Cobots have decisively shaped industrial robotics in recent years ─ and they have become increasingly popular. To enable users to work quickly and easily with the industrial lightweight robots, SCHUNK is expanding its Plug & Work portfolio to include perfectly matched standard components for lightweight robots from OMRON and FANUC. This is an expansion of the Plug & Work options already available for Universal Robots, Doosan Robotics and Techman Robot. These solutions can be used to implement diverse automation scenarios in a very short time.
Delivering Titanium with Better Than Wrought Elongation and Tensile Strength Exceeding Industry Standards, Desktop Metal Is the First Company to Commercialize Titanium for Bound Metal Production of High-Strength, Lightweight Components.
Motek is taking place - live and face to face. Schmalz will be there with innovations for automation specialists as well as digitization and ergonomics specialists: intelligent grippers, MATCH extensions, digital and mobile solutions for tube lifters and much more will be presented by the vacuum expert from October 5 to 8 in Hall 7, Booth 7101.
To meet rising consumer demands for parcel delivery – particularly for goods bought online – logistics companies need to manage their loading docks as effectively as possible. However, dock managers often lack the real-time information they need to make fast, accurate decisions.
The high-tech company TRUMPF and STARMATIK, the Italian specialist for robotic automation of sheet metal processing machines, agree to collaborate even more closely in the future. The two companies have recently announced that they have entered into an agreement to that effect.
KUKA received several orders in the Chinese market in the second quarter. The automation specialist not only scored in traditional areas, but also won orders and projects in the general industry and e-mobility.
The global automotive supplier HELLA is continuing to drive forward its global automation initiative. That is why the company is investing a figure in the high two-digit millions (Euros) to further automate the 15 production sites in its global lighting division. Most notably, this involves implementing collaborative robots (cobots) and artificial intelligence methods. The project is scheduled to run for a total of five years. There will be 1,000 cobots used in total worldwide, roughly half of which are already in use.