Robotics Summit & Expo returns to Boston in May 2022 with deepened coverage, an expanded showfloor, and co-location with Healthcare Robotics Engineering Forum.
Collaborative Robotics News
ActiNav enables lights-out machine tending at family-owned manufacturer
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.
OnRobot WebLytics software monitors multiple cobot cells
WebLytics offers real-time production monitoring, device diagnostics, and data analytics. It’s compatible with all leading cobot and lightweight industrial robot arms.
IDS Imaging adds compact uEye+ industrial cameras
The uEye+ cameras can be used with robots that navigate autonomously or for robots that pick up and manipulate items.
Universal Robots gains major endorsements for cobot education program
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.
OMRON acquires 10% of cobot maker Techman Robot
Since 2018, the TM series cobot arms have been sold as a co-branded product globally through OMRON’s distribution network.
Universal Robots earns record $78M in Q3 for cobot arms
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.
RightHand Robotics raises $19M for robotic piece-picking
RightHand Robotics is looking to raise a total of $40 million in its latest funding round.
PBC Linear expands factory of future program with 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 […]
When to use collaborative robots for manufacturing
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 […]
miniPAL 2.0 cobot palletizer features 25% increased payload
miniPAL 2.0 features the enhanced UR10e cobot arm that increases the system’s payload to 27.55 lbs (12.5 kg).
This cobot can find and grasp hidden objects
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 […]
Kassow partners with Aim on automated dispensing
Aim Robotics developed a software tool and four patent-pending robotic dispensing units that are electronically controlled.
Agile Robots closes $220M Series C funding
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.
UR robotic welding applications at FABTECH 2021
FABTECH 2021 is the launchpad for innovative new cobot applications including heavy-duty water-cooled welding, hardfacing, plasma cutting and flexible machine loading.
Made4CNC Safedoor works with Cobots to automate CNC tending operations
Made4CNC launches its first product: an automated CNC door opener, that is easily integrated with any robot for machine tending.
Collaborative Robotics Week agenda announced
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.
Novarc cobot SWR+HyperFill increases heavy fabrication productivity
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.
Rapid Robotics raises $37M for automation as a service
Rapid’s solution is the Rapid Machine Operator (RMO), a cobot specially designed and priced for machine operation.
UR10e cobot cuts welding time in half at Siouxland Fabricating
The cobot welding system freed up workers to focus on more ergonomic, higher-value tasks such as fabricating and tacking.
