Subscribe to the MagazineSubscribe to the E-newsletter
Robotics
News image

North American robotics companies saw orders for new robots fall 25 percent in 2009, but the decline slowed considerably in the fourth quarter, according to new statistics from Robotic Industries ...

News | MA Staff | February 08, 2010

Read more

B&R Industrial Automation has formed a new team of packaging experts to work closely with the packaging industry community. John Kowal, Tom Jensen, Joe Krogman and Marcel Voigt joined B&R ...

News | MA Staff | January 21, 2010

Read more

National Instruments and DENSO Robotics integrated NI measurement and vision technology with DENSO robotic arms. The collaboration increases productivity and performance in automated test, research and flexible manufacturing applications. In ...

News | MA Staff | November 30, 2009

Read more

ABB’s Robotics group is organizing Technology Days to help current and prospective customers discover first-hand how ABB’s industrial robotic technology will help them improve productivity, product quality, worker safety, while ...

News | MA Staff | November 18, 2009

Read more
News image

Running down and torquing the lug nuts that hold the wheel to the hub is seemingly one of the simpler aspects of building an automobile, but it has proven one ...

Features | MA Staff | November 16, 2009

Read more

North American robotics companies saw orders for new robots decline 30 percent in units and 43 percent in dollars in the first nine months of 2009, according to new figures ...

News | MA Staff | November 11, 2009

Read more
News image

While many systems integrators are cutting back on research in the current global recession, KUKA North America is investing in growth by opening the KUKA Development Center (KDC) at its ...

News | MA Staff | November 02, 2009

Read more
Browse Archive to Find More: Features, News, Columns
Products

Integrated automation platform

B&R Automation is now offering an integrated automation platform for CNC, robotics and axis linking in one homogeneous system. The platform combines all components in one system including drives, movement and path control, visualization and I/O handling. The real-time operating ...

more...

Expert press handling robots

Motoman's EPH-series "expert press handling" robots are specifically designed for the rigors of press tending. The EPH-series feature higher performance drive systems on the S, L and U axes (axes 1, 2, 3) for high duty cycle applications. Shelf-mounted versions ...

more...

Second generation delta robots

ABB Robotics' next-generation FlexPicker delta robot family is designed to offer increased speed, higher payload and a smaller footprint. ABB says the new FlexPicker IRB360 is designed for pick and place applications, and succeeds ABB's FlexPicker IRB340 system. It features ...

more...

Cartesian robots

Motomanís new UH-series robots are recommended for high-speed, high-accuracy positioning of large workpieces in applications such as flexible automotive lines that spot weld or handle a variety of models. Three-axis Motoman UH-series Cartesian robots are available in a choice of ...

more...

6-axis industrial robot

KUKA Robotics says its new "titan" 6-axis industrial robot is the largest and strongest robot of this type in the world. The robot features a payload capacity of 1000 kilograms and a reach of 3200 mm, and KUKA says the ...

more...

LEAN robot

FANUC Roboticsí LR Mate 200iC robot is the companyís next generation mini-robot designed to offer maximum performance in a light, efficient, accurate and nimble (LEAN) package. The six-axis, LR Mate 200iC robot is significantly lighter and more compact than its ...

more...
Browse Archive to Find More: Robotics

 

MA Online Resource Centre



Editor's Update: Feb 10, 2010

Conference Board gives Canada a D for innovation, and the Machine Automation Safety Congress returns in May


Click here for digital edition