Automation
Fakuma: Robot Makes Safe, Early Starts; Optimizes Path Planning
Engel is expanding its range of smart assistance systems at Fakuma 2021 adding the new iQ motion control to its viper series linear robots.
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'Smart' Feeders, Blenders, QC Solutions
Patented technology cuts additive costs, is easy to clean.
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Building a Better Mousetrap-Manufacturing Process
Increased demand for its products, which include rodent traps and more, lead Bell Labs to Wittmann Battenfeld to help it better automate its molding processes.
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AMP Robotics Announces Milestones in Recycling Automation
A lack of data transparency, reliability, and consistency on the performance of material recovery has been a longstanding obstacle to recycling modernization.
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iMFLUX Plots Path to Autonomous Molding
iMFLUX used a virtual event in May to lay out a path to autonomous molding where “the machine is making intelligent decisions on behalf of the operator.”
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AI Being Used to Sort Plastics Automatically
The technology from Metaspectral is slated for completion by the end of 2021.
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SCARA Robot Line Expanded
FANUC America says the newest additions increase reach and payload options for assembly, packaging, pick-and-place, and inspection processes.
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Enhancing 3D Printing with Machine Vision and AI
Wojciech Matusik, co-founder and Chief Technology Officer of Inkbit, talks about the company’s technology and key additive manufacturing trends.
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Gripper Technology Mimics Gecko Feet to Grab Smooth Surfaces with no Smudges
Schunk’s Adheso Gripper uses special polymers and a patented surface architecture to allow outsized gripping power from a small footprint
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Autonomous Bin Picking Streamlines Downstream Operations for Molder
Allied Moulded Products saves labor and floorspace with Universal Robots’ new ActiNav autonomous bin-picking kit.
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