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High efficiency makes the case for robotics
2007-06-15 17:54:00 The Northfield, MN-based firm understands and values the importance of robotics in delivering packaging efficiencies. It had already established good working relationships and experience with Fanuc, a major robotics specialist. Rockwell Automation, a leading programmable logic controls expert; and Langen Packaging. A packaging line integrator with expertise in bag packaging and cartoning solutions. Fanuc robotics, but Malt-O-Meal prefers the compactness ... More About: Robotics , Robots , Case , High , Efficiency
Robotics boost fish pack efficiencies
2007-06-15 17:54:00 The robotic packers needed to be versatile to handle more than 100 different products/packages in varying shapes, sizes, surfaces, and pack patterns. Each of the two new high-speed (up to 65 strokes per minute) lines integrates a sequence of six BL pick-and-place robots, a product-locating vision system. Product is distributed as evenly as possible on a 600-mm ... More About: Robotics , Robots , Fish , Boost , Pack
Robotic dispensing boosts pharmacy?s efficiency
2007-06-13 04:08:00 Brief Summary: In Chaffee, MO, Medicap Pharmacy fills an average of 275 prescriptions during the nine hours it?s open during the day. Medicap automates with a machine that counts tablets, fills them into bottles, prints and applies labels to the bottles, then caps them with user-friendly closures. What makes the Parata robotic dispensing system different from other automated ... More About: Robots , Robotic , Efficiency , Macy , Boost
Disembodied robotic arm clambers round home
2007-06-13 04:08:00 Brief Summary: A prototype disembodied robotic arm designed to clamber around the home was unveiled. The next stage is to use the arms to develop a fully robotic kitchen. Unlike most other mobile robots, Flexibot gets about by flipping end over end from one docking station to the next. In April, the team will add fold-out robotic grippers, which ... More About: Robots , Robotic , Home , Round , Amber
Researchers are teaching robots to interact intelligently with humans
2007-06-13 04:08:00 Brief Summary: Robots have been a part of research labs and automated factories for quite some time. Teaching this robot named George to find a place to hide and then hunt for a human playmate is a new level of human interaction rarely seen in robot design. The nature of robotics is morphing from advanced software and mechanical ... More About: Uman , Humans , Tera
Key Factors For Building A Robotic End-of-Arm-Tool
2007-06-13 04:06:00 Brief Summary: While robots certainly can reduce costs and speed production, the key that is often overlooked is the value that the robotic end-of-arm tooling. Simply, the End-of-Arm Tool must compliment the robot. How well the EOAT secures, manipulates, holds, and handles the part throughout the robot motion. Robot companies can be limited to tools just for their robot ... More About: Building , Robots , Robotic , Build
iRobot Unveils Programmable Robot
2007-06-13 04:06:00 Brief Summary: At CES, iRobo t Corp. unveiled iRobot(R) Create(TM), an affordable, programmable robot designed for aspiring roboticists, advanced high-school and college students, and serious robot developers. Create comes pre-assembled, so developers can design new robots without having to build a mobile robot from scratch. iRobot Create fills a need in the robot industry for a standard, durable hardware ... More About: Robots , Veil , Gram
Tandem GMAW Versus Multiple Robot Arms
2007-06-13 04:05:00 Brief Summary: Manufacturers of Tandem Gas Metal Arc Welding (GMAW) systems that supply two welding wires through a single torch often promise to double welding productivity. But in actuality, the results you can reasonably expect to achieve vary depending upon your application. Most automotive components are made up of several short, intermittent welds. The use of a second robot ... More About: Robot , Robots , Versus , Arms , Robo
New Robots Walk Like Humans
2007-06-13 04:05:00 Brief Summary: In what could be described as one small step for a robot, but a giant leap for robot-kind. The breakthroughs could change the way humanoid robots are built, and they open doors to new types of robotic prostheses. The robots are also expected to shed light on the biomechanics of human walking. The Cornell robot consumes an ... More About: Robots , Uman , Walk , Like , Humans
FANUC Robotics Introduces New Intelligent LR Mate 200i C
2007-06-13 04:04:00 Brief Summary: FANUC Robotics America, Inc., has introduced its new LR Mate 200iC robot. The company?s next generation mini-robot offering maximum performance in a light, efficient, accurate and nimble (LEAN) package. The six-axis, LR Mate 200i C robot is significantly lighter and more compact than its predecessor. The intelligent LR Mate 200i C is designed to meet the needs ... More About: Robots , Intelligent , Intro
MOTOMAN?S G-CODE CONVERTER SOFTWARE
2007-06-13 04:04:00 Brief Summary: Motoman?s new G-Code Converter is PC-based application software that uses standard G-Code programs used by CNC machine tools. Including I/O and other non-motion commands, to generate production robot programs. Using the G-Code converter, customers have flexibility and scalability to perform matching tasks, as well as part insertion and assembly operations, in the same system. The G-Code Converter ... More About: Software , Robots , Vert
MOTOMAN?S SP-SERIES ROBOTS
2007-06-13 04:03:00 Brief Summary: Motoman Inc.?s SP-series robots provide fast, flexible and highly reliable solutions for a wide variety of end-of-line palletizing applications. These dedicated palletizing robots feature four axes of motion, except for the economical five-axis SP80X robot. The SP-series robots listed below are all floor-mounted. Robo tic palletizing also reduces or eliminates worker compensation claims arising from back pain and ... More About: Robots , Series , Serie , Erie
MOTOMAN HP-SERIES ROBOTS DELIVER HIGH-SPEED, FLEXIBILITY
2007-06-02 18:03:00 Brief Summary: * Motoman?s new HP-series robots are dynamic, flexible six-axis manipulators that deliver HyperProductivity in a wide variety of applications. * The HP6 and HP20 robots can be used for arc welding. * Likewise, the HP165 can be used for spot welding. * Industry-leading speed ensures high performance in complex handling motions and other operations in a multi-function ... More About: Robots , Series , Speed , High , Bili
EA1400N AND EA1900N EXPERT ARC WELDING ROBOTS
2007-06-02 18:03:00 Brief Summary: * Motoman?s EA1400N and EA1900N “Expert Arc” welding robots feature a patented internal cabling design that provides high flexibility and also streamlines the robot profile. * Additionally, the EA1400N and EA1900 reduce programming time by eliminating cable interference issues that general-purpose robots have. * The expanded range of motion on the B-axis provides improved circumferential welding ... More About: Robots , Welding , Robo , Pert
Robot Assisted Surgery
2007-06-02 18:03:00 Brief Summary: Robo t ic assisted heart surgery - This new technology is allowing cardiac surgeons to perform select types of heart surgery through very small incisions. Here’s how it works: * Three tiny incisions (holes or “ports”) are made within the spaces between the ribs. * The robotic arms and a tiny camera are placed through these ports. * Motion sensors ... More About: Robots , Surgery , Assist
Surgical Robots
2007-06-02 18:02:00 Brief Summary: * Surgeons in the U-M Health System have a new high-tech assistant ? a $1-million, seven-foot-tall robot, which has proven its worth already in several surgical procedures. * U-M is one of the first hospitals in the U.S. to perform robot-assisted surgery since the FDA approved its use for laparoscopic surgery in July 2000. * On ... More About: Robots , Robo
How Robotic Surgery Will Work
2007-06-02 18:02:00 Brief Summary: * We’ve already seen how robots have changed the manufacturing of cars and other consumer goods by streamlining and speeding up the assembly line. We even have robotic lawn mowers and robotic pets. And robots have enabled us to see places that humans are not yet able to visit, such as other planets and ... More About: Robots , Robotic , Work , Surgery , Robo
Flying robot attack ?unstoppable?
2007-06-02 18:01:00 Brief Summary: * It may sound like science fiction, but the prospect that suicide bombers and hijackers could be made redundant by flying robots is a real one, according to experts. * Models with a wingspan of five meters (16 feet), capable of carrying up to 50 kilograms (110 pounds), remain undetectable by radar. * Armed militant groups ... More About: Robot , Robots , Flying , Robo , Attack
Robots of the Deep
2007-06-02 18:01:00 Brief Summary: * In this case, “mowing the lawn” is deep-sea search and salvage jargon for the tremendously costly procedure required whenever something worth recovering gets lost on the ocean floor. * Since the early 1970s, however, a team at the Naval Ocean Systems Center in San Diego has been working on key technologies. Their goal: to ... More About: Robots , Deep , The D , Robo
Agricultural Robotics
2007-06-02 18:01:00 Brief Summary: * Agricultura l Robotics is the logical proliferation of automation technology into biosystems such as agriculture, forestry, fisheries, etc. Robots have the advantage of being small, light weight and autonomous. Because of their size they can collect data in close proximity to the crop and soil. * Cameras are used to detect weeds, and larger scale ... More About: Cultural
Humanlike Robots with One and Two Arms
2007-06-02 18:00:00 Brief Summary: * Motoman, the robotic division of Yaskawa Electric, has recently developed humanlike robots with one and two arms based on a completely new technological concept. * The new robot models, the 13-axis dual-arm Motoman-DA10 and DA20 with respective payloads of 10 and 20 kg and the seven-axis Motoman-IA20 with a payload of 20 kg, are ... More About: Robots , Arms , Uman , Like , Robo
How ASIMO Works
2007-06-02 18:00:00 Brief Summary: * ASIMO, which stands for Advanced Step in Innovative Mobility, was developed by the Honda Motor Company and is the most advanced humanoid robot in the world. ASIMO is the only humanoid robot in the world that can walk independently and climb stairs. ASIMO can also understand some spoken commands (currently only in Japanese) ... More About: Robots , Works , Asimo
Use of Robots for Material Handling Applications
2007-05-23 19:43:00 Brief Summary: * Produced by Robotic Industries Association (RIA), the industry’s trade group. * The study shows that 80% of the non-users surveyed would consider using material handling robots. * Most of these companies have never been contacted by a robotics supplier. * Additionally, while just 15% of the current robot users surveyed now use robots for palletizing and ... More About: Applications , Robots , Hand , Material , Application
The use of robots in the production
2007-05-23 19:41:00 Brief Summary: * The doors are dismantled immediately after the start of the assembly process. * Transported to the second floor of the new south annex for pre-assembly where they are completely put together. * On the previous A8, the engine, transmission and the front and rear axle were located separately using two installation vehicles. * Audi has changed ... More About: Robots , Production , Prod , The U , Robo
Europe quicker to use robots - in industry
2007-05-23 19:40:00 Brief Summary: * Europe an usage of robots now exceeds that of the United States by at least 50 percent, and the rate of introduction of new robots. * In Europe appears to be well ahead of that in the U.S. * At a press conference here last week, BRA officials also said that British-made robots had increased their ... More About: Robots , Industry , Robo , Rope
An LCD Interface for PC-Based Robots
2007-05-23 19:40:00 Brief Summary: * Need to connect an alphanumeric LCD display panel to your PC-based robot? * Till Harbaum has created LCD2USB for just that purpose. * It’s a combination of Open Hardware and Free Software that allows you to cotrol HD44780 type LCD displays from the USB port of any Linux-based motherboard. * The USB interface is implemented in ... More About: Robots , Interface , Base , Robo
Cobots for the assembly line
2007-05-23 19:40:00 Brief Summary: * As computer chips have made quantum leaps in capability, equipment used on the factory floor has undergone a similar revolution in performance. * That is changing, as a new class of intelligent assist devices?called cobots, a conflation of the words collaborative and robot?are tested on experimental assembly lines. * Having humans in the same workspace ... More About: Robots , Assembly , Line , The A
Flexible automation on the line
2007-05-23 19:39:00 Brief Summary: * As industry places growing emphasis on agility, the need for systems with flexibility at scales not previously possible is becoming critical. * Automakers, for example, traditionally produced only one car model on a particular assembly line. * Flexible automation is an operational response to this need. * For example, when an automobile manufacturer needed a robot ... More About: Robots , Line , Automation , Lexi
Sensing the torque in a robot?s joints
2007-05-23 19:39:00 Brief Summary: * As direct-drive robots become increasingly popular, there is a need for high-performance motion controllers that can achieve dynamic accuracy in practice. * A direct approach to control is possible if joint torque sensors are used to measure the external loads on all joints. * Positive feedback of the torque signal can then compensate for the ... More About: Robot , Robots , Sens , Robo , Torque
FANUC Robotics introduces LR Mate 200iC robot with vision
More articles from this author:2007-05-23 19:39:00 Brief Summary: * FANUC Robot ics America, Inc., has introduced its new LR Mate 200iC robot, the company?s next generation mini-robot offering maximum performance in a light, efficient, accurate and nimble (LEAN) package. * The six-axis, LR Mate 200iC robot is significantly lighter and more compact than its predecessor. * But rates ?best in class? for its wrist load ... More About: Robots , Sion 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 |
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