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Ency updates hybrid robot programming platform with multi-brand and 3D vision capabilities

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Ency Software has released a major update to its Ency Hyper platform, adding support for mixed-brand robot cells, SCARA robots, and integrated 3D vision.

The Cyprus-based company says the latest version strengthens its hybrid programming approach, which combines offline simulation with real-time interaction on physical robots.

The system allows users to prepare and verify programs digitally before refining them on the shop floor, aiming to reduce downtime and speed up deployment. [Read more…] about Ency updates hybrid robot programming platform with multi-brand and 3D vision capabilities

RoboDK launches CAM solution designed to reduce robotic machining deployment times

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RoboDK, a provider of robot simulation and offline programming software, has launched RoboDK CAM, describing it as “a comprehensive software solution that significantly reduces deployment times for automated machining cells”.

Unlike complex traditional approaches which require specialists to manually program each robot and end-effector using vendor-specific languages, RoboDK CAM automatically generates robot code from CAD designs and digital simulations, reducing the complexity and cost of machining automation deployments.

This allows manufacturers and integrators to move directly from design to production without having to be experts in robot programming. [Read more…] about RoboDK launches CAM solution designed to reduce robotic machining deployment times

Ency launches new version of its CAD software with ‘120 Improvements’

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Ency 2.7 is now available, delivering 120 changes across workflow improvements and bug fixes. This release strengthens additive workflows with the new Power parameter for Non-planar slicing, adds support for new robot families, and improves everyday usability – especially when reporting issues to technical support.  [Read more…] about Ency launches new version of its CAD software with ‘120 Improvements’

The future of industrial robot programming: Easier, faster, more intuitive

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For decades, industrial robots have grown steadily more capable. Modern robot arms can move faster, more smoothly and more precisely than ever before, executing complex, multi-axis motion with sub-millimetre repeatability in harsh industrial environments.

Yet for many manufacturers, programming these machines remains one of the biggest obstacles to wider automation. The issue is not that robot software is inherently weaker than robot hardware, nor that robots are approaching human-level dexterity.

Rather, it is that the ways humans interact with industrial robots have not kept pace with the mechanical capabilities of the machines themselves.

As factories face labour shortages, shorter product cycles and rising product variation, this mismatch between robot potential and programming effort is becoming increasingly difficult to ignore. [Read more…] about The future of industrial robot programming: Easier, faster, more intuitive

Bosch targets €1 billion in annual sales from factory automation software

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Bosch is continuing its software offensive. The technology company’s Industrial Technology business sector is pursuing ambitious goals: by the beginning of the next decade, it wants its sales revenue from software and software-related services to have reached around €1 billion.

“Bosch is one of the world’s biggest manufacturing companies. We know factories like the back of our hand. This know-how flows into our software development. Our solutions are made by users for users, since we also use our software in our own plants,” says Dr. Tanja Rueckert, member of the board of management of Robert Bosch whose responsibilities include the Industrial Technology business sector.

This business sector comprises Bosch Rexroth, Bosch Manufacturing Solutions, and Bosch Connected Industry. Bosch has the expertise and knowledge to make fully software-assisted manufacturing a reality. [Read more…] about Bosch targets €1 billion in annual sales from factory automation software