Tag: install
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BlueBotics takes indoor robots outside
Swiss autonomous robot navigation company BlueBotics has launched ANT everywhere, a new product extension for its ANT navigation products that widen the scope of AGV and AMR operations by enabling outdoor operations. Outdoor use has traditionally been a challenge for producers of automated vehicles. This is because there are typically few permanent “features” visible outdoors,…
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Saintonge becomes first hospital in France to install the Dexter surgical robot
Saintonge says it has become the first hospital in France to install the Dexter surgical robot, which was developed by Distalmotion, a Swiss company. With its new Dexter system Saintonge Hospital says it is pioneering a new approach to best-in-class minimally invasive care called “on-demand robotics”. This new concept allows laparoscopic surgeons to choose their…
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Swisslog to install ‘highly automated’ warehouse for Jaycar Electronics
Swisslog is to install a purpose-built, high-tech, highly automated storage, handling and picking solution for Jaycar Electronics. Jaycar, an electronics retailer and e-tailer, says it is investing in the advanced warehouse in Sydney so it can deliver the efficiency and performance needed to drive its growing business into the future. Logistics automation specialists, Swisslog, has…
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ABB to install 300 painting robots at leading Chinese automaker’s facility
ABB has signed a formal agreement to install 300 painting robots at a leading Chinese automaker’s facility. The agreement with SAIC Volkswagen is to provide robotics painting solutions for the first New Energy Vehicle factory of the Volkswagen Group based on the Modular Electric Driver Kit, an automotive platform specifically designed for the mass production…
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Epson launches new force sensors for industrial robots
Epson is launching its S250 series of high-precision force sensors. The S250 series, which will be rolled out worldwide from early June, will be available as an option for the company’s six-axis and SCARA robots. Employing Epson’s proprietary piezoelectric quartz sensing technology, the new force sensors are durable and sensitive, allowing them to accurately and consistently…
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Epson sells 10,000 more industrial robots
Company claims 20 per cent increase of its global install base Epson Robots claims to have sold 10,000 robots since last year’s publication of a list of the largest industrial robot manufacturers in the world. RoboticsAndAutomationNews.com had previously listed Epson as having 45,000 industrial robots installed worldwide, but this has now been updated to 55,000.
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Top 14 industrial robot companies and how many robots they have around the world
Finding statistics on the install base of robots is not as straightforward as it might be, but RoboticsandAutomationNews.com has compiled its own list of available data and the bar chart below is the result. Many well known companies are missing from the list and graph, but that’s because we could not find any credible and up to date…