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Collaborative Robotic Arms - Latest News

Cobot safety tips to maximize benefits of automation

January 2, 2020 By Megan R. Nichols 1 Comment

cobot safety

A look at how cobot safety considerations and additional programming work can benefit workplaces using collaborative robots.

Filed Under: Cobot Arms, News, Safety & Security

OnRobot raises $27.5M to reach for global markets

December 24, 2019 By Eugene Demaitre Leave a Comment

OnRobot raises $27.5M to reach for global markets

Cobot end-of-arm tooling maker OnRobot ended a busy 2019 with investment from the European Investment Bank and prominent Danish investors.

Filed Under: Cobot Arms, Grippers, Investments, News, Press Release Tagged With: OnRobot

FANUC debuts CRX cobots with 10kg payload capacity

December 18, 2019 By Steve Crowe Leave a Comment

FANUC CRX Cobots

FANUC has been quite busy of late. It introduced a line of arc welding cobots at FABTECH in November. And earlier this week it began distributing the mGrip modular gripping system from RBR50 company Soft Robotics. Today at iRex in Tokyo, the world’s largest robotics show, FANUC introduced its series of CRX cobots. There are […]

Filed Under: Cobot Arms, News Tagged With: FANUC

Toshiba Machine launches two cobots at IREX, announces name change

December 18, 2019 By Cobot Trends Staff Leave a Comment

Toshiba Machine launches two cobots at IREX, announces name change

Industrial automation provider Toshiba Machine announced its first humanoid collaborative robot and its first SCARA cobot, as well as a division return to its original name.

Filed Under: Cobot Arms, Industrial Robots, News, Press Release Tagged With: Toshiba Machine

UR3 cobot automates quality testing at Koyo Electronics

December 17, 2019 By Steve Crowe Leave a Comment

Koyo Electronics Industries has been involved in the development, manufacturing, and sales of electronic equipment since its establishment in 1955. It is also a member of the JTEKT group that boasts the world’s top share in the automotive steering bearings. Challenge In the production of products that require strict quality, such as the main product […]

Filed Under: Case Studies, Cobot Arms, Manufacturing, News, Quality Testing Tagged With: Universal Robots

One System Solution grippers from OnRobot earn UR+ certification

December 5, 2019 By Cobot Trends Staff Leave a Comment

One System Solution grippers from OnRobot earn UR+ certification

The certified URCap software provides a one system interface for OnRobot’s new versions of RG2, RG6, and VG10 grippers with Universal Robots’ collaborative robot arms.

Filed Under: Cobot Arms, Controllers, Grippers, Press Release Tagged With: OnRobot, Universal Robots

MOTOMAN-HC20DT cobot arm from Yaskawa has 20kg capacity

December 2, 2019 By Cobot Trends Staff 1 Comment

MOTOMAN-HC20DT cobot arm from Yaskawa has 20kg capacity

Yaskawa’s new MOTOMAN-HC20DT collaborative robot arm is designed to be suitable for automotive manufacturing and food handling.

Filed Under: Cobot Arms, News Tagged With: Yaskawa Motoman

Cobots provide finishing touch on Ford Fiesta assembly line

November 29, 2019 By Steve Crowe 1 Comment

Ford cobots

Ford has long used robots to make its automobiles. Ford is now using collaborative robots at a factory in Cologne, Germany to ensure every Ford Fiesta has a perfect finish. The six cobots, all UR10s from Universal Robots, complete a choreographed sequence to sand the entire body surface in just 35 seconds. During the production […]

Filed Under: Case Studies, Cobot Arms, Manufacturing, News Tagged With: Universal Robots

RCM Industries keeps jobs in the U.S. with help from UR10e cobot fleet

November 27, 2019 By Cobot Trends Staff Leave a Comment

RCM Industries keeps jobs in the U.S. with help from UR10e cobot fleet

Chicago-area manufacturer RCM Industries improved its global competitiveness by deploying UR10e collaborative robot arms for precise and repetitive tasks, adding automation while retaining U.S. workers.

Filed Under: Case Studies, Cobot Arms, Machine Tending, Manufacturing, News Tagged With: FPE Automation, RCM Industries, Universal Robots

Kassow Robots adds standard features to 7-DOF cobots

November 22, 2019 By Steve Crowe Leave a Comment

Kassow Robots

Kassow Robots’ lineup of 7-axis collaborative robot arms now comes standard with three I/O ports and a free drive button. The Denmark-based company was launched in part by former Universal Robots Co-founder Kristian Kassow. The company had its coming out party at Automatica 2018. Head of Sales Dieter Pletscher said the I/O ports will streamline […]

Filed Under: Cobot Arms, Connectivity, News Tagged With: Kassow Robots

One System Solution from OnRobot wins Gold in LEAP Awards

November 22, 2019 By Cobot Trends Staff Leave a Comment

One System Solution from OnRobot wins Gold in LEAP Awards

OnRobot’s unified interface connects any of the company’s end effectors to a wide range of robot arms, and it was recognized in the Leadership in Engineering Achievement Program’s awards for industrial automation.

Filed Under: Cobot Arms, Connectivity, Grippers, Industrial Robots, News, Press Release Tagged With: Advantech, Dunkermotoren, HEalthcare Robotics Engineering Forum, OnRobot, Universal Robots

Doosan Robotics teases new A Series cobots

November 20, 2019 By Steve Crowe Leave a Comment

Doosan Robotics A Series cobot

The Doosan Robotics A Series collaborative robot arms were unveiled at the Korea Machinery Fair 2019.  The lineup consists of four models: A0509, A0509s, A0912, and A0912s.

Filed Under: Cobot Arms, News Tagged With: Doosan Robotics

Cummins more than doubling cobots working at manufacturing plants

November 19, 2019 By Steve Crowe Leave a Comment

Cummins, a global manufacturer of diesel and alternative fuel engines, will more than double the number of collaborative robots it is using by the end of 2019. The company said at least 30 cobots will share workspace with employees at 15 different sites across the world by the end of the year. This is part of […]

Filed Under: Cobot Arms, Manufacturing, News

Collaborative robots market to reach $9.7B by 2025

November 12, 2019 By Steve Crowe Leave a Comment

As the implementation of smart factories surges forward, more companies are becoming aware of the growing importance of and uses for collaborative robots, according to a new report from Tractica. Still, a gap exists in understanding what these robots are as well as the implications for businesses. Large company adoption of cobots is already occurring […]

Filed Under: Cobot Arms, News, Research

Barcelona hosts collaborative robotics hub with UR, MiR expansion

November 8, 2019 By Cobot Trends Staff 1 Comment

Collaborative robotics hub opens in Barcelona with UR, MiR expansion

Universal Robots and Mobile Industrial Robots are expanding their operations in Barcelona, Spain, opening a collaborative robotics hub to serve Southern Europe.

Filed Under: AMRs, Cobot Arms, News, Press Release Tagged With: Europe, Mobile Industrial Robots, Universal Robots

FANUC debuting arc welding cobots at FABTECH

November 5, 2019 By Steve Crowe Leave a Comment

FANUC America will introduce a line of collaborative arc welding robots at FABTECH 2019 in Chicago. The new arc welding cobots offer the same level of performance as FANUC’s ARC Mate robots, but a built-in sensor allows the new welding cobots to work safely alongside people. Both of FANUC’s new welding cobots provide six axes […]

Filed Under: Cobot Arms, News, Welding & Fabrication Tagged With: FANUC

Cobots gaining traction in healthcare industry

November 5, 2019 By Steve Crowe Leave a Comment

Robots and robotic technologies have a long history of success in healthcare. But recent advancements in the field of collaborative robots have made for additional possibilities to support the healthcare sector across a variety of applications. Corey Ryan, Manager of Medical Robotics at KUKA Robotics, is one of the keynote speakers at the Healthcare Robotics […]

Filed Under: Cobot Arms, News Tagged With: KUKA

Collaborative Robots Comparison Tool

by Steve Crowe 11 Comments

cobot comparison

A comparison of 100 collaborative robots by maximum payload, maximum horizontal reach, repeatability and degrees of freedom.

Filed Under: Analysis, Cobot Arms, Cobots 101, News

Cobots vs. industrial robots: what are the differences?

by Cobot Trends Staff Leave a Comment

Cobots

When you’re ready to automate, one of the first questions you’ll face is whether to use traditional industrial robots or cobots. Here is a look at the major differences between the two.

Filed Under: Cobots 101, News Tagged With: OnRobot

Multiple welding systems using cobots to see at FABTECH 2019

October 25, 2019 By Cobot Trends Staff Leave a Comment

[caption id="attachment_103124" align="aligncenter" width="740"] The new BotX Welder developed by Hirebotics and using the UR10e cobot, lets manufacturers automate arc welding with no capital investment, handling even small batch runs not feasible with conventional automation. Source: Universal Robots[/caption] ANN ARBOR, Mich. -- Shortages of skilled workers and increasing demand are leading to a deficit in welding. At FABTECH, collaborative robot arms from Universal Robots A/S will be part of three welding automation systems to address this challenge. According to the American Welding Society, the average welder today in the U.S. is 55 years old, and less than 20% of welders are under the age of 35. These demographics lead to a projected shortfall of 400,000 welders by 2024. Weld shops already can’t find enough skilled people, and they can’t automate the increasing amount of high-mix/low-volume production runs with traditional welding robots. "Addressing the severe labor shortage in weld shops with cobots is now a solution that we see rapidly emerging, as industry leaders and innovators start offering automated welding tools utilizing the Universal Robots’ platform,” said Stu Shepherd, regional sales director of Universal Robots’ Americas division. “FABTECH attendees will witness how the ease of use and versatility of the UR cobots can translate into unique new welding automation tools in ways few believed were possible just a couple of years ago." BotX – hire a robot welder by the hour The new BotX Welder, developed by Hirebotics, Red-D-Arc, and Airgas, uses a UR10e cobot to address two major hurdles of robotic arc welding: ease of programming and the ease in which a customer can obtain the system without assuming the cost of ownership. There are no installation costs with BotX. With cloud monitoring, manufacturers pay only for the hours the system actually welds, thereby enabling the manufacturer to hire and fire BotX as business needs dictate. “We chose Universal Robots to power BotX for several reasons,” said Rob Goldiez, co-founder and CEO of Hirebotics. “With Universal Robots’ open architecture, we were able to control not only wire feed speed and voltage, but torch angle as well, which ensures a quality weld every time." Customers can teach BotX the required welds with app on any smartphone or tablet, said Hirebotics. It accesses a library of welding recipes contained in the BotX software developed specifically for the BotX and optimized to work with Airgas’ ARCAL shielding gas. The complete BotX product offering comes with the UR10e cobot arm, cloud connector, welder, wire feeder, MIG welding gun, weld table, and configurable user-input touch buttons. The BotX is now available to early access customers. It will be on display at FABTECH in Chicago, doing live welding in Airgas’ Booth B19043 and in OnShape’s Booth A1345 on Nov. 11-14, 2019. Vectis Automation’s Cobot Welding Tool offers intuitive design Debuting in Universal Robots’ FABTECH Booth B35083 featuring a UR10e cobot is Vectis Automation’s new Cobot Welding Tool. The company said it is "a portable, safe, versatile, and extremely easy-to-use solution that is even available as a low-risk, no-capital rent-to-own option." Vectis’ Let’s Weld Together programming interface is accessible directly through the UR cobot’s own teach pendant. Programs can be created, saved, and later recalled to handle the numerous part numbers typical for high-mix/low-volume shops. “We saw Universal Robots prevail as the undisputed leader in the cobot market, lowering automation barriers through ease of use and fast deployment,” said Josh Pawley, director of business development and co-founder of Vectis Automation. “We wanted to build our cobot welder on this platform, providing the same user experience to welders that manufacturers in many other industry verticals now enjoy." He added that the Vectis Cobot Welder is commonly 25% to 40% less expensive than the "all-in" cost of a small traditional robot welder. The Vectis system comes with all hardware provided fully integrated onto a 3 ft. x 6ft. mobile modular fixturing cart. This is intended to enable metal fabricators to bring the cobot to the work, or the work to the cobot, with no anchoring nor dedicated footprint required. SnapCut – a cobot that cuts through steel A traffic-stopper at last year’s FABTECH was SnapWeld, the first integrated MIG welding system for collaborative robots available through Universal Robots’ UR+ platform, which certifies products to work seamlessly with UR cobots. SnapWeld was launched by ARC Specialties. It has further developed the UR product portfolio with the release of SnapCut, which allows traditional metal fabricators to cut shapes in three-dimensional steel components with no prior robotic or computer programming knowledge. SnapCut will be showcased in Universal Robots’ FABTECH Booth B35083 using a UR10e cobot to manipulate a Hypertherm cutting torch to desired positions around the cutting path. "With SnapCut, we have developed a tool that allows metal fabricators to deploy UR cobots to cut nonstandard positions on location with near plasma table quality,” said John Martin, vice president at ARC Specialties. “We’re providing an easy automation alternative to a process that today is primarily done manually.” Users can easily switch between plasma cutting and welding, turning SnapCut into SnapWeld, said ARC Specialties. The company added that it recently updated the SnapWeld interface. It is preloaded with welding schedules so that even users without prior robotics experience can input the material information and then teach the welding path by pointing the robot at the weld. UR16e debuts at FABTECH FABTECH is also metal fabricators’ first chance to see Universal Robots’ new heavy-duty UR16e, which boasts an impressive 16kg (35 lb.) of payload capability. The new cobot combines high payload with a reach of 900mm and pose repeatability of +/- 0.05mm, making it ideal for automating tasks such as heavy-duty materials handling, deburring, and machine tending. Universal Robots said the UR15e has the highest payload and best pose repeatability in this reach class. The new cobot is put to work in the UR booth by Fusion Cobotics, a UR partner that has developed the FC Series, a pre-configured machine tending solution with the UR16e. Manufacturers can utilize the equipment for efficient, reliable, uninterrupted machine tending throughout the day and into the off-shifts (lights-out) enhancing the ROI capital equipment without tying up money and valuable floorspace usually required by conventional robotic machine tending solutions.

With shortages of skilled welders, shops are turning to automation to help. Several welding robot systems using UR cobots will be on display next month at FABTECH.

Filed Under: Cobot Arms, News, Press Release, Welding & Fabrication Tagged With: ARC Specialties, Fusion Cobotics, Hirebotics, Universal Robots, Vectis Automation

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