Day: February 12, 2018

  • ESI looks to capitalise on collaborative robot market growth with its new CanArm model

    ESI looks to capitalise on collaborative robot market growth with its new CanArm model

    Engineering Services Inc is looking to capitalise on growing global demand for collaborative robots with its newly developed cobot.  ESI says its CanArm C-15 cobot is the result of “several years of research … relying on our rich experience”. ESI is looking to establish itself in a fast-growing market which has seen tens of thousands of…

  • Siemens extends its Simatic industrial automation controller range

    Siemens extends its Simatic industrial automation controller range

    Siemens is extending its Simatic automation controller series for PC-based applications. The distributed automation controllers now include the new, more powerful Simatic ET 200SP Open Controller CPU 1515SP PC 2 – for standard and fail-safe applications up to Performance Level e. The new Open Controller, which Siemens says is “particularly suitable for series machine building”,…

  • Automated guided vehicles: Exclusive interview with Kivnon commercial director

    Automated guided vehicles: Exclusive interview with Kivnon commercial director

    Automated guided vehicles could completely change the industrial technology ecosystem, ushering in the era of cyber-physical operations and reducing the reliance on traditional fixed infrastructure, like monorails and conveyors Kivnon is probably the world’s leading manufacturer of automated guided vehicles.  Its AGVs are particularly popular in the automotive sector, utilised by a large number of leading automakers…

  • MassRobotics receives grant to expand in Boston

    MassRobotics receives grant to expand in Boston

    Independent, non-profit organization MassRobotics has received a $2.5 million MassWorks grant to help it expand its operations. MassRobotics has a mission to create and grow the next generation of robotics and smart connected device companies in Massachusetts, USA. It provides entrepreneurs and innovators the facilities and resources they need to develop, prototype, test, challenge and…