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Hanwha Robotics has demonstrated a CNC machine tending solution using its HCR-5 collaborative robot.
The company says the demand for collaborative robot solutions is increasing because such solutions enable the operator to reduce waiting times during the process.
These solutions also relieve workers from ergonomically unfavorable and hazardous jobs. [Read more…] about Hanwha demonstrates CNC machine tending using collaborative robot
Rethink Robotics, which is now part of the Hahn Group, has launched a new version of its collaborative robot, Sawyer.
The Sawyer Black Edition is now available for pre-order and will be presented for the first time at K 2019 in Düsseldorf.
The new hardware update comes one year after the takeover of Rethink Robotics’ assets by Hahn Group. [Read more…] about Rethink Robotics launches Sawyer Black Edition
NXP Semiconductors and Volkswagen have shared early glimpses into Ultra-Wideband (UWB) technology and its future applications.
In a Volkswagen concept car, the companies showed the capabilities of Ultra-Wideband for advancing security, safety and convenience in vehicles.
Lars Reger, CTO of NXP Semiconductors, and Maik Rohde, head of body electronics and car access systems, Volkswagen, discussed the pioneering collaboration as part of a broader, cross-industry push to leverage the unique capabilities of UWB: accurate localization and fine ranging at maximum security levels. [Read more…] about NXP and Volkswagen explore ultra-wideband technologies
ProCom is planning to officially launch its new CNC machine controller at the forthcoming EMO event, scheduled to be held from September 16th to 21st, 2019, in Hannover, Germany.
ProCom says the CNC300PRO is its most powerful controller in the CNC300 product range, an is designed for maximum speed and precise laser cutting.
The new, ultra-modern IPC can be scaled as needed in terms of memory and processor performance, offering the best possible configuration for any application. [Read more…] about ProCom to launch new controller at EMO event
Kuka has developed a mobile robot for semiconductor production. The system integrates a robotic arm with an autonomous wheeled platform.
Kuka says it developed the system because the production of semiconductors is particularly complex.
Until now there was no mobile, automated semiconductor production system that enabled component transfer from one step to the next. That has now changed with the Kuka wafer handling solution. [Read more…] about Kuka develops mobile robot for semiconductor production
Join us for this important webinar, explaining how new innovations in 2D safety LiDAR are opening up new possibilities for Autonomous Mobile Robots, or AMRs.
Webinar: Navigating Mobile Robotics with 2D Safety LiDAR
Date: August 19, 2019
Time: 11:00 am in Eastern Time (US and Canada)
Link: https://zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_tkn4I_L7TQ6WvD70Yg4rFw
Presented by Tyler Glieden, product manager at SICK, one of the world’s leading sensor suppliers, this presentation will explore some of those innovations and how they can enable more intelligent and productive AMRs. [Read more…] about Webinar: Safety requirements and technologies for mobile robots
Artificial intelligence (AI) is on the rise in automotive production. Since 2018, the BMW Group has been using various AI applications in series production.
One focus is automated image recognition: In these processes, artificial intelligence evaluates component images in ongoing production and compares them in milliseconds to hundreds of other images of the same sequence.
This way, the AI application determines deviations from the standard in real time and checks, for instance, whether all required parts have been mounted and whether they are mounted in the right place.
[Read more…] about BMW provides insight into how it uses artificial intelligence in production
Automotive giant BMW is providing an insight into its application of virtual and augmented reality in the company’s production system.
The company says the “fast and flexible” planning of new workstations in production is made possible by virtual reality and digitized 3D factory data.
It’s still a learning process but augmented reality technologies is making it possible to design training courses without any coding knowledge.
It also enables comparison between the camera image and CAD models for fast, straightforward quality checks of parts and vehicles.
Full story below…
[Read more…] about BMW highlights application of virtual and augmented reality in production
The European construction & demolition (C&D) robots market reached $58.58 million in 2018, representing the largest regional market in the world, according to a new report from Research and Markets.
The trend and outlook of Europe market are forecast in optimistic, balanced, and conservative views.
The balanced (most likely) projection is used to quantify Europe construction & demolition robots market in every aspect of the classification from perspectives of Product Type, Automation Degree, Robot Function, Application Vertical, and Country.
[Read more…] about Europe construction and demolition robot market worth $60 million
B&R now offers SafeRobotics functions for tripods to safely monitor all types of delta kinematic systems – or delta robots.
The company says serial axes can also be included in the calculations, for example when tripods are mounted on moving platforms.
Safe robot monitoring is implemented using the safety functions Safely Limited Position, Safely Limited Orientation, Safely Limited Joint Position and Safely Limited Speed. [Read more…] about B&R brings safety to delta robot kinematics
