RobotWorx: Industry News

The Life & Depth of Robots

Can industrial robots save your company...or the nation? In North America alone, close to 15,000 industrial robots, worth more than $900 million, have been purchased.

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KUKA Robotics Selected By Seis Group To Provide Robots And Software For Robotic Palletizing Cell

KUKA Robotics recently partnered with SEIS to expand its robotic integration services across the western United States and will be debuting the new palletizing cell and robotics capabilities at the upcoming ATX West Show KUKA Robotics will be showcasing a KR 180 PA palletizing cell integrated by SIES Group at the ATX West show in Anaheim January 31- February 2nd and will also be highlighting SGI's integration capabilities on its booth #4439.

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Robot Muscles Double as Fuel Cells

Autonomous robots having very long mission capabilities and smart sensors that detect and self-actuate to change the environment. While today's crude humanoid robots already use gears, pulleys and pistons to mimic the actions of muscles, they are electrically powered and thus require being plugged in and tethered by an extension cord or powered by batteries, which drain quickly.

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Kuka Robotics Signs Automation Engineering Corporation as New System Partner

Kuka Robotics Signs Automation Engineering Corporation as New System Partner KUKA Robotics Corporation, a leading global manufacturer of industrial robots, today announced it has signed Automation Engineering Corporation (AEC) of Greenville, South Carolina as its newest system partner. AEC, a leading supplier of automated machinery and control systems, will integrate KUKA industrial robots into their new family of foundry automation cells.

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Volvo Creates Robotic System for Test Track Environment

What may not be known is the Swedish marques' use of electronic robotic vehicle testing versus good ole carbon-based life forms (humans). Towing tests are an important part of Volvo's rigorous durability testing, and probably the only manufacturer to have its own range of trailers plus robotic control driving management system. Our robotic control system is accurate 100% of the time.

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Kuka Robotics Selected By C.M.H. Manufacturing To Provide 7 Axis Robot For Alluminum Ladling Application

KUKA Robot Fitted with End of Arm Ladle Tool Creates 7 Axis Robot Used to Reduce Waste and Ensure Pouring Consistency The 6-axis KUKA robot is fitted with an end of arm tool to create a 7 axis ladling robot to be used for pouring molten metal. The robot's 7th axis gives it an additional 360 degrees of rotation allowing it to pour the molten metal consistently and then clean the ladle of leftover oxide waste by inverting the ladle to remove the waste.

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ARC Sees Market for Industrial Robotics to Reach US$9.1 Billion by 2010

The booming market for Industrial Robotics is being driven by investments in the automotive sector and strong growth among small and medium-sized businesses. The Industrial Robotics market is expected to experience high growth in developing nations that will employ industrial robots in traditional applications such as welding and material handling "The market for Industrial Robotics will become even more exciting as new technologies and applications emerge.

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Robotic Production Technology Awarded U.S. Patent on Compliant Knife

Robotic Production Technology, Inc. (RPT) has been allowed a U.S. Patent for its compliant knife technology. The compliant knife, when integrated into a robotic system, allows RPT to provide customers with a solution that increases productivity, improves trim edge quality, reduces scrap and improves employee safety. Robotic Production Technology has a firm commitment to save U.S. manufacturing plants by investing in developing new technologies.

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Kuka Robotics Selected by C.M.H. Manufacturing to Provide Robots for Casting Total Work Cell

Permanent Mold Casting Cell Using KUKA Robot Capable of Multiple Casting Tasks KUKA Robotics Corporation, a leading global manufacturer of industrial robots, today announced it has been selected by C.M.H. Manufacturing of Lubbock, Texas to provide robots for its new casting total work cell. "C.M.H.'s new total work cell concept is a great tool for manufacturers working towards lean manufacturing," said Kevin Kozuszek, director of marketing for KUKA Robotics Corporation.

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Do You Love Robots?

Yet robot sales to non-automotive industries increased in the first quarter. You still can’t make it through a weekend of TV watching without seeing those nutty commercials hawking the home-cleaning Roomba, a self-propelled robot-vacuum that cleans up everyday crud around the house. Yes, sarcasm abounds here, but my point is that robots may not be for everyone, especially as they relate to the industrial manufacturing community.

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INTEGRATOR OF NEW AND USED ROBOTS FOR INDUSTRIAL AUTOMATION