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ABB unveils Ultra Accuracy precision feature for GoFa cobots

September 24, 2024 By Cobot Trends Staff Leave a Comment

ABB has added Ultra Accuracy features to its GoFa cobot, shown here.

ABB says its Ultra Accuracy feature for GoFa cobots improves accuracy for applications in electronics, automotive, aerospace, and more.

Filed Under: Assembly, Cobot Arms, Finishing, Manufacturing, Motion Control, News, Welding & Fabrication Tagged With: ABB, Welding

Texas Children’s Hospital uses ABB YuMi cobot for neurological research

August 9, 2024 By Cobot Trends Staff Leave a Comment

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Texas Children’s Hospital is using an ABB YuMi collaborative robot to safely transfer fruit flies without anesthesia.

Filed Under: Case Studies, Cobot Arms, Healthcare Robotics, Laboratory / Cleanroom, Materials Handling, News Tagged With: ABB

ABB launches OmniVance cobot machine tending cell

July 18, 2024 By Cobot Trends Staff Leave a Comment

ABB has released its new OmniVance machine tending cell.

The new OmniVance cell for machine tending includes ABB’s GoFa 12 cobot and software designed for easy deployment, integration, programming, and use.

Filed Under: Cobot Arms, Machine Tending, Manufacturing, News Tagged With: ABB

XtalPi partners with ABB Robotics to add cobots to laboratory workstations

December 14, 2023 By Cobot Trends Staff Leave a Comment

ABB GoFa cobots on AMRs at XtalPi

XtalPi and ABB’s partnership follows the opening of the ABB Robotics Open Innovation Lab for Life Science and Healthcare in Shanghai.

Filed Under: 6-Axis, AMRs, China, Cobot Arms, Healthcare Robotics, Laboratory / Cleanroom, Machine Tending, Materials, Pick & Place, Press Release, Quality Testing Tagged With: ABB, XtalPi

SUS Corporation deploys ABB’s YuMi cobots to better manage lead times

November 15, 2023 By Brianna Wessling Leave a Comment

abb yumi cobot in a workcell.

SUS Corporation says that ABB’s robots are enabling it to reshore its production and address challenges presented by workforce shortages. 

Filed Under: Cobot Arms, News Tagged With: ABB

ABB spending $280M on European robotics hub

September 14, 2023 By Steve Crowe Leave a Comment

This new facility will increase ABB’s manufacturing capacity for its collaborative and industrial robot arms by 50% and enable it to better serve the European market.

Filed Under: Cobot Arms, News Tagged With: ABB

Marc Segura discusses new cobot from ABB Robotics

July 8, 2023 By Mike Oitzman Leave a Comment

headshot of Marc Segura, ABB Robotics president.

On the podcast this week, we talk to Marc Segura, President of the ABB Robotics Division. Marc is an industry veteran with 25+ years at ABB.

Filed Under: 6-Axis, AMRs, Cobot Arms, News Tagged With: ABB

ABB adds 2 new GoFa cobot arms

June 29, 2023 By Steve Crowe Leave a Comment

ABB added two new collaborative robot arms to its GoFa lineup that offer higher payloads and longer reaches.

Filed Under: Cobot Arms, News Tagged With: ABB

ABB cobots helping Amazon reforestation

June 14, 2023 By Brianna Wessling Leave a Comment

A YuMi cobot is automating planting tasks in a laboratory in a remote region of the Peruvian Amazon, speeding the process and allowing volunteers to focus their time and resources on more impactful work, like patrolling the area to deter illegal loggers.

Filed Under: Agriculture, Cobot Arms, News Tagged With: ABB

Meet ABB’s SWIFTI CRB 1300 industrial-grade cobot

December 13, 2022 By Mike Oitzman Leave a Comment

The ABB SWIFTI CRB 1300 robot arm combines industrial robot speed, payload, and accuracy with collaborative robot safety.

Filed Under: 6-Axis, Cobot Arms, News, Press Release Tagged With: ABB

ABB opens robotics mega factory in Shanghai

December 6, 2022 By Brianna Wessling Leave a Comment

ABB opened a new 67,000-square-meter robotics factory in Kangquiao, Shanghai, China last week.

Filed Under: China, News Tagged With: ABB

YuMi cobot helps food company automate labeling process

April 5, 2021 By Cobot Trends Staff Leave a Comment

In addition to the integration and programming of a YuMi cobot, moveline also designed a pneumatic/mechanical device with two vacuum suction pads so that YuMi can insert the labels into the holder.

Filed Under: Case Studies, Cobot Arms, Food & Beverage, News Tagged With: ABB

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

YuMi dual-armed collaborative robot celebrates fifth birthday

June 17, 2020 By Cobot Trends Staff Leave a Comment

YuMi dual-armed collaborative robot celebrates fifth birthday

ABB is celebrating five years of numerous applications for the dual-armed and singled-armed YuMi collaborative robots.

Filed Under: Cobot Arms, News Tagged With: ABB, YuMi

MTEK releases MCell Insertion for robotic handling of electronic components

May 20, 2020 By Cobot Trends Staff Leave a Comment

MTEK releases MCell Insertion for robotic handling of electronic components

MTEK has made its MCell Insertion software-defined robotic system for electronics assembly generally available. The Swedish company said MCell can improve performance and reduce costs.

Filed Under: 6-Axis, Assembly, Cobot Arms, Manufacturing, News, Press Release, Startups Tagged With: ABB, MTEK, YuMi

Block-based programming simplifies YuMi cobot installations

April 10, 2020 By Steve Crowe Leave a Comment

The software is based on Blockly, an open-source visual coding method that presents programming code as interlocking blocks. A user can simply drag and drop functions on YuMi’s FlexPendant to adjust its actions.

Filed Under: News, Software Tagged With: ABB

OnRobot Soft Gripper is designed for picking challenges, food handling

April 7, 2020 By Eugene Demaitre Leave a Comment

OnRobot Soft Gripper is designed for picking challenges, food handling

The new OnRobot Soft Gripper is designed to work without an external air supply. The end effector comes in three configurations, is FDA-certified, and works with the One System Solution.

Filed Under: End of Arm Tooling, Food & Beverage, News, Soft Robotics, Vacuum Gripper Tagged With: ABB, Hanwha Precision Machinery, OnRobot

Mobile YuMi cobot to automate hospital tasks

October 10, 2019 By Steve Crowe Leave a Comment

YuMi

ABB opened its first global healthcare research hub on the Texas Medical Center (TMC) campus, in Houston, Texas. ABB showcased a number of concept technologies, including a mobile YuMi robot that assists with laboratory and logistics tasks in hospitals. The dual-arm, mobile YuMi will be able to sense and navigate its way around its human […]

Filed Under: AMRs, Cobot Arms, Healthcare Robotics, Laboratory / Cleanroom, News Tagged With: ABB, YuMi

ABB YuMi 2-arm cobot automates assembly tasks for DEONET

September 17, 2019 By Cobot Trends Staff Leave a Comment

ABB YuMi Cobot

Collaborative robots can help small and mid-size enterprises stay competitive, providing the benefits of industrial automation but with greater ease of use, affordability, and flexibility. Dutch manufacturer DEONET is an example of how robots that work alongside people can boost quality and productivity. DEONET was founded 25 years ago and is based in the technology […]

Filed Under: Assembly, Case Studies, Cobot Arms, News Tagged With: ABB, YuMi

ABB cobots to be used in non-surgical healthcare systems

July 10, 2019 By Steve Crowe Leave a Comment

ABB announced today that it will introduce collaborative robots to medical laboratories as it opens a new healthcare hub at the Texas Medical Center (TMC) innovation campus in Houston, Texas. The facility will be ABB’s first dedicated healthcare research center when it opens in October 2019. ABB’s research team will work on the TMC campus with […]

Filed Under: Cobot Arms, Healthcare Robotics, News Tagged With: ABB

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