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Object Detection With a Touchscreen: The New W10 Sensor from SICK

Object Detection With a Touchscreen: The New W10 Sensor from SICK

SICK recently launched the W10, a touchscreen sensor that includes selectable operating modes, a durable stainless steel housing with IP69K protection, and IO-Link functionality.


News Apr 09, 2024 by Damond Goodwin
Accelerate PLC Ladder Logic Learning with New Arduino Starter Kit

Accelerate PLC Ladder Logic Learning with New Arduino Starter Kit

Tackling a growing need for education in industrial automation, Arduino has launched a starter kit for PLC learning based on the new Opta, the PLC IDE, and hardware to integrate I/O devices.


News Apr 08, 2024 by David Peterson
Dead Zone Reduction: New Leuze Ultrasonic Sensors

Dead Zone Reduction: New Leuze Ultrasonic Sensors

Leuze has launched the 420B and 412B series ultrasonic sensors with both discrete and analog interfaces, presenting a significant advancement for system operators seeking enhanced efficiency.


News Apr 05, 2024 by Austin Futrell
Contactless Power and Signal Transfer: Turck Inductive Couplers

Contactless Power and Signal Transfer: Turck Inductive Couplers

Turck has recently developed an inductive coupler device that will transmit power and signals wirelessly to nearby devices, excellent for non-contact sensing applications with motion between parts.


News Apr 03, 2024 by Shawn Dietrich
Pallet Handling Equipped With AI: The New MiR1200 Pallet Jack

Pallet Handling Equipped With AI: The New MiR1200 Pallet Jack

The latest AMR advancement from Mobile Industrial Robots is a pallet jack that leverages AI computing to navigate complex environments with a minimal amount of infrastructure changes.


News Apr 01, 2024 by Damond Goodwin
Adlink Controllers Now Compatible With StereoLabs Cameras for Improved Robotic Vision

Adlink Controllers Now Compatible With StereoLabs Cameras for Improved Robotic Vision

Adlink has made its ROScube-X controllers fully compatible with StereoLabs’ ZED X cameras to improve autonomous vehicle navigation.


News Mar 29, 2024 by Seth Price
Pilz Enhances PSENradar Vision for Safe Operation in Tough Environments

Pilz Enhances PSENradar Vision for Safe Operation in Tough Environments

Asymmetrical zone monitoring can be challenging, but Pilz's newest additions to its safe radar system are designed to enable users to safely monitor protection zones in challenging environments and confined spaces.


News Mar 28, 2024 by Damond Goodwin
RoboDK and Comau Deliver Next-generation Robotic Simulation

RoboDK and Comau Deliver Next-generation Robotic Simulation

The latest collaboration between RoboDK and Comau gives users enhanced, user-friendly robotic simulation and offline programming with Roboshop Next Gen software.


News Mar 24, 2024 by Bob Odhiambo
Laser Precision and Customizable Cutoff: Banner Adds Sensing Modes to Q2X Series

Laser Precision and Customizable Cutoff: Banner Adds Sensing Modes to Q2X Series

Banner Engineering has improved the versatility and flexibility of its Q2X series of miniature photoelectric sensors by adding two new sensing modes: fixed-field and laser measurement.


News Mar 21, 2024 by Joshua Tidwell
It’s a MIRAI-cle: Tough Tasks Made Easier With Micropsi and KUKA

It’s a MIRAI-cle: Tough Tasks Made Easier With Micropsi and KUKA

Challenging robotic tasks will now be easier to manage for KUKA customers, as KUKA now offers the power of Micropsi’s MIRAI AI-powered vision systems to their robotics users.


News Mar 19, 2024 by Joshua Tidwell
Control.com: Feeling The Supply Chain Mojo at MODEX 2024

Control.com: Feeling The Supply Chain Mojo at MODEX 2024

Atlanta was buzzing with technology, demonstrations, and innovative supply chain solutions from over 1000 individual exhibitors at MODEX 2024, March 11-14 at the GA World Congress Center.


News Mar 16, 2024 by David Peterson
A Hands-On Solution: Humanoid Robots in Automotive Manufacturing and Beyond

A Hands-On Solution: Humanoid Robots in Automotive Manufacturing and Beyond

Two companies, Figure AI Inc. and Ubtech Robotics, are working to make humanoid robots viable for use in tasks traditionally developed for human hands.


News Mar 15, 2024 by Damond Goodwin
Softing’s Latest smartLink Devices, Now With PROFINET Network Access

Softing’s Latest smartLink Devices, Now With PROFINET Network Access

Softing Industrial has unleashed the flexibility of protocols with the latest devices in its smartLink product lineup. The new hardware gateway and software module give users access to PROFINET networks.


News Mar 15, 2024 by Seth Price
SMC Releases Lightweight, Vacuum-integrated Electric Gripper for Cobots

SMC Releases Lightweight, Vacuum-integrated Electric Gripper for Cobots

SMC has released its lightweight, energy-saving ZXPE5 Series electric vacuum gripper for collaborative robots. The new gripper has a built-in vacuum pump and can be used with a single electrical wire connection.


News Mar 14, 2024 by Stephanie Leonida
Introducing the PLC410, WEG’s New PLC: Smaller But with Powerful Specs

Introducing the PLC410, WEG’s New PLC: Smaller But with Powerful Specs

Designed with OEMs in mind, the WEG PLC410 is the smaller counterpart of the PLC500, still offering similar features but with useful improvements in expansion I/O, communication, and performance.


News Mar 13, 2024 by Shawn Dietrich
Emerson’s Compact, Robust PC Links the Industrial Floor to the Cloud

Emerson’s Compact, Robust PC Links the Industrial Floor to the Cloud

Emerson’s new PACSystems IPC 2010 comes with pre-installed Movicon software and the PACEdge IIoT platform, providing powerful computing for visualizing industrial edge data applications.


News Mar 12, 2024 by Damond Goodwin
Schunk System Enables Automatic, Quick Change of Gripper Fingers

Schunk System Enables Automatic, Quick Change of Gripper Fingers

The new BSWS-R jaw quick-change system from Schunk automates tool changes, reducing downtime during robotic manipulation of parts and enabling greater manufacturing flexibility.


News Mar 12, 2024 by Seth Price
Schneider Electric, Intel, and Red Hat Create Open Automation Infrastructure

Schneider Electric, Intel, and Red Hat Create Open Automation Infrastructure

In collaboration with Intel and Red Hat, Schneider Electric has created a next-generation, open automation infrastructure to help replace vendor-specific infrastructure with software-based control systems.


News Mar 07, 2024 by Damond Goodwin
Streamlining Robot Operation With Mitsubishi’s New R86TB Teach Pendant

Streamlining Robot Operation With Mitsubishi’s New R86TB Teach Pendant

The new R86TB teach pendant from Mitsubishi Electric is designed for operability and ease of use when programming robotic motion and monitoring robot status, regardless of a user’s experience level.


News Mar 07, 2024 by Seth Price
A Complete Transport Solution: Omron Launches AMRs With ROEQ Top Modules

A Complete Transport Solution: Omron Launches AMRs With ROEQ Top Modules

Omron has launched its MD-650 and MD-900 medium-payload AMRs as an out-of-the-box solution with lifter top and top roller modules from ROEQ, offering customers efficient and cost-effective material transportation.


News Mar 06, 2024 by Stephanie Leonida