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Veo Robotics names Gray Solutions certified integration partner

March 13, 2022 By Brianna Wessling Leave a Comment

Veo Robotics’ FreeMove is an advanced safety system for industrial workcells with human-robot collaboration.

Filed Under: Human Robot Interaction / Haptics, Industrial Robots, Motion Control, News, Sensing, Software Tagged With: Veo Robotics

Metallic glass gears up for collaborative robots

August 17, 2021 By Mike DiCicco Leave a Comment

Bulk metallic glass could reduce the prices of cobots, and also lead to advanced 3D printed metals.

Filed Under: Motion Control, News

Being acquired by Novanta a win-win for ATI employees

August 3, 2021 By Steve Crowe Leave a Comment

ATI Industrial Automation established an Employee Stock Ownership Plan (ESOP) plan in 2012. The federally-qualified ERISA benefit plan makes employees owners in the company.

Filed Under: End of Arm Tooling, Mergers & Acquisitions, Motion Control, News Tagged With: ATI Industrial Automation, Novanta

Nordbo Robotics’ Mimic technology replicates motions on cobots

June 4, 2021 By Cobot Trends Staff Leave a Comment

The Danish startup develops Mimic technology that allows end users to record and save complex movements for cobots.

Filed Under: Motion Control, News, Software

Surgical robotics innovations the focus of RoboBusiness Direct sessions

December 14, 2020 By Cobot Trends Staff Leave a Comment

Surgical robotics innovations the focus of RoboBusiness Direct sessions

Surgical robotics is a growing application for automation, but developers, integrators, and end users should understand how the technology is developing, the role of motors, and what procedures are applicable. Learn more in this week’s RoboBusiness Direct sessions.

Filed Under: Healthcare Robotics, Motion Control, News, Surgical Systems Tagged With: maxon, maxon motor, Medi-Vantage, RoboBusiness Direct

Houston Mechatronics CTO, CEO to discuss maritime market in RoboBusiness Direct

November 13, 2020 By Cobot Trends Staff Leave a Comment

Houston Mechatronics CTO, CEO to discuss maritime market in RoboBusiness Direct

Nicolaus Radford, co-founder, CEO, and CTO of Houston Mechatronics, will explain market opportunities for maritime robotics, using his own and his company’s experience as examples, in this RoboBusiness Direct presentation.

Filed Under: Design & Development, Motion Control, News, Technologies Tagged With: Houston Mechatronics, RoboBusiness Direct

Motor specialist to explain technical considerations for pairing motors, Harmonic Drive gearboxes

October 8, 2020 By Cobot Trends Staff Leave a Comment

Motor specialist to explain technical considerations for pairing motors, Harmonic Drive gearboxes

Kollmorgen frameless motor specialist Tom S. Wood will explain how to pair motors with Harmonic Drive gearboxes in this RoboBusiness Direct technical breakout session.

Filed Under: Motion Control, News Tagged With: Harmonic Drive, Kollmorgen, RoboBusiness Direct

Harmonic Drive releases ultra lightweight, flat gearheads for cobots

September 18, 2020 By Miles Budimir Leave a Comment

Harmonic Drive

The new gearheads are ideal for end-of-arm axes for small industrial and collaborative robots and general industrial machinery where weight is a critical factor.

Filed Under: Actuators / Motors / Servos, Motion Control, News Tagged With: Harmonic Drive

POSITAL FRABA releases kit encoders for robotic systems

April 23, 2020 By Cobot Trends Staff Leave a Comment

POSITAL FRABA releases kit encoders for robotic systems

POSITAL FRABA’s multi-turn kit encoders are designed to work without batteries, be robust, and be easy for robotics developers and others to install.

Filed Under: Actuators / Motors / Servos, Motion Control, News, Press Release, Robot Components Tagged With: POSITAL FRABA

How environmental factors affect robotic joints

August 31, 2019 By Lisa Eitel Leave a Comment

In this contributed piece, Kollmorgen engineers describe environmental factors to watch for that could affect the performance of robot motors, gears, and sensors.

Filed Under: Actuators / Motors / Servos, Analysis, Motion Control, News Tagged With: Kollmorgen

Motion control experts to discuss advances at Healthcare Robotics Engineering Forum

August 30, 2019 By Cobot Trends Staff Leave a Comment

Robots for assistive, therapeutic, medical, and surgical use have strict motion control requirements. A panel at the Healthcare Robotics Engineering Forum will discuss what designers and users need to know.

Filed Under: Actuators / Motors / Servos, Healthcare Robotics, Motion Control, News Tagged With: HEalthcare Robotics Engineering Forum

Designing parallel grippers for cobot precision

August 26, 2019 By Cobot Trends Staff Leave a Comment

Providing the right motor for small precision devices can be challenging, as New Scale Robotics found when it designed a parallel gripper for cobots.

Filed Under: Actuators / Motors / Servos, Design & Development, Grippers, Motion Control, News Tagged With: maxon, maxon motor, New Scale Robotics, Universal Robots

Harmonic Drive FHA-C mini series actuator includes integrated servo

August 23, 2019 By Cobot Trends Staff Leave a Comment

Harmonic Drive said its new FHA-C actuator includes an integrated servo drive, eliminating the need for an external drive while retaining high-positional accuracy and torsional stiffness in a compact housing.

Filed Under: Actuators / Motors / Servos, Motion Control, News Tagged With: Harmonic Drive

Differences between local & global path planning

August 19, 2019 By Brett Limone Leave a Comment

When programming a robot to perform a task, it is very often the case that the robot motions involved must not cause the robot to collide with itself, its environment, its tooling and/or payload, or other robots. Robot programmers can either manually teach the robot trajectories/waypoints that move the robot and its end effector to […]

Filed Under: Design & Development, Development Tools / SDKs / Libraries, Motion Control, News, Software Tagged With: Energid

Kollmorgen launches enhanced ‘Motioneering’ servo sizing tool

August 17, 2019 By Cobot Trends Staff Leave a Comment

Kollmorgen has introduced the next generation of Motioneering, the company’s innovative servo sizing tool. Motioneering was introduced more than 20 years ago – the first tool of its kind – to help mechanical design engineers find the ideal motion products to build into their machines. It simplifies the design process by incorporating 100-plus years of […]

Filed Under: Actuators / Motors / Servos, Motion Control, News, Robot Components Tagged With: Kollmorgen

Conic Systems adds Lifetime Series zero backlash gearing

June 27, 2019 By Cobot Trends Staff Leave a Comment

Conic Systems has developed the new Lifetime (LT) Series, precision, zero backlash harmonic gearboxes designed for high performance direct replacement of traditional high ratio planetary gearheads. The LT Series is available in metric sizes and NEMA 17, 23, 34 and 42 frames. The LT Series’ zero backlash characteristic is maintained for life and its high […]

Filed Under: Actuators / Motors / Servos, Motion Control, News Tagged With: Conic Systems

Bimba PA Series competitively priced against other NFPA actuators

May 20, 2019 By Cobot Trends Staff Leave a Comment

Bimba’s PA Series has features intended to make it easier to install, easier to use, and more durable than other pneumatic actuators.

Filed Under: Actuators / Motors / Servos, Motion Control, News, Pneumatics & Hydraulics Tagged With: Bimba

ADVANCED Motion Controls debuts FlexPro digital servo drives

May 15, 2019 By Cobot Trends Staff Leave a Comment

The FE060-25-EM is the first servo drive of the new FlexPro digital drive family from ADVANCED Motion Controls (AMC). Designed with compact form and power density in mind, the micro-sized FE060-25-EM can outperform larger-sized digital servo drives and still be integrated into tight spaces. At just 1.5 x 1 x 0.6 in. (38 x 25 […]

Filed Under: Actuators / Motors / Servos, Motion Control, News Tagged With: Advanced Motion Controls

Mitsubishi Electric invests in Realtime Robotics’ motion-planning technology

May 8, 2019 By Eugene Demaitre Leave a Comment

Realtime Robotics plans to use its latest funding from Mitsubishi Electric to accelerate development of systems to improve the safety and performance of industrial robots.

Filed Under: Investments, Motion Control, News Tagged With: Mitsubishi, Realtime Robotics

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