronics, as well as spur and planetary gearheads, encoders,…
SCARA robot from Epson
At the upcoming Assembly Show, Epson Robots will be showcasing its newly launched T3 All-in-One SCARA robot, the revolutionary Flexion N2 6-Axis robot, as well as a selection of its leading 6-Axis and SCARA robots. Epson will also lead a discussion on how to take the plunge in automation. The new T3 All-in-One robot comes…
Tend launches in.view robot performance management software
Tend has launched in.view, a cloud-based monitoring and analysis application for both industrial and collaborative robots, at the RoboBusiness show in Santa Clara, Calif. The in.view (“intelligent view”) software allows users to remotely monitor and analyze the performance of their production robots in real time from any location, through a secure, cloud-based application on their…
Brooklyn manufacturer triples 3D printing production with collaborative robots
The robot arm gently places a plate with an orange Pokémon figure on a conveyor, picks up a new blank plate from a hopper, places it back in the 3D printer, and queues the system to start a new build. Toys are serious business here at Voodoo Manufacturing, a Brooklyn-based startup that has created a…
Disney and robotics proves to be a magical combination
The so-called “imagineers” who work at Walt Disney World and Disneyland have long been at the forefront using robotics to replicate humanlike movement—as well as creature-like movement, I suppose, given their vast catalog of characters. At the recent RoboBusiness event in Santa Clara, Calif., Martin Buehler, Executive R&D Imagineer, Walt Disney Imagineering, discussed what the…
Penn State engineering faculty to strengthen robotics research in agriculture
Two new faculty members in the Penn State Engineering Department of Agricultural and Biological Engineering will advance research and academics in agricultural engineering and technologies. The addition of Daeun Choi and Long He fulfills a priority of the department to strengthen research that supports mechatronics, robotics, automation, precision agriculture and unmanned aerial vehicles, according to…
DENSO awards Battle Creek student scholarships
DENSO Manufacturing Michigan (DMMI) in Battle Creek, the city’s largest employer and one of the top automotive thermal systems and component producers, today awarded scholarships to four outstanding students through partnerships with the Battle Creek Community Foundation (BCCF) and the Battle Creek Area Math and Science Center (BCAMSC). Scholarship resources come from the DMMI Scholarship […]
SUNY Adirondack to launch new program in mechatronics
The Post-Star is reporting that SUNY Adirondack—a public college in Queensbury, N.Y. with 3,000 students—is planning to add associate degree programs in robotics and mechanical technology to meet the needs of local employers. The paper noted that the school’s board of trustees approved creating an associate degree program in mechatronics last week and that existing […]
DENSO Foundation awards nearly $1 million in grants
Supporting the communities DENSO serves and providing resources for the next generation of technical workers to succeed are core to DENSO’s success. To fulfill these promises, DENSO’s philanthropic arm—the DENSO North America Foundation (DNAF)—funds programs across the continent each year providing hands-on learning opportunities in areas from robotics and thermodynamics to design and materials development. […]
VBOTS announces new certified material developer program
New Valence Robotics (NVBOTS), the only provider of Built to Share automated 3D printing solutions, has announced the launch of the Certified Material Developers Program, which will enable material, polymer, and chemistry companies to test and develop new 3D printing materials. As a member of the Certified Material Developer Program, organizations can experiment with any […]
First Renishaw neuromate stereotactic robot installed in Canada
Renishaw is pleased to announce the first neuromate stereotactic robot in Canada has been installed in the London Health Sciences Centre (LHSC) in London, Ontario. The first neuromate assisted neurosurgical procedure performed in Canada was a Stereo-electroencephalography (SEEG) case, a procedure which uses intracerebral electrodes to measure electrical signals within the brain. The aim of […]
Ready Robotics announces new affordable robots-as-a-service pricing
Ready Robotics has announced the first robots-as-a-service solution tough enough to handle real industrial tasks and flexible enough to be deployed in mere hours. Ready Robotics’ unique combination of plug-and-play tooling and easy programming interface makes the formerly expensive and complicated task of automation achievable for all manufacturers. Ready is also proud to announce its […]
Integrating robotics faster at ATX East
I had a great chat with the leadership team of Baltimore-based Ready Robotics at the ATX East show at New York’s Javits Center this week. Kel Guerin, the company’s CTO and Benjamin Gibbs, the CEO, described how Ready has built an easy-to-use platform for integrating industrial robots. “We basically take out the headache of setting up the tooling, […]
ABB’s YuMi rings NASDAQ opening bell
ABB’s YuMi dual-arm, collaborative robot rang the opening bell today at the NASDAQ MarketSite Studio in Times Square in New York City to start the trading day. YuMi was a guest of ROBO Global LLC, which offers The ROBO Global Robotics and Automation Index Series, the world’s first benchmark index series to track the global […]
Softbank announces purchase of Boston Dynamics
SoftBank Group Corp. on Friday announced that a subsidiary of SoftBank has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire robotics pioneer Boston Dynamics from Alphabet Inc. The transaction aligns with SoftBank’s investments in paradigm-shifting technologies and its vision of catalyzing the next wave of smart robotics. The terms of the transaction were not disclosed. Masayoshi […]
Brushless motor controller from RoboteQ targets heavy duty robots
Roboteq Inc. has introduced the RGBL1860 and RGBL1896 controllers for High-Power Brushless DC Motors.These featured-packed controllers can drive up to 500A at 60V, or 300A at 96V respectively. This very high power capacity makes the controllers ideal for Electric Vehicles, Material Handling Robots, Electric Boats or Agricultural Robots. The controllers can operate in trapezoidal or […]
New lightweight micro gripper designed for small fragile part assembly
A lightweight micro gripper, the MGR5 was designed for small, fragile part assembly. The MGR brings operation force 10 gram or less capability into range. Light moving mass reduces impact force during small product placement. MGR5 Specs: Compact and lightweight Light force capability 10g or less Soft-Land capability for pick and place of delicate and fragile parts […]
Stäubli introduces collaborative robots
Stäubli introduced its new TX2 line of collaborative robots to the North American market at the Automate trade show in Chicago, ushering in a new era of Man-Robot Collaboration (MRC). The line of six-axis machines and corresponding CS9 safety control are just two of several innovations on display from the leading provider of fluid and […]
Parker Hannifin Corp. launches Parker Automation Manager 1.3
Parker’s Electromechanical and Drives Division – North America is pleased to announce the release of Parker Automation Manager (PAM) 1.3. This update significantly expands the Parker Automation Controller (PAC) features and functionality, allowing users to integrate complex robotics into their machine controller in an easy-to-use, graphical environment. While the PAC is Parker’s all-in-one machine controls […]