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Ideal Spindles for High-Speed Robotic Milling of Plastics and Composites
By Mark Fairchild Robot arms are finding their way into a wide variety of applications because of their precision, strength, and versatility. Robotic milling systems have become more common in recent years and have several advantages over traditional machine tools for certain applications. One application for which robot arms are well suited is using a…
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How to Reduce Chatter in Robotic Milling Applications
Article by Mark Fairchild, Precision Drive Systems Have you optimized the performance of your robotic arm as it performs milling operations? Machining with articulated robot arms is an attractive alternative to machine tools because they offer ease of set-up, repeatability, a large workspace, and versatility. However, machine tools are as much as 50 times stiffer…
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Activ Surgical completes first in-human procedures to demonstrate impact of its surgical intelligence and sensing platform
Activ Surgical, a digital surgery company, has completed its first in-human surgery clinical trial utilizing the company’s technology-as-a-service bundle – the ActivInsights augmented reality-based software suite and the ActivSight imaging module. Procedures for the study at The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston (UTHealth Houston) were led by Dr Erik Wilson, professor in…
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Locomation integrates Nvidia chip into autonomous vehicle
Locomation, a provider of autonomous trucking technology, says it will use the Nvidia Drive AGX Orin autonomous vehicle computing platform for the commercialization of self-driving trucks starting in 2022. Locomation’s first commercial product in a series of planned product rollouts is Autonomous Relay Convoy (ARCTM). ARCTM allows one driver to pilot a lead truck equipped…
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Wilson Logistics orders 1,120 autonomous truck systems from Locomation
Wilson Logistics has ordered 1,120 autonomous truck systems from Locomation. The companies claim this is “the world’s first autonomous truck purchase order”. Locomation is a provider of autonomous trucking technology and Wilson Logistics is a large transportation logistics company based in Springfield, Missouri, USA. Under the terms of the deal, a minimum of 1,120 Wilson…
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Locomation and Wilson Logistics partner on autonomous truck relay convoy pilot
Locomation has signed a definitive agreement establishing a multi-year partnership with Wilson Logistics to put Locomation’s autonomous technology on the road across several critical Wilson Logistics shipping routes. Locomation claims to be the world’s first trucking technology platform to offer “human-guided autonomous convoying”. Wilson Logistics is a family-owned transportation logistics company based out of Springfield,…
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Universal Robots launches ‘Service360’ customer support
Universal Robots has launched Service360, a new support service offering which the company says “enhances performance, increases uptime and mitigates risk through seamless collaboration”. Chris Wilson, vice president of service, Universal Robots, says: “Our customers are at the center of everything. Now, we’re empowering them to proactively monitor, optimize and safeguard cobot performance with enhanced…