Tag: guidance
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ASME updates 3D printing standard to streamline production
Since the 1940s, engineers have used a common design language – a set of definitions, symbols and practices – to draft engineering drawings that can serve as clear manufacturing blueprints or inspection checklists. While this system still works well for many traditional manufacturing methods, it has not equipped engineers to produce clear and consistent design…
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SICK presents intelligent sensor solutions for the ‘factory of the future’
At PackExpo this year, SICK is presenting numerous demonstrations and one educational session that highlight how intelligent sensors can help you create the factory of the future that includes robotics, quality inspection, and digital transformation. Intelligent sensor solutions from SICK enhance mobile and stationary robotic applications. In its booth (C-2160) at PackExpo 2021, demos about…
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SICK and Vention partner to bring enhanced robot guidance systems to manufacturers
SICK is partnering with Vention, a next-generation manufacturing automation platform. This partnership combines SICK’s PLB and PLOC2D systems with Vention’s manufacturing automation platform to accelerate the design and deployment of applications custom-built for robot guidance systems. Vention’s cloud-based platform allows customers to design, automate, and deploy SICK robot guidance systems with 2D and 3D vision…
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Changing Material Handling Industry Accelerates AGV Robotics
By John Hayes, Balyo USA Economic policies from Industry 4.0, Logistics 4.0, and connected warehouses point to the imperative to lower costs, increase productivity, and guarantee quality. There are as many forklift truck operator positions to be filled as there are IT developer and R&D engineer jobs combined. In the United States, 65 percent of…
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Sharp sends 36 tiny humanoid robots to Japanese hotel to help guests
Electronics company Sharp has sent 36 tiny humanoid robots to a hotel in Osaka, Japan to help guests with various information requirements. The Henn na Hotel Kansai Airport took delivery of the three dozen communication robots called “RoBoHoN”. Each room has a seating type “RoBoHoN lite”, which provides information on hotel facilities and guest rooms.
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Interview: Robotic Vision Technologies boss eyes growth of global collaborative robotics market
Interview with Rick Weidinger, CEO of Robotic Vision Technologies A human eye transmits data to the brain at a rate of approximately 10 million bits a second, which is about the equivalent of the capacity of some Ethernet connections. This was the finding of a study by researchers at the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine,…
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Kuka and VIP launch new system to teach industrial robots without programming
All Kuka robots can now be “easily and intuitively” guided by hand in the workspace using a new navigation system developed by Very Important Product. The VIP Navigator was developed in partnership with Kuka. VIP is a special-machine engineering expert and is now offering what the companies call the ready-to-use package, “ready2_pilot”, through its Navigator product. The new system enables “quick…
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US Department of Transportation issues new cybersecurity guidelines for vehicles
Guidance covers cybersecurity best practices for all motor vehicles, individuals and organizations manufacturing and designing vehicle systems and software The US Department of Transportation’s National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) is taking a proactive safety approach to protect vehicles from malicious cyber-attacks and unauthorized access by releasing proposed guidance for improving motor vehicle cybersecurity. US…
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Hitachi puts robots on trial at Japan airport
Hitachi, and its subsidiary Hitachi Building Systems, have begun a trial of their “Emiew 3” humanoid robot at Haneda Airport, in Japan. The robot, developed by Hitachi, looks a little bit like the Nao robot, in its red colouring and dimensions. The tests will be conducted at Haneda Airport Passenger Terminal 2 (Domestic Flights) in collaboration with Japan Airport Terminal.