Tag: enabling
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The Role of Chainlink in Empowering Decentralized Autonomous Organizations
The world of decentralized finance (DeFi) is evolving at an unprecedented pace, and Decentralized Autonomous Organizations (DAOs) are at the forefront of this revolution. DAOs are entities that operate independently, governed by smart contracts, and are entirely transparent and autonomous. They allow users to collectively pool their resources and make decisions that govern the organization’s…
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ABB RobotStudio takes to the cloud, enabling real-time collaboration
ABB has enhanced its RobotStudio robot programming and simulation software with cloud-enabled functionality. The new RobotStudio Cloud enables individuals and teams to collaborate in real-time on robot cell designs from anywhere in the world, on any device. New features such as automatic version control increase transparency and productivity across teams. The software’s simplified interfaces and…
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ABB launches its smallest industrial robot
ABB has launched its smallest ever industrial robot, offering new possibilities for faster, more flexible and high-quality production of wearable smart devices. With its compact size, class-leading payload and unrivaled accuracy, the new IRB 1010 offers electronics manufacturers the opportunity to increase their production of devices including smart watches, earphones, sensors, and health trackers through…
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Micromolding Service for Droplet Microfluidic Chips Market
Droplet microfluidics is a recent trend of laboratory automation technologies, which allow scientists to explore the biological world at an unprecedented resolution and throughput. The new infrastructure is powered by innovative instrumentation, software as well as the consumable reagents and chips. In this context, plastic chips play a key role in enabling these applications, as…
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Hexagon unveils automated platform to accelerate autonomous robotic quality assurance
Hexagon’s Manufacturing Intelligence division, which supplies smart manufacturing technologies to giants from Volkswagen to Boeing, has unveiled its HxGN Robotic Automation, which it describes as a “pioneering robotic programming and control software” that enables non-specialist quality professionals to program industrial robots to perform fully automated quality inspection. The platform enables manufacturers to equip greenfield factories…
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Sarcos Robotics ‘merges’ with Rotor Acquisition
Shareholders in Rotor Acquisition, a publicly-traded special-purpose acquisition company, have approved what’s being described as a “business combination” – possibly meaning a merger – with Sarcos Robotics, a maker of exoskeletons. Upon completion of the transaction, subject to the satisfaction of certain customary closing conditions, Rotor will change its name to Sarcos Technology and Robotics…
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ABB launches new SCARA robot range for ‘faster, high precision assembly’
ABB is expanding its range of SCARA robots with the launch of the IRB 920T. The company says the machine is designed to meet the requirements of the electronics industry for high-speed production in increasingly complex manufacturing processes. The IRB 920T provides “the highest levels of speed, accuracy and repeatability for assembly, picking and handling…
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ABB RobotStudio now enables reduction of robotic cell footprint by 25 per cent
ABB says its RobotStudio offline programming and simulation software has been upgraded with a new virtual robot braking distance function designed to create an exact simulation of the real-world stopping distance of a robot. Enabling the robot’s braking distance to be accurately calculated, the function overcomes the need to add safety margins into cell designs,…
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Plus One Robotics raises $33 million to fuel expansion
Plus One Robotics, a provider of vision software for logistics robots, has raised $33 million in Series B funding. McRock Capital and TransLink Ventures co-led the round, with participation from BMWi Ventures, Kensington Capital Partners, and Ironspring Ventures alongside existing investors. Whitney Rockley of McRock Capital and Toshi Otani of TransLink will join the company’s…