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Stäubli launches new collaborative industrial robot

March 4, 2017 by David Edwards

staubli tx2

staubli tx cobot TX2-60

Stäubli has unveiled a new collaborative robot which it says represents the company’s “next generation of fast and precise 6-axis robots”. 

Stäubli is releasing two models of the TX2 – the TX2-60 and the TX2-60L. The specifications are listed below.

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Gerald Vogt, Stäubli Robotics general manager, Germany, says: “The new machines are lighter in weight and therefore more dynamic and more energy efficient.

“Safety was a main criterion for the development team.

“In this regard, it has been possible to integrate pioneering safety features that present new scope for human-machine co-operation.

“The TX2 generation is opening up new areas in which man and machine will be able to work hand in hand in the future.”

ModelTX2-60TX2-60L
Degrees of freedom66
Nominal load capacity3.5 kg2 kg
Maximum load capacity*9 kg5 kg
Reach at wrist670 mm 920 mm
Repeatability ±0.02 mm±0.03 mm
Protection class (*wrist)IP65 (*IP67)IP65 (*IP67)
Attachment methodsFloor, wall or ceillingFloor, wall or ceilling
Stäubli CS9 series controllerCS9CS9
* with specific configurations

Filed Under: Industrial robots, Industry, News Tagged With: axis, collaborative, industrial, models, robot, robots, staubli, tx

BMW shows off its smart factory technologies at its plants worldwide

March 4, 2017 by Mark Allinson

bmw worker with collaborative robot

bmw worker with collaborative robot

Collaborative robots, smart glasses, exoskeletons and innovative work gloves are among the tech being integrated at plants across the group’s worldwide operations 

German automaker BMW has been providing a glimpse into the advanced manufacturing technologies at several of its factories – in Germany and the US. 

The company says it has been harnessing the potential of innovative automation and flexible assistance systems in production.

In doing so, BMW says it has modernized the work environment and increased the efficiency of its workforce.  [Read more…] about BMW shows off its smart factory technologies at its plants worldwide

Filed Under: Features, Industry, Manufacturing, News, Transportation Tagged With: bmw, collaborative, exoskeletons, lightweight, people, production, robot, robots, safety, work, workers

Robot ethics: Three things industry can learn from new robotic standards

March 2, 2017 by Sam Francis

Ethical robots

Ethical robots

Graham Mackrell, managing director of robotic gearing specialist Harmonic Drive UK, explains the three things industry can take away from the new standard

The British Standards Institute recently released a new set of standards for the ethical design of robots and robotic devices.

The standards highlight the growing need for guidelines on robotic safety, contact with human beings, robotic deception, addiction and possible sexism or racism exhibited by self-learning artificial intelligence systems.

When science fiction writer Isaac Asimov wrote about the three laws of robotics in his book Runaround in 1942, little did he know they would one day become a reality for a world filled with robots.

From automated manufacturing plants, medical and pharmaceutical applications to military, agricultural and automotive systems, robots are everywhere in our modern world.  [Read more…] about Robot ethics: Three things industry can learn from new robotic standards

Filed Under: Industrial robots, Industry Tagged With: design, human, robot, robotic, robotics, robots, standards

MRK-Systeme builds Kuka-based automation solution for BMW

February 25, 2017 by Sam Francis

BMW Landshut facility

Human-robot collaboration-compliant Kuka robots put to work in quality assurance at BMW facility 

MRK-Systeme has developed an automation solution with human-robot collaboration capability for the BMW Group using Kuka robots for high payloads.

It enables the factory in Landshut, Bavaria to carry out quality assurance for crankshaft housing in an “ergonomically friendly manner”, says the company.  [Read more…] about MRK-Systeme builds Kuka-based automation solution for BMW

Filed Under: Industry, Manufacturing, Transportation Tagged With: assurance, automation, bmw, component, factory, human-robot, kuka, kuka-based, landshut, quality, robot, robots, testing

Fanuc leads rising tide of industrial automation in the US

February 23, 2017 by Sam Francis

fanuc industrial robots

The ongoing global trend towards greater industrial automation is being reflected in an increase in the number of industrial robots into the US. 

According to a report by Panjiva, a global trade platform, the upswing is likely to continue.

Chris Rogers, Panjiva research analyst, says industrial robot manufacturer has been one of the leading beneficiaries.  [Read more…] about Fanuc leads rising tide of industrial automation in the US

Filed Under: Industrial robots, Industry, News Tagged With: automation, fanuc, industrial, manufacturer, panjiva, robot

ST Robotics launches new ‘super-fast’ industrial robot arm for $18,000

February 23, 2017 by Sam Francis

ST R17HS

ST R17HS

ST Robotics has launched what it says is a high speed version of their five-axis vertically articulated R17 robot arm.

The company says its new machine compares favourably to the Universal Robots UR5 model.

ST claims its new ST R17HS is one of the industry’s fastest robots. Standard tool speed is “over four times as fast as the nearest competitor”, yet it’s less than half the price, says the company.  [Read more…] about ST Robotics launches new ‘super-fast’ industrial robot arm for $18,000

Filed Under: Industrial robots, Industry, News Tagged With: applications, arm, industrial, robot, robotics, robots, speed, st

Audi obsessively improving its logistics robot

February 17, 2017 by Sam Francis

audi ray robot

Audi is continuously obsessing about how to improve its Ray autonomous logistics robot, which is used to lift and move cars, and park them in specified places. 

The company says the Ray driverless transport system is “continuously being developed further – their weather resistance, for example” and in other ways.

Developed in partnership with Serva Transport Systems, Audi currently has a total of 18 of the parking robots.  [Read more…] about Audi obsessively improving its logistics robot

Filed Under: Logistics, News, Transportation Tagged With: audi, automotive, cars, driverless, industry, ingolstadt, logistics, parking, plant, ray, robot, robots, system, transport

Chinese robot maker CloudMinds creates robots based on cloud intelligence

February 16, 2017 by Sam Francis

cloud-computing

cloud-computing

Company backed by SoftBank says it has switched from artificial intelligence to cloud intelligence

A Chinese company called CloudMinds says it has created what it says is a “cloud intelligence ecosystem” for robotics. 

CloudMinds specialises in the research, development and manufacturing of cloud intelligence-based applications.

It has several investors, including SoftBank Group, the Japanese multinational telecommunications and Internet firm.  [Read more…] about Chinese robot maker CloudMinds creates robots based on cloud intelligence

Filed Under: Computing, News Tagged With: ai, brain, ci, cloud, cloudminds, human, intelligence, robot, robots

Rethink Robotics launches ‘first-of-its-kind’ software platform

February 7, 2017 by Sam Francis

rethink robotics Intera-5

Rethink-robotics

Rethink Robotics has launched what it describes as a first-of-its-kind software platform that connects everything in a smart factory.

The collaborative industrial robot maker says the extensible software is “redefining automation deployments and providing a gateway to the factory of the future”.

Rethink Robotics calls its software platform Intera 5, and says it “connects everything from a single robot controller, extending the smart, flexible power of Rethink Robotics’ Sawyer to the entire work cell and simplifying automation with unparalleled ease of deployment”.

Built on the backbone of the Rethink robots’ train-by-demonstration software, Intera 5 is designed to pave the way for connected manufacturing environments and helping companies build factories of the future.  [Read more…] about Rethink Robotics launches ‘first-of-its-kind’ software platform

Filed Under: Computing, Industrial robots, Industry, News Tagged With: automation, cell, factory, intera, manufacturers, rethink, robot, robotics, robots, sawyer, schramberg, software

Heard the one about the robot barista?

February 6, 2017 by Sam Francis

cafe x

Man walks into a coffee bar and says, “Waiter, coffee, black, no sugar.”

How anyone can drink coffee without milk, cream or sugar is beyond our understanding of human taste buds, but anyway…

A robot barista would not be making such judgments, and would serve up the coffee just as the man who walked into the bar had ordered it.

It might take a few years, but sooner or later, you will be served some drink or food somewhere by a robot.  [Read more…] about Heard the one about the robot barista?

Filed Under: Industrial robots, Industry, News Tagged With: cafe, coffee, mitsubishi, robot

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