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Robot-based automation: 3 tips for a time and cost-efficient implementation

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Why no-code and low-code tools have become indispensable in robotics

Using robots is almost always worthwhile for companies. They can reduce labor costs, relieve employees, and make production more flexible – because the required batch sizes are becoming smaller and production processes more individual.

In addition, a robot or cobot offers another major advantage: it can work without breaks and fatigue, thereby increasing product quality and reducing scrap.

With modern robot systems, almost all processes can now be automated. Usually, robots take over simple, dirty, monotonous, physically demanding, or even dangerous tasks.

However, with the right hardware and, above all, software, very complex or particularly demanding tasks, so-called “Advanced Robotics” applications, can also be solved. Examples of this include the assembly of flexible and bendable components such as cables, wires, or hoses or force-controlled surface processing. [Read more…] about Robot-based automation: 3 tips for a time and cost-efficient implementation

Create Free QR Codes With Ease

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QR code generators online make it easy to create QR codes. Simply enter the data you want to encode, choose the desired QR code size and error correction level, and then download the QR code image.

Some QR code generators can easily create free QR codes and even allow you to add custom images or logos to your QR code, making it even more personal. [Read more…] about Create Free QR Codes With Ease

2023 Predictions & Forecasts: Unwritten code

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Where would we be without computer code and code writers? And where will they take us next? 

Here, experts from of Celonis, Snowflake and Canonical comment on a range of topics and emerging technologies, such as process mining, data sharing, social robotics and the rise of “influencer-coders”. [Read more…] about 2023 Predictions & Forecasts: Unwritten code

What Can You Learn from Software Testing?

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Software Testing is a crucial element of any software development project and it should not be overlooked.

In this blog, I will detail some of the key takeaways from my research and practice as a software tester, in hopes of giving you some real insight into the benefits and pitfalls of software testing.

I don’t think the word “testing” accurately reflects what testers do. I prefer to use the word “assurance”. [Read more…] about What Can You Learn from Software Testing?

Data Visualization Comes to Robotics

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The growth of the robotics sector was nothing short of spectacular in 2021. In just one year, robot density in manufacturing processes doubled, leading many to herald the dawn of a new era. Robots are finally here in numbers that matter, and it looks like they’re here to stay.

Robot development, though, is changing. It’s no longer a logical codified process, Instead, it’s more about learning and training, similar to the approach you’d take with a human child.

Unfortunately, getting to grips with all that data is difficult. Not only is the way machines are being programmed changing, but also how engineers and software professionals troubleshoot and analyze outputs. [Read more…] about Data Visualization Comes to Robotics

How to Streamline Your App Development Workflow

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If you are in the business of developing and selling applications for a wide variety of platforms, you may have encountered a number of challenges.

Apart from funding the project, there is also the issue of setting up systems that ensure the quality of the final product.

App development is complicated as it is, but it shouldn’t be costly and time-consuming if the end result is half-baked. [Read more…] about How to Streamline Your App Development Workflow

How AI is Improving Software Development

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Artificial Intelligence has been changing the world. This technology has the capacity to seriously disrupt industries and turn traditional processes on their head.

Software development is closely linked with AI, but that doesn’t mean it can’t also improve thanks to the power of Artificial Intelligence.

In fact, in some cases, we are already seeing the power AI has in app development. We won’t be seeing fully automated software development projects in the near future, but that doesn’t mean that AI technology can’t help development teams reduce their workload and operate more efficiently. [Read more…] about How AI is Improving Software Development

Fuzzy Logic Robotics launches platform that enables users to go from CAD to control with one software

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Startup company Fuzzy Logic Robotics has launched a new, “easy-to-use and universal” software platform which it says “reduces robotics programming costs by 10”.

The first release of Fuzzy Studio, during Hannover Messe Industry 2021, is described as a “game changer” for unlocking flexible robotic production.

Fuzzy Logic Robotics highlights some of the features available in Fuzzy Studio as follows:

  • Drag and drop CAD parts into the 3D digital twin, automatically generate complex trajectories and deploy to the production robot in one click – all with one universal software platform.
  • From offline simulation to real-time control, Fuzzy Studio removes the gap between simulation and reality to reduce downtime and streamline the robotics workflow.
  • Designed from the ground up to drastically reduce the need of robotics expertise thanks to no-code real-time digital twin technology.
  • With two clicks, swap between any make and model of robot to find the right one for the application – no need to switch softwares and redo time-intensive design work.
  • Handles even the most complex robotic applications and accessible to any size of company.

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SICK launches ‘ready-made, very versatile’ quality control system

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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, developed as a solution for non-contact 3D inspection of chocolate moulds in the confectionery industry, the MQCS soon demonstrated its versatility to be adapted for other applications such as “right product/right packaging” code matching, counting and aggregation of varied packages, monitoring the cycle life of materials handling equipment, and other 3D inspection and measurement tasks. [Read more…] about SICK launches ‘ready-made, very versatile’ quality control system

Your Website Needs to Look and Feel Professional

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So you have a business and are looking for the next step to take. The best thing you can do is have a website for your business. In today’s world, people use their smartphones more than ever.

All it takes is typing in the product or service they are looking for and it pops right up on their phones. You want to be right there with all those other companies that will be the first to pop up.

Once you get that achieved, you are going to want your website to pop and attract their eyes away from the competitors. When that happens, you will see your business start to really grow. [Read more…] about Your Website Needs to Look and Feel Professional