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Tennplasco, a plastic injection molding company, says it solved its labor shortage and met its return on investment just three and a half months after integrating Rethink Robotics’ Sawyer into its Lafayette, Tennessee facility.
The company says it has increased its productivity and efficiency, giving it a competitive advantage in the injection molding market. [Read more…] about Tennplasco invests in Rethink Robotics’ Sawyer Robot and sees return in under four months
Optoelectronics group Jenoptik has acquired 100 percent of the Michigan company Five Lakes Automation.
FLA is a full-service provider of complex automated manufacturing solutions.
The company plans and designs automated production lines and integrates them in the customer’s environment including all production systems. [Read more…] about Jenoptik acquires Five Lakes Automation
Surgere has partnered with Fetch Robotics to launch what it calls a “Robotically Optimized and Balanced Inventory” system – or, in other words, a logistics robot called Robi.
The companies say Robi is designed to help automate cycle counts and improve overall accuracy of on-hand inventory within automotive manufacturing and warehouse environments.
Automated and autonomous warehouse management systems are becoming an increasingly important differentiator as competition in the logistics sector intensifies as a result of growing online shopping worldwide.
Surgere is a provider of visibility and control systems within a digitized supply chain – radio frequency identification, location and environment sensors, and advanced data analytics, and so on. [Read more…] about Surgere partners with Fetch Robotics to launch cycle-counting logistics robot
The market for motors and actuators for industrial robots is forecast to increase dramatically over the next few years, according to a new report.
The market is also set to see “intense competition”, says Technavio, which adds that key vendors are “constantly trying to provide innovative motors and actuators for industrial robot manufacturers”.
In their bid to outdo each other, vendors are said to be providing full-fledged customer services and support, as well as assisting in training the employees to operate the industrial robots. [Read more…] about Asian demand for actuators for industrial robots set to increase in next few years
China is seeing more demand for industrial robots as well as more of the machines being built inside the country, according to a report by the Robotics industries Association.
Annual sales in China were “the highest level ever recorded for a single country”, says RIA, adding “sales in China surged by 27 percent to 87,000 units” in 2016.
At the same time, says RIA, robot manufacturers in China have been expanding their market share within the country. [Read more…] about China reaching new heights in demand for industrial robots as well as making them
Apple has updated one of its patents which outlines the design of a sensor which would enable cars to communicate with each other, according to a report on CNBC.
Apple CEO Tim Cook has said the company is developing autonomous systems, but did not say whether it would build a car of its own.
The new sensor could be integrated into Apple’s in-car information and entertainment console, CarPlay, which is already in some new cars on the market. [Read more…] about Apple patents sensor to enable cars to communicate with each other
Upverter has upgraded its cloud-based printed circuit board design application and included an enhanced version of its so-called “Concierge”.
The PCB market is growing worldwide as more people take to designing and building their own machines using open-source hardware components.
Upverter, which was launched several years ago, has added something it calls “EE Concierge”, or Electrical Engineering Concierge Service, which essentially helps you to use the company’s application. [Read more…] about Upverter upgrades its printed circuit board design application
Even if you’ve never heard the term before, you probably understand what “vertical farming” is.
Unlike some buzz phrases, it sounds like what it means – farms built upwards, inside a building on multiple levels, unlike traditional farms, which occupy large, flat, single-level fields, covering thousands of acres of earth if done on an industrial scale.
The concept of vertical farms has been around a long time, but perhaps only now is the technology available to sustain the sector commercially. [Read more…] about Vertical farms in urban areas ready to grow after harvesting tons of seed money
The Association for Advancing Automation (A3) has revealed the results of its latest research on robotics and automation trends, sales, and growth.
As expected, many records were set in the areas of robotics, machine vision, motion control and motor technology for the first half of 2017, says A3. [Read more…] about A3 reports record growth of robotics and automation sales in North America
Minimum wage increases lead to more investment in robotics and automation systems, according to a new study.
The report, People Versus Machines: The Impact of Minimum Wages on Automatable Jobs, analysed the US Census Bureau’s Current Population Survey data from 1980 to 2015.
The paper was published by the National Bureau of Economic Research, and authored by Grace Lordan and David Neumark. [Read more…] about Minimum wage increases lead to more robotics and automation, says new report
