Made4CNC’s new Safedoor SD100 removes the barriers to the automation of component feeding at machine shops. Safedoor SD100 opens CNC doors that are up to 1 meter wide and weigh 400 kg, at a speed of ...

The modern and user-friendly generation of robots, called collaborative robots (cobots), prove to be safe, efficient, and relatively affordable. Over 50,000 cobots from Universal Robots are currently ...

Robots aren’t just for big factories anymore. Today’s robotic solutions are smarter, more affordable, and easier to deploy — especially for small and midsized shops. Whether it’s collaborative ...

ANN ARBOR, Mich.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Loading and unloading CNC machines is becoming one of the most popular applications for collaborative robots as manufacturers face significant difficulties in ...

The two-day Machine Tending Expo February 23-24 focuses on manufacturers looking for concrete insights on deploying cobots to tend machines such as CNC, press brakes, injection molding machines or 3D ...

In essence, without robust flexible cables, collaborative robots (cobots) and smart factory equipment would suffer frequent downtimes and failures, as standard cables cannot survive the dynamic ...

Robotic automation has the potential to revolutionize the machine shop, allowing machining shops to increase efficiency and productivity while reducing costs. With robots taking on more of the tedious ...

ABSOLUTE MACHINE TOOLS will offer two perspectives on automation at IMTS 2022 – booth 338519 – including options for machine-tending and collaborative robotics. Capable of loading, unloading and ...

Since the first industrial robot, Unimate, was installed at a GM plant in the 1950s, industrial automation has been associated with big businesses running huge operations that involve massive ...

Mitsubishi Electric Automation, Inc. has announced the launch of its ASSISTA collaborative robot in the Americas. As a collaborative robot, or ‘cobot’, ASSISTA is designed to share its workplace with ...

When companies bring products back from off-shored manufacturing operations such as China, the processes cannot be simply dropped back into place and configured with the same old machines and process ...

The automation sector had another exceptional year; it’s best ever, in fact. In 2016, the North American robotics market broke all time records for orders and shipments, according to statistics from ...