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So Simple Even a Beginner Can Use It: Instant Feedback Minimizes Programming Errors
By automatically calculating the user’s orientation relative to the robot, Yaskawa Motoman’s tablet-based Smart Pendant eliminates the need to use conventional X, Y, Z coordinates. No hard copy manuals required, either.
Single-Step Bin-Picking Solution Greatly Lowers Cycle Times
Yaskawa Motoman’s turnkey MotoSight 3D BinPick handling system uses just one camera to identify randomly placed parts. Three camera models are available to cover a range of part and bin sizes.
Autonomous Transporter Forges the Most-Efficient Path Through a Job Shop
The strongest and most recent addition to the LD Series of autonomous mobile robots from Omron Automation Americas moves 550 pounds (250 kg) while enabling manufacturers to control a fleet of 100 robots using a single system.
7-Axis Cobot With Fast Teaching and Simple Controls
Armed with torque sensors in all 7 axes that detect and immediately react to contact with a human coworker, KUKA’s LBR iiwa eliminates the need for safety fences for true human-robot collaboration (HRC).
Palletizer’s Robot Arm Simplifies Complex Processes
With a compact design that consumes 40% less space, Flexlink’s RI20 can be relocated in a few hours and used in multiple lines in a single day. Meanwhile, operators and robots can safely coexist on the production floor.
Fast-Access Storage Saves the Day for Metal Products Specialist
The increased demand in the cut-to-size sheet segment was making storage space tight at AMCO Metal Service GmbH’s premises in Germany – then they discovered KASTO’s Unigrip 3.0 storage system that increased productivity and fast access to materials and finished parts.
Will the Real Collaborative Robot (aka Cobot) Please Stand Up?
A robotic system is ‘collaborative’ only if all elements – robot, tooling, workpiece, and work area – meet international safety standards. Depending on application, you may be able to turn a standard industrial robot into a cobot and comply.
KUKA 2020 Product Introductions Include…
The German industrial robot manufacturer and automation solutions provider plans to introduce a robot with the largest work envelope in the medium-payload-class to the North American market and an online service portal during the International Manufacturing Technology Show in September.
Next-Generation CSD Series Twin-Spindle Lathe
An upgrade to the CSD-300 twin-spindle lathe, the front-facing CSD-300II from Fuji Machine America is more robust and loaded with new-or-improved features for faster and easier operation than its predecessor.
Machine Turns the Tables on Conventional Part Rotating
Compatible with robotics, Teqram’s EasyFlipper uses pneumatically powered tables to turn large, heavy parts upside down in a mere five seconds, a fraction of the time when using cranes and crowbars. Best of all, it takes employees out of harm’s way.
Autonomous Bin Picking Kit Provides the Vision Minus the Collision
Machine tending steps into a new playing field with Universal Robot’s ActiNav, where pick and place accuracy exceeds dropping into a box. With minimal operator intervention, parts are inserted into a fixture for their next step in the processing journey.
Extended-Reach Cobot
The OB7-Stretch from Productive Robotics extends 1.25 meters, but with a payload of 4kg, it offers an affordable alternative to bigger-payload, long-reach cobots. Its seven axes design gives it a dexterity with which to circumvent obstacles.
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