• Skip to primary navigation
  • Skip to main content
  • Skip to primary sidebar
  • Skip to secondary sidebar
  • Skip to footer
  • Home
  • Subscribe
  • Your Membership
    • Edit Your Profile
  • Services
    • Advertising
    • Case studies
    • Design
    • Email marketing
    • Lead generation
    • Magazine
    • Press releases
    • Publishing
    • Sponsored posts
    • Webcasting
    • Webinars
    • White papers
    • Writing
  • Shop
    • My Account
    • Cart
  • About
    • Contact
    • Terms of use
  • Events

Robotics & Automation News

Market trends and business perspectives

  • News
  • Features
  • Webcasts
  • White papers
  • Case studies
  • Press releases

Archives for July 15, 2019

Siemens sells electric aircraft-propulsion business to Rolls-Royce

July 15, 2019 by Anna

Siemens and Rolls-Royce have signed an agreement for the sale of Siemens’ eAircraft unit. Through its Vision 2020+ company strategy, Siemens intends to sharpen its portfolio’s focus.

Siemens said the company’s business with electric and hybrid-electric systems for aircraft will have substantially better growth perspectives with new owners closely connected to the aerospace industry.

Closing is subject to the usual conditions and is expected to take place in late 2019. The partners have agreed not to disclose the financial details of the transaction.

[Read more…] about Siemens sells electric aircraft-propulsion business to Rolls-Royce

Filed Under: News, Transportation Tagged With: aerospace, airbus, aircraft, aviation, business, eaircraft, electric, electric aircraft, hybrid-electric, industry, partners, propulsion, rolls-royce, siemens, systems, ten, unit, years

Universal Robots certifies ATI’s automated tool changer QC-11

July 15, 2019 by Anna

ATI Industrial Automation’s QC-11 Automatic Tool Changer is a vital component of many robotic applications and is now certified to work with collaborative robots from Universal Robots.

The QC-11 enables automatic exchange of robotic end-effectors without any manual intervention. With an ATI Automatic Tool Changer, a robot can use multiple end-effectors in a single process.

Preceding the QC-11 in the UR+ program are ATI’s Axia80 Force/Torque Sensor and MC-10 Manual Tool Changer. There are more than 150 products in the UR+ portfolio featuring plug-and-play solutions for UR cobots.

[Read more…] about Universal Robots certifies ATI’s automated tool changer QC-11

Filed Under: Industrial robots, News Tagged With: ati, ati qc-11, automated, automated tool changer, automatic, changer, end effectors, industrial, lbs, manual, pass-through, payload, qc, robot, robotic, robots, tool, universal, Universal Robots, ur, work

MiR releases new hardware versions of MiR100 and MiR200

July 15, 2019 by Anna

MiR has upgraded its MiR100 and MiR200 robots, to improve quality. The most visible change is that the front camera is replaced with two dual front cameras that increase the field of view.

Motor improvements and other minor improvements have also been implemented in these new models.

The company has introduced two new safety features: overspeed detection and cross speed check. These safety upgrades include full compliance with safety standards EN 1525:1997 and B56.5-2012.

[Read more…] about MiR releases new hardware versions of MiR100 and MiR200

Filed Under: Industrial robots, News Tagged With: company, front, improvements, mir, mobile, robots, safety, standards

Primary Sidebar

Latest articles

  • Bosch and Mercedes-Benz start automated ride-hailing service in San José
  • Plus Automation wins its first robotics-as-a-service contract
  • Mitsubishi Electric unveils new autonomous car for testing new technologies
  • Nokia provides venue to showcase 5G technology for last-mile delivery robots
  • Massive growth in mobile robots expected as 6 million forecast to be shipped in 2030
  • GM and LG agree $2.3 billion partnership to mass-produce car battery cells
  • Nidec completes acquisition of Roboteq
  • Teradyne completes acquisition of AutoGuide Mobile Robots
  • Dematic launches new micro-fulfilment solution
  • GROUND unveils new autonomous mobile robot for warehouses

Most Read

  • Top 20 electric vehicle charging station companies
    Top 20 electric vehicle charging station companies
  • Hanwha to supply $300 million of aircraft engine components to GE
    Hanwha to supply $300 million of aircraft engine components to GE
  • Top 25 vertical farming companies
    Top 25 vertical farming companies
  • John Deere showcases autonomous electric tractor and other new tech
    John Deere showcases autonomous electric tractor and other new tech
  • Top 25 AI chip companies: A macro step change inferred from the micro scale
    Top 25 AI chip companies: A macro step change inferred from the micro scale
  • 30 industrial robot manufacturers to watch
    30 industrial robot manufacturers to watch
  • Dematic launches new micro-fulfilment solution
    Dematic launches new micro-fulfilment solution
  • Massive growth in mobile robots expected as 6 million forecast to be shipped in 2030
    Massive growth in mobile robots expected as 6 million forecast to be shipped in 2030
  • Mitsubishi Electric unveils new autonomous car for testing new technologies
    Mitsubishi Electric unveils new autonomous car for testing new technologies
  • GROUND unveils new autonomous mobile robot for warehouses
    GROUND unveils new autonomous mobile robot for warehouses

Overused words

abb ai automated automation Automotive autonomous business cars china collaborative companies company control data design development digital driving electric industrial industry kuka logistics machine manufacturers manufacturing market platform production robot robotic robotics robots sensors smart software solution solutions system systems technologies technology vehicle vehicles warehouse

Secondary Sidebar

Latest news

  • Bosch and Mercedes-Benz start automated ride-hailing service in San José
  • Plus Automation wins its first robotics-as-a-service contract
  • Mitsubishi Electric unveils new autonomous car for testing new technologies
  • Nokia provides venue to showcase 5G technology for last-mile delivery robots
  • Massive growth in mobile robots expected as 6 million forecast to be shipped in 2030
  • GM and LG agree $2.3 billion partnership to mass-produce car battery cells
  • Nidec completes acquisition of Roboteq
  • Teradyne completes acquisition of AutoGuide Mobile Robots
  • Dematic launches new micro-fulfilment solution
  • GROUND unveils new autonomous mobile robot for warehouses

Shop

  • Red Geometry Mug $11.00 – $15.00
  • Blue Geometry Mug $11.00 – $15.00
  • Green Geometry Mug $11.00 – $15.00
  • Short-Sleeve Unisex T-Shirt $16.00 – $20.00
  • R&AN T-Shirt – Black $16.00 – $20.00
  • R&AN T-Shirt
    Rated 1.00 out of 5
    $16.00 – $20.00
  • R&AN Mug $11.00 – $15.00

Footer

We are…

Robotics and Automation News was established in May, 2015, and is now one of the most widely-read websites in its category.

Please consider supporting us by becoming a paying subscriber, or through advertising and sponsorships, or by purchasing products and services through our shop – or a combination of all of the above.

Thank you.

Independent

robotics and automation news logo

Archivists

July 2019
M T W T F S S
« Jun   Aug »
1234567
891011121314
15161718192021
22232425262728
293031  

Complex

Social

  • Twitter
  • Facebook
  • LinkedIn
  • Google
  • YouTube
  • Reddit
  • RSS Feed

Old-skool

This website and its associated magazine, and weekly newsletter, are all produced by a small team of experienced journalists and media professionals.

If you have any suggestions or comments, feel free to contact us at any of the email addresses on our contact page.

We’d be happy to hear from you, and will always reply as soon as possible.

Future-facing

Communicative

Free, fair and legal

We support the principles of net neutrality and equal opportunities.

Member of The Internet Defense League

Copyright © 2019 · News Pro on Genesis Framework · WordPress · Log in