Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 4.16
May 12, 2022
…a variety of form factors and attributes with high precision and purity, with a special focus on plastic blends uniquely enabled by AI. The company resells these commodities, including bespoke chemical and polymer blends needed by processors and manufacturers, to end-market buyers. AMP said its secondary facilities drive down the cost of recovery while creating contamination-free, high-quality bales of recycled material for resale. The company added that its business model also introduces market certainty, lower disposal costs, and new revenue streams for established MRFs by creating a destination for residue that they would otherwise have to pay to landfill. The…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 8.21
May 10, 2022
…100 locations in more than 53 countries. PixelPaint offers precision, sustainability Multi-colored car painting has traditionally been a laborious and costly process involving multiple stages of masking and unmasking. ABB said its PixelPaint technology “reimagines” the paint application process and reflects the growing demand for sustainable personalization in the automotive industry, particularly in exterior paint. PixelPaint allows for a detailed, colorful, and exact replication of any design, according to the company. Carefully controlled, the paint can be quickly applied in a single application. This advancement in automating the painting process could allow for specialized and personalized designs to the automotive…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 11.81
May 03, 2022
…to reach and visualize areas within the kidney with precision and control. MONARCH has been in tests since 2018 Since 2018, Auris Health said doctors have used MONARCH to perform robotically assisted bronchoscopy procedures and reach small, hard-to-reach peripheral lung nodules at an earlier stage and with greater precision than ever before. “This latest FDA 510(k) clearance for MONARCH delivers on our vision to extend the robotic platform’s capabilities across multiple specialties, enabling hospital systems to target two disease states using one device,” said Vladimir Makatsaria, company group chairman of Ethicon. “At Ethicon, we’re committed to driving meaningful innovation that…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 5.15
May 03, 2022
…company's algorithms allow robots, from domestic vacuum cleaners to precision industrial autonomous vehicles, to precisely map their environments and locate themselves accurately within those maps. Produers of virtual reality and augmented reality (VR and AR) headsets also use the technology to accurately align virtual and physical worlds, said Nicholson. Major technology companies such as Meta (producer of Facebook) have already used SLAMcore's technology. “With the market for autonomous and spatially aware machines predicted to exceed $100 billion by 2030, the opportunities for the business’ software are immense,” said SLAMcore. Increasing interest in the “metaverse” will further grow the market for…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 13.64
April 29, 2022
…advanced industrial markets. The Bedford, Mass.-based company said its precision encoders, motors, and customized mechatronic systems can help customers solve challenging motion-control problems. Novanta Inc., which counts Celera Motion as a business unit, said it has deep proprietary expertise in photonics, vision, and precision motion technologies. The company recently partnered with MassRobotics to help robotics startups in Massachusetts. Aura compensates for eccentricity Aura solves the largest source of angular error, eccentricity, which is caused by off-center scale mounting and bearing runout, claimed Celera Motion. Robotics developers often use two encoders to compensate for the error, increasing cost and power consumption.…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 9.12
April 28, 2022
…intelligence, instinct, and judgment with the strength, endurance, and precision of machines to enhance employee safety and productivity, enable remote operations, and reduce operational costs. The Salt Lake City-based company's product line includes the Guardian S inspection robot, the Guardian GT mobile manipulator, the Guardian XO full-body industrial exoskeleton, and the Guardian XT teleoperated avatar. Sarcos to add RE2 tech to portfolio Pittsburgh-based RE2 Robotics had developed autonomous and teleoperated mobile robots for use in the aviation, construction, defense, energy, subsea, and medical industries. Jorgen Pedersen, who founded RE2 in 2001 and was its president and CEO, is now chief…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 7.05
April 27, 2022
…The robot, supported by AI algorithms and equipped with high-precision cameras, boasts 99.99% picking and sorting accuracy, thus eliminating the risk of returns due to errors, claimed HAI Robotics. The ACR systems can be implemented in a very short time and are easily scalable, said the company. Clients can scale the project according to their growth curves with little disruption to existing warehouse operations, it said. The systems have been implemented in more than 500 projects around the world, including leading brands of e-commerce, third-party logistics (3PL), manufacturing, and apparel, many of which have faced strong seasonal peaks. To see…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 5.78
April 21, 2022
…handling fragile products while maintaining industrial robot speed and precision, he said. Vicars added that because the gripper is able to better understand what it is holding, users don’t need to change out the tools as often on their robots. “That is dollars and cents to those gripping companies,” he said. “In a variable picking application, they can do this without a tool change.” Ras Labs recently added support for both pneumatic and electric grippers, and the company is getting feedback from customers at four trial sites and incorporating it back into the product. Vicars said he hopes to sell…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 9.30
April 16, 2022
…surgery through minimal access surgery, or MAS,” Slack said. “Precision movements are carefully controlled, and challenging hand or wrist actions are more easily performed with dexterity.” Surgeons also appreciate the robot systems because they reduce the strain on their backs during procedures, according to Slack. “Laparoscopic surgery is physically and mentally demanding, causing three in four surgeons to experience back pain,” Slack said. “A study found that nearly 20% of surgeons would consider retiring early as a result of the physical impact of performing MAS, resulting in surgeons spending reduced time at peak performance before retiring, or retiring before they…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 18.60
April 15, 2022
…is difficult for them to guarantee the high-speed and high-precision performance requirements of most robotics applications. Researchers seek ways to reduce vibrations Some speed reducers have the characteristics of small size and almost no “dead end.” However, compared with more rigid robot body structures, the rigidity of the reducer is relatively much weaker, so it can become a major source of joint flexibility. As a consequence, lightweight robot manipulators feature increased mechanical joint flexibility, compared to the traditional heavy and rigid industrial robots. Researchers find that the flexibility is located mainly in the joint gears consisting of strain-wave gears and…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 11.38
April 15, 2022
…and adjust the movements to deliver 0.01 to 0.02-mm precision, said the company. ABB said its articulated six-axis robot arms can handle complex tasks in tight spaces and perform a variety of placement tasks requiring precision. The High Speed Alignment software was intended “to find the perfect balance between speed and accuracy,” it said. ABB's High Speed Alignment Software makes adjustments in real time. Source: ABB ABB claims faster deployments The new software enables “effortless” robot commissioning and tuning, claimed ABB. Systems integrators and manufacturers can benefit from a reduction in deployment time from an entire eight-hour shift to just…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 10.49
April 13, 2022
…automation and repetitive material handling. You can adjust their precision, speed, stroke length and size, and add almost any type of linear actuator with any variety of drive mechanisms. Gantries can handle larger payloads and much longer stroke lengths since the Y axis is supported. 2. Delta Robot Delta robots, also called parallel or spider robots, consist of three arms and a single base. The base is mounted above the work area while the arms move at high speeds (i.e., 200 picks per minute) with the help of motors on each axis (Process Solutions Inc). However, the delta's payload capacity…
