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GXO pilots customised robotic arm for fashion e-commerce logistics

December 29, 2021 by Mark Allinson Leave a Comment

GXO Logistics, which claims to be the world’s largest pure-play contract logistics provider, has launched an “industry-first” pilot of intelligent automation at its fashion e-commerce warehouse in Tilburg, the Netherlands. 

GXO’s pilot of the Pick-it-Easy Robot station is tailored for one of its key global customers, in collaboration with value chain tech provider Knapp AG.

The pilot is the first application of Knapp’s Pick-it-Easy Robot technology for automated pocket induction in the sector for apparel logistics. [Read more…] about GXO pilots customised robotic arm for fashion e-commerce logistics

Filed Under: Logistics, News Tagged With: apparel, arm, automation, collaboration, customers, e-commerce, fashion, gripping, gxo, knapp, logistics, pick-it-easy, pilot, pocket, product, provider, robot, sector, successful, technology, tilburg, warehouse

Fully automatic picking of unknown products from bulk material

November 23, 2021 by David Edwards Leave a Comment

The goal: fully automated small parts picking.

In intralogistics, there has been a lot of hype about robots for some years now, whether in trade journals or at fairs.

Most of them are classic six-axis articulated robots that are looking for their way out of a production environment and into logistics.

The main driver here is the labour shortage, the big challenge not a technical component like the robot or the gripper, but the design of an overall economic process. [Read more…] about Fully automatic picking of unknown products from bulk material

Filed Under: Features Tagged With: box, camera, cameras, cloud, ensenso, gripping, image, intralogistics, object, parts, picking, point, processing, products, robot, robots, system, target, time, vision

Honeywell introduces new robotic technology to ‘help warehouses boost productivity, reduce injuries’

September 24, 2021 by Sam Francis Leave a Comment

Honeywell has unveiled its latest innovation in robotic technology designed to help warehouses and distribution centers automate the manual process of unloading pallets, reducing the operational risks of potential injuries and labor shortages.

Driven by sophisticated machine learning and advances in perception and gripping technologies, Honeywell’s Smart Flexible Depalletizer minimizes the need for manual labor to break down pallet loads – roles that carry risk of injury to labor, experience high turnover and are currently difficult to staff.

Driven by sophisticated machine learning and advances in perception and gripping technologies, Honeywell’s Smart Flexible Depalletizer minimizes the need for manual labor to break down pallet loads – roles that carry risk of injury to labor, experience high turnover and are currently difficult to staff. [Read more…] about Honeywell introduces new robotic technology to ‘help warehouses boost productivity, reduce injuries’

Filed Under: Logistics, News Tagged With: advances, break, carry, centers, currently, depalletizer, difficult, distribution, experience, flexible, gripping, high, honeywell, injuries, injury, labor, learning, loads, machine, manual, minimizes, operations, pallet, pallets, perception, risk, robotic, roles, smart, staff, technologies, technology, turnover, warehouses

GXO pilots customised robotic arm for fashion e-commerce logistics

September 7, 2021 by David Edwards Leave a Comment

GXO Logistics, which claims to be the world’s largest pure-play contract logistics provider, has launched an “industry-first pilot” of intelligent automation at its fashion e-commerce warehouse in Tilburg, the Netherlands.

GXO’s pilot of the Pick-it-Easy Robot station is tailored for one of its key global customers, in collaboration with value chain tech provider Knapp.

The pilot is the first application of Knapp’s Pick-it-Easy Robot technology for automated pocket induction in the sector for apparel logistics. [Read more…] about GXO pilots customised robotic arm for fashion e-commerce logistics

Filed Under: Logistics, News Tagged With: apparel, arm, automation, collaboration, customers, e-commerce, fashion, gripping, gxo, knapp, logistics, pick-it-easy, pilot, pocket, product, provider, robot, sector, successful, technology, tilburg, warehouse

Piab introduces soft gripper range for industrial robots

January 20, 2021 by David Edwards Leave a Comment

Piab has introduced a soft gripper – or end effector – for industrial robots. The company says its piSoftGrip range is developed for the automation of the food and chocolate industry.

Piab once again extends the pi-SoftGrip family with a new pinch gripper developed for the automation of the food/chocolate industry. The vacuum-based soft gripper can grip sensitive and lightweight oblong objects with odd geometries and/or objects with an unusual surface.

piSoftGrip has two gripping fingers and a sealed vacuum cavity, all made in one piece, resulting in a simple and robust product. [Read more…] about Piab introduces soft gripper range for industrial robots

Filed Under: Industrial robots, News Tagged With: automated, cavity, controlled, easily, easy, fitting, food, force, grip, gripper, gripping, industrial, industry, level, objects, piab, picks, pisoftgrip, product, products, range, rows, sealed, sensitive, soft, suction, vacuum, wash-down

OnRobot launches new gripper for demanding applications

November 18, 2020 by David Edwards Leave a Comment

OnRobot has launched a new gripper for demanding applications.

OnRobot’s cleanroom-ready, IP67-certified, collaborative 2FG7 parallel gripper is the latest addition to OnRobot’s range of all-electric gripper products.

OnRobot describes the 2FG7 as “a complete, low cost, easy to use, out-of-the-box, cleanroom-ready parallel gripper”. [Read more…] about OnRobot launches new gripper for demanding applications

Filed Under: Industrial robots, News Tagged With: adoption, applications, asia, automation, collaborative, fg, grip, gripper, gripping, onrobot, onrobot's, parallel, products, range, robot, robotics, southeast

OnRobot launches new gripper for handling cylindrical objects

March 12, 2020 by David Edwards Leave a Comment

OnRobot, the makers of robotics tools for collaborative applications, has released a compact, large-stroke three-finger gripper.

OnRobot says its 3FG15 makes previously hard-to-automate precision handling of cylindrical parts “easy to program and deploy, and provides flexibility for a wide range of part sizes”.

CEO of OnRobot, Enrico Krog Iversen, says: “Our new 3FG15 three-finger gripper was developed as a response to existing pneumatic three-finger grippers that are bulkier and less flexible. [Read more…] about OnRobot launches new gripper for handling cylindrical objects

Filed Under: Industrial robots, News Tagged With: applications, cylindrical, developed, external, fg, fit, flexible, form, friction, grip, gripper, grippers, gripping, handling, internal, mm, onrobot, payload, stable, strong, three-finger

OnRobot unveils compact Gecko gripper for smaller jobs

February 22, 2020 by Sam Francis Leave a Comment

OnRobot, a global leader in robotic end-of-arm tooling, has launched a compact, single-pad version of its innovative Gecko no-mark adhesive gripper.

The new Gecko Single Pad (SP) gripper brings the previous model’s revolutionary adaptability to more varied applications with smaller payloads.

It is available in three sizes, SP1, SP3 and SP5, indicating the different grippers’ lifting capacities in kilos. [Read more…] about OnRobot unveils compact Gecko gripper for smaller jobs

Filed Under: Industry, News Tagged With: air, cleaning, compact, customers, easy, flexible, gecko, gripper, gripping, helps, model, no-mark, onrobot, payloads, perforated, powerful, programming, range, robotic, smaller, sp, technology, tooling, workpieces

OnRobot launches ‘small but powerful’ new gripper

December 18, 2019 by David Edwards Leave a Comment

OnRobot, a manufacturer of robotic end-of-arm tooling, has launched a new gripper which it describes as “small but powerful”.

OnRobot says the VGC10 compact electric vacuum gripper addresses customer demand for a small, powerful and highly configurable gripper for nearly any application.

The new gripper has no compressor and requires no air supply, which eliminates the cost, noise, space, and maintenance of producing compressed air, says OnRobot, adding that the compact electrical gripper is “easy to implement and move”. [Read more…] about OnRobot launches ‘small but powerful’ new gripper

Filed Under: Industrial robots, News Tagged With: air, application, arm, arms, channels, collaborative, compact, configurable, dual, electric, end-of-arm, features, gripper, gripping, highly, integrated, lb, lighter, mm, move, needed, onrobot, payload, powerful, robot, small, smaller, software, suction, supply, tooling, vacuum, vgc

Festo to distribute Magswitch magnetic gripping and clamping solutions

November 22, 2019 by Sam Francis Leave a Comment

Festo is now offering Magswitch switchable magnetic gripping and clamping solutions to automotive and original equipment manufacturers through a new distribution agreement.

Magswitch says its automation solutions are “designed to last the life of a production line”, and says its equipment can lower energy costs by as much as 90 per cent.

It also says that throughput can be increased by up to 30 per cent, and capital costs reduced as much as 25 per cent compared to systems using vacuum cups and pneumatic and electric grippers or clamps. [Read more…] about Festo to distribute Magswitch magnetic gripping and clamping solutions

Filed Under: Manufacturing, News Tagged With: applications, automation, cent, clamping, clamps, components, costs, cups, electric, festo, grippers, gripping, magnetic, magswitch, pneumatic, solutions, suction, switchable, systems, technology, tools

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