These cobots introduce advanced hardware, more safety features and certifications, and next-generation configuration capabilities, making them easier to use than ever before. Responding to manufacturers’ needs for enhanced performance and safety in human-collaborative settings, the TM S Series offers four models, with payload capabilities from 5 kg to 14 kg and reach from 700 mm to 1300 mm. Various mounting types are possible, including use on a mobile robot to create a mobile manipulator (...)

Universal Robots’ larger, much-anticipated new UR20 cobot is ready to generate sparks at FABTECH, North America’s biggest metal forming, fabricating, welding and finishing event, taking place Sept. 11-14 in Chicago. The new cobot, that brings 18” of additional reach radius (36” diameter increase), greatly broadens the range of weldments that will be achievable in a given fixture setup, says Josh Pawley, co-founder of Universal Robots (UR) partner, Vectis Automation: “Vectis Automation is (...)

Industrial robots have become indispensable in modern production. They can lift heavy loads, perform precise work and produce at a high speed. But that’s not all: thanks to advanced technology and the integration of microproduction and vision systems, industrial robots are now capable of handling even more complex tasks. In the field of microproduction, for example, industrial robots can manufacture even the smallest parts and components. Here, high precision and repeatability are (...)

Faced with a complex automation challenge, Bruderer Maschninen Fabrik in Frasnacht found an innovative solution with the system integrator Roth Technik and Fanuc. BRUDERER builds highly accurate stamping machines for a worldwide market with a nominal force of 180 to 2500 kN and a stroke rate range of 100 to 2000 rpm. Their machines are used to produce parts used in watches, electronics, and a variety of other industries. The automation challenge was to load blanks into and remove finished (...)

The Bosch Rexroth company was presented with the prestigious industrial prize, the HERMES AWARD, at the opening ceremony of HANNOVER MESSE by Bettina Stark-Watzinger, Federal Minister of Education and Research, in the presence of German Chancellor Olaf Scholz. This year the jury, chaired by Prof. Dr.-Ing. Reimund Neugebauer, President of the Fraunhofer Society, awarded the prize for a product geared to the dynamic robotics market. As one of the three nominees, the Smart Flex Effector (...)

"Alors on danse" has brought him worldwide fame. Now Stromae is continuing his Multitude tour in Europe from March to December 2023. Also on stage: Ten KUKA robots that move oversized LED screens. A video that has now been released shows how this spectacular stage set came about. "The stars of this show are obviously the robots," Stromae pointed out in an Instagram video showing how the partnership between the artist’s creative label Mosaert and KUKA came about. The video highlights the (...)

Once the preserve of high-volume operations at automotive plants, we´re today finding that robots are infiltrating all sectors of the commercial world. Even beyond traditional manufacturing, inspection and packaging operations, we see robots fulfilling tasks that extend from mining and space exploration, through to surgery and laboratory research, and even fruit picking. With such a vast repertoire of applications, the robots of today need one principal attribute: flexibility. Much of this (...)

AGILOX expands its product portfolio with an intelligent dolly mover. With the new AGILOX ODM, the AMR manufacturer is targeting a completely new area of application: the transport of small load carriers. After AGILOX ONE and AGILOX OCF, now comes AGILOX ODM. The company, which specializes in logistics robots, is adding an autonomous dolly mover to its range of intelligent transport systems controlled by swarm intelligence. AGILOX is thus targeting a completely new area of application: the (...)

Kollmorgen, a global leader in motion control systems, today announced the new TBM2G series of frameless servo motors, introducing features that simplify the design of collaborative, surgical, aerospace and defense and other robots while delivering optimal performance in a lighter, more compact package. These new motors will complement Kollmorgen´s existing TBM and KBM series of frameless motors. Resulting from several years of research, testing and customer feedback, the TBM2G series (...)

METAL LS, the Bulgarian manufacturer of door locking systems, door and window handles and building hardware, started planning the new automated assembly of door locks in 2019. The robotic systems that the company already used for other applications were too large for the planned production site, so the new solutions needed to be as compact and precise as possible, in addition to being state of the art. Door and security locks are precision parts with standard dimensions and components (...)