Industrial Robots

Collaborative robot markets are expected to see the biggest growth in the years ahead, with end effectors representing the largest component market.

AWS claims IoT RoboRunner eliminates the need for numerous integrations among different robot control systems and warehouse management systems.

Featuring an 176 lb payload capacity, the PL80 robot offers a 81.1 inch horizontal reach, 129.5 inch vertical reach and 0.03 mm repeatability.

Gibson Engineering offers the complete lineup of Epson Robots’ products, including its SCARA, 6-Axis robots, and integrated options.

Trio’s new SCARA robots give OEMs robot control, motion control and machine automation from a single controller. 

FANUC America’s LR-10iA/10 robot is designed for machine tending, assembly, dispensing, material removal, picking, packaging and part transfer.

The solution uses industrial robots suspended on a platform to autonomously clean the windows in a skyscraper.

The FlexLoader M replaces ABB’s current family of FlexLoader cells, offering six different configurations based on piece size and count.

Epson said the visual-based teaching environment offers faster setup for users who have little-to-no programming experience.

The latest round valued Dexterity, which has already raised more than $200 million since it was founded, at $1.4 billion.

RoboTire is automating consumer tire changing by employing industrial robot arms to complete a tire change in as little as 15 minutes.

Fruitcore Robotics plans to expand its engineering, sales and support teams in Europe as it continues to grow.

The company adds two more certified integrators to its growing list of qualified integrators.

The company offers a mature robot control solution optimized for palletizing and bin picking operations.

With a cycle time of 0.29 seconds, ABB said the new IRB 920T SCARA robot is 14 percent faster than ABB’s current IRB 910SC SCARA robot.

AmbiOS uses sIm-to-real techniques to reduce model training time and improve grasping success.

The system uses a long-reach manipulator, with a three-axis robotic arm at the end, which works with a human operator to increase their dexterity and flexibility.

The helicopter refueling system uses RE2’s proprietary perception software to control a dexterous RE2 robotic arm mounted onto an unmanned ground vehicle. The UGV will autonomously position and engage a fuel nozzle in the helicopter’s fuel port.

The ATX West show is next week. Check out our show guide with a curated list of robotic vendors to visit while at the show.

Ambi Robotics introduces AmbiKit, a new AI-driven kitting applications that leverages vision and robots to pick items from bulk into kits.

Intrinsic has been exploring how automated perception, deep learning, reinforcement learning, motion planning, force control, and simulation can be combined to make industrial robots more flexible.

Festo partners with several international companies and universities to develop the capabilities of FLAIROP – Federated Learning for Robot Picking