FANUC plans to demonstrate its latest cobots, industrial automation, and robot controller for real-world applications in Chicago.
Pick & Place
UR AI Accelerator designed to ease cobot application development
Universal Robots’ AI Accelerator includes technology from NVIDIA and other partners to help developers of cobot applications such as palletizing.
Acieta dispels 3 common myths about collaborative robots
Using cobots in industrial applications increases productivity, quality, and employee retention while lowering the risk of repetitive injury.
7 cobots of note released in 2024 so far
A look at some of the latest collaborative robots, as well as the trend toward larger, higher-payload cobots.
Yaskawa shows off latest collaborative, industrial robots for welding and more
Yaskawa showed several technologies, including cobots for welding and palletizing, its Smart Pendant, and vision-guided robots for machine tending.
OnRobot shows two new grippers for larger cobot payloads
OnRobot says its new 2FG14 and the 3FG25 grippers offer high payload capacities and a ‘plug-and-produce’ experience with collaborative robots.
XtalPi partners with ABB Robotics to add cobots to laboratory workstations
XtalPi and ABB’s partnership follows the opening of the ABB Robotics Open Innovation Lab for Life Science and Healthcare in Shanghai.
igus gives ReBeL cobot a human-like hand with new finger gripper
igus has developed a finger gripper for its ReBeL low-cost cobot that it claimed provides human-like dexterity.
TM25S cobot ready for a range of industrial applications, says Techman Robot at iREX
The TM25S cobot arm from Techman Robot includes features for digital twins, visual inspection, and welding and palletizing.
RightHand Robotics names Vanderlande integration partner
Vanderlande to help scale RightHand Robotics’ RightPick system to general merchandise warehouses and distribution centers around the world.
RightHand Robotics raises $66M for piece-picking system
The RightPick 3 piece-picking system combines an intelligent gripper, vision system, and control software with learning as a form of hand, eye, coordination providing accountability for picking success.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Radio frequency perception helps cobot grasp hidden objects
RF Grasp could one day perform fulfillment in packed e-commerce warehouses. Its RF sensing could even instantly verify an item’s identity without the need to manipulate the item, expose its barcode, then scan it.
How ActiNav automated a challenging bin-picking task
Allied Moulded said using manual labor on bin-picking applications produces inconsistent results.
Neura Robotics, formerly Han’s Robot, launches LARA cobot, mobile manipulators
Han’s Robot, which has rebranded itself as Neura Robotics, announced a new lightweight collaborative robot arm, as well as mobile robots and mobile manipulator combinations.
Four collaborative robots from Techman help automaker with visual inspections
Techman Robot said its collaborative robot and smart vision system have helped a Japanese automaker improve its quality inspection process, just as it benefited Continental with a pick-and-place operation.