20kg-payload capacity cobot weighs in at just 33kg
8 March 2023 Omron has announced a new cobot (collaborative robot) with a 20kg payload capacity, which is suitable for tasks such as palletising, machine tending and material… Read More
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Applied Automation signs up to sell cobot screwdriving tools
25 October 2022 Plymouth, UK based Applied Automation has signed a sole UK distribution agreement with the Danish collaborative robotics specialist, Spin Robotics, to sell its easy-to-use end-of-arm… Read More
Cobot sales set to surge as ROIs come down to 2-3 years
19 April 2022 Sales of collaborative robots (cobots) will grow by 20–30% a year in the period to 2025/2026 – faster than previously predicted – according to new… Read More
Cobot pallet-mover could boost throughput by 45%
29 March 2022 Two US companies – the material-handling automation specialist Vecna Robotics and the pedestrian lift truck manufacturer Big Joe Forklifts – have joined forces to develop… Read More
3D collision-avoiding sensor works like bat echolocation
18 October 2021 A German start-up has developed a 3D collision-avoidance sensor that mimics a bat’s echolocation techniques. Munich-based Toposens, founded in 2015, says that existing sensor technologies… Read More
Schneider’s first UK smart factory pays for itself in under a year
12 October 2021 Schneider Electric has invested £300,000 in its plant in Flint, North Wales, upgrading it to become its first smart factory in the UK. The project… Read More
1,500kg capacity mobile robots can replace forklifts
24 July 2020 Omron has announced a mobile robot with a payload capacity of up to 1,500kg, capable of carrying large components such as car bodies and pallets… Read More
5G connections are set to disrupt factory communications
8 June 2020 There will be almost four billion wireless connections in smart factories around the world by 2030, according a new forecast from Nokia and ABI Research. Read More
Slam paves the way for new autonomous industrial robots
23 September 2019 More than 15 million industrial and commercial robots that can navigate their paths autonomously will be in operation by 2030, according to a new analysis… Read More
‘New approach to automation’ uses robots to control cells
9 February 2017 Rethink Robotics, the US company behind the Baxter and Sawyer collaborative robots, has developed a new software platform that, it says, can co-ordinate an entire… Read More
