Robotic picker has an efficiency of at least 99.5%
3 May 2023 ABB Robotics has launched an AI-based system that detects and picks items in unstructured environments in warehouses and fulfilment centres with an efficiency claimed to… Read More
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Wireless power and data is ‘quantum leap’ for production lines
3 December 2021 The German automation giant Beckhoff claims to have achieved a “quantum leap” in production line flexibility by developing a technology that transmits power and data… Read More
Food-certified soft gripper can handle eggs and fruit
24 April 2020 The Danish robotic end-effectors specialist OnRobot has developed a food-grade soft gripper capable of picking up delicate and irregularly-shaped objects in food, beverage, cosmetics and… Read More
3D robot vision system can be picking ‘within minutes’
2 October 2018 A Belgian company has developed a 3D robot vision system that, it claims, can be used to set up complex robotic picking operations in a… Read More
Gravity conveyor speed controller uses eddy current brakes
8 March 2016 The Swiss materials-handling specialist Interroll has developed what it claims is the world’s first device that uses a built-in eddy current brake to control the… Read More
Plug-and-play device ‘will open up 3D vision sensing’
22 January 2016 Sick’s first 3D vision sensor, the TriSpector 1000, unveiled at the recent SPS IPC Drives show in Germany, is now available. The self-contained, plug-and-play device… Read More
€70m pneumatics plant implements Industry 4.0 concepts
22 December 2015 Festo has opened a new factory in Germany that implements many Industry 4.0 concepts. The 66,000m2 plant, in Scharnhausen near Stuttgart, has cost around €70m… Read More
3D camera helps robots to pick items from bins
4 August 2014 Sick has released a 3D camera with a wide field of view, designed to help pick large stationary objects in robotic applications. The ScanningRuler combines… Read More
