Digital Issue: Robotic grippers and end-of-arm tooling

The latest downloadable issue of The Robot Report is now available. The special section is dedicated to robotic grippers and other end-of-arm tooling.

It appeared in the February 2020 print issue of Design World, sibling publication to Collaborative Robotics Trends, The Robot Report, and Robotics Business Review. This month’s issue includes the following articles:

How Converge Robotics Group plans to advance telerobotics

Three companies have combined efforts to integrate technologies and enable an operator to control robots through natural user interfaces. The group’s demonstration at re:MARS 2019 earned a thumbs-up from Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos.

‘Active perception’ a novel approach to robotic grasping

Training a robot to accurately and quickly grasp moving objects in cluttered spaces isn’t easy. A team at the Australian Centre for Robotic Vision is taking a new approach.

Flexible gripper handles dozens of parts for manufacturer

Tomenson Machine Works turned to an OnRobot gripper and a UR3 collaborative robot arm to automate a pin-stamping application for greater consistency and to relieve human workers.

Force-torque sensor shines in robotic glass polishing

France-based Saint-Gobain has been producing glass for more than 350 years. The polishing process is repetitive, so the company looked at a Robotiq sensor and gripper on a UR10 cobot to reduce worker strain and increase capacity.

Four trends in end-of-arm tooling

Robotic grippers and manipulation are evolving, partly because of the need for diverse and precise applications such as e-commerce order fulfillment. The Robot Report‘s editors spoke with experts on developments in product compatibility, safety, and more.

If you are interested in contributing content to an upcoming special issue of The Robot Report, please reach out to me at edemaitre@wtwhmedia.com or fellow editor Steve Crowe at scrowe@wtwhmedia.com. If you are interested in sponsorship opportunities around upcoming special issues, please reach out to Courtney Seel at cseel@wtwhmedia.com.