Tag: cobots
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Omron launches new collaborative robot with 20 kg payload
New 20 kg payload collaborative robot levels the playing field between traditional industrial robot and cobot palletising Omron recently launched their new TM20 collaborative robot with a payload of 20kg, whilst keeping its small footprint and providing a reach of 1.3 meters, making the new cobot ideal for tasks such as palletising. Recognising the potential…
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Apex Motion Control launches new collaborative robot
Apex Motion Control, a specialist in smart robotic and automation equipment, has released its latest product line – the Flexi-Bot and Flexi-Bot MAX. These new collaborative robots (cobots) have been designed with the food, dairy, and pharmaceutical industries in mind, offering a user-friendly solution to ongoing labor shortages and the dull, dangerous, dirty, and repetitive…
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Universal Robots executive receives prestigious robotics award for contribution to robot safety
For the second time within five years, a key figure at Universal Robots, the Danish manufacturer of collaborative robots (cobots), has been awarded the world’s most prestigious robotics prize, the Joseph F. Engelberger Robotics Award, often described as the Nobel Prize of robotics. Following in the footsteps of Universal Robots’ co-founder Esben Østergaard, who was…
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Universal Robots debuts ‘world’s first’ cobot spot welder
Universal Robots says it is “not only the most widely used collaborative robot arm in the manufacturing industry, the UR cobots have also become the platform of choice for a fast-growing ecosystem of innovative OEM solutions”. Nowhere is that more apparent, continues UR, than this year’s Automate Show, where 60+ UR cobots will be exhibited…
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Doosan Robotics partners with Finch Automation to expand distribution in Midwestern US
Doosan Robotics Americas, a maker of industrial and collaborative robotics, has agreed a strategic partnership with Indiana-based Finch Automation. The new relationship expands the reach of Doosan service robots and cobots to OEM machine builders and end users in the Midwest region of the US. Alex Lee, general manager, Doosan Robotics Americas, says: “Finch Automation…
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Doosan Robotics launches new range of collaborative robots
Doosan Robotics, a manufacturer of collaborative robots, has launched its E-Series, the company’s NSF-certified collaborative robot line specifically created for the food and beverage industry. Named for its technological “edge” the E-Series has the flexibility to make virtually any food and beverage while offering extremely competitive pricing and industry-leading safety and hygiene standards. Doosan Robotics’…
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Doosan Robotics partners with iAutomation to expand distribution in eastern USA
Doosan Robotics, a maker of industrial and collaborative robotics, has agreed a partnership with iAutomation, a distributor of automation and robotics solutions. The new partnership expands the reach of Doosan service robots and cobots to OEM machine builders and end users along the east coast of the US. Alex Lee, General Manager, Doosan Robotics Americas,…
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Collaborative robot market to grow to $2 billion in the pharma industry
The use of collaborative robots or “cobots” is on the rise in the pharmaceutical industry. Pharmaceutical application takes up around 0.05 percent of the total medical robot market size. Valued at $553 million, the pharmaceutical robotic market is forecast to grow at 15.7 percent compound annual growth rate to reach $2 billion by 2030. In…
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2023 Predictions & Forecasts: Universal Robots outlines automation trends for the year ahead
The collaborative robot pioneer and market front runner Universal Robots has announced January as ‘National Cobot Awareness Month’, spearheading new products and initiatives prompting manufacturers to address hiring woes and production challenges Gone are the days of manufacturers buying a robot arm only to struggle figuring out how to integrate it in an application cell,…
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Aubo Robotics opens US headquarters in Michigan
Aubo Robotics, Asia-Pacific’s leader in the production and research & development of precision collaborative robots (Cobots), announced the grand opening of their Michigan based US office. Conveniently located outside of Metro Airport in Romulus Michigan, it will serve as headquarters for Aubo’s newly launched dedicated United States branch: Aubo Robotics USA Inc.