AI-powered 3D machine vision system is ‘world first’
3 April 2024 Cognex has launched a product which it describes as “the world’s first 3D vision system with AI”. The In-Sight L38 3D vision system combines AI,… Read More
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3D-printed motor delivers more torque than expected
20 July 2023 Researchers from the University of Sheffield in the UK, working with colleagues from the University of Wisconsin-Madison in the US, have developed an electric motor… Read More
20kg-capacity palletising cobot ‘levels playing field’
12 June 2023 Reeco Automation, the Welsh specialist in cobot-based palletising systems, has announced a palletiser based on a new 20kg-capacity cobot (collaborative robot) which, it says will… Read More
Buying software by subscription ‘can cut upfront costs by 65%’
12 October 2022 The UK industrial software developer Aveva is offering its products on a subscription model, allowing customers to buy “credits” which they can exchange for any… Read More
‘Revolutionary’ PCB windings halve the size of micromotors
27 October 2020 A Belgian start-up, Mirmex Motor, has developed a new method for manufacturing high-power-density windings for micromotors that, it claims, will revolutionise traditional winding design and… Read More
Backdrivable actuator offers ‘unrivalled’ speed and stiffness
13 June 2019 Genesis Robotics, the Canadian company which unveiled a gearless, high-torque rotary actuator at the 2017 Hannover fair, was back at this year’s show, previewing a… Read More
Control system cuts robot programming times to ‘minutes’
21 January 2016 A Finnish research organisation has developed a control system for the industrial robots that, it claims, can cut the time taken to set up and… Read More
Micro-PLC is ’70 times faster and 10 times smaller’
6 October 2014 California-based Maxim Integrated Products has announced a modular micro-PLC platform with a footprint that, it claims, is 10% the size of traditional PLCs, as well… Read More
LED lighting could overtake sensor-maker’s main business
13 August 2014 The sensor-maker Turck Banner is harnessing its experience of using LEDs in photoelectric sensors, to diversify into the general LED-based lighting market, with a portfolio… Read More
