Automation
Universal Robot Receives New President
The Danish manufacturer of collaborative robots announced that Kim Povlsen will become president effective March 1.
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New Player, Different Approach to Automation
Rapid Robotics is a new automation supplier that offers manufacturers an affordable rental model for “ready-to-work robotic machine operators.”
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How COVID-19 Did (and Didn’t) Change Automation in Plastics
The global pandemic invigorated longstanding trends and new market forces to push broad-based adoption of automation and robotics from the incremental to the inexorable.
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Vision System Combines 3D Laser Displacement Technology with a Smart Camera
Cognex’s new In-Sight 3D-L-4000 is said to be a breakthrough 3D vision technology, allowing factory engineers to quickly and accurately solve a wide variety of inspections.
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End-Effector Kits for CRX Cobots
ATI Industrial Automation offers a variety of end-effector kits for Fanuc CRX cobots.
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Arburg Acquires Drive and Automation Company
The injection molding machine supplier has acquired its long-time development partner and supplier of electric drives, vertically integrating a key capacity.
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General-Purpose 5-axis Robot Range Redesigned
Building off the display of a prototype at K 2019, Sepro has finished the redesign of its Success robot range with three models, including ones with five-axis operation.
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Polyplastics' PBT and PPS Targeted to Autonomous Driving Applications
Polyplastics sees its Duranex PBT and Durafide PPS as particularly suited to sensors used in radar and camera bracket systems.
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Medical Assembly Automation Supplier Adopts New Name for U.S. Operation
TechnoMed is now Tecnoideal America.
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MGS Acquires Formteknik
The Wisconsin-headquartered supplier of molding, molds and automation cells adds three mold making facilities in Europe—Denmark, Sweden, Germany—with the acquisition.
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