The KUKA Hygienic Oil (HO) portfolio is expanding: the new KR 3 D1200 performs various pick-and-place tasks at previously unattainable speeds. With maximum precision, it now moves up to 6kg of food, medicine or electronic parts. Large workspace, little room Although the KR 3…
Techman Robots appoints LG Motion
LG Motion has announced that it has been appointed as the primary UK distributor for Techman Robots and its range of collaborative robots. This addition to LG Motion’s current product line further strengthens its motion product range and capabilities, as…
KUKA Cobot allows 24/7 production through inductive charging
KUKA is offering a reliable, productivity-raising automation solution for the transport of highly sensitive semiconductor substrates (wafers). Wiferion’s integrated charging technology, the system complies with the highest standards of cleanliness, productivity and safety. The global hunger for microchips is rising…
ABB’s smallest robot with leading payload and accuracy
ABB has launched its smallest ever industrial robot, offering new possibilities for faster, more flexible and high-quality production of wearable smart devices. With its compact size, class-leading payload and unrivalled accuracy, the new IRB 1010 offers electronics manufacturers the opportunity…
Announcing World Robotics 2022!
The International Federation of Robotics is inviting industry journalists to an online press conference for the publication of the new World Robotics 2022 report. The new World Robotics 2022 Industrial Robots report shows an all-time high with half a million robots installed…
Combined innovation from igus and Commonplace Robotics
igus and its motion plastics are joining forces with the intuitive software from Commonplace Robotics to achieve simple, low-cost solutions in automation. Motion plastics specialist igus is investing in growing its low-cost automation activities and has now acquired a majority…
Tesla’s Optimus robot prototype unveiled
Elon Musk has revealed his humanoid robot as part of his electric vehicle company, Tesla at its major artificial intelligence event in September. The robot was introduced at Tesla’s event, Tesla AI Day, on the 30th of September at the…
International Robot Safety Conference returns in person
Top industry experts from Amazon, FANUC, Honda, Procter & Gamble, Rockwell, SICK, Universal Robots, Zebra, and more will speak at the IRSC (International Robot Safety Conference), presented by the A3 (Association for Advancing Automation). This year, IRSC will be back…
Shibaura Machine partners with SICK for robot demonstration
TM Robotics will exhibit its robotic technology, which uses SICK’s vision systems and sensing, at the Assembly Show 2022, held on the 25th to 27th of October 2022, at the Donald E. Stephens Convention Center in Rosemont, Illinois. As the…
The question of whether to introduce robots to your CEM
Peter Swanson, Managing Director of adhesives and dispensing equipment specialist Intertronics, shares a hypothetical worked example that reflects the ROI (return on investment) of introducing a dispensing robot for an electronics CEM. In this contributed piece from Intertronics, Peter Swanson…
