Tag: interface
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Ensuring Mobile App Compatibility: Cross-Device Testing with Appium
With a rising demand for improved compatibility, mobile devices are gaining a lot of fame in the current app development industry. This is because, with the help of mobile devices like smartphones, tablets, and even smartwatches, the developers would be able to achieve desktop-like performance in devices that can fit in their palm. For properly…
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Universal Robots launches new software platform to make machine tending automation ‘faster, simpler and more flexible ’
Universal Robots, the Danish manufacturer of collaborative robots (cobots), has unveiled a new brand-new, innovative software platform specifically developed for machine tending tasks. The name is PolyScope X and through a new, customisable user interface, it will add new levels of flexibility to high mix, low volume machine tending automation. With PolyScope X, machine shop…
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Bota Systems launches ‘highly sensitive’ robotics force-torque sensor
Bota Systems, a pioneer in multi-axis force-torque sensors, is excited to announce the launch of the MiniONE Pro. This advanced six-axis force-torque sensor offers exceptional sensitivity and compactness, empowering small robotic systems with enhanced feedback capabilities. The MiniONE Pro acts as a crucial connector between robot arms and probes, providing highly sensitive feedback for improved…
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Ready Robotics ‘making robotics system design easier’ for non-programmers
Robotics hardware traditionally requires programmers to deploy it. Ready Robotics wants to change that with its “no code” software aimed at people working in manufacturing who haven’t got programming skills. The Columbus, Ohio, startup is a spinout of robotics research from Johns Hopkins University. Kel Guerin was a PhD candidate there leading this research when…
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Coval adds communications interface to ‘new and improved’ robotic vacuum grippers
Coval has integrated a communications interface to its “new and improved” robotic vacuum grippers. Coval offers manufacturers a range of vacuum grippers suitable for handling of parts of various sizes, weights, and materials. This gripper range has been extended with the latest CMS HD series multistage vacuum pumps, developed by Coval. Coval’s range of vacuum…
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Clearpath Robotics launches outdoor autonomy software
Clearpath Robotics, a manufacturer of mobile robotics platforms for research and development, today launched OutdoorNav – an autonomous navigation software platform designed for vehicle developers, OEMs, and robotics researchers. Compatible with Clearpath’s outdoor mobile platforms as well as third-party industrial vehicles, OutdoorNav provides reliable GPS-based navigation for faster, more efficient autonomous vehicle development. Bryan Webb,…
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Methods Machine Tools releases its first end-to-end standard automation system for Nakamura turning centers
Methods Machine Tools, the foremost supplier of high-quality, high-precision CNC machine tools and automation in North America, has released the Turn-Assist 200i and 270i from RoboJob as its first, end-to-end standard automation system for Nakamura-Tome turning centers. A semi-collaborative system engineered for lathe automation, Turn-Assist is designed to be implemented and run by operators of…
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Ready Robotics to install its operating system into Kawasaki industrial robots
Ready Robotics, creators of Forge/OS, the industrial operating system for robots and automation, is partnering with Kawasaki Robotics to bring Ready’s Forge/OS software to Kawasaki’s robot hardware. Kawasaki is a leading supplier of industrial robots and automation technology, with robot payloads ranging from 3 to 1,500 kg. With over 50 years of experience and thousands…
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Swiss university shows brain-computer interface for controlling robots
A Swiss university called the École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne has showcased a new brain-computer interface that can be used to control robots. (See video below.) Unlike previous BCI’s famously demonstrated to former US president, Barack Obama, the EPFL brain-computer interface does not require a hole to be drilled in the user’s head. Two EPFL…
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Stäubli launches new software to enable robot programming through PLCs
Stäubli has launched uniVAL pi, a software solution that will enable robot programming to be implemented in the future via the PLC, using Plug & Play in Siemens TIA Portal. A PLC, or programmable logic controller, is a type of small computer or device used to control machines in factories. Stäubli’s new software is optionally…