Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 5.44
July 07, 2022
…tasks can be preprogrammed, said the companies. “This is precision technology,” said Miszler. It was obvious from the first glance that it has been developed specifically for these devices.” TE to build optimized space The TE Esztergom plant currently uses three ROEQ TMC300 top modules, 15 ROEQ 300E Easy-Pull-Out carts, and 10 easy locking docking stations. The company is currently building a new production space optimized for AMR characteristics. “Our achievements definitely encourage us to expand with automation,” said Miszler. “Our new production hall, currently under construction, has been designed with a layout already optimized for robots.” “We wish to…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 8.11
July 07, 2022
…said it is an automated pizzeria that combines robotics, precision control/actuation and culinary excellence to create pizzas full of authentic flavor. Serve is headquarted in Los Angeles and was founded in 2017 to develop food delivery robots. The company said its self-driving robots have completed tens of thousands of deliveries in Los Angeles and San Francisco. “We couldn’t be more excited to partner with Serve Robotics to offer our customers the convenience and delight of robotic delivery,” said Massimo De Marco, CEO of Piestro. “Robotic delivery is contactless and reliable, with a higher on-time rate than couriers, and will allow…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 12.29
July 05, 2022
…The company also revealed its first production facilities for precision metal parts and assemblies in Devens and Newburyport, Mass. “By scaling advanced digital manufacturing, we can create a new era of U.S. innovation and economic growth,” said Martin C. Feldmann, co-founder, president, and CEO of VulcanForms. “We’ve recognized a game-changing opportunity when additive manufacturing technology is scaled for industrial production and is seamlessly integrated with automated machining and robotics.” Founded in 2015 by Feldmann and John Hart, a professor at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), VulcanForms claimed that it invented and commercialized the world’s first industrially scalable laser metal…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 2.53
July 05, 2022
…properties involved with certain SKUs, fast cycle times, and precision and accuracy requirements.” In addition, RIOS offers hybrid-cloud software for real-time monitoring of cell performance, such as count statistics, while offering application programming interfaces (APIs) for integration to WMS. RIOS partners with FANUC for articulating robotic arms, though it has developed its own end effectors for different classes of items. Smith adds: “End-effector hardware is extremely important because, in these new and challenging use cases, where you may have changing SKUs, jumbled items, and irregular geometries, it needs to replicate the capabilities of the human hand.” “As a result, practically…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 3.83
July 02, 2022
…and accurately. Another development that helps to enhance vision precision is the inclusion of artificial intelligence (AI) tools in smart cameras. “Recent innovations in smart cameras enable AI detection filters for part defects and inspection for glue beads, grease, and welds applied by the cobot itself,” said Adrian Choy, product manager of robotics at Omron Automation America. “These features are often coupled with intuitive software wizards that accelerate the development of vision solutions.” Motion control ranges from motors to hand guidance Advances in several areas of motion control are also helping cobots to take on more difficult and sophisticated applications.…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 8.33
June 30, 2022
…matter is that we don't require nearly the same precision of classic industrial robots. Our applications require orders of magnitude less precision compared to industrial robots. This allows us to architect the robots in an entirely different way. We believe that we can build a dual-arm system for less than the price of a single-arm classic industrial robot. A full humanoid shouldn’t cost more than the price of a car as we get to scale. That is our commitment, and we are using everything we have learned to get there. When do you expect to commercialize the product? Cardenas: We…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 10.57
June 28, 2022
…is a global manufacturer and Tier 1 supplier of precision motion-control products for original equipment manufacturers (OEMs). The company provides systems to meet the needs of the automotive and automation industries, including stepper motors, its linear shaft motor, controllers, and drivers. Nippon Pulse updates CMD interface, drivers The biggest improvement to the new CMD box controller is the switch in USB interface from a custom application programming interface (API) to a Windows HID API, said Nippon Pulse America. This enables users to get the device up and running much faster, without the need to source and install additional software, it…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 18.01
June 22, 2022
…company developing software that enables factories to autonomously manufacture precision parts, today announced it has raised $45 million in a Series B round. The London-based company said it will use the additional capital to further develop its software as a service (SaaS) offering and roll out at-scale through integrations with CAD/CAM packages such as Autodesk's platforms, and to expand its full-stack manufacturing capability in Essex, U.K. Precision manufacturing, an industrial process required to make parts needed for virtually every industry, from automotive and aerospace to consumer electronics and defense, is currently error-prone, time-consuming, and expensive, the company argued. Despite increased…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 10.35
June 21, 2022
…speed, importance As end-of-arm tooling [EOAT] technologies improve in precision and more industries look to automation, gripper makers have kept busy. Software advances are big driver, as user interfaces have become easier to use. On the hardware side, there are new engineering feats such as the introduction of seven-axis collaborative robots and new grippers outfitted with force sensors. Customers are always asking for more precision, speed, and flexibility, Green said. Getting customers the systems they desire takes a combination of many different types of technologies. “You really need to marry a number of different technologies into an end-of-arm tool to…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 11.03
June 19, 2022
…physical environments, developers are also increasing the level of precision that users can expect from them. This in turn has expanded the range of tasks and services that robots can perform autonomously. “Robotics is often defined as an intelligent connection between sensing and acting,” said Sean Johnson, chief technology officer at Locus Robotics. “The sensor data is fed to algorithms that allow robots to actively map their working environments, recognize known objects as well as unknown obstacles, predict the movement of objects, predict congestion, and then make the right decisions that are critical, not only for operational effectiveness and productivity,…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 8.81
June 10, 2022
…an autonomous mobile robot (AMR), the company said. For precision docking, the vehicle relies on QR codes/fiducials or magnetic tape, like an automated guided vehicle (AGV). This dual capability give LilBuddy greater versatility within its working environment, claimed Resgreen Group. What’s inside LilBuddy LilBuddy features front and rear solid-state 2D/3D lidars that are used to map the areas traveled in and detect obstacles in its path. Once LilBuddy learns the map, it can be dispatched to any location with triggers and commands from BotWay and BotWay connected devices. Routes, a series of waypoints and commands, can also be set up…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 7.89
June 10, 2022
…and control technologies, the robots were designed to perform high-precision, high-efficiency logistics operations, according to VisionNav. The AGVs can also be equipped with a variety of clamps for handling oddly shaped materials, such as paper roll clamps, foam clamps, stringers, and carton clamps. VisionNav focuses on collaboration, close quarters “This time, we focused on two main issues – efficient multi-vehicle collaboration and material handling in confined scenarios,” said Jason Zhang, VisonNav’s head of sales in Europe. In an area of less than 45 sq. m (484.3 sq. ft.), the VNP15 and VNSL14 are able to communicate via the VisionNav's Robot…
