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Robotics Summit & Expo returns to Boston in May 2022

November 19, 2021 By Steve Crowe Leave a Comment

Robotics Summit

Robotics Summit & Expo returns to Boston in May 2022 with deepened coverage, an expanded showfloor, and co-location with Healthcare Robotics Engineering Forum.

Filed Under: Design & Development, Healthcare Robotics, News Tagged With: Robotics Summit

ActiNav enables lights-out machine tending at family-owned manufacturer

November 15, 2021 By Cobot Trends Staff Leave a Comment

ActiNav

To address labor shortages and long cycle times, New England Union Company deployed a UR10e cobot arm and ActiNav bin picking system to run untended all night long.

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

OnRobot WebLytics software monitors multiple cobot cells

November 15, 2021 By Steve Crowe Leave a Comment

OnRobot

WebLytics offers real-time production monitoring, device diagnostics, and data analytics. It’s compatible with all leading cobot and lightweight industrial robot arms.

Filed Under: News, Software Tagged With: OnRobot

IDS Imaging adds compact uEye+ industrial cameras

November 6, 2021 By Cobot Trends Staff Leave a Comment

The uEye+ cameras can be used with robots that navigate autonomously or for robots that pick up and manipulate items.

Filed Under: Cameras / Imaging / Vision, News Tagged With: IDS Imaging

Universal Robots gains major endorsements for cobot education program

November 2, 2021 By Steve Crowe Leave a Comment

cobot

These recognitions will help schools immensely when they apply for funding to get cobots into classrooms, while also ensuring the courses they offer are recognized and wanted by the industries that employ their graduates.

Filed Under: Cobots 101, News Tagged With: Universal Robots

OMRON acquires 10% of cobot maker Techman Robot

November 2, 2021 By Mike Oitzman Leave a Comment

OMRON

Since 2018, the TM series cobot arms have been sold as a co-branded product globally through OMRON’s distribution network.

Filed Under: Cobot Arms, Mergers & Acquisitions, News Tagged With: omron, Techman Robot

Universal Robots earns record $78M in Q3 for cobot arms

October 29, 2021 By Steve Crowe Leave a Comment

This marks a 2.6% increase from the $76 million UR earned in Q2 2021, but it’s a massive 46% increase year over year and a 31% increase from Q3 2019.

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

RightHand Robotics raises $19M for robotic piece-picking

October 20, 2021 By Steve Crowe Leave a Comment

RightHand Robotics is looking to raise a total of $40 million in its latest funding round.

Filed Under: Investments, News Tagged With: RightHand Robotics

PBC Linear expands factory of future program with Applied Cobotics

October 18, 2021 By Cobot Trends Staff Leave a Comment

Applied Cobotics

PBC Linear, a Pacific Bearing Company and a global leader in linear motion solutions, continues to elevate its Factory of the Future Program with its newest venture, Applied Cobotics. Its mission aims to provide automation solutions by integrating collaborative robots (cobots), material lift systems, 3D printing, and other automation technologies into manufacturing systems. Recent events […]

Filed Under: Manufacturing, News Tagged With: Applied Cobotics, PBC Linear

When to use collaborative robots for manufacturing

October 8, 2021 By Doug Walker Leave a Comment

Automating part of the production line is a big step for companies. Instead of going all the way with a traditional programmable robot, a collaborative robot arm can be a valuable in-between solution. Also known as cobots, the technology is more affordable, more space-efficient, and excels at ease of use. Cobots enable rapid replacement of […]

Filed Under: Analysis, Cobots 101, Manufacturing, News

miniPAL 2.0 cobot palletizer features 25% increased payload

October 8, 2021 By Cobot Trends Staff Leave a Comment

miniPAL 2.0 palletizing cobot

miniPAL 2.0 features the enhanced UR10e cobot arm that increases the system’s payload to 27.55 lbs (12.5 kg).

Filed Under: Cobot Arms, News, Packaging & Palletizing Tagged With: Columbia, Universal Robots

This cobot can find and grasp hidden objects

October 7, 2021 By Steve Crowe Leave a Comment

A busy commuter is ready to walk out the door, only to realize they’ve misplaced their keys and must search through piles of stuff to find them. Rapidly sifting through clutter, they wish they could figure out which pile was hiding the keys. Researchers at MIT have created a robotic system that can do just […]

Filed Under: Cameras / Imaging / Vision, Design & Development, News, Research Tagged With: MIT

Kassow partners with Aim on automated dispensing

October 5, 2021 By Cobot Trends Staff Leave a Comment

Kassow Robots Aim Robotics Dispenser

Aim Robotics developed a software tool and four patent-pending robotic dispensing units that are electronically controlled.

Filed Under: End of Arm Tooling, Manufacturing, News Tagged With: Aim Robotics, Kassow Robots

Agile Robots closes $220M Series C funding

September 10, 2021 By Mike Oitzman Leave a Comment

agile robots

Collaborative robotic provider, Agile Robots, closes a $220M Series C round – to enable the company to extend its product and expand its global market reach.

Filed Under: Manufacturing, News, Pick & Place, Press Release, Software

UR robotic welding applications at FABTECH 2021

September 7, 2021 By Cobot Trends Staff Leave a Comment

a UR welding robot in action

FABTECH 2021 is the launchpad for innovative new cobot applications including heavy-duty water-cooled welding, hardfacing, plasma cutting and flexible machine loading.

Filed Under: Cobot Arms, News, Welding & Fabrication Tagged With: Hirebotics, Universal Robots

Made4CNC Safedoor works with Cobots to automate CNC tending operations

September 7, 2021 By Mike Oitzman Leave a Comment

Made 4 CNC door opener

Made4CNC launches its first product: an automated CNC door opener, that is easily integrated with any robot for machine tending.

Filed Under: News, Press Release, Robot Components Tagged With: CNC, Made4CNC

Collaborative Robotics Week agenda announced

September 3, 2021 By Steve Crowe Leave a Comment

Collaborative Robotics Week (Sept. 7-10) will provide a snapshot of the state of the sector, including emerging capabilities, powerful enabling technologies, as well as new business models enabled by cobots.

Filed Under: Cobot Arms, Cobots 101, News, Welding & Fabrication

Novarc cobot SWR+HyperFill increases heavy fabrication productivity

September 3, 2021 By Cobot Trends Staff Leave a Comment

The system uses a long-reach manipulator, with a three-axis robotic arm at the end, which works with a human operator to increase their dexterity and flexibility.

Filed Under: Cobot Arms, News, Welding & Fabrication Tagged With: Novarc Technologies

Rapid Robotics raises $37M for automation as a service

August 18, 2021 By Cobot Trends Staff Leave a Comment

Rapid Robotics

Rapid’s solution is the Rapid Machine Operator (RMO), a cobot specially designed and priced for machine operation.

Filed Under: Cobot Arms, Manufacturing, News Tagged With: Rapid Robotics

UR10e cobot cuts welding time in half at Siouxland Fabricating

August 17, 2021 By Cobot Trends Staff Leave a Comment

UR cobots welding

The cobot welding system freed up workers to focus on more ergonomic, higher-value tasks such as fabricating and tacking.

Filed Under: Case Studies, News, Welding & Fabrication Tagged With: Universal Robots

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