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How a Canadian bakery automated its bread packaging line

January 7, 2021 By Cobot Trends Staff Leave a Comment

Soft Robotics

A Canadian bakery uses a UR10 cobot and six-finger Soft Robotics mGrip gripper to grab loaves of bread and carry them to a bagging machine.

Filed Under: Case Studies, Cobot Arms, End of Arm Tooling, Food & Beverage, Grippers, News Tagged With: soft robotics, Universal Robots

von Hollen stepping down as Universal Robots sells 50k cobots

December 14, 2020 By Steve Crowe Leave a Comment

Universal Robots has sold its 50,000 collaborative robot arm. President Jürgen von Hollen is stepping down at the end of 2020.

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

ONExia PalletizUR 2.0 uses cobots to simultaneously stack 2 pallets

November 20, 2020 By Cobot Trends Staff Leave a Comment

PalletizUR 2.0

ONExia’s PalletizUR 2.0, which is based on the Universal Robots cobot, can simultaneously stack two pallets up to 70 inches.

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

Universal Robots hosting Cobot Expo 2.0 Nov. 16-17

November 13, 2020 By Cobot Trends Staff Leave a Comment

Cobot Expo 2.0

Cobot Expo 2.0 will feature 25-plus live demos from Universal Robots’ partners, as well at 15 informative keynotes. Attendees will learn about cobot applications such as welding, machine tending, autonomous bin picking and end-of-line packaging, while hearing from top automation experts about safety, ROI and service.

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

Universal Robots launches cobot certification program

November 5, 2020 By Cobot Trends Staff Leave a Comment

Universal Robots cobot certification

The Education Program provides a pathway to master cobot programming and deployment as part of an Industry 4.0 career.

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

Dress pack from Southwest Research Institute tames cobot cable management

October 28, 2020 By Cody Bresssler Leave a Comment

Dress pack from Southwest Research Institute tames cobot cable management

Cable management is usually. headache for collaborative robot arm users, but the Southwest Research Institute has developed the ADDRESS system, a new dress pack method for avoiding tangling.

Filed Under: Cobot Arms, End of Arm Tooling, News, Press Release, Robot Components Tagged With: Southwest Research Institute, Universal Robots

MT Solar meets seasonal spike in demand with UR10e cobot, Vectis welding tool

October 15, 2020 By Cobot Trends Staff Leave a Comment

MT Solar meets seasonal spike in demand with UR10e cobot, Vectis welding tool

Montana-based solar module maker MT Solar turned to collaborative welding robots to meet a seasonal surge in demand.

Filed Under: Case Studies, Cobot Arms, Manufacturing, News, Welding & Fabrication Tagged With: MT Solar, Universal Robots, Vectis Automation

Webinar: Cobot connectivity: How to communicate with your cobot like a pro

October 13, 2020 By Cobot Trends Staff Leave a Comment

https://www.therobotreport.com/cobot-connectivity-how-communicate-cobot-pro/

Join us as a Universal Robots engineer explains the basics and benefits around collaborative robots in this informative webinar.

Filed Under: Agriculture, Cobot Arms, Cobots 101, Webinars Tagged With: Universal Robots

miniPAL cobot palletizer now certified UR+ application kit

August 17, 2020 By Steve Crowe Leave a Comment

When powered by a UR10e cobot arm, miniPAL can palletize at two pallet locations for optimized operation. The UR10e cobot arm has a 22 lb. payload and 51.1 in. reach.

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

How cobots & lean integrators are bringing automations to SMEs

July 15, 2020 By Joe Campbell Leave a Comment

RCM Industries keeps jobs in the U.S. with help from UR10e cobot fleet

The rapid proliferation of cobots have resulted in the emergence of a new class of ‘lean’ integrators adapted to the needs of SMEs who wish to automate.

Filed Under: Analysis, Cobot Arms, Opinion Tagged With: Universal Robots

Universal Robots launching America’s largest virtual cobot expo

July 10, 2020 By Cobot Trends Staff Leave a Comment

The Cobot Expo

The Cobot Expo from Universal Robots will feature a range of cobot news and demos, including 30 booths, insightful keynotes, interactive Q&As and live chats with experts.

Filed Under: News Tagged With: Universal Robots

Vision system, custom gripper enable cobot to pick up small parts

by Cobot Trends Staff Leave a Comment

Learn how a vision system and custom gripper enabled a UR5e cobot to pick and place multiple small parts after part type and orientation verification.

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

Rocketfarm develops UR cobot support for OPC UA Industry 4.0 protocol

June 17, 2020 By Cobot Trends Staff Leave a Comment

Rocketfarm develops UR cobot support for Industry 4.0 protocol OPC UA

Collaborative robotics market leader Universal Robots and software company Rocketfarm have announced that UR cobots can now support the OPC UA industry-standard communications protocol.

Filed Under: Cobot Arms, Connectivity, News, Press Release, Software Tagged With: Rocketfarm, standards, Universal Robots

UR10 cobot polishes Paradigm to 50% production increase

June 15, 2020 By Steve Crowe Leave a Comment

UR10 cobot

Paradigm Electronics, a manufacturer of high-performance loud speakers and subwoofers, uses a UR10 cobot from Universal Robots in a polishing application.

Filed Under: Case Studies, Cobot Arms, Finishing, News Tagged With: Universal Robots

Universal Robots virtual conference & expo on cobots

May 29, 2020 By Cobot Trends Staff Leave a Comment

WeAreCOBOTS

The “We Are Cobots” virtual event, which is free of charge to attend, will feature over 30 virtual booths and 50 live keynotes.

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

Webinar: Are collaborative robots as safe as they sound? -June 18

May 29, 2020 By Steve Crowe Leave a Comment

Roberta Nelson Shea, Global Technical Compliance Officer at Universal Robots, will discuss the basics of collaborative workspaces, robot safety standards, and new speed and separation monitoring techniques.

Filed Under: Cobot Arms, Safety & Security, Webinars Tagged With: Universal Robots

Voith Robotics decouples with Franka Emika, teams up with UR

May 1, 2020 By Steve Crowe Leave a Comment

Voith Robotics

Franka Emika, developer of the Panda cobot arm, is no longer involved with systems integrator Voith Robotics, the joint venture it launched with Voith in April 2018. Voith Robotics recently announced a new partnership with Universal Robots, the leading cobot arm brand and a competitor to Franka Emika. The split came less than two years […]

Filed Under: News Tagged With: Franka Emika, Universal Robots, Voith Robotics

Is autonomous bin picking for cobots finally here?

April 29, 2020 By Cobot Trends Staff Leave a Comment

ActiNav applies Universal Robots, Energid expertise to democratize cobot bin picking

Join us on May 14 to learn about the challenges of automated bin picking, and how the latest generation of collaborative robots are meeting those challenges.

Filed Under: News, Webinars Tagged With: Universal Robots

How cobots save Coty Cosmetics $500,000 per year

April 28, 2020 By Steve Crowe Leave a Comment

Coty Cosmetics uses eight Universal Robots cobots to automate the picking and packing of products at the powder presses, saving $500,000 per year.

Filed Under: Case Studies, Cobot Arms, Machine Tending, News Tagged With: Universal Robots

UR Injection Molding Machine Interface to help plastics manufacturers integrate cobots

April 23, 2020 By Eugene Demaitre Leave a Comment

UR Injection Molding Machine Interface to help plastics manufacturers integrate cobots

With the Injection Molding Machine Interface, Universal Robots has launched a way for plastics manufacturers to integrate its cobots with injection molding machines.

Filed Under: Manufacturing, News, Press Release Tagged With: plastics, Universal Robots

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