To demo the algorithm, the cobot helped put a jacket on a human, which could potentially prove to be a powerful tool in expanding assistance for those with disabilities or limited mobility.
Collaborative Robotics News
ATI Industrial Automation acquired by Novanta for $172M
ATI is a leading developer of end-of-arm tooling, including robotic changing systems, force/torque sensors, and collision sensors for industrial, collaborative, and medical robotic applications.
Can distributed AI methods make picking robots smarter?
Researchers investigate how to use training data from multiple companies without requiring participants to hand over sensitive company data.
Universal Robots launches tour for ActiNav system
Universal Robots also expanded its network of ActiNav Solution Providers, a vetted and select group of systems integrators.
Robotiq screwdriver looks to deliver consistent results
The Robotiq screwdriver offers precision fastening to torques of 1 to 4 Nm and has error-proofing features for uninterrupted screwdriving.
Machine tending cobot creates higher volumes for engineering shop
LJB can now alleviate its longer lead times by running second, third, or overnight shifts thanks to the OB7 cobot arm.
MassRobotics partners with Proctor & Gamble
The partnership will help validate and commercialize new robotic technologies.
Jabil developing omnidirectional sensor for cobots
The 3D time-of-flight depth sensor for AMRs and cobots offers a 360° x 60° field of view at 30fps.
Reviewing the RBR50 Robotics Innovation Awards
A detailed look at some of the more notable winners from the RBR50 Robotics Innovation Awards.
WTWH Media launches Robotics Week series of digital events
The Robotics Week series consists of three digital events focused on autonomous mobile robots, cobots, and robotics engineering.
2021 RBR50 Robotics Innovation Award Winners
The RBR50 awards honor technology, business, and market innovations, as well as the robotics and automation organizations worldwide that were responsible for them.
Nordbo Robotics’ Mimic technology replicates motions on cobots
The Danish startup develops Mimic technology that allows end users to record and save complex movements for cobots.
Cobot market to grow to $8B by 2030, report finds
The market had a global valuation of $475 million in 2020, which will expand to $600 million in 2021 and $8 billion in 2030, with a projected CAGR of 32.5%.
Cobot safety: fact or fiction?
Leading cobot experts will review most critical issues for the safe operation of cobots, including standards efforts, risk assessments, and safety technologies.
Vention partners with OnRobot and FANUC
Vention announces recent product partnerships with collaborative robot tool maker OnRobot, along with the addition of the FANUC CRX cobot to the Vention product line.
New UR10e cobot arm features 25% more payload capacity
With the ability to now handle 27.55 lb, the UR10e will be opened up to applications such as palletizing, machine tending, and packaging. The price of the UR10e won’t change.
Ready Robotics launches Forge/OS 5 universal operating system
READY Robotics wants its Forge/OS 5 universal operating system to do for robots what Windows did for PCs and Android did for smartphones.
Beta version of ROS 2 driver available for UR cobots
Universal Robots, PickNik, and Forschungszentrum Informatik released a beta version of a ROS 2 driver. The driver works across UR’s entire cobot line, including the newer e-Series cobots.
Universal Robots’ cobot sales up 32% in Q1
Universal Robots generated $66 million in revenue from sales of collaborative robot arms in Q1.
Universal Robots names 4 integrators to deploy ActiNav
ActiNav combines real-time autonomous motion control, UR cobots, vision and sensor systems to automate bin picking tasks or machine tending applications.
