RobotWorx: Industry News

Popular Robot Models

Motoman HP20T
Reach: 1717mm
Payload: 20kg

FANUC M-6iT
Reach: 1158mm
Payload: 6kg

Motoman SSF2000
Reach: 1378mm
Payload: 6kg

Flexdeburr by ATI

Flexdeburr by ATI was developed to help automated finishing. This machinery increases productivity and repeatability due to its ease of adaptation. Fanuc has used this device to better production causing many companies to automate deburring.

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Diamond 600 Reduces Price

A new hybrid robot was designed that combines beneficial aspects from parallel and serial robots. The Diamond 600 will cost less than other robots. The robot will allow for more research possibilities. Robot researchers have long looked at the science of Kinematics and particularly how it applies to parallel robotics as providing novel solutions to robotic problems.

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Small Sensors Reduce Cost

New small sensors have been created that will improve robots. The technology gives robots a human capability of sensing more around the environment. RDT and sensors will reduce total costs of robots. The option of building machines that work in the same strategic ways as biological machines has been unavailable because of the cost of the sensors, and what this is going to do is change the philosophy of design for machines.

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Robot Technology to Come

Manufacturers of industrial robots such as, ABB and Adept, will expand the technology used to a broader range of applications. Lean robots will be safer and decrease waste. Other benefits the new robots will bring include decrease cost and size. That’s not to say, of course, that industrial robots are going away. Plenty of discussion at the event centered on ways in which factory robots will change and adapt in the future. One vision came from ABB Inc.

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IIBM Improves Poultry Process

Robots have been used in many applications but in order to be useful in a poultry process a new type needed to be designed. The hybrid IIBM allowed for improved productivity by being versatile and able to adapt to variable products. The system is easy to use and with the aid of vision technology will be even more beneficial. Georgia Tech researchers are developing a new breed of robot that will help increase efficiency and competitiveness for the poultry industry.

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Improving Vacuum Flow

Companies are finding it necessary to improve process while reducing costs by creating innovative technologies. Since the operations rely on the flow in a vacuum, this is the focus of improvements. The increase in flow allow for a quicker grip resulting in a reduction of downtime which helps lead to Lean Manufacturing. Industrial manufacturing is undergoing a revolution with fresh opportunities and challenges.

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Scarcity to Plentiful

Devices are designed can create an inflection point. This point is when a scarcity becomes plentiful by developing new technology. This happens frequently in automation so new ideas such as, MEMS and Nanotechnology, are necessary. A few decades ago, industrial automation involved a lot of proprietary knowledge, which generated significant value for the purveyors of that knowledge.

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Innovated Automation

Since products continue to change and advance, the automation process must do the same. Wireless technology allows for more efficient transferring of data. Advancements in nanotechnology will allow for more accurate parts that will be more durable. Industrial automation is transitioning from distributed control systems programmable logic controllers and industrial PCs to a new, connected environment of industrial appliances.

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FANUC S-430iW Helps Rolls

The company installed the S-430iW robots to help transfer rolls while decreasing worker injury. Fanuc uses a R-J3 control with specific software to protect the robot. The robot is more versatile, dependable and improves the operation. Online early last year, the new system incorporates an S-430iW robot with custom accumulation belt conveyors, used to stage both lightweight as well as heavyweight rolls. The weight range is great.

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Kuka's Robocoaster

Kuka's robots are capable of high speeds and large payloads. Though these robots have been used for a while, they are now expanding their uses to a rider programmable rollercoaster. The application expansion may also be used in the military to simulate flying. The Robocoaster from Germany's Kuka Roboter is a modified version of one of the company's industrial robots that spins, flips, twirls and swings two people with a gigantic arm.

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