Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 48.82
July 11, 2023
igus® has introduced an exciting new feature to its RBTX marketplace – the RBTX Machine Planner. The Machine Planner on RBTX.com, the online marketplace for Low Cost Automation, helps with the design of a complete automation solution, from robotics to frames to conveyor belts to grippers to safety systems. Price and delivery time are calculated in real-time. Robot Workstations Configuring a new robot workstation is a complex undertaking, requiring more than simply selecting a robot model. An automated production environment also requires the right workplace design, which often involves manipulating complex structures in CAD programs. The process is time-consuming and…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 38.93
December 05, 2022
…components from multiple sources, or they could use the RBTX Robotics Marketplace 2.0. Motion plastics provider igus GmbH last week announced an update to the RBTX.com marketplace it launched in 2019. The online platform brings providers and users of low-cost robotics together with the goal of making automation more accessible. The redesiged marketplace includes enhancements and new features to make it even easier for users to find components or complete solutions that meet their requirements and budget, said igus. “There are now 76 partners on our RBTX marketplace,” said Alexander Mühlens, head of the Automation Technology and Robotics Business Unit…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 30.23
August 25, 2023
…technologies including ball bearings, robot drives, 3D printing, the RBTX marketplace for Lean Robotics, and “smart plastics” for Industry 4.0. With its Low-Cost Automation initiative, igus has focused on providing integrators and manufacturers around the world with systems that offer low entry-level costs and quick payback. Its portfolio includes articulated arm, linear, Delta, and SCARA robots for SMEs. “We've continued added machines on RBTX and offer customers remote tests in our lab, which are easier for newcomers to automation to trust than simulations,” said Hennecke. “We also provide free 30-minute consultations and components from partners. We want to provide quotes…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 29.37
September 22, 2022
…and found out: Virtually all roads currently lead to RBTX.” RBTX is a marketplace for low-cost robotics, which unites manufacturers of robotic components in a construction kit. Robots from the Cologne-based plastics specialist igus® – including articulated arm robots, delta robots, and Cartesian vending machines – form the electromechanical framework. This framework can be expanded to include individual components from other manufacturers, such as cameras, GUIs, grippers, motors, sensors, or controllers. With just a few clicks, Roose assembled a robotic solution from these components. Michael Hornung, product manager for drylin® linear and drive technology international at igus®: “Compatibility is guaranteed…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 29.18
December 05, 2023
…time investment (which can be significantly reduced through the RBTX marketplace). More accurate dispensing Accurate dispensing can be extremely difficult to achieve when manually pipetting — especially over a long period of time — even with frequent breaks. However, automated pipetting can achieve highly accurate dispensing as long as the system has been properly calibrated. Things like pipette angle and immersion depth will be the same every single time. Lowered risk of RSIs Repetitive strain injuries can be fairly common in pipetting applications due to the nature of the movement required. Since automated pipetting systems don’t require human intervention, or…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 26.28
February 13, 2023
…visitors. The roadshow aims always to automate directly on-site.” RBTX online marketplace: new partners are adding more and more new products to the range Since 2019, users have also had access to the igus RBTX marketplace – an online marketplace that brings users and manufacturers of low-cost robotics together. Mühlens continued: “At RBTX.com, interested parties can find compatible components from a total of 78 partners. The marketplace currently has 100 low-cost applications with parts lists and hardware and software compatibility for price transparency. As an open marketplace, we are always interested in new partners for the low-cost robotics mission to…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 22.88
October 07, 2022
…stated Dr. Christian Meyer, founder of Commonplace Robotics. “The RBTX platform for low-cost robotics, operated by igus, brings new requirements from customers from all areas of the industry to our laboratories every day. Much of this can be implemented quickly, especially as we expand with this investment.” Meyer, who worked at the Fraunhofer Institute for Production Engineering and Automation at the time, founded Commonplace Robotics in 2011. The Bissendorf, Germany-based company said it works to make the integration and operation of robots so cost-effective and easy that they can be used anywhere. Its first products with a control system and…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 22.12
October 02, 2024
…facility. At igus’ robotics campus, the company highlighted its RBTX marketplace, with robots developed in-house. The goal, Brockmeyer said, was to continue “developing components that become systems to assemble for igus customers and make automation easier.” Rhode Island senator Jack Reed and Rhode Island Secretary of Commerce Liz Tanner also spoke at the opening, highlighting the company’s continued investment to the state, and Rhode Island’s support of igus. The company’s warehouse and North American headquarters, located down the street from igus’ new robotics campus and injection molding facility, features a 190,000 square foot facility for shipping and receiving, along with…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 21.72
August 15, 2024
…236230 will be themed “Automate Your Factory for Less.” It will be center around low-cost automation and the company’s RBTX marketplace, showcasing products designed to help businesses automate their factories affordably. Visitors will be able to explore how igus is making automation accessible to companies of all sizes.
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 18.88
April 25, 2024
…AI-based voice and gesture control, such as its ReBeL cobot with plug-and-play capabilities. These options are complemented by the RBTX online marketplace, which igus said facilitates easy access to compatible automation accessories and promotes an inclusive approach to automation for companies of all sizes.
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 17.76
April 28, 2023
…be mounted on a mobile robot. Credit: Eugene Demaitre RBTX bundles, free consulting to ease adoption Through igus' expanding RBTX online marketplace, customers can also choose validated end-of-arm tooling and vision systems from partners, as well as Delta and SCARA robots from other providers, Brockmeyer added. “We guarantee that everything will be low-cost and that everything fits together,” he said. “We recognized that people were looking for applications, not robots. Last year, we already had more than 200 application examples.” “We're adding products and bundles all the time. For example, we have a linear robot educational bundle and a laboratory…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 15.18
February 11, 2022
…the company has expanded by creating internal startups for technologies such as ball bearings, robot drives, 3D printing, the RBTX platform for Lean Robotics, and intelligent “smart plastics” for Industry 4.0. Among its most important environmental investments are the “chainge” program—recycling of used e-chains—and participation in Plastic2Oil, an enterprise that produces oil from plastic waste. “We are dreaming of a different kind of igus,’’ said Frank Blase CEO of igus GmbH. “We are dreaming of an igus that has the sense of really improving the world, in a genuine, honest and measurable way.”
