Control Engineering

MARCH 12, 2023

Robot insights The International Federation of Robotics highlights several trends on the robotics industry and where the future lies. Robots continue to grow in manufacturing and non-manufacturing operations. The adoption of robotics helps to lower energy consumption in manufacturing.

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Control Engineering

MARCH 23, 2023

Learning Objectives Learn the tools that enable central control of an AGV or mobile robot fleet. Understand capabilities of software that helps with AGV and mobile robot management, routing, testing, validation to decrease time to deploy and increase efficiencies. at ProMat 2023, March 20-23 in Chicago , or ganized by MHI.

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Control Engineering

JANUARY 19, 2023

Industrial robotics insights Robotics are being used more often in industrial manufacturing facilities due to a rising labor and skills gap and strong industry demand. Trends in the industrial robotics market include increased digitalization and automation and an emphasis on making robots easier to use.

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Control Engineering

SEPTEMBER 12, 2023

billion by 2027, driven by demand from battery-driven applications and increased flexibility in manufacturing and logistics processes. Growth is particularly strong in North America and Asia, with China leading due to the mobile and industrial robotics sectors. The market for ultra-low voltage motors will be worth almost $6.5

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Control Engineering

APRIL 11, 2023

Robotics insights Picking robots are expected to have a more significant presence in manufacturing and other industries. Technology advances such as artificial intelligence (AI) is part of the reason, but the growing labor and skills gap is forcing manufacturers to turn to robots to keep up with consumer demand.

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Automation Mag

SEPTEMBER 13, 2022

This is a chance to showcase successful automation implementation within Canadian discrete manufacturing plants! The pandemic, Ukraine-Russia war, increasing costs and rising inflation rates have had considerable impact on the growth of the manufacturing industry. Deadline to apply is October 14. The Awards. OEM of the Year.

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Automation Mag

SEPTEMBER 13, 2022

This is a chance to showcase successful automation implementation within Canadian discrete manufacturing plants! The pandemic, Ukraine-Russia war, increasing costs and rising inflation rates have had considerable impact on the growth of the manufacturing industry. Deadline to apply is October 14. The Awards. OEM of the Year.

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Control Engineering

AUGUST 12, 2022

Robotics Insights. Robots are being used more often in manufacturing applications to handle dull, dirty and dangerous tasks and make them more automated. If used well, robots and humans can work together and humans are given the freedom to perform tasks that are more fulfilling. That’s our goal.”.

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Control Engineering

JULY 28, 2022

Robotics Insights. There is a growing emphasis to make industrial robots that are user friendly and don’t require a great deal of knowledge or expertise to operate effectively. This emphasis is due to a greater need for robots in industrial manufacturing and automation. Reducing robot complexity.

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Control Engineering

FEBRUARY 10, 2023

Industrial robotics insights The Association for Advancing Automation (A3) reported record highs in robot sales for 2022 as the industry continues growing. Driven by the resurgence in robot orders from automotive companies, the North American robotics market set all-time records in both robots sold and value in 2022.

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Control Engineering

APRIL 9, 2023

Industrial automation insights Artificial intelligence (AI) and flexible robotic systems have emerged as key technologies in industrial automation’s future. The longer-term goal is to bring manufacturing back to the U.S. We’re not quite there yet in technological terms, but it’s going to happen,” Brandt said.

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Control Engineering

OCTOBER 19, 2023

The global market for key components used in industrial robots reached $12.1 billion in 2022, a year-on-year increase of 14.7%, driven by production of collaborative and SCARA robots. The growth of the components market will likely slow down over time, as the robot market matures and stabilizes. from 2022 to 2027. respectively.

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Automation Mag

SEPTEMBER 25, 2023

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Control Engineering

JUNE 7, 2023

Control Engineering top 5 articles online about industrial robot trends, logistics and robotics, what to look for in an integration partner and more. Also: See additional robotics stories here. SCARA robot technology benefits Selective compliance articulated robot arm (SCARA) robots are capable of many types of movement.

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Control Engineering

MARCH 16, 2023

ABB started construction starting on the expansion of its existing North American robotics headquarters and manufacturing facility in Auburn Hills, Mich. – Edited from an ABB Robotics press release by CFE Media and Technology. – Edited from an ABB Robotics press release by CFE Media and Technology.

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Automation Mag

FEBRUARY 8, 2024

million in Global Innovation Cluster funding for 15 new advanced manufacturing projects at its inaugural N 3 Summit. NGen is excited to build on our successes with another round of advanced manufacturing projects,” said Jayson Myers, CEO of NGen. NGen has announced over $32.3 With industry contributions of $54.4

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Control Engineering

AUGUST 31, 2023

Robotics insights The North American robotics market has experienced a significant decline for the second consecutive quarter due to a sluggish U.S. economy and high interest rates, resulting in a 37% drop in robot orders and a 20% decrease in value in Q2 2023 compared to the same period in 2022. A slow U.S.

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Control Engineering

MAY 30, 2023

Robotics insights Total robotics installations in manufacturing rose more than 10% in 2022 with the automotive industry being the main driver. The North American robotics market showed strong growth: Total installations in manufacturing rose by 12% and reached 41,624 units in 2022.

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Control Engineering

MAY 23, 2023

Collaborative robot market insights Collaborative robot market penetration to surpass 20% by 2032. collaborative robot market will take a while longer. Universal Robots retains the lion’s share of the global cobot market. Out to 2027, shipments of collaborative robots in EMEA will decrease from 19.5%

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Control Engineering

APRIL 14, 2023

At Promat 2023, Patrick Varley, product marketing manager for robotics at Mitsubishi Electric, demonstrated a line of selective compliance articulated robot arm (SCARA) robots with enhanced safety features aimed at companies that have little previous experience with automation.

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Control Engineering

APRIL 9, 2023

Learning Objectives As supply chains are disrupted, baby boomers age out and the need for general use products continues to grow, manufacturers are faced with producing more with less. Robust yet intuitive robot capability is effectively addressing these issues, boosting manufacturing output and product quality for optimal productivity gains.

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Control Engineering

JUNE 28, 2023

Robotics insights Industrial robot revenues grew by 14.9% in 2022 thanks to long-term demand for industrial robots to be fueled by the electric vehicle (EV) manufacturing sector. The pandemic helped to fuel demand for the robotics industry as companies turn to automation as a way of alleviating labor shortages.

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Control Engineering

JULY 13, 2023

Learning Objectives Learn applications of CNC, robotic welding and metal-forming processes at the Freedman Seating Co. See examples of manufacturing training at Jane Addams Resource Corp. Automated manufacturing insights Applications of CNC, robotic welding and metal-forming processes were described during a Freedman Seating Co.

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Control Engineering

MARCH 27, 2023

ProMat emphasized material handling and logistics; Automate emphasized robotics and automation. In terms of the displays, though, it would be easy to think ProMat 2023 was another automation and robotics shows because of the number of industrial and collaborative robots roaming the North and South halls at McCormick Place.

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Canadian Manufacturing

FEBRUARY 9, 2024

million in Global Innovation Cluster funding for 15 new advanced manufacturing projects. The announcement was made during NGen’s inaugural N 3 Summit , a new showcase and strategy event to promote Canadian leadership in advanced manufacturing. Montreal, QC) Micro-Factory Deployment and Integration Project Mosaic Manufacturing Ltd.

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Control Engineering

MARCH 22, 2023

The automotive industry has the largest number of robots working in factories around the world: Operational stock hit a new record of about one million units. This represents about one third of the total number installed across all industries, according to the International Federation of Robotics (IFR).

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Control Engineering

MARCH 1, 2023

Robotics insights The worldwide service robots market is expected to go ore than six-fold over the next decade to more than $250 billion. The market growth is driven by robotics advances in high-tech manufacturing and testing facilities in many different industries.

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Control Engineering

DECEMBER 4, 2022

Robotics insights. Developments in hardware, software and artificial intelligence (AI) are making robots more flexible and resilient and able to perform more tasks in applications they couldnt’t before.

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Control Engineering

JULY 19, 2022

Robotics insights. Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) engineers have developed an optimization code that can be used to simulations for virtually any autonomous robotic system and improve a robot’s overall design performance. Autonomous robots have come a long way since the Roomba.

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Control Engineering

MARCH 12, 2023

Robotics insights The next stage in the evolution of robotics is mobility and autonomous operation. Modular individual transport (MIT) systems and automated guided vehicle (AGV) systems help manufacturers become more flexible and abopens up a new range of opportunities for manufacturing companies.

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Control Engineering

MAY 16, 2023

North American companies ordered fewer robots in the first quarter of 2023 than for the same period last year. Automotive customers accounted for 68% of all robot orders in Q1, with 5,659 robots purchased. They also might be waiting to see the latest innovations in robotics at Automate 2023 next week in Detroit.

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Control Engineering

MARCH 21, 2023

Robotics insights Industrial robot market growth is expected to grow at a CAGR of 18% from 2019 to 2029 thanks to robotics being increasingly used in the automotive and electronics industry according to a report by Future Market Insights. This is especially true as robots get smaller and less expensive.

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Control Engineering

JUNE 8, 2023

Robotics insights ABB Robotics’ packaging and logistics headquarters is part of their $22 million investment in the U.S. ABB officially opened its new Robotics Packaging and Logistics Headquarters, located north of Atlanta in Alpharetta, Georgia.

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Control Engineering

MARCH 28, 2023

Robotics insights North Carolina State University have demonstrated a caterpillar-like soft robot that can move forward, which is driven by a pattern of silver nanowires that use heat to control the way the robot bends, allowing users to steer the robot in either direction.

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Control Engineering

OCTOBER 9, 2023

As the use of mobile robots continues to surge in industrial settings, the Association for Advancing Automation (A3) has unveiled the second installment of its flagship safety standard for industrial mobile robots, providing guidance on safe integration practices for these systems. Part 1 (ANSI/RIA R15.08-1-2020)

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Control Engineering

DECEMBER 6, 2022

Robotics insights. China passed the United States in robot density for the first time as the nation is putting enhanced emphasis on robotics and automation to keep up with manufacturing demand. The world’s top 5 most automated countries in manufacturing 2021 are: South Korea, Singapore, Japan, Germany and China.

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Control Engineering

SEPTEMBER 22, 2023

Researchers who created a soft robot that could navigate simple mazes without human or computer direction have now built on that work, creating a “brainless” soft robot that can navigate more complex and dynamic environments. “In As with the earlier version , the new soft robots are made of ribbon-like liquid crystal elastomers.

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