Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 23.94
June 07, 2024
…Boston Dynamics, Commonwealth Center for Advanced Manufacturing, Duro Workforce, Festo Didactic Inc, Heinz College at Carnegie Mellon University, Lorain County Community College, the Manufacturing Futures Institute at Carnegie Mellon University, Motlow State Community College, National Association of Workforce Boards, National Coalition of Advanced Technology Careers (NCATC), New Century Careers, NSF Corps at Drexel University, Office of the Secretary of Defense (OSD) Manufacturing Technology Program, RapidTPC, Robins Air Force Base, Robotics Academy at Carnegie Mellon University, Robotics Education and Competition Foundation, SimInsights, Southwest Alabama Partnership for Training and Employment, Stellantis, TechSolve, United Auto Workers, The Uniquely Abled Project, University of Illinois…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 66.28
May 19, 2023
…axes of motion, making them useful for new applications. Festo Corp. yesterday announced that it will show its UR+-certified multi-axis system at Automate 2023 next week in Detroit. The company said it adds up to four axes beyond the six axes of Universal Robots' cobots. Islandia, N.Y.-based Festo said its multi-axis system features the Festo Motion Control Package (FMCP-UR), which is a complete motion-control panel for up to four axes. The FMCP is fully integrated with the UR cobot control panel and human-machine interface (HMI), and it includes an enhanced safety I/O handshake and communications interface, noted the company. “The…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 40.27
November 23, 2022
…The Boston-based consortium selected the seven startups with partners Festo, Mitsubishi Electric, Novanta, and MITRE. The six-month program is intended to provide healthcare robotics companies with the connections, guidance, and resources they need to grow and succeed. “We are proud of the support that the MassRobotics community provides to the healthcare industry in forwarding robotics innovation and entrepreneurship,” stated Juan Necochea, manager of strategic partnerships at MassRobotics. “The program rests on the partner organizations and has enthusiastically piqued interest from members of our Healthcare Robotics and Biotech Working Group, including hospitals, physicians, pharmaceutical companies, universities, and other corporates.” The Healthcare…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 73.12
September 30, 2022
…latest technologies at MassRobotics' 5th annual Robot Block Party. Festo will bring its flying robotic dragonfly and swift to the family-friendly event. “Both flying robots were inspired by nature,” said a public relations representative for Festo. “The bionic dragonfly for the first time makes it possible for a single model to carry out more flight maneuvers than helicopters and motorized and non-motorized gliders combined. Fashioned after the fast-flying swift family of birds, the agile, maneuverable Festo BionicSwifts can fly loops and steep turns.” Esslingen, Germany-based Festo is a leading maker of pneumatic and electromechanical systems, components, and controls for process…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 88.58
September 26, 2022
Festo Didactic and SICK Sensor Intelligence today announced the creation of their Safety Awareness Bundle. Designed for students, the bundle includes lessons on robot risk assessment and the differences between the system approach and automation à la carte. The bundle includes Festo Didactic’s manufacturing production system and a simulated cyber-physical smart factory with a six-axis robot. SICK’s area scanners, safety programming logic controllers, and safety relay are also included. Industry should drive education “With such a demand for Smart Manufacturing methods to be demystified, students who have been exposed to this sort of implementation have a real advantage when it…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 71.62
September 13, 2022
Festo Didactic, Siemens and SICK Safety are teaming up at this year’s International Manufacturing Technology Show (IMTS) in Chicago. The trio say they are building awareness around the exciting advancements taking place in industry and technical education. They are hosting a special learning competition at the Smartforce Student Summit to inform and excite young people about the future of manufacturing. Students include two high school students from Monmouth County Vocational School District, New Jersey, three apprentices from Airbus Americas Training Center, Florida, one apprentice from Vaya Space, Cocoa, Florida, and two vocational students from Baden-Württemberg Germany The event will take…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 36.67
August 18, 2022
…to their second Healthcare Robotics Startup Catalyst program. MassRobotics, Festo, Mitsubishi Electric Automation, MITRE, and Novanta said the program will provide companies the connections, guidance, and resources they need to grow. Mentors from the organizing companies will guide the selected startups and help them connect with potential customers, investors, suppliers, marketers, and more. In addition, the selected startups will exchange milestones with the larger Healthcare Robotics Working Group, an Eastern U.S. cluster of corporate, academic, government, startup, and venture capital volunteers. MassRobotics marks startup catalyst success MassRobotics is a collective effort of a group of engineers, rocket scientists, and entrepreneurs…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 70.56
June 08, 2022
…additional degrees of freedom with certain configurations. Last week, Festo Corp. said it has developed a UR+ certified four-axis system for cobots from Universal Robots A/S. The new system adds more axes of motion beyond the UR robots' six axes and comes ready to install, said Festo. Mississauga, Ontario-based Festo makes pneumatic and electromechanical systems, components, and motion-control systems for process and industrial automation. The company is celebrating 50 years of providing optimized systems in the U.S. It claimed that it has provided manufacturers with innovations that deliver higher-performing, more profitable automated manufacturing and processing equipment. In addition, Festo Didactic…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 39.59
April 28, 2022
Festo and MassRobotics announced that the Healthcare Robotics Startup Catalyst program ended on April 7, 2022. The organizations plan to hold a concluding ceremony in Boston on May 11. “I am impressed with the quality of applications we received, and the unique structure of the program that allowed us to select such innovative companies and match them with world-class advisors,” said Alfons Riek, vice president of technology and innovation at Festo. “Certainly, we are excited about the networking opportunities opened to these companies and to presenting them to the world as great examples of the power of utilizing robotics in…
