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February 23, 2022

Looking back many generations, it seems our society finds the subject of robotics unusually fascinating. Rudimentary automata have existed since before the Renaissance, becoming increasingly popular during the 18th and 19th centuries and also more complex in design.

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January 27, 2022

The new ReBeL from igus is a plastic cobot weighing only 10 kg that makes innovative new ideas in service robotics viable for start-ups and small businesses, from installation on agricultural drones to mobile domestic help systems.

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January 11, 2022

Yamaha Motor Europe Robotics, FA section, announced today that its robotics operations have added new bar-type models to the entry-level Robonity* series of industrial robots and that narrower, reduced-height models will be added to the existing line of sliding-type robots. These additions to the Robonity series will expand it to 29 models, offering customers an even wider range of products to choose from.

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October 13, 2021

Affordable SCARA robots can help companies tackle a wide range of challenges, offering greater flexibility, higher performance, and improved ease of use with each new generation. Industrial robots continue to enable manufacturing and logistics companies to increase productivity and reduce costs, as well as facilitate the industrialization of new products whose assembly is impractical or cost-effective using traditional methods. Each new generation of machines is more affordable, easier to use, faster, and more efficient.

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May 31, 2021

Discerning objects buried in granular material like sand is a more complex task. For this, a robot would need fingers thin enough to penetrate the sand, mobile enough to detach when the sand grains become stuck, and sensitive enough to sense the detailed shape of the buried object.

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April 30, 2021

Nutai, Universal Robots, and Festo have developed the Multi Axis Drive Controller, officially certified as a Universal Robots UR+ component. Thanks to the Nutai interface, the Multi Axis Drive Controller allows control of up to four external Festo axes from the Universal Robots robot controller.

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April 12, 2021

A leading automotive component producer has rapidly overcome its automation challenges by leveraging the speed and simplicity of Yamaha's RCXiVY2+ dedicated robot vision system.

The automotive industry is a leading adopter of robotics technology and continues to automate more and more processes. As original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) and their suppliers strive for greater productivity and quality, the introduction of vision capabilities is a common requirement to improve the selection and precise placement or assembly of components.

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April 6, 2021

In recent years, robots have acquired artificial vision, touch, and even smell. "Researchers have endowed robots with human-like perception," says MIT associate professor Fadel Adib. In a new paper, Adib's team takes the technology a step further. "We are trying to give robots superhuman perception," he says.

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February 24, 2021

ABB is expanding its collaborative robot (cobot) portfolio with the new GoFa™ and SWIFTI™ cobot families, offering higher payloads and speeds, to complement YuMi® and Single Arm YuMi® in ABB's cobot lineup.

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January 22, 2021

Festo and Universal Robots join forces to create a new collaborative station, with the aim of promoting automation and robotics in classrooms and thus training the professionals of the future.

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November 3, 2020

Using a robot to dispense coating materials can significantly increase productivity, and this is further enhanced by linking the servo and dispenser control to ensure optimal speed and stable coating thickness

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September 22, 2020

Introducing robotic process automation (RPA) into an established workflow can seem complicated and expensive. With the latest modular technology and intuitive configuration tools, companies can quickly and easily begin reaping the benefits, and scale and upgrade their systems as their confidence grows.