Category: SICK Sensor Intelligence
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Webinar: Fast Solution for Speed and Separation Monitoring in a Collaborative Robot Application
Register here: https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_-anVothsTM2a7mMUOfdViQ SICK Sensor Inc announces the latest webinar in association with Robotics and Automation News. Collaborative robot adaptation is growing faster than ever before and leading the charge is Universal Robots. SICK has partnered with UR to create the fastest way to implement speed and separation monitoring for collaborative robot applications. The webinar…
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Ibeo and SICK partner in ‘largest ever’ LiDAR co-operation agreement
Ibeo Automotive Systems and SICK Sensor Intelligence are partnering in what is described as the “largest ever LiDAR co-operation agreement”. The technology partnership between Hamburg-based automotive LiDAR specialist Ibeo and SICK will result in a 3D solid-state LiDAR sensor for industrial applications. The technology, developed by Ibeo to automotive standards, is based on a new…
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Silicon Valley Robotics awards two honors to SICK
The Silicon Valley Robotics group awarded SICK two honors as a part of the SVR’s inaugural Good Robot Industry Awards. This program celebrates robotics, automation, and artificial intelligence that helps to solve global challenges. SVR is a non-profit industry cluster and coalition of robotics companies and startups, representing the robotics cluster in northern California. The…
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SICK microScan safety scanners now offer Fail Safe over EtherCAT
SICK’s microScan3 family of safety laser scanners is now offering Fail Safe over EtherCAT (FSoE) integration. SICK says this is the world’s first safety laser scanner with this capability. Originally launching in 2016, the microScan3 is an extremely intelligent and durable safety laser scanner that enhances machine availability and productivity due to its safeHDDM scanning…
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SICK launches new Flexi Compact safety controller
Industrial sensor specialist SICK has launched a new safety controller. The Flexi Compact from SICK is a new modular safety controller distinguished by its improved usability and safety engineering. It enables users of automated machines to operate more productively with the scalable performance and intelligent diagnostic functions of the safety controller.
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SICK launches ‘ready-made, very versatile’ quality control system
SICK’s newly-developed MQCS (Modular Quality Control System) is an “off the shelf”, multifunctional machine vision system, and is sold as a ready-to-use package of hardware and pre-written software. Suitable for code reading, 2D or 3D inspection duties, the MQCS reduces cost and development time needed to set up automated quality inspection and logistics applications. Originally,…
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SICK unveils new sensor that takes laser-based ranging to ‘new levels and applications’ for warehouse robots
SICK has expanded its 2D LiDAR sensor offerings for localization and anti-collision applications with the compact TiM2xx product family. This is in response to the new requirements on functionality, size, and price. Globally, the e-commerce sector continues to experience strong growth. This has also led to an increase in demand for automation solutions to support…
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SICK launches new product for contactless measurement of speed and length
SICK Sensor Intelligence has launched a new system for contactless measurement of speed and length. With the SPEETEC sensor solution, SICK says it is expanding its product range for speed and length measurement of objects moving in a linear path to include technology that measures directly on the material surface. The non-contact sensor is able…
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SICK’s Open Service for IO-Link Function Blocks
A pioneering open software service that creates ready-made IO-Link function blocks to integrate data from any IO-Link device into a wide range of common PLC control systems has been launched by the sensor manufacturer SICK. The SICK Function Block Factory is the first web-based service of its type that enables users to create function blocks…
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SICK’s deep learning brings simplicity to complex AI inspection
SICK has launched a suite of Deep Learning apps and services to simplify machine vision quality inspection for challenging components, assemblies, surfaces or food produce, especially those that have previously defied automation and remained distinguishable only by human inspection. SICK Deep Learning reduces set-up time and cost by enabling Artificial Intelligence image classification to run…