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Robot swarm works together to shift heavy objects
2007-06-30 02:59:00
Brief Summary: A “swarm” of simple-minded robots that teams up to move an object too heavy for them to manage individually has been demonstrated by robotics researchers. In experiments, six of the cylindrical robots were able to drag an object across the floor of a room. Working autonomously, they locate and assemble around the object and either grab ...
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N.H. Firm Creates Growing Global Workforce of Robots
2007-06-30 02:58:00
Brief Summary: A growing army of “relentlessly reliable” robots is at work around the world, patrolling warehouses. Her robots can be outfitted with motion detectors, smoke detectors, gas detectors, cameras and microphones, laser guidance systems, speakers. Unlike reconnaissance robots that police or the military direct by watching video images and operating a joystick. The goal is building robots that ...
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A Robot in Every Home
2007-06-30 02:58:00
Brief Summary: Imagine being present at the birth of a new industry. It is an industry based on groundbreaking new technologies, wherein a handful of well-established corporations sell highly specialized devices for business use. Think of the manufacturing robots currently used on automobile assembly lines as the equivalent of yesterday’s mainframes. The industry’s niche products include robotic arms that ...
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Greeter robot goes rental in Japan
2007-06-30 02:58:00
Brief Summary: Japan ese businesses looking for an employee with tireless enthusiasm and an unrivalled work ethic can now hire robot workers for an hourly wage. The robot’s wage demands are also unlikely to impress many prospective employers. Two other robot assistants, produced by Tmsuk, made their debut last month at Aizu Central Hospital in central Japan. Welcoming visitors at ...
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Robotic Workcell features dual welding robots
2007-06-30 02:57:00
Brief Summary: ArcWorld® IV-6200 features dual EA1400N Expert Arc welding robots with multiple robot control, high-speed ferris-wheel positioner, integrated welding package, and operator interface. The new Motoman ArcWorld® IV-6200 solution features dual EA1400N “Expert Arc” welding robots. With multiple robot control, a high-speed ferris-wheel positioner, integrated welding package, operator interface and a total safety environment. The MRM2-250/750M3X utilizes independent ...
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Robotic Workcell provides flexible part positioning
2007-06-30 02:57:00
Brief Summary: ArcWorld® C-500 allows robot to access parts through opening in front of enclosure. Two MHTH headstock positioners with 4.3 in. dia through-holes for tooling connections are integrated into robot riser. Robot accommodates parts/tooling with span of 39.4 in. and diameter of 43.3 in. High-speed powered roll-up doors safeguard operator from robot station during welding. The ArcWorld C-500 workcell ...
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Software facilitates development of robotic applications.
2007-06-30 02:56:00
Brief Summary: Windows-based Microsoft® Robotic s Studio provides end-to-end, scalable, and extensible robotics development platform. Among the many remarkable innovations emerging out of the robotics industry. From surveillance robots that can defuse roadside bombs to robotic arms that perform surgeries. One persistent challenge has been the lack of a common development platform. That would allow developers to easily create robotic applications ...
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Collision Sensor suits wide variety of industrial robots
2007-06-26 03:56:00
Brief Summary: Suited for applications using 3-5 kg capacity robots, Model SR-61 helps prevent damage to robotic end-effectors resulting from robot crashes. 3 to 5 kilogram capacity robots and is designed to prevent costly damage to robotic end-effectors resulting from robot crashes. Also, breakaway points are set at a given pressure independent of angular, compressive axial or torsional ...
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Multiaxis Robot offers extended reach and high payload.
2007-06-26 03:55:00
Brief Summary: Designed for precision parts assembly and handling applications. Adept Viper(TM) s1700 features 20 kg payload capacity and working envelope with 1,717 mm reach. This 6-Axis articulated robot can be floor- or ceiling-mounted and runs on Adept SmartServo. Adept Viper(TM) s1700, the latest addition to the Adept Viper 6-Axis articulated robot family. It provides high flexibility with its six degrees ...
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Automated Spot Welder offers operational flexibility
2007-06-26 03:55:00
Brief Summary: Automated resistance spot weld platform, RSX50, features weld head that can be switched between parallel gap and opposed electrode welding. Rotary dial plate lets operator load and unload parts while gantry robot safely welds parts behind light curtain. The new RSX50 automated resistance spot weld platform is an ideal solution for companies trying to increase throughput ...
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Marking System is suited for use as end effector on robots.
2007-06-26 03:55:00
Brief Summary: New Compact Columbia UID/ 2D Data Matrix Dot Peen Scribe Mark ing System is Ideal for Application with Robo ts or Hand Held Applications. Actuation of the marking head is easily integrated to the serial or I/O control systems of robots or specific automation. A standard DMM 20 system includes the marking head, controller, keyboard, and electrical and ...
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Software automates robotic pallet building.
2007-06-26 03:54:00
Brief Summary: Able to integrate with host processing/warehouse management systems. PicRite® Robotic s includes modules that can control order batching and automated outbound palletization, analyze orders to determine and control pallet build. Direct robots to pick from proper position, and control orientation and layer building. New features include modules that control order batching and automated outbound palletization, analyze orders to ...
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Dispensing Robot provides RoHS compliance.
2007-06-25 04:21:00
Brief Summary: Robo t can apply dots, lines, circles, and ellipses in any point-to-point or continuous path configuration. I&J Fisnar Inc. continue to introduce economical and innovative robot designs for dispensing applications. The latest system is the model I&J7900-LF, a fully RoHS compliant compact 3-Axis Dispensing Robot. Dispensing Software and step by step point-and-click instructions entered via a brightly lit ...
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Second-Generation TALON Hazmat Robot Debuts
2007-06-25 04:21:00
Brief Summary: Re-engineered to be even more versatile and adaptable that its predecessors. Foster-Miller’s second-generation TALON(R) Hazmat robot is being displayed for the first time today. In addition, the person digital assistant (PDA) at the operator control unit has been upgraded to include audio and visual alarms. If any of the mounted sensors exceed preset limits, so operators can ...
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Conversion Package turns robots into in-line CMMs
2007-06-25 04:21:00
Brief Summary: Mounted on end of industrial robot or multi-axis system, RoboGauge provides tools to create or transform industrial robot into in-line CMM. Real-time 3D data is provided for inspection of critical dimensions or optimal quality control in manufacturing processes and production lines. RoboGauge is designed to provide real-time high-accuracy 3D data for inspection of critical dimensions. Optimal quality ...
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Engineers Develop Robotic Microhand
2007-06-25 04:20:00
Brief Summary: Early this winter, two engineers announced they had developed a tiny pneumatic hand. The robotic hand has the ability to grasp objects smaller than a millimeter across. Right now the robotic manipulators used there are pretty crude. A more gentle and dexterous robotic hand would be helpful. The robot hand was designed by microelectromechanical systems scientist Yen-Wen Lu Research ...
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Presenting the World?s Fastest Robot
2007-06-25 04:20:00
Brief Summary: The ADEPT Quattro s650 features a unique 4-parallel arm structure. The robot will be capable of moving payloads of up to 2 KG at accelerations of 15 ~ 20G. The Adept Quattro s650 will be tightly integrated with AdeptVision. Which will enable intelligent vision inspection, guidance, and conveyor tracking capability. Adept Technology, Inc., the leading provider of intelligent ...
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Consumer robotics to fuel electronics growth
2007-06-21 04:11:00
Brief Summary: * A new report predicts that robots will become mainstream consumer products within the next decade, providing a significant growth opportunity for the electronics sector. * Future Horizon predicts that the total revenue for the robotics market will rise from $4.4 billion in 2003 to $59.3 billion in 2010. * It forecasts that the corresponding electronic ...
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The ?one stop shop? for robot builders
2007-06-21 04:10:00
Brief Summary: * Robot Wars Series 2 winner Kim Davies from Cwmbran, Wales, now works as part of the Robot Wars technical team, and has used RS Components for the past 15 years. * He orders electrical, mechanical and safety products in the knowledge he can get anything he needs in order to build or maintain his ...
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All-in CPU speeds robot applications to market
2007-06-21 04:10:00
Brief Summary: * Robot s explained that the company was able to develop its robot in less time because it didn’t have to design the system from scratch. * The Medallion is preloaded with Linux and Java allowing Smart Robots to concentrate on developing software functionality instead of tedious device-driver development. * The Medallion is low in power, consuming ...
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Robotic automation: an evolving solution for the packaging industry
2007-06-21 04:10:00
Brief Summary: * What percentage of packaging machinery do you estimate incorporates robotic technology? * As a result, first-time users are going to significantly boost demand for robotic technologies in the short term; in the long term. * This demographic represents the foundation for a much greater establishment of robotics in packaging. * Major industry tradeshows like PACK EXPO ...
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Robots find a fit in packaging
2007-06-21 04:09:00
Brief Summary: * The packaging community has seen the future, and it is robotics. * Industrial robots have always lent themselves to repetitive or even hazardous tasks. * But as robots become more efficient and less costly. * Today?s packaging applications are increasingly relying on their flexibility and reliability to do jobs formerly done by more traditional machinery. * Today?s ...
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Robots sweeten case packing efficiency
2007-06-15 17:57:00
On two lines, Gray & Co. uses a robotic case loader positioned between an automatic case former and an automatic sealer to pack cartons into cases at rates up to 90 cartons/min. There?s more to Gray & Co., Hart, MI, than the impressive 24-arm, pick-and-place packaging robots featured last month. Each robot is equipped with two side-by-side ...
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Robots boost pasta packing
2007-06-15 17:56:00
The new plant sends corrugated cases from eight packaging lines to four robotic palletizing cells engineered and installed by Alvey Systems. The articulated-arm robots are from Motoman. This impressive use of robotics represents a significant departure from AIPC?s approach to palletizing in its other plants. Each palletizing robot sits between two pallets and between two overhead case infeeds. So ...
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Robotics improve brewery efficiencies
2007-06-15 17:56:00
To achieve this result, the brewer installed two Model KR 150 packing robots from Kuka Robotics Corp. The new six-axis robots with pneumatic grippers save approximately 150-sq? of floorspace compared with the case packing and palletizing equipment it used previously. The programmed robots can crate 30 bottles per hour. The flexibility and programmability of the KR 150s also ...
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When robots take over: A worker?s tale
2007-06-15 17:56:00
How did you and others feel before the robots were installed? Some around here said the robotic improvements would never happen and they would never work. What are your new tasks? And how do you feel about them? I take care of the case former, the robotic case loader, the case sealer, and keep the line supplied with ...
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Robots on the rise
2007-06-15 17:55:00
Because they?re smaller, faster, stronger, and a tad less costly than in previous years, expect to see robotics occupying an increasingly important role throughout the packaging function in the next few years. The use of robots in packaging lags considerably behind automobile manufacturing and other high-technology assembly operations,? said Crompton. ?That void has been noticed, and suppliers ...
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Robotic palletization protects Sandvik
2007-06-15 17:55:00
That information is processed by the system’s control network and instructs the robot to transfer the case to one of six pallet positions. Pallets are positioned in a row on the floor, parallel to and beneath the linear track that the robot rides along. This shortens the distance the robot has to traverse to place the sheet ...
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World?s fastest blister packer, robots everywhere, ROI talk
2007-06-15 17:55:00
Features include ELAU?s PacDrive automation system, 2 or 3 lane operation, excellent accessibility, TouchControl operator guidance. Long a staple of end-of-line systems, they?re now becoming more viable for secondary packaging applications. And a new IEC-conforming robotic software library is making it simpler for machine builders to develop their own robotic modules without needing to become kinematics experts. At ...
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Robotic tray loaders speed cookie loading
2007-06-15 17:54:00
The 10 vision-guided robots, which have been run up to three shifts during peak times. Are part of a single packaging line installed early last year to replace a manual tray-loading process. Now, the 10 robots–packing off the output of one oven–load cookies into trays at speeds of 110 cookies/min per robot. With two robots dedicated to each ...
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