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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

How ActiNav automated a challenging bin-picking task

March 1, 2021 By Steve Crowe Leave a Comment

ActiNav

Allied Moulded said using manual labor on bin-picking applications produces inconsistent results.

Filed Under: Case Studies, News, Pick & Place Tagged With: Universal Robots

ABB launches next-gen GoFa, SWIFTI cobots

February 25, 2021 By Steve Crowe Leave a Comment

ABB Swifti cobot

ABB expanded its cobot portfolio with the GoFa and SWIFTI lines that offer higher payloads and speeds to complement its YuMi cobots.

Filed Under: Cobot Arms, News Tagged With: ABB

Niryo Ned is an open-source cobot for education & research

February 23, 2021 By Cobot Trends Staff Leave a Comment

Niryo Ned cobot

Ned offers repeatability of 0.5mm, a payload of 300g, and a maximum reach of 400mm. The cobot is based on Ubuntu 18.04 and ROS Melodic.

Filed Under: Cobot Arms, News Tagged With: Niryo

AMRs, voice picking help e-commerce supplier double output

February 18, 2021 By Steve Crowe Leave a Comment

Waypoint Robotics

Vector AMRs, equipped with Kingpin top modules, pick up high-capacity custom carts for workers to use in the picking process.

Filed Under: AMRs, Case Studies, Materials Handling, News, Supply Chain Tagged With: Waypoint Robotics

Kim Povlsen named president of Universal Robots

February 16, 2021 By Steve Crowe Leave a Comment

Kim Povlsen Universal Robots President

Povlsen, a Danish native, held various executive business and technology leadership roles at Schneider Electric, a global energy management and automation company.

Filed Under: Cobot Arms, News Tagged With: Universal Robots

How cobots are automating rapid COVID-19 tests

February 11, 2021 By Steve Crowe Leave a Comment

The system contains a 7-axis cobot arm, robotic liquid handlers for collection tube plating, PCR testing prep, a RT-qPCR analyzer, a hazardous waste bin, and control software.

Filed Under: Cobot Arms, Healthcare Robotics, News Tagged With: ARM Institute, COVID-19, Productive Robotics

Developing a ROS 2 driver for UR cobot arms

February 10, 2021 By Steve Crowe Leave a Comment

UR16e

The new driver will take advantage of ROS 2 features such as component nodes and zero-memory copy integration with ros_control. From a performance perspective, the major benefit is decreased latency.

Filed Under: Cobot Arms, News, ROS / Open Source Solutions Tagged With: PickNik, Universal Robots

Seegrid introduces Palion Pallet Truck Series 8

February 9, 2021 By Cobot Trends Staff Leave a Comment

The Palion Pallet Truck Series 8 can be used for staging/sortation, putaway, end-of-line, trash removal, replenishment, long haul and other materials handling applications.

Filed Under: AMRs, Materials Handling, News, Supply Chain Tagged With: Seegrid

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

Hanwha Robotics releases HCR Advanced Series cobots

January 25, 2021 By Cobot Trends Staff Leave a Comment

The series includes three models (HCR-3A, HCR-5A, and HCR-12A) that offer new functionality for Hanwha cobots, including easier integration of end of arm tooling.

Filed Under: Cobot Arms, News Tagged With: Hanwha Precision Machinery

China, US to drive post-COVID cobot sales

January 19, 2021 By Cobot Trends Staff Leave a Comment

cobots

The COVID-19 slowed the cobot industry, but Interact Analysis indicates there will be a V-shaped rebound in 2021.

Filed Under: Analysis, China, Cobot Arms, News

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

Velodyne Velarray M1600 LiDAR designed for mobile robots

January 4, 2021 By Cobot Trends Staff Leave a Comment

Velodyne Velarray M1600

A Robot Operating System (ROS) driver is available for the Velarray M1600, providing a user-friendly interface for developers.

Filed Under: AMRs, Cameras / Imaging / Vision, News Tagged With: LIDAR, Velodyne

Ontario hospital deploys floor cleaning robot to aid COVID-19 disinfection

December 31, 2020 By Cobot Trends Staff Leave a Comment

Avidbots Neo

Neo will clean the floors of the hospital, allowing staff to focus on high-touch items such as doorknobs, buttons, and other areas that require human dexterity to clean.

Filed Under: AMRs, Healthcare Robotics, News Tagged With: Avidbots

Flexiv secures more than $100M in funding for Rizon adaptive robot

December 30, 2020 By Steve Crowe Leave a Comment

Flexiv Rizon adaptive robot

Flexiv competes with collaborative robotics makers such as ABB, Doosan Robotics, KUKA, Universal Robots and more.

Filed Under: Cobot Arms, Investments, News Tagged With: Flexiv

Perception-based region selection for collaborative robotic sanding

December 30, 2020 By Jorge Nicho Leave a Comment

Research leads to the creation of an open-source C++ library that can be used to detect regions that need more attention during human-robot collaboration.

Filed Under: Cobot Arms, Finishing, Human Robot Interaction / Haptics, News, Research

How supply chains can enhance worker safety and efficiency with robotics

December 22, 2020 By John Santagate | Köerber Supply Chain Leave a Comment

Supply chains can enhance worker safety and efficiency with robotics

The Körber Supply Chain Software vice president of robotics explains how automation can benefit supply chains, from improving worker safety and productivity to increasing warehouse flexibility.

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Filed Under: AMRs, Cobot Arms, News, Opinion, Safety & Security, Supply Chain Tagged With: COVID-19, Koerber, Körber

5 AMRs boost intralogistics at pharmaceutical plant in china

December 21, 2020 By Steve Crowe Leave a Comment

Five MiR500 autonomous mobile robots are saving the pharmaceutical giant 35-plus manhours per week on materials handling tasks.

Filed Under: AMRs, Case Studies, Materials Handling, News, Supply Chain Tagged With: Mobile Industrial Robots

Robots clean up at Canadian hospitals

December 17, 2020 By Cobot Trends Staff Leave a Comment

Faced with an over-burdened workforce and strict quality standards, one of Canada’s largest hospital networks automated one of its most time-consuming tasks.

Filed Under: AMRs, Case Studies, Healthcare Robotics, News Tagged With: 4D Technologies, omron

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