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End of Arm Tooling

Destaco launches TC1 manual tool changer for cobots

March 15, 2021 By Cobot Trends Staff Leave a Comment

The TC1 has four integrated pass-through air ports plus optional electrical passthrough modules that connect directly to cobots from Universal Robots.

Filed Under: End of Arm Tooling, News, Tool Changer Tagged With: Destaco

OnRobot MG10 electric magnetic gripper designed for collaborative applications

March 11, 2021 By Steve Crowe Leave a Comment

The OnRobot MG10 electric magnetic gripper features a built-in proximity sensor and doesn’t require compressed air or cables for operation.

Filed Under: End of Arm Tooling, Grippers, News Tagged With: OnRobot

OnRobot VGP20 electric vacuum gripper targets heavy-duty palletizing

March 2, 2021 By Steve Crowe Leave a Comment

VGP20

After a busy year product-wise in 2020, OnRobot released its first new end-of-arm tool (EOAT) for 2021. The VGP20 is an electric vacuum gripper that can handle payloads of 20kg (44.09lbs). OnRobot said the VGP20 is “compatible with all leading robot brands” and is designed primarily for heavy-duty palletizing applications, but it can be used for […]

Filed Under: End of Arm Tooling, Grippers, News, Packaging & Palletizing, Vacuum Gripper Tagged With: OnRobot

TripleA robotics launches WINGMAN tool changer for cobots

February 1, 2021 By Cobot Trends Staff Leave a Comment

TripleA robotics wingman tool changer

The WINGMAN Tool Changer can be installed in only a few minutes and provides fast and easy manual and automatic tool change on collaborative robot arms.

Filed Under: End of Arm Tooling, News, Startups Tagged With: tool changer, TripleA robotics

ATI releases end-effector kits for FANUC CRX cobots

January 21, 2021 By Cobot Trends Staff Leave a Comment

ATI Industrial Automation

ATI Industrial Automation released a slew of end-of-arm tooling kits designed specifically for FANUC’s CRX Series collaborative robot arms.

Filed Under: End of Arm Tooling, Force Torque Sensors Tagged With: ATI Industrial Automation, FANUC

How a Canadian bakery automated its bread packaging line

January 7, 2021 By Cobot Trends Staff Leave a Comment

Soft Robotics

A Canadian bakery uses a UR10 cobot and six-finger Soft Robotics mGrip gripper to grab loaves of bread and carry them to a bagging machine.

Filed Under: Case Studies, Cobot Arms, End of Arm Tooling, Food & Beverage, Grippers, News Tagged With: soft robotics, Universal Robots

Piab piSoftgrip 50-2 gripper designed for food automation

December 4, 2020 By Paul Heney Leave a Comment

The vacuum-based soft gripper can hold sensitive and lightweight oblong objects with odd geometries and/or objects with an unusual surface.

Filed Under: End of Arm Tooling, Food & Beverage, Grippers, News Tagged With: piab

Four collaborative robots from Techman help automaker with visual inspections

November 30, 2020 By Cobot Trends Staff Leave a Comment

Four collaborative robots from Techman help automaker with visual inspections

Techman Robot said its collaborative robot and smart vision system have helped a Japanese automaker improve its quality inspection process, just as it benefited Continental with a pick-and-place operation.

Filed Under: Cameras / Imaging / Vision, Case Studies, Cobot Arms, End of Arm Tooling, Pick & Place, Press Release, Quality Testing Tagged With: automotive, Continental, Techman Robot

OnRobot launches cleanroom-ready 2FG7 parallel gripper

November 13, 2020 By Steve Crowe Leave a Comment

OnRobot 2FG7 parallel gripper

The 2FG7 parallel gripper offers a maximum payload of 11 kg (24.3 lb), an external grip range of up to 74 mm (2.91 in) and a gripping force of between 20-140 N.

Filed Under: End of Arm Tooling, Grippers, News Tagged With: OnRobot

Dress pack from Southwest Research Institute tames cobot cable management

October 28, 2020 By Cody Bresssler Leave a Comment

Dress pack from Southwest Research Institute tames cobot cable management

Cable management is usually. headache for collaborative robot arm users, but the Southwest Research Institute has developed the ADDRESS system, a new dress pack method for avoiding tangling.

Filed Under: Cobot Arms, End of Arm Tooling, News, Press Release, Robot Components Tagged With: Southwest Research Institute, Universal Robots

Six-packs now within reach of robotic grippers with new Piab vacuum system

October 21, 2020 By Cobot Trends Staff Leave a Comment

Six-packs now within reach of robotic grippers with new Piab vacuum system

Grabbing some beer is now possible for packaging and palletizing robots, thanks to a new gripper from Piab. It has designed a vacuum system that can handle six-packs without damaging them.

Filed Under: Design & Development, End of Arm Tooling, Food & Beverage, Grippers, Manufacturing, News, Packaging & Palletizing, Press Release, Vacuum Gripper Tagged With: piab

Scape Mini-Picker intended to help smaller enterprises automate bin picking

October 12, 2020 By Cobot Trends Staff Leave a Comment

SCAPE Mini-Picker

Scape Technologies has added the SCAPE Mini-Picker to its robotic bin-picking line as an introductory product that is more affordable and has many of the features of its other systems.

Filed Under: 6-Axis, Cobot Arms, Grippers, Manufacturing, News, Pick & Place, Press Release Tagged With: Scape Technologies

OnRobot Sander offers plug-and-play automation of finishing applications

September 17, 2020 By Steve Crowe Leave a Comment

OnRobot Sander

The OnRobot Sander, an all-electric, random orbital sander, can be used with all major collaborative and lightweight industrial robots.

Filed Under: End of Arm Tooling, Finishing, News Tagged With: OnRobot

OnRobot updates Eyes vision software to facilitate flexible robot applications

August 24, 2020 By Eugene Demaitre Leave a Comment

OnRobot updates Eyes vision software to facilitate flexible robot applications

OnRobot said the software update for its Eyes vision system can help users apply robots to flexible production and industrial inspection.

Filed Under: AMRs, Cameras / Imaging / Vision, China, End of Arm Tooling, News, Press Release, Software Tagged With: OnRobot

Gripper maker Soft Robotics announces changes in company leadership

June 29, 2020 By Cobot Trends Staff Leave a Comment

Mini Finger joins Soft Robotics' mGrip offering for precise picking

End-of-arm tooling maker Soft Robotics has announced the appointment of a new executive chairman and a new chief operating officer, as well as the departure of its CEO.

Filed Under: End of Arm Tooling, Grippers, News, Press Release, Soft Robotics Tagged With: soft robotics

OnRobot Screwdriver launches for leading cobots

June 18, 2020 By Steve Crowe Leave a Comment

OnRobot is looking to help manufacturers automate a variety of screwdriving processes. The RBR50 company introduced its OnRobot Screwdriver end-of-arm tool that handles a variety of screws.

Filed Under: End of Arm Tooling Tagged With: OnRobot

ZAGO Manufacturing increases capacity with automated night shifts

May 6, 2020 By Steve Crowe Leave a Comment

ZAGO Manufacturing faced an increase in demand, but had a limited workforce. It turned to Robotiq and Universal Robots for a robust automated solution.

Filed Under: Case Studies, End of Arm Tooling, Grippers, Machine Tending, News Tagged With: Robotiq

OnRobot Eyes to give 2.5D vision to cobot arms

April 16, 2020 By Steve Crowe Leave a Comment

OnRobot Eyes is a 2.5D vision system that can be mounted on a cobot’s wrist or externally in a production cell. It is OnRobot’s first product that isn’t a gripper, force torque sensor or tool changer.

Filed Under: Cameras / Imaging / Vision, End of Arm Tooling, News, Technologies Tagged With: OnRobot

OnRobot Soft Gripper is designed for picking challenges, food handling

April 7, 2020 By Eugene Demaitre Leave a Comment

OnRobot Soft Gripper is designed for picking challenges, food handling

The new OnRobot Soft Gripper is designed to work without an external air supply. The end effector comes in three configurations, is FDA-certified, and works with the One System Solution.

Filed Under: End of Arm Tooling, Food & Beverage, News, Soft Robotics, Vacuum Gripper Tagged With: ABB, Hanwha Precision Machinery, OnRobot

End effector trends to watch in collaborative robots in 2020

February 28, 2020 By Cobot Trends Staff Leave a Comment

End effector trends to watch in collaborative robots in 2020

New gripper options and sensors are widening manufacturing applications for collaborative robots, according to experts from Gibson Engineering and Robotiq.

Filed Under: Cobot Arms, End of Arm Tooling, News, Opinion Tagged With: Gibson Engineering, Robotiq

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