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Grippers

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

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

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

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

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 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

OnRobot launches 3-finger gripper for heavy duty machine tending

February 27, 2020 By Steve Crowe Leave a Comment

OnRobot has been upfront about its aggressive plan to expand its product portfolio. It appears the Danish company is sticking to its word as it just released its second new product in about one week. The new OnRobot 3FG15 three-finger gripper features a 150mm stroke and 15 kg (33 lb) payload. It offers a gripping […]

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

New Scale Robotics earns UR+ certification for gripper and mount

February 20, 2020 By Keith Shaw Leave a Comment

new scale robotics universal+ UR+

New Scale Robotics, which develops smart automation tools for flexible manufacturing operations, announced today that two of its products have received UR+ certification from Universal Robots. The NSR-PG-10-20-URe Gripper/Caliper and NSR-MTM-3-URe Multi-Tool Mount are now approved to work with the UR e-Series of collaborative robots to provide users with fast deployment, simple programming and reliable […]

Filed Under: End of Arm Tooling, Grippers, Manufacturing, News, Pick & Place, Press Release Tagged With: New Scale Robotics, Universal Robots

Gecko Single Pad gripper from OnRobot designed for smaller applications

February 20, 2020 By Eugene Demaitre Leave a Comment

Gecko Single Pad gripper from OnRobot designed for smaller applications

The new Gecko Single Pad gripper is designed for smaller industrial applications but still uses the same innovative technology as its larger siblings.

Filed Under: Cobot Arms, Grippers, News Tagged With: OnRobot

Digital Issue: Robotic grippers and end-of-arm tooling

February 12, 2020 By Eugene Demaitre Leave a Comment

Digital Issue: Grippers and end-of-arm tooling

In this month’s issue of The Robot Report, a special print insert in Design World, we get a grip on robotic manipulation and end-of-arm tooling.

Filed Under: Analysis, Cobot Arms, Digital Issues, Grippers, News

Flexible gripper helps automate pin stamping application

January 17, 2020 By Steve Crowe 1 Comment

OnRobot RG6 Gripper

Tomenson Machine Works is a third-generation, family-owned manufacturer of precision hydraulic manifolds used in a variety of machinery across the agricultural, mining, and construction industries. Founded in 1977 by Thomas Roake, the Chicago-based company has become a world leader in hydraulic manifolds with the products now considered a “gold standard” in the industry. The company turned […]

Filed Under: Case Studies, Cobot Arms, Grippers, Machine Tending, Manufacturing, News Tagged With: OnRobot, Universal Robots

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 now distributes Soft Robotics mGrip modular gripping system

December 16, 2019 By Cobot Trends Staff Leave a Comment

Soft Robotics mGrip

RBR50 company Soft Robotics Inc. announced its mGrip modular gripping system is now available through FANUC’s global distribution network. FANUC is the world’s largest industrial robot manufacturer, so this partnership offers an opportunity to accelerate adoption of soft robotic grippers. The mGrip system enables users to set up their own configurations of the grippers based on […]

Filed Under: Grippers, News, Soft Robotics Tagged With: FANUC, soft robotics

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

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

Festo agrees to distribute Magswitch magnetic robot grippers

November 6, 2019 By Cobot Trends Staff Leave a Comment

Festo agrees to distribute Magswitch magnetic robot grippers

Festo is now distributing magnetic switch grippers from Magswitch that it said are suitable for machine tending, welding, and pick-and-place operations.

Filed Under: Grippers, News Tagged With: festo, Magswitch

coDrive cuts the pneumatic tether, enabling mobile cobot applications

by Cobot Trends Staff Leave a Comment

coDrive cuts the pneumatic tether, enabling mobile cobot applications

Collaborative robot arms and end effectors can be used for a widening variety of applications, thanks to Soft Robotics’ new coDrive technology, which provides a portable pneumatic power supply for its soft grippers.

Filed Under: Connectivity, Grippers, News, Pneumatics & Hydraulics, Soft Robotics Tagged With: soft robotics, Universal Robots

Machine shop saves 500 hours with machine tending cobot

October 15, 2019 By Steve Crowe Leave a Comment

Founded in 1983 and based in the town of Åseda in Southern Sweden, FT Produktion is a machine shop that supplies metal parts measuring up to 7.5 meters in size to a variety of industries. The company has 25 employees that hail from Sweden, Norway, Lithuania, Syria, and Thailand who work in tandem with neighboring company Profilgruppen. […]

Filed Under: Case Studies, Cobot Arms, Grippers, Machine Tending, Manufacturing Tagged With: OnRobot, Universal Robots

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