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Mitsubishi’s High-Payload, Long-Reach Robots Give New Meaning to “Arm Day”

Mitsubishi’s High-Payload, Long-Reach Robots Give New Meaning to “Arm Day”

The latest additions to Mitsubishi Electric Automation's RV-FR series of robots feature a higher payload and longer reach than earlier models, expanding the series' manufacturing capabilities.


News Jun 14, 2024 by Seth Price
Keyence Releases VS Series System With Integrated AI for Vision-Guided Robotics

Keyence Releases VS Series System With Integrated AI for Vision-Guided Robotics

The new 2d vision-guided robotics system from Keyence has built-in AI and the latest imaging technology to suit advanced operations. The system can be used with fixed and on-hand cameras.


News Jun 12, 2024 by Shawn Dietrich
Researchers Develop Automated System for Wind Turbine Blade Manufacturing

Researchers Develop Automated System for Wind Turbine Blade Manufacturing

NREL researchers have brought robotics to post-molding operations in wind turbine blade manufacturing with a degree of success, sparking hope for automation and U.S.-based manufacturing in the wind energy industry.


News Jun 10, 2024 by Stephanie Leonida
Techman Robot Launches High-Payload Cobot With Built-In AI Technology

Techman Robot Launches High-Payload Cobot With Built-In AI Technology

Techman Robot has released its newest collaborative robot, the TM30S. The TM30S features heavy-lifting power and AI machine learning capability, giving users enhanced robotic capabilities.


News Jun 09, 2024 by Damond Goodwin
Universal Robots and MiR Open up Joint Robotics Headquarters in Denmark

Universal Robots and MiR Open up Joint Robotics Headquarters in Denmark

Teradyne Robotics has opened a 20,000 sq m headquarters in Odense, Denmark. The new facility will enable collaboration between Teradyne's two companies, Universal Robots and Mobile Industrial Robots (MiR).


News Jun 07, 2024 by Seth Price
Comau Launches AI-Powered Vision System for Robotic Piece Picking

Comau Launches AI-Powered Vision System for Robotic Piece Picking

Comau has released an autonomous piece picking solution that utilizes intelligent vision hardware and advanced AI software. The solution enables robots to pick different objects randomly scattered in a bin.


News Jun 05, 2024 by Shawn Dietrich
Introducing YMConnect: Yaskawa’s New SDK for Simplified Robot Control

Introducing YMConnect: Yaskawa’s New SDK for Simplified Robot Control

Yaskawa Motoman has released YMConnect, its latest software development kit (SDK). The new SDK enables users to build custom robotic monitoring and control applications.


News Jun 01, 2024 by Seth Price
Strawberry Season Is Here! Harvesting Robots Are at the Ready

Strawberry Season Is Here! Harvesting Robots Are at the Ready

Denso, Certhon, and Dogtooth Technologies tackle the challenge of picking delicate produce with harvesting robots designed to improve efficiency and sustainability in agriculture.


News May 26, 2024 by Stephanie Leonida
NVIDIA and Intrinsic Collaborate To Advance Robotic Gripping

NVIDIA and Intrinsic Collaborate To Advance Robotic Gripping

NVIDIA and Alphabet's Intrinsic have joined forces to accelerate robotic grasping capabilities by combining their platform expertise and leveraging generative AI and simulation.


News May 13, 2024 by Stephanie Leonida
OnRobot Unveils Electric Grippers for Heavy-duty Cobot Applications

OnRobot Unveils Electric Grippers for Heavy-duty Cobot Applications

OnRobot has launched two new electric grippers capable of handling high-payload applications and partnered with Ellison Technologies to power a CNC machine-tending solution.


News May 08, 2024 by Bob Odhiambo
Bin-Picking Software PiC 2.0 Now Available From CapSen Robotics

Bin-Picking Software PiC 2.0 Now Available From CapSen Robotics

CapSen Robotics’ newest version of PiC software promises enhanced image analysis, part identification capabilities, and conformity to increasingly common hardware add-ons for pick-and-place robotics.


News May 07, 2024 by Seth Price
Schmalz Launches New Suction Cup Gripper for Handling Bags

Schmalz Launches New Suction Cup Gripper for Handling Bags

Schmalz has developed a new suction cup gripper for difficult-to-handle materials like sacks, bags, and shrink-wrapped packaging. The new gripper is available with or without an integrated vacuum.


News May 02, 2024 by Damond Goodwin
Control Looks Ahead to the Future of Industrial Tech at Automate 2024

Control Looks Ahead to the Future of Industrial Tech at Automate 2024

Join us as we check out the latest in today's industrial control system technology when we visit Chicago in early May, enjoying the sights and sounds of Automate 2024.


News Apr 23, 2024 by David Peterson
Omron and Neura Robotics Usher in New Era of Robotic Cognition

Omron and Neura Robotics Usher in New Era of Robotic Cognition

Omron and Neura Robotics embark on a collaborative pioneering journey to establish a firm footprint in the field of cognitive robotics for industrial automation.


News Apr 22, 2024 by Stephanie Leonida
A Look at the Latest Pneumatic and Robotic Products From SMC

A Look at the Latest Pneumatic and Robotic Products From SMC

SMC has announced several new products for pneumatic control and robot assembly systems, including longer life pneumatic air cylinders, a new air flow controller, and a multi-hand robot adapter.


News Apr 19, 2024 by Seth Price
Third Dimension Noncontact Gauging Solution Now Available for Fanuc Cobots

Third Dimension Noncontact Gauging Solution Now Available for Fanuc Cobots

Fanuc's CRX collaborative robots can now be integrated with Third Dimension's peripheral device, Vectro2, a plug-and-play noncontact gauging solution for metrology and process control.


News Apr 12, 2024 by Damond Goodwin
Siemens, Universal Robots, and Zivid Tackle Intralogistics Fulfillment

Siemens, Universal Robots, and Zivid Tackle Intralogistics Fulfillment

Three major players in vision systems and robotics have teamed up to produce a highly accurate and dynamic robot-picking system for the logistics and e-commerce industry.


News Apr 10, 2024 by Shawn Dietrich
The KR Pulse Ecosystem: Kassow Robots Latest Push Toward Flexible Cobot Solutions

The KR Pulse Ecosystem: Kassow Robots Latest Push Toward Flexible Cobot Solutions

Kassow Robots has partnered with major automation device and software industry players to build an ecosystem of compatible components, application kits, and engineering tools for its 7-axis KR cobots.


News Apr 06, 2024 by Shawn Dietrich
ABB Robotics Partners With Start-up To Promote Sustainable, Affordable Housing

ABB Robotics Partners With Start-up To Promote Sustainable, Affordable Housing

In an effort to make housing more sustainable and affordable, ABB Robotics and technology start-up AUAR have teamed up to build an ecosystem of robotic micro-factories.


News Apr 05, 2024 by Stephanie Leonida
Fraunhofer Develops AI-powered Cobot Inspection Workstations for Production

Fraunhofer Develops AI-powered Cobot Inspection Workstations for Production

To combat the time-consuming and error-prone manual visual inspection of parts, Fraunhofer has helped design a cobot workstation that utilizes artificial intelligence and an IoT platform for inspection.


News Apr 04, 2024 by Damond Goodwin