Robotics Automation News

AUGUST 10, 2022

Automotive giant General Motors and open source software provider Red Hat have formed a partnership to “help advance software-defined vehicles at the edge”.

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Design World

JULY 3, 2023

EXAIR’s Ultrasonic Leak Detector (ULD), a hand-held instrument engineered to help locate the source of costly leaks in a compressed air system, has received an upgrade in look and function. Up to 30% of the compressed air generated in industrial plants is wasted through leaks that go undetected.

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Design World

APRIL 24, 2024

The new Distributed Energy Resources (DER) Controller from WAGO is a library function block with a control algorithm for voltage, frequency, and reactive power control. To ensure a reliable power system, the DER connection to the grid requires communication between the energy source and the operator.

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Design World

AUGUST 15, 2024

EXAIR’s new Ultrasonic Leak Detector (ULD), a hand-held instrument engineered to help locate the source of costly leaks in a compressed air system, has received an upgrade in look and function. … The post Ultrasonic Leak Detector has been upgraded to help pinpoint leaks appeared first on Design World.

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Robotics Business Review

NOVEMBER 28, 2024

Source: Renesas Electronics Corporation Renesas Electronics Corp. Renesas claimed that the RZ/T2H microprocessor ( MPU ) combines all the functionality and performance needed for developing production applications. However, the RZ/T2H MPU offers the same functionality on a single chip, said Renesas. Click here to enlarge.

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Gary Mintchell

MAY 13, 2024

Microsoft Teams calls can become interactive working sessions, with CAD, simulations or metrology point clouds seamlessly visualised from the source data to allow on-the-spot collaboration and fast, iterative teamwork across disparate engineering and manufacturing functions.

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Robotics Business Review

APRIL 30, 2024

Source: Elmo Motion Control From industrial automation and healthcare applications to increasingly diverse use cases, robots need precise and reliable motion control. ” Platinum line includes Bassoon with functional safety Platinum Bassoon Servo Drive. Elmo demonstrates its technologies in a gantry robot. kW of continuous power.

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Design World

AUGUST 8, 2022

The conditional logic increases the functionality with a system of rules that allows extremely complicated decisions based on relatively simple “yes/no” questions. Discrete I/O models provide 16 tandem input/output channels with either active high/low input and sinking/sourcing output. Multicast capability is included.

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Robotics Business Review

MARCH 5, 2024

Source: Cogniteam Real-Time Innovations, or RTI, today announced that Cogniteam has chosen RTI Connext to provide commercially supported communications to its unified cloud-based platform for robot design, development, and testing. Cogniteam provides a unified way to develop, deploy, and manage robot fleets.

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Robotics Business Review

JULY 6, 2024

Source: Replique In the realm of modern manufacturing and automation, the integration of robotics continues to redefine industry standards. Source: Replique Optimize performance with lightweighting Another key advantage of 3D printing in robotics lies in its capacity to optimize weight and enhance performance through innovative design.

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Gary Mintchell

JULY 19, 2022

As well as collaboration and cross-functional. It will empower cross-functional teams with the insights to collaborate instinctively in real time. Today, it is capable of leveraging Hexagon data sources from across the portfolio. A few years back the term was “breaking down silos.” That term continues to pop up at times.

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Robotics Business Review

FEBRUARY 19, 2024

Participants in the Form & Function Robotics Challenge at the 2023 Robotics Summit & Expo. Form & Function Robotics Challenge to name winners at expo For the second year in a row, participants in the MassRobotics Form & Function Robotics Challenge will show their prototypes on the Robotics Summit & Expo show floor.

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Robotics Business Review

DECEMBER 31, 2023

Source: ANYbotics ANYbotics AG recently celebrated the production of its 100th ANYmal quadruped. Source: ANYbotics ANYmal works around the clock and remotely ANYbotics said said it subjected ANYmal #100 to the same extensive testing program as its other robots. The 100th ANYmal passes locomotion testing.

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Robotics Business Review

MAY 21, 2024

Source: Hirebotics As robots increasingly make their way into the world, automation providers are focusing on making the end-user experience faster and easier than ever. The Auto DeltaWeld System is a MIG/Flux-cored, pulsed-capable power source designed for collaborative robots , according to Miller Electric Mfg. The Appleton, Wis.-based

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Robotics Business Review

OCTOBER 24, 2024

Source: Universal Robots The latest advances in artificial intelligence promise to improve robot capabilities, but engineers need to bring the technologies together. While the UR+ ecosystem offers compatible hardware for cobot applications, the AI Accelerator provides functionality options. Feedback and closed-loop systems will be key.”

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Robotics Business Review

AUGUST 16, 2024

ObotX offers its system with an open-source license that makes all content, patents, drawings, instructions, and software, free to use for personal and research purposes. ObotX claims similar functionality with less complexity ObotX has designed its mobile manipulation system with inexpensive linear and rotary actuators on top of an AMR.

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Robotics Business Review

FEBRUARY 29, 2024

Source: IIT Italian researchers last week announced the TWIN powered exoskeleton for lower limbs. Source: IIT-Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia Exoskeleton designed for portability, ease of use TWIN is intended to enhance the physical abilities of the wearer, according to the research organizations.

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Mold Making Technology

MARCH 5, 2024

Source: (top left) Incoe Corp., Balancing People, Process and Technology for Program Management Success Source: Eifel Inc. Using the expertise of its team members and emphasizing efficiency, this Michigan mold builder's process is designed to function as a highly efficient system. bottom left) Sodick Inc.,

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Robotics Business Review

MARCH 31, 2024

Source: Southwest Research Institute An industry push for more automation is advancing the Robot Operating System, or ROS, beyond the academic and manufacturing domains into agriculture, automotive, retail, healthcare and more. It provides a graphical interface to many powerful motion-planning libraries. Click here to enlarge.

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Gary Mintchell

DECEMBER 13, 2023

This lets users quickly take measurements from multiple angles, compare them to historical data, and identify the root cause of the unbalance directly at the source. The interactive interface functions like a tablet, making it accessible to today’s workforce. As a result, it’s one of the fastest and most accurate solutions available.

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Gary Mintchell

APRIL 10, 2024

By providing consulting, assistance in the selection and procurement of hardware and software from strategic partners and other sources, and engineering, operational support and other services, Yokogawa is able to help customers resolve issues encountered in their businesses and can develop specific robot and drone applications.

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Gary Mintchell

JULY 1, 2024

Used across industrial and infrastructure applications, Siemens SIRIUS 3RV2 circuit breaker is now being manufactured using Ultramid BMBcertTM and Ultradur BMBcertTM from BASF, where fossil feedstock at the beginning of the value chain is replaced by biomethane derived from renewable sources such as agricultural waste.

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Gary Mintchell

AUGUST 5, 2024

The combined power of these features contextualizes vulnerability data from internal and external sources, enabling organizations to close the exposures that pose the greatest risks to their businesses. Those of us in process control have dealt with the problem of too many alarms demanding response, many of which are not critical.

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Robotics Business Review

SEPTEMBER 24, 2024

Today, robots need the three computers, starting with that brain for functional safety, able to run AI on low power, and featuring more and more acceleration. Source: NVIDIA Simulation a necessary step to general-purpose AI, robots Why is simulation so important for training humanoid robots? Then, there’s the computer in the middle.

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Design World

AUGUST 3, 2022

Central to the new machine’s impressive capabilities is its automatic rotation function. Using the latest innovation from Metrios, however, users can simply deploy the ‘Re-Light’ function to position any parts that do not sit comfortably on the measuring surface. Automatic rotation.

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Modern Machine Shop

DECEMBER 24, 2023

Similar to a touchscreen phone, digital comparators eliminate buttons, which can be a major source of potential contamination. A sealed touchscreen bezel, even operated with gloved hands, eliminates sources of ingress, and with the marking under the glass, there is no chance of the labeling being erased by harsh chemicals.

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Robotics Business Review

SEPTEMBER 28, 2024

Source: NVIDIA Vision-language models, or VLMs, combine the powerful language understanding of foundational large language models with the vision capabilities of vision transformers ( ViTs ) by projecting text and images into the same embedding space. It is fully open source and runs on-device. How to reason over a spatial memory.

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Robotics Business Review

SEPTEMBER 10, 2024

Source: Advanced Construction Robotics Advanced Construction Robotics Inc. Source: Advanced Construction Robotics ACR adds iron worker training “We’ve been in discussions with the international iron workers,” Proctor told The Robot Report. Source: Advanced Construction Robotics Robots deployed at sites across the U.S.

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Gary Mintchell

APRIL 25, 2023

Industrial IoT platforms connect, collect and analyze data from disparate sources –including video cameras – unlocking its value. New security function protects from advanced threats in OT environment, improves security, which is essential for data exchange. solutions to enterprises worldwide.

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Robotics Business Review

MARCH 20, 2024

Source: Micropsi Industries Micropsi Industries today announced MIRAI 2, the latest generation of its AI-vision software for robotic automation. 5 new functions available with MIRAI 2 MIRAI is an advanced AI-vision software system that enables robots to dynamically respond to varying conditions within the factory environment.

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Robotics Business Review

APRIL 22, 2024

Source: Pudu Robotics Pudu Technology Co. Source; Pudu Robotics Zhang: The biggest difference in developing robots for manufacturing in comparison to service robots lies within the distinct market needs and opportunities of the industrial sector. The PUDU T300 mobile robot dis designed for use in tight aisles with heavy payloads.

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Modern Machine Shop

JULY 30, 2024

Source: Mahr Inc. Part One: Drawing ensures the functions of the components The first part of the new standards replaces the previous ISO 1302 and covers the processes surrounding the drawing entries that a designer specifies for the manufacture of a component. The paper size fits the printer; the printer fits the paper.

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Robotics Business Review

DECEMBER 3, 2024

Source: Clearpath Robotics Developers of robots for indoor or outdoor use have a new platform to build on. “A lot of that functionality that you had to pay to add on is now stock.” “We’ve lowered the barrier to entry by providing all software function calls and a navigation stack,” Edwards asserted.

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