Intelligrated appoints Mario Rodriguez as general director of Mexican operations
June 6, 2014
Rodriguez brings 17 years of automation experience, including engineering and management roles for ABB.
Machine vision sales in North America grow 10% in Q1 2014
May 28, 2014
Components, cameras, lighting and software each up by 25% or more.
North American robotic orders record second-highest quarter ever in Q1 2014
May 2, 2014
Orders just shy of the all-time record of 6,235 robots valued at $385 million in Q4 2012.
Universal Robots to significantly expand production capacity
May 2, 2014
Opening of new headquarters marks a sevenfold increase of company premises.
National Robotics Week provides opportunity to encourage interest in STEM subjects
May 1, 2014
Events mark the fifth year since Congress instituted NRW as the second week of April.
Exhibit sales open for Pack Expo Las Vegas 2015 and Pharma EXPO’s Las Vegas debut
April 29, 2014
Co-located shows expected to draw 30,000 attendees with more than 800,000 square feet of exhibit space.
European machine vision company opens North American office
March 28, 2014
Framos operations on Ottowa will join those in Germany, Great Britain, Italy, France, Russia and Taiwan.
Perfect Pick Automated Goods-to-Person System
March 20, 2014
“Perfect Pick is an automated goods-to-person delivery solution that utilizes intelligent iBOTs. It enables pickers to be much more efficient because product is delivered directly to them." -- Jeff Hedges,...
Axium’s load palletizer uses two synchronized robot arms to build mixed pallet loads
March 18, 2014
To build mixed pallet loads from an unlimited number of stock keeping units (SKUs), Axium's (Booth 4823) load palletizer uses an exclusive algorithm, a vision-assisted product orientor, two synchronized robot arms...
ARPAC acquires Lambert Material Handling
March 18, 2014
Acquisition to enhance capabilities in complete end-of-line OEM integration.
Swisslog Announces Major U.S. Installation of Click&Pick Robotic Order-Fulfillment System
March 17, 2014
In a press conference Monday, Swisslog (Booth 7613) detailed a commissioned installation of its Click&Pick goods-to-person, multi-channel robotic order fulfillment system.
Grenzebach’s new robotic palletizer builds mixed-case rows
March 17, 2014
Utilizing flexible gripper fork technology to manipulate four to six mixed cases simultaneously, and accurately stack them on a pallet, is the Mixed Case Row Palletizing (MXRP) robot-based palletizer from...
Adept Technology showcases robotics solutions for materials handling applications
March 17, 2014
Adept Technology, (Booth 4534) a leading provider of intelligent robots, autonomous mobile solutions and services, is showcasing a range of state-of-the-art intelligent robotics solutions ideal for warehouse and distribution center materials...
PMMI’s Trends in Robotics Market Assessment 2014 shows increase in use of robotics
March 5, 2014
Study anticipates growth in job functions such as integration services, mechatronics engineering, robotic training and operating, and PLC and servo programming.
Packaging Corner: Robotic Palletizing Addresses Mixed-Load Challenges
March 1, 2014
Advances in the robotic palletizing technology can now enable a single robot to deftly build the pallet load.
The Vision Show and Conference to be held in Boston, April 15-17, 2014
February 26, 2014
Robotics Industries Association to host a full-day workshop on collaborative robots -- those that can work directly alongside human counterparts.
Motion controller shipments surge 22% in 2013
February 26, 2014
Global shipments for motion control products down 5% overall.
North American robotics shipments grow 11% in 2013, orders down 5%
February 13, 2014
Despite a slight contraction in overall new orders, the non-automotive industries segment grew 22% -- including 13% growth in materials handling.
Seegrid GT10 Robot named Edison Award finalist
February 13, 2014
Company recognized in the Applied Technology category and Industrial Productivity sub-category.
ABB creates SMART robot education package
January 3, 2014
Package intended to teach students the fundamentals of manufacturing automation technology.
