Robotics Business Review

JANUARY 17, 2024

Source: Flexxbotics Flexxbotics has announced that its robotic technology is now compatible with FOBA Laser Marking + Engraving products for machine tending. With Flexxbotics’ robot-driven operation of FOBA equipment, customers can achieve continuous operation, greater throughput, and higher yields, asserted the company.

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Manufacturing Tomorrow

JANUARY 8, 2024

Momentum for Realtime Robotics’ Optimization-as-a-Service Solution Continues, as Industry Leaders Use It to Identify and Eliminate Production Bottlenecks

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Automation Mag

DECEMBER 12, 2024

Ben Reed, CMO at Sanctuary AI (at the time of writing this article; Reed has since quit Sanctuary AI), which is on a mission to create general-purpose robots with human-like intelligence, highlighted the limitations of current technologies. Switzerland-based Mimic has developed an AI-driven collaborative robotic hand.

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Fabricating & Metal Work

OCTOBER 2, 2023

The new platform, which complements ABB Robotics’ existing digital solution suite, helps factory operators increase production uptime by up to 20%. ABB Robotics has released its new modular OptiFact software platform, which streamlines data collection, visualization, and analysis in automated production facilities.

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Modern Machine Shop

JUNE 11, 2023

By pairing a Productive Robotics OB7 cobot with this Haas DS-30Y, Above All CNC can now machine 10 to 15 of these parts for bear-resistant containers overnight. “The biggest bottleneck eventually became the tumblers, so we needed to speed that process up or eliminate it entirely,” Rousseau says.

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Fabricating & Metal Work

JUNE 11, 2024

A growing number of organizations are utilizing Robots as a Service (RaaS), due to attractive financing programs, which are enabling the use of scalable robotic automation. Photo courtesy of Path Robotics. Having a good grasp on these strategic factors is often the doorway to knowing which type of robot or work cell to select.

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Fabricating & Metal Work

JANUARY 20, 2025

Prima Powers range of technologies is one of the widest in the industry: 2D and 3D laser machines for cutting, welding and drilling, punching machines, combined punch-laser and punch-shear systems, press brakes, panel benders, robotic bending cells and flexible manufacturing systems.

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Fabricating & Metal Work

JANUARY 20, 2025

Prima Powers range of technologies is one of the widest in the industry: 2D and 3D laser machines for cutting, welding and drilling, punching machines, combined punch-laser and punch-shear systems, press brakes, panel benders, robotic bending cells and flexible manufacturing systems.

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Fabricating & Metal Work

JANUARY 15, 2025

Artificial intelligence strengthens the design process, provides real-time insights, enhances vision inspection systems, optimizes energy consumption, and more driving efficiencies, innovations and opening up new opportunities. The toolkit also includes the newly developed Orbbec Gemini 335Lg 3D camera.

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Fabricating & Metal Work

JANUARY 15, 2025

The ability of press brakes and stamping presses to integrate with robotics, automation and IIoT ensures scalable and sustainable production solutions for metalworking shops. In just a few simple steps, operators can dock the mobile robot cell onto the bending machine and operate it automatically.

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Fabricating & Metal Work

JANUARY 15, 2025

The ability of press brakes and stamping presses to integrate with robotics, automation and IIoT ensures scalable and sustainable production solutions for metalworking shops. In just a few simple steps, operators can dock the mobile robot cell onto the bending machine and operate it automatically.

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Fabricating & Metal Work

JANUARY 15, 2025

Artificial intelligence strengthens the design process, provides real-time insights, enhances vision inspection systems, optimizes energy consumption, and more driving efficiencies, innovations and opening up new opportunities. The toolkit also includes the newly developed Orbbec Gemini 335Lg 3D camera.

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Fabricating & Metal Work

OCTOBER 1, 2024

A 1-meter (118”) single stroke of the feeding gripper ensures rapid cycle times between parts. Other equipment being demonstrated in the FABTECH booth includes an LT7 laser tube with robotic load/unload, LS5 sheet laser with automated load/unload, ELECT, E-TURN and SMART tube benders and two ProBend press brakes. wide-by-12.6”

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Mold Making Technology

JUNE 2, 2024

In each cell — hard-cutter, sinker EDM and graphite machining — machines and metrology are integrated with a rail-mounted robot for efficient workpiece storage and management. We provide a solution from the beginning to the end whether that is cost savings, changing your automation or improving cycle times.

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Dinesh Mishra

JANUARY 30, 2023

Smart machines and robotics will handle more of the industrial work especially where human intervention would be seen as more dangerous to deploy. The use of AI will also help to program the machines will increase in real-time situations. With the incubation of robotics and Industry 4.0,

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ATS

APRIL 9, 2025

Random observations made duringwork samplingcomplement other study methods, such as time studies, which manufacturers typically conduct when studying repetitive activities by qualified workers to establish the average time needed to finish cyclical tasks. How can results drive process optimization or layout changes?

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