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OPS+ Unit for Effective Protection of Robot End Effector by Schunk

The OPS+ effectively protects the robot and end effector from being damaged during a crash.

From SCHUNK GmbH & Co. KG 16 Jul 2013

NASA Selects Vanderbilt Robotics Researcher as 2013 Class of Space Technology Research Fellow

Vanderbilt graduate student Electa Baker is one 65 individuals that NASA has selected for its 2013 class of Space Technology Research Fellows.

15 Jul 2013

Modular Snake Robot Could Serve as Valuable Inspection Tool at Nuke Plants

Tests of a modular snake robot in an Austrian nuclear power plant proved the multi-jointed robot with a camera on its head can crawl through a variety of steam pipes and connecting vessels, suggesting it could be a valuable inspection tool, report researchers at Carnegie Mellon University's Robotics Institute.

10 Jul 2013

QBotix Unveils SolBot R-225 and Other Enhancements for Its Robotic Tracking System

QBotix, which harnesses the power of robotics for the solar industry, today at Intersolar North America unveiled the SolBot R-225 and other enhancements for its Robotic Tracking System (RTS), a next generation system for optimizing the productivity of solar power plants.

10 Jul 2013

GE Aviation Dedicates Global Robotics, Automation and Instrumentation R&D Centre in Quebec

GE Aviation opens a new Global Robotics, Automation and Instrumentation R&D Centre in Bromont, Quebec.

10 Jul 2013

MetraLabs and Roth & Rau – Ortner Debut New Mobile Robot at SEMICON West 2013

Roth & Rau - Ortner, a factory automation specialist, and its partner MetraLabs Automation, Inc., a provider of freely navigating autonomous mobile robots, today introduced their jointly-developed mobile robot, SCOUT® at SEMICON West.

10 Jul 2013

Intelligrated to Exhibit Alvey Robotic Palletizing and Depalletizing Solutions at PACK EXPO

Intelligrated®, a North American-based automated material handling solutions provider, announces its show lineup for PACK EXPO 2013, Sept. 23-25 at the Las Vegas Convention Center. With a focus on mixed-load order fulfillment for manufacturing and direct-to-retail distribution, Intelligrated will feature its Alvey® robotic palletizing and depalletizing solutions in booth #2036.

From Honeywell Intelligrated 10 Jul 2013

RSS Manufacturing & Phylrich Quickens Production with UR5 Robot

Before the faucet maker RSS Manufacturing & Phylrich put the UR5 robot to work, bending 1500 units on a tube bender using manual labor would take 3 days. With the Universal Robot, the same job took four hours.

9 Jul 2013

Trust Automation’s Ultra High Vacuum Robotics to be Showcased at Semicon West 2013

Trust Automation, Inc., the world's leading developer of linear amplifiers and creator of high precision motion control and system design devices for the semiconductor industry, announced today that it will be demonstrating its Ultra High Vacuum (UHV) Robotics at Semicon West 2013 in booth 2322.

From Trust Automation, Inc. 3 Jul 2013

Physik Instrumente Expand High-Load Hexapod Production & Test Facility

Parallel precision positioning specialist Physik Instrumente recently added a new building with more production floors, metrology labs and R&D office space to its factory in Karlsruhe, Germany.

From PI (Physik Instrumente) LP 3 Jul 2013