Robotics and Automation - Articles, Stories & Interviews

NVIDIA and Alphabet's Intrinsic Put Next-Gen Robotics Within Grasp

Intrinsic, a software and AI robotics company at Alphabet, has integrated NVIDIA AI and Isaac platform technologies to advance the complex field of autonomous robotic manipulation.

Automate 2024 Product Preview

Automate 2024 takes place May 6th - 9th in Chicago, Illinois. The Exhibit hall floor will be loaded with new products and services. Here is a preview of some things to look forward to at this years event.

Edge Computing and AI in Manufacturing

With Tacton we wanted to give users the flexibility and configuration options they need to outfit their facility, while ensuring the system was reliable, secure, and easy to install.

Talking AUTOMATE 2024 with TM Robotics

Visitors will have the chance to see the entire THE robot range, including the THE400, THE600, THE800 and THE1000. The line-up includes robots of different sizes and strengths, providing visitors with an opportunity to find the perfect model for their application.

Talking AUTOMATE 2024 with TECH RIM Standards

TRS has been active with A3 for years, and as the Detroit show proved --- there are tremendous opportunities at Automate.

Talking AUTOMATE 2024 with DESTACO

Witness the power of precision movement, workholding, and indexing technology that will take your operations to new heights. Our booth is packed with ultra-precise end-of-arm tooling, state-of-the-art conveyors, and other top products from CAMCO, Ferguson and Robohand.

Elysium Robotics’ Artificial Muscles are Paving the Way for Humanoid Adoption

While adoption of single-purpose cobots is widespread in industrial settings, the potential of general-purpose humanoid robotics remains largely untapped, with their appeal being their versatility.

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NREL Invites Robots To Help Make Wind Turbine Blades

Although robots have been used by the wind energy industry to paint and polish blades, automation has not been widely adopted. Research at the laboratory demonstrates the ability of a robot to trim, grind, and sand blades.

Kawasaki Robotics Shares First Look of New Collaborative Robots, Features New Partnerships and Applications for Industrial Robots at AUTOMATE 2024

At Automate Kawasaki Robotics introduces a line of intelligent cobots and showcases Ai-enabled R and BX Series robots for welding, multi-SKU palletizing and depalletizing as examples of limitless opportunities and human ingenuity

On the Horizon: A Robot to Assist ALS Patients

CART will learn from only a few examples in an interactive manner by actively prompting the caregiver for demonstration examples as the robot needs, and thereby not overly burdening the caregiver.

Robotics and Automation - News Headlines

THE POWER OF AUTOMATION: COMAU UNVEILS NEW ROBOTS AND INTELLIGENT SOLUTIONS AT AUTOMATE 2024

-Comau will demonstrate its seamless integration with the Unified Robot Control (URC) Solution from Rockwell Automation as part of an innovative handling and palletizing application -Comau underscores its long-term collaboration with Intrinsic to make the next generation of robotics more accessible to all

Doosan Robotics Unveils Max-Powered 'PRIME-SERIES' of Collaborative Robots at Automate 2024

The New P-SERIES Unleashes Efficiency with a 30 Kilogram Payload and the Longest Reach of Any Cobot to Date

SwRI Workbench for Offline Robotics Development™ (SWORD™) launched at Automate 2024

Southwest Research Institute develops user-friendly ROS programming graphical toolkit for developers

GrayMatter Robotics Wins Automate Innovation Award for AI-Powered SCAN&GRIND™ System

This award acknowledges GrayMatter's industry-leading SCAN&GRIND™ robotic system powered by a proprietary physics-based advanced technology to improve manufacturing systems and surface finishing applications.

Kawasaki Robotics Shares First Look of New Collaborative Robots, Features New Partnerships and Applications for Industrial Robots at AUTOMATE 2024

Powered with partner NEURA Robotics' robotic assistant platform, the CL Series combines all the safety and intuitiveness that standard cobots are known for with a solid, robust design that unlocks the speed and productivity of industrial robotics to offer limitless user flexibility.

Robotics and Automation - Featured Product

Piab’s Kenos KCS Gripper

Piab's Kenos KCS Gripper

Piab's Kenos KCS gripper enables a collaborative robot to handle just about anything at any time. Combining Piab's proprietary air-driven COAX vacuum technology with an easily replaceable technical foam that molds itself around any surface or shape, the gripper can be used to safely grip, lift and handle any object. Standard interface (ISO) adapters enable the whole unit to be attached to any cobot type on the market with a body made in a lightweight 3D printed material. Approved by Universal Robots as a UR+ end effector.

Robotics and Automation - Featured Company

Piab Inc.

Piab Inc.

Piab provides smart solutions for the automated world, helping thousands of end users and machine producers in e-commerce logistics, food, pharma, automotive and other manufacturing industries to improve energy-efficiency, productivity and working environments. By leveraging the ongoing technological development in automation and robotics, and targeting high-growth segments and geographies, Piab's vision is to become the global leader in gripping and moving solutions.