Control Engineering

AUGUST 30, 2022

According to the Association for Advancing Automation , of the 12,305 robots sold in Q2 2022, 59% of the orders came from the automotive industry with the remaining orders from non-automotive companies largely in the food & consumer goods industry, which saw a 13% increase in unit orders over the same period, April through June, in 2021.

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NIST Manufacturing

DECEMBER 1, 2022

Earlier in 2022, NIST researchers released a simulation package that models the behavior of "discrete manufacturing systems," which include the production and assembly of finished products, like vehicles, consumer electronics, and consumer goods.

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Control Engineering

NOVEMBER 17, 2022

Automate features automation applications to meet any business need, whether in manufacturing, logistics, consumer goods, food processing or any number of other industries. It’s where you’ll learn how to power your productivity, become more efficient, gain a competitive edge, and future-proof your business for years to come.”.

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Control Engineering

MAY 16, 2023

During Q1, non-automotive orders in consumer goods, semiconductor & electronics, plastics & rubber, life sciences/pharmaceutical/ biomedical, metals, and others purchased 3,519 robots, down 42% over Q1 2022. Automotive customers accounted for 68% of all robot orders in Q1, with 5,659 robots purchased.

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Control Engineering

AUGUST 31, 2023

The strongest demand in Q2 came from the semiconductor & electronics industries, followed by life sciences/pharma and biomedical, plastics & rubber and metals, with automotive components, food & consumer goods and automotive OEMs showing the biggest drops.

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Control Engineering

AUGUST 17, 2023

In a pick-and-place/bin-picking application, Kuka will simulate a fast-moving consumer goods (FMCG) production environment in a cell with KR 3 Delta Hygienic robot along with KR 6 SCARA (6-kg payload positions at a repeatability of +/- 0.02 seconds) and KR IonTec robot can help for food processing.

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