Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 7.75
June 13, 2022
…low-cost automation at igus, a German manufacturer of motion plastics with U.S. offices in Rumford, R.I. Its products have been incorporated in many low-cost automation applications. “Labor shortages, reducing costs, improving workflows, and reducing workplace accidents are among the reasons why organizations are seeking automated solutions,” Mühlens said. Fraunhofer Institute designs dual-arm cucumber harvester Harvesting cucumbers is a physically demanding task. Some companies have workers lie prone on a support surface behind a vehicle, picking the vegetables off the vines by hand. In more rudimentary businesses, workers walk down rows carrying a harvesting bucket, bending down to look for the…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 7.50
June 06, 2022
…environments like ours,” said Tammy Barras, president of Westec Plastics. “We can’t pay systems integrators to come in every time we want a robot working on a different task. We’d lose more money than we'd save.” “With Smart Setup, we'll be able to do everything ourselves, with practically no downtime,” she added. “That means we’ll spend less, get more work done, and bring in more revenue overall.” “The Rapid Machine Operator with Smart Setup removes the barriers of automation, dramatically reduces cost of ownership, and makes robotics available to manufacturers of all sizes, including hundreds of thousands of SMB [small…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 7.76
June 05, 2022
…said its cost-effective systems have helped manufacturers in automotive, aerospace, medical, alternative energy, fabricated metal, industrial machinery, rubber and plastics, food and beverage, and many other industries.
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 8.45
May 31, 2022
…over the same period of 2021: Metals: up 40% Plastics and rubber: up 29% Semiconductors and electronics/photonics: up 23% Food and consumer goods: up 21% Life Sciences/pharmaceuticals/biomedical: up 14% All other industries: up 56% “As robots continually become easier to use and more affordable, we expect to see adoption continue to rise in every industry, and at companies of all sizes,” said Jeff Burnstein, president of A3. “There are hundreds of thousands of companies in North America who have yet to install even one robot. Many of those companies will visit Automate in Detroit next month looking for the latest…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 7.43
May 18, 2022
With the help of the game engine Unity, motion plastics specialist igus Inc. last week said it has given its online configurator for low-cost linear robots a facelift, making its operation even more efficient. The configurator was launched last year to make it easier for companies to get started with automation. Many companies are recognizing the benefits of autonomous machines because they increase efficiency, reduce errors, and lower costs, said Rumford, R.I.-based Igus. But choosing the right robot can be time-consuming— and time is money, the company argued. For the new design of the configurator, igus developers used Unity— a…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 22.83
May 12, 2022
…economically process and aggregate low volumes of difficult-to-recycle mixed plastics, paper, and metals sourced from residue supplied by primary materials-recovery facilities and other material providers. “With the success of the pilot facility we launched last year in Denver, we’ve been working hard to bring online additional facilities powered by our application of AI for material identification and advanced automation,” stated Matanya Horowitz, founder and CEO of AMP Robotics. “This secondary sortation model is helping to address the millions of tons of recyclables and billions of dollars worth of material feedstock lost to landfill, despite the demand for high-quality recycled content…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 4.11
May 08, 2022
…for this survey include fabricated metals, industrial machinery, and plastics and rubber. The majority of companies (38.8%) have annual revenues of less than $50 million, while 11.2% have somewhere between $100 million to $249.9 million in revenues, and another 9.2% reported revenues of $2.5 billion or more. What is your preferred commercial model for your planned robotics initiatives? Source: Peerless Research Group Businesses just beginning their robotics journeys Many companies are just beginning their warehouse robotics journeys, according to the survey. In fact, we found that 40.4% have yet to install any automation systems or services. About 34% of respondents…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 7.39
May 02, 2022
…consumer goods: Up 29% Semiconductors and electronics/photonics: Up 2% Plastics and rubber: Up 4% Life sciences/pharma/biomed: Up 4% All other industries: Up 65% U.S. companies adopt global robot brands While U.S. integrators and users are adopting more robots, most of them are manufactured in other countries, said the study. Of the top 16 brands analyzed, all of them came from outside the U.S. (Collaborative robot leader Universal Robots and mobile platform provider Mobile Industrial Robots are both Danish, but they are now owned by Boston-based Teradyne Inc.) The report also found that most robot suppliers are based in the Midwest,…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 25.19
April 22, 2022
…council, to bring awareness about the scale of the plastics pollution problem in the Great Lakes and to initiate action to end plastic waste and litter. The company’s donation will be used to help expand CGLR’s Great Lakes Plastic Cleanup initiative. “We are lucky to live near the beautiful Great Lakes, which not only provide immense economic value to the region, but they also act as a hub for recreation, travel and biodiversity. It's our responsibility to protect them,” said Vik Srinivasan, senior vice president of properties and real estate at Meijer. “These lakes represent a fifth of the world's…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 6.33
April 11, 2022
…said the flexible N-220 will help it expand into high-growth industry segments including metal, food and beverage, fulfillment, and plastics and chemicals. “We expect 160 to 220 kg payload articulated robots to represent an estimated 30% of the total installed market, composed of 250,000 to 300,000 units in 2022, with a potential compound annual growth rate [CAGR for] '22 to ’26 of 2%,” said Clement, citing a report by the International Federation of Robotics (IFR). Comau’s N-220 is now available worldwide.
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 5.77
March 25, 2022
…surface textures, and materials, both rigid packaging and loose plastic Induct with throughput of 1,600 – 2,000 picks per hour (PPH) Fit within the confines of most induction workstations with a footprint of 2.7 by 1.4 m (8 ft., 10 in. by 4 ft., 6 in.). “AI and reinforcement learning are in Kindred’s DNA and embedded in all our products, said Anne Marie Neatham, chief operating officer at Kindred. “Those capabilities enabled us to quickly solve the engineering challenge of automating induction – a more challenging process than picking and sorting due to the unstructured and unpredictable dynamics of handling…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 24.83
March 24, 2022
…Cologne, Germany-based company said it develops and makes motion plastics, which are self-lubricating, high-performance polymers intended to reduce costs wherever things move. “€234 million [$257 million U.S.] more sales in one year, with almost the same selling prices until the end of the year, and everything produced as well as sourced in-house—we've never had that before,” said Frank Blase, CEO of igus. “Our colleagues achieved miracles. And we were lucky to realize our investment plans even in the weak year 2020.” igus claimed that it is the global market leader in energy supplies, highly flexible cables, plain and linear bearings,…
