Control.com

DECEMBER 14, 2023

Realtime Robotics has partnered with HLS Engineering Group to enhance automation cell optimization, aiming to eliminate production bottlenecks and reduce cycle times within a matter of weeks.

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Robotics Business Review

JUNE 27, 2024

The Optimization system generates motion plans and avoids collisions in multi-robot workcells. Source: Realtime Robotics While conventional manufacturing involves robots working along a well-defined production line, software can enable multiple robots to work together more closely without collision for more complex and flexible processes.

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Robotics Business Review

FEBRUARY 13, 2024

TGW Logistics’ RovoFlex picking robot can handle a variety of items, from grocery and fashion to industrial and consumer goods. Source: TGW Logistics TGW Logistics Group GmbH said it has applied its more than 50 years of experience in developing automated systems into its latest picking robot. labor can be a major bottleneck.

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Gary Mintchell

SEPTEMBER 12, 2023

Autonomous robotics company’s acquisition to accelerate Rockwell’s end-to-end autonomous production logistics solutions Companies usually add a descriptive phrase following their name in a press release to describe what business they are in. a leader in autonomous robotics for industrial applications. Just watch. billion by 2027.”

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Robotics Business Review

JANUARY 25, 2024

Jacobi Studio is a web app designed to ease robot project setup. Credit: Jacobi Robotics Jacobi Robotics Inc. today came out of stealth with the launch of a new software product using artificial intelligence to improve the programming time and performance of robot applications. The Berkeley, Calif.-based

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Robotics Business Review

JULY 12, 2024

Meili Robots and WAKU Robotics are partnering to deliver a software stack for robot operations. The companies say a superior software stack will be key for robots to transform industries. Robots are becoming essential parts of a number of industries. Register now.

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Robotics Business Review

SEPTEMBER 14, 2024

Modern warehouses and manufacturing facilities are increasingly large. By extending DriveMod’s capabilities outdoors, Cyngn says it provides organizations with a system that eliminates bottlenecks in material movement. Outside, there are much fewer permanent features robots can use to figure out where it is and where it needs to go.

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Frost & Sullivan Manufacturing

FEBRUARY 17, 2025

AIs Industrial Takeover: The 10 Game-Changing Forces Reshaping Global Manufacturing In the upheaval of an industrial revolution powered by AI, global manufacturers are discarding outdated playbooks and embracing radical innovations and disruptive technologies.

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Robotics Business Review

JANUARY 8, 2024

Valiant TMS is integrating robot motion optimization as a service. Source: Realtime Robotics Realtime Robotics today announced that Valiant TMS will integrate its Optimization-as-a-Service offering with customers’ manufacturing operations. I am impressed by the results provided by Realtime Robotics.

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Robotics Business Review

OCTOBER 14, 2024

. | Source: Comau Comau last week announced the worldwide launch of SmartReach Comau, its new TPX Robot Teach Pendant, and its new in.Grid digital platform, all for ease of use. The company made the announcements at BI-MU, an Italian exhibition for metalworking, machine tools, robots, automation systems, and additive manufacturing. “As

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Robotics Business Review

JANUARY 8, 2024

and its partners are working with generative AI to make robots more capable, said Deepu Talla, vice president of robotics and edge computing at NVIDIA. LLMs will enable robots to more easily understand human instructions, learn from one another, and comprehend their environments, he said. NVIDIA Corp. More than 1.2

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Manufacturer's Monthly

SEPTEMBER 13, 2022

Robots have long been an integral part of many areas of industrial manufacturing. Whether for welding, painting, soldering or palletising, industrial robots work dynamically. An igus flexible 3D energy chain such as the triflex R from Treotham makes it possible to guide robot cables safely. With i.Sense TR.B,

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CMTC Manufacturing Tech

OCTOBER 11, 2024

Without modern, efficient infrastructure, the benefits of reshoring could be lost to bottlenecks and inefficiencies. The smooth flow of goods is essential to a thriving manufacturing base, but aging roads, congested highways, and outdated rail and port systems can become obstacles.

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Fabricating & Metal Work

JANUARY 3, 2024

While visiting a manufacturing facility I always ask the same question to the production manager even though I know the answer: “Are you busy?” Answering questions along those lines starts the conversation around how we identify bottlenecks so that we can eliminate processes that are not creating a profit. They’re always busy.

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Fabricating & Metal Work

JANUARY 15, 2025

New AI Accelerator Enables a new Wave of Cobot Innovations Universal Robots (UR) (Odense, Denmark) UR AI Accelerator is a ready-to-use hardware and software toolkit created to further enable the development of AI-powered cobot applications. The Manufacturing Copilot is developed in collaboration with Microsoft Azure cloud and AI services.

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Robotics Business Review

JULY 11, 2024

Chef Robotics food automation pods assemble ready-to-cook meals for leading food manufacturers. Credit: Chef Robotics The path to success in food robotics is littered with interesting concepts that failed to deliver. Inspiration Chef Robotics CEO and co-founder Rajat Bhageria. billion in 2023 to $3.35

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Gary Mintchell

JANUARY 10, 2023

Video as a sensor has been a topic for several posts here at The Manufacturing Connection. Machine vision has been usable since the 1980s to detect flaws, presence, and other quality issues, as well as to guide robots. You have been trying to point out bottlenecks to production on your machine. Vindicated. Proof in the data.

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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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Control Engineering

MARCH 12, 2023

Artificial intelligence (AI) insights The rise of artificial intelligence (AI) has companies are entering a new revolution that changes the way original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) think about and approach manufacturing. Where testing is a bottleneck, this also increases overall throughput of the production line.

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Universal Robots

MARCH 16, 2018

Universal Robots and OCTOPUZ work together to automate Fibreline’s manufacturing process while providing flexibility. In the search for a way to efficiently drill holes through the pieces of foam used for the upholstery to create the tufted look, Fibreline determined automation was the key to achieving their production goals.

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Manufacturer's Monthly

DECEMBER 17, 2024

While larger firms absorb as much available talent as possible, small to medium businesses across the general manufacturing sector are left unable to access the workforce they need to continue operations. Australia recently dropped from 18th to 35th (out of 37) globally for industrial robot application. This is simply untrue.

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Fabricating & Metal Work

FEBRUARY 7, 2025

As manufacturers continue to face shortages of skilled labor, Mazak helps them address the issue with the opening of its new Customer Solutions Center in Florence, Ky. Automation ranges from simple barfeeders and overhead gantry systems to two-pallet changers, pallet pulls, load/unload robots and full palletized systems.

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Robotics Automation News

MAY 15, 2023

nTopology, the developer of generative design software for engineering, and EOS, an industrial 3D printing company, are developing a new “Implicit Interop” capability, solving what they see as “a major bottleneck in the additive manufacturing workflow”.

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E&T

FEBRUARY 20, 2023

For UK manufacturers, it’s a bit of positive news at a challenging time. This helps teams prioritise how they allocate time and budget to a project and drives them to identify the use cases most likely to deliver value fastest - typically those that tackle the most persistent, frequent and wasteful bottlenecks in their production processes.

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Metrology

FEBRUARY 4, 2024

The new relationship expands the FANUC system’s capabilities by enabling the automation of manual gauging processes, helping manufacturers eliminate bottlenecks and improve productivity.

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Metrology

SEPTEMBER 17, 2023

Transporting parts and materials to assembly lines and between manufacturing cells is one of the industry’s most complex and inefficient tasks, often resulting in production bottlenecks.

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Mold Making Technology

MAY 15, 2023

By monitoring machine performance, communicating key data points and analyzing data, a company can identify bottlenecks, downtime and other issues, like lengthy overrides, that may be slowing down operations.

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Manufacturer's Monthly

NOVEMBER 29, 2022

Weld Australia sponsored the 2022 Endeavour Awards for the category of Best Industrial Internet of Things Application, which recognised the most outstanding application used in a smart factory to improve the manufacturing process. China, Korea, Singapore and Japan are making significant national investments in robotics.

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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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Modern Machine Shop

SEPTEMBER 20, 2023

Automation isn’t just for high-volume manufacturing anymore. With the availability of flexible, inexpensive and easy-to-implement automation solutions such as collaborative robots (cobots), shops of all sizes and production volumes can automate. Here are some takeaways attendees can expect: 1. Automation is for job shops.

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Fabricating & Metal Work

SEPTEMBER 29, 2022

No doubt manual, or semi-automatic, welding has its place across the industries — general fabrication and manufacturing, shipbuilding and more — and it will continue to be an important process for many applications. Robotic Welding. WELDING TIPS. To implement the right solution and successfully operate it requires careful planning.

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Fabricating & Metal Work

DECEMBER 19, 2023

Realtime  Robotics , the leader in collision-free autonomous motion planning for industrial robots, recently announced the launch of its new  Optimization-as-a-Service solution. The company was looking to quickly and efficiently improve the cycle time in a 2-robot cell that was welding car doors for the ID. Buzz vehicle line.

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Robotics Automation News

FEBRUARY 14, 2023

Now that the global supply chain bottlenecks have eased recently, B&R wants to meet the high customer demand for automation solutions as quickly as possible. The ABB Group is expanding production at B&R, its global center for machine and factory automation based in Eggelsberg, Austria.

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Additive Manufacturing

JANUARY 11, 2023

Additive manufacturing hardware solution providers were once again busy in 2022. BCN3D Unveils Viscous Lithography Manufacturing (VLM) , a New Resin-based 3D Printing Technology: BCN3D announced a new 3D printing technology to advance alongside its FFF solutions: Viscous Lithography Manufacturing (VLM).

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Modern Machine Shop

FEBRUARY 6, 2024

Source: Getty Images New Scale Robotics has announced a new partnership with FANUC Americas Corp. This new relationship expands the FANUC system’s capabilities by enabling the automation of manual gaging processes, helping manufacturers eliminate bottlenecks and improve productivity.

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i4.0 today

OCTOBER 19, 2023

The robotics industry is experiencing sustained growth worldwide, with China in the lead. Pandemic-induced supply chain bottlenecks for established manufacturers are leading to a slow clearing of full order books – one of the reasons why Chinese robot manufacturers are in higher demand than ever before.

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Quantis

NOVEMBER 22, 2022

After all, a factory exists as a heterogeneous landscape of different technologies, machines, manufacturers (OEM), robots and components. The year of manufacture of the individual machines varied from 1990 to 2020 · Integration of 36 machines from different machine suppliers (OEMs) · Collection of approx.

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