Voice-controlled robot programming is ‘90% faster’
28 February 2022 Mitsubishi Electric has developed a technology that, it claims, will allow industrial robots to perform tasks such as sorting and arranging, as quickly as humans,… Read More
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Ball-balancing mobile robot carries flexible pneumatic ‘hand’
1 July 2020 The German pneumatics and automation technology manufacturer Festo has unveiled a mobile robot that moves by balancing on a ball, and carries a human-like pneumatic… Read More
Siemens suggests using digital twins to keep factories safe
5 June 2020 By equipping factory workers with personal transponders, Siemens has created a way for companies to model how their employees interact with each other, and with… Read More
Octopus tentacles inspire pneumatic gripper
30 March 2017 A robotic gripper system with suction pads like those of an octopus is one of several pneumatically-powered robotic concepts that Festo will unveil at the… Read More
Linear axes are set up via a Web browser ‘in less than a minute’
3 November 2016 The German motion plastics specialist igus has developed an easy-to-use, Web-based system for programming the movement of linear axes, that avoids the need for special… Read More
Tiny piezo-hydraulic actuator delivers 150N
20 October 2014 Researchers at Siemens have developed a powerful small actuator that combines piezoelectrics with hydraulics to produce a 9cm-long device that can apply a force of… Read More
