Seegrid, maker of flexible Automated Guided Vehicles (AGVs) was recently honored to be listed as one of Food Logistics Top 100 Software and Technology Providers. Food Logistics, the only publication dedicated exclusively to the food and beverage supply chain, this week announced the tenth annual FL100 list, which will appear in the November/December 2013 issue.
Robots don’t always have it easy. They have to do their jobs in the dust and dirt – not to mention reliably and with utmost precision. All this in tough environments such as machine tools as well, where they are challenged by major stresses like swarf, cooling lubricants, oil or water spray.
Robotics and control systems expert John T. Wen, head of the Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering (ISE) at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, recently received the 2013 Transition to Practice Award from the IEEE Control Systems Society.
Nordson EFD, a Nordson company, the world’s leading precision fluid dispensing systems manufacturer, announces its new website Dispensing Solutions Video Gallery. The video gallery can be found at www.nordsonefd.com/videos. More than 60 videos are available featuring dispensing-related applications, technologies, solutions, and product information.
It's only been a few weeks since Carnegie Mellon University's National Robotics Engineering Center (NREC) completed assembly of its four-limbed CHIMP robot, but the Tartan Rescue Team has high hopes for the robot's performance at the DARPA Robotics Challenge (DRC) Trials Dec. 20-21.
On December 6, the region's agriculture minister, Leonid Gromov took part in the inauguration of the first unit of the robotic animal breeding complex Kaluzhskaya Niva in the Ferzikovo district.
The works of art by acclaimed Israeli industrial designer and artist Yaron Elyasi can now be produced by a KUKA robot: what was once a one-off creation now forms the basis for industrially manufactured designer objects. For Elyasi, it’s a dream come true: “Robot-based automation enables the consistent production of multiple units, whereas manual methods previously only allowed individual items to be made.”
Research and Markets has announced the addition of a new report "Global Nuclear Response Robot Market Report 2013 to 2019" to their offering.
FANUC has officially merged all of its operations in the Americas into a single company named FANUC America Corporation. The new company, headquartered in Rochester Hills, Michigan will have combined annual sales in excess of $1B and 22 locations.
The current issue of Automation.com featured manufacturing journalist, TR Cutler talked about the past-paced, ever-changing elements of automation impacting manufacturing, material handling, and logistics. Industrial Truck Association President, Jeff Rufener, predicted that by 2025 fully automated and guided vehicles will account for 50% of industrial truck sales.
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