The new KUKA Food Series Option is available on a variety of robots designed for packaging and palletizing application, including KR 40 PA, KR 50 PA, KR 100-2 PA, KR 180-2, PA & KR 150. These units offer robotic solutions from 2-axis packaging, 4-axis palletizing, and 6-axis palletizing & handling. A significant feature of the […]
Misumi Sponsors Student Robot Competitions
Schaumburg, IL– Misumi has been a major force in the mechanical and factory automation markets for over 45 years. Through its product innovations, combined with its unmatched CAD Configurator and online ordering system technologies, Misumi has changed the landscape for machine and assembly system design engineers worldwide. You’ll find Misumi products onboard a growing number […]
Winners of Robotics Development Innovator Awards Announced
Santa Clara, CA – The winners of the 2008 Robotics Development Innovator Awards were announced at the RoboDevelopment Conference & Exposition. The Robotics Development Innovator Awards recognize design and development tools, as well as component technology, used in the development of commercial robots and robotics technology. Two Categories, One Goal The development of robots and […]
AMT’s Mike Jacobs to Moderate 16th Annual Robotics Industry Forum
Orlando, FL – The annual Robots Industry Forum, sponsored by the Robotic Industries Association (RIA), will convene November 5-7 in Orlando to discuss leading issues and their impact on the robotics industry. The event includes three days of industry networking, technical presentations, forum discussion and trade exhibits. Mike Jacobs, President and CEO of Applied Manufacturing […]
The Cutting Edge of Haptic Research
Using tools such as graphical system design, reserachers are developing new, safer ways of interacting with machines that also permit more efficient operation By Gerardo Garcia, Product Manager Ben Black, Systems Engineer National Instruments Have you ever played a car racing video game that shakes when you go off-road? If so, you have interacted with […]
Robotic Kits for “Do-It-Yourself” Packaging System Design
Modular programming and articulating arm kits let you design your own robotic-based packaging system. By Tom Jensen Engineering Manager ELAU Inc., a Company of Schneider Electric For many years two factors gave robot designers and manufacturers a lock on developing equipment for the packaging market: patents and the specialized kinematic knowledge required to program robotic […]
NI and LEGO® Develop Low-Cost Robotics Platform
National Instruments and LEGO Education continue their educational robotics collaboration with the new LEGO Education WeDo classroom robotics platform.
College Paves Way for Firms to Go Robotic
The Institute of Technology Sligo (Ireland) has completed a ground breaking manufacturing support project which promises to have major benefits for manufacturers in the region. IT Sligo was the lead partner in the ‘Robotics and Integrated Manufacturing for the 21st Century’ (RIM 21) project. RIM 21 liaised with local manufacturing industry, identifying technology gaps which […]
RoboCup Showcases Mobile Robots & Autonomous Systems
The RoboCup— now in its seventh year— is part of the “Mobile Robots & Autonomous Systems” showcase for the technology. Other robots on display offer everything from security to faster manufacturing. Some 850 robots were signed up, alongside 350 university students and computer engineers from 14 countries. These robots come in a multitude of […]