Robotics
Apptronik and Mercedes-Benz Enter Commercial Agreement
Apptronik - Apptronik, a leaderin next-generation general purpose humanoid robots designed to change the way we live and work, today announced that it has entered into an agreement with Mercedes-Benz. As part of the agreement Apptronik and Mercedes-Benz will collaborate on identifying applications for highly advanced robotics in Mercedes-Benz Manufacturing.
Figure announces commercial agreement with BMW Manufacturing to bring general purpose robots into automotive production
Figure - Figure, a California-based company developing autonomous humanoid robots, today announced that it has signed a commercial agreement with BMW Manufacturing Co., LLC to deploy general purpose robots in automotive manufacturing environments.
New ARC Research Shows Growth for Collaborative Robots in the Post Pandemic Era
ARC Advisory Group - ARC’s new research into Collaborative Robots, otherwise known as Cobots, provides insights on the cobots market in the post pandemic era. The market for cobots will continue to experience double digit growth over the next five years. Cobots are one of the latest technologies that revolutionize the automation industry.
Otto Group Teams Up with Boston Dynamics to Strengthen Logistics Operations
Boston Dynamics - The Otto Group, one of the world’s largest e-commerce retailers, has signed a strategic agreement with Boston Dynamics to continue automating its logistics operations. The deployment supports Otto Group’s efforts to improve safety, increase operational efficiency and address labor shortages for specific types of warehouse work and the agreement marks the first time both of Boston Dynamics’ commercially available robots will be deployed together at enterprise scale.
Open robot mechanics and adaptive automation at PackExpo
B&R - Automation specialist B&R is using this year's PackExpo exhibition in Las Vegas to feature open solutions with Codian robot mechanics, now integrated and rebranded within B&R. The Codian portfolio of delta configurations, including class-leading hygienic models, is open to any control platform and can be incorporated into any machine configuration.
Create a pick-and-place application in minutes
B&R - A ready-made software solution from B&R helps OEMs implement pick-and-place applications significantly faster with minimal investment risk. The Pick-and-Place process solution from mapp Robotics makes machines faster, more flexible and more efficient.
A partnership for an automated future
Schunk - From June 27 to 30, 2023, the world's leading trade show for intelligent automation and robotics will bring together key technologies for the production of the future in Munich. At automatica, SCHUNK will be exhibiting smart new developments that enable handling tasks to be solved transparently, flexibly, and reliably.
New application scenarios key to collaborative robot market success
Interact Analysis - According to updated research by market intelligence firm Interact Analysis, the collaborative robot market will enjoy modest growth out to 2032, with annual growth rates sitting at around 20%. ‘Collaboration’ between humans and robots is now widely accepted so robot manufacturers suggest that the key to future success will be their ability to scale up production and develop new application scenarios.
Datalogic, Datasensing and Oversonic - the leading edge of technology for Industry 5.0
Datalogic - Datalogic and Datasensing, a Datalogic Group company specializing in sensors, security devices, and machine vision, will blaze the trail this year at the SPS IPC Drives event, thanks to the special presence of Oversonic Robotics, a pioneering software company that develops cognitive computing systems. The collaboration among these companies has created a technological partnership that brings real value to the rapidly advancing world of Industry 5.0.
Highly sensitive robot gripper
Fraunhofer - Force-sensitive, dynamic, energy efficient and with a range of applications – these qualities are what distinguish the new robot gripper created by the Fraunhofer Institute for Mechatronic Systems Design IEM. It can transport fragile objects from one production step to the next without damaging them. The gripper is specially designed for the food industry, where careful handling of fragile products helps to avoid waste. The electric drive makes costly pneumatics obsolete.
The physical intelligence of ant and robot collectives
SEAS - Individual ants are relatively simple creatures and yet a colony of ants can perform really complex tasks, such as intricate construction, foraging and defense. Recently, Harvard researchers took inspiration from ants to design a team of relatively simple robots that can work collectively to perform complex tasks using only a few basic parameters.
The ReBeL of automation
igus - With the ReBeL, igus is relying entirely on its motion plastics expertise: plastic makes the robot, whose net weight is 8.2 kilogrammes, the lightest service robot with cobot function in its class. Without exception, igus develops and manufactures all mechanical components that make up the ReBeL. Its payload is 2 kilogrammes and its reach amounts to 664 millimetres. Repeatability is +/-1 millimetre at seven picks per minute.
PLCopen motion control for robotics
PLCopen - In 2008 PLCopen released Part 4 of the Motion Control suite of specifications, dealing with coordinated motion, i.c. robotics. Basically, with this specification one can control a robot in the PLC or one can see it as an interface to a robotic controller, which will do the calculations and movements of the joints.
High-performance collaborative robotics at industrial speed
Comau - Comau introduces its RACER-5-0.80 (Racer-5 COBOT), a new paradigm in collaborative robotics which meets the growing demand for fast, cost-effective cobots that can be used in restricted spaces and in different application areas. Countering the belief that collaborative robots are slow, Racer-5 COBOT is a 6-axis articulated robot that can work at industrial speed up to 6 m/s.
Stäubli launches latest version of the Robotics Suite
Stäubli - The latest version of the Stäubli Robotics Suite (SRS) has been launched complete with cutting edge innovations. The advanced software tool now supports users at every stage of a project – from conception, simulation, setup and programming to maintenance and optimization of existing robot applications. The planning, implementation and operation of robot assembly lines could not be more convenient or straightforward.
BlueBotics’ ANT Navigation Drives Autonomous Vehicles Over 10 Million Kilometers
BlueBotics - BlueBotics, the global leader in natural feature navigation, has announced its Autonomous Navigation Technology (ANT) is now estimated to have driven automated guided vehicles (AGVs) and autonomous mobile robots (AMRs) over 10 million kilometers, in applications ranging from warehousing and manufacturing to commercial cleaning services, UVC disinfection and more.
New modular gearbox kit from igus for innovative cobot ideas
igus - The potential for service robotics is enormous: in kitchens and bars, in the area of nursing, or in agriculture and logistics, lightweight robots facilitate the automation of monotonous or non-ergonomic tasks. To make the implementation of such new concepts easy and, above all, cost-effective, igus is presenting a new modular gearbox kit for cobots at the Hannover Trade Show.
ANYmal Robots Inspecting PETRONAS’ Offshore Platform
ANYbotics - PETRONAS, the global energy and solutions company from Malaysia, is testing ANYmal for autonomous robotic inspection on its oil & gas platforms. They recently conducted a successful multi-week installation with the robot ANYmal C on one of their offshore facilities. For commercial use in 2022, ANYbotics and PETRONAS are co-developing a specialized version of ANYmal for potentially explosive environments.
Flexiv Launches 100th Adaptive Robot
Flexiv - Flexiv, the world-leading robotics company that created the first adaptive robot Rizon, has announced it has completed production of its 100th robot, marking significant progress in the mass production of adaptive robots, at the Force-Controlled Robotics Forum 2020 in Foshan, China.
Three breakthroughs in the history of the assembly line
Productivity.be - Although it faces stiff competition from the steam engine and the PLC, the assembly line is generally regarded as the most important invention of all time in manufacturing technology. In this article, we take a look at three breakthroughs that have made their mark in the history of the assembly line.
Calendar
15/04 - 19/04: Wire/Tube, Düsseldorf (D)
22/04 - 26/04: Hannover Messe, Hannover (D)
14/05 - 16/05: Advanced Manufacturing, Antwerp Expo (B)
15/05 - 16/05: Advanced Engineering, Antwerp Expo (B)
15/05 - 16/05: Food Tech Event, Brabanthallen, 's-Hertogenbosch (Nl)
28/05: Industrie & Maintenance, Namur Expo (B)
05/06 - 06/06: Vision, Robotics & Motion, Brabanthallen, 's-Hertogenbosch
10/06 - 14/06: ACHEMA, Frankfurt am Main (D)
18/09 - 19/09: Kunststoffen, Brabanthallen 's-Hertogenbosch (Nl)
08/10 - 11/10: Motek, Stuttgart (D)
15/09/25 - 19/09/25: Schweissen & Schneiden, Messe Essen (D)
08/10/25 - 15/10/25: K, Düsseldorf (D)