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University of Sheffield Sign Land Deal for Developing Factory 2050 for Advanced Manufacturing

The first development on the new site will be Factory 2050, a stunning circular building which will combine a range of technologies, including advanced robotics, flexible automation, unmanned workspace, off-line printing in virtual environments linked to plug-and-play robotics, 3D printing from flexible automated systems, man-machine interfaces, and new programming and training tools.

3 Mar 2014

Pemamek Receives Frost & Sullivan Award for Welding Automation Solutions

Based on its recent analysis of the welding automation market, Frost & Sullivan recognizes Pemamek Oy Ltd. with the 2013 Global Frost & Sullivan Award for Company of the Year.

20 Sep 2013

Cirrus Acquires Robotic Trim and Drill Facility for Conforming Jet Development

Cirrus Aircraft announced today the Vision SF50 personal jet program has made significant progress toward certification, including acquisition of manufacturing equipment to build the new airplane. The company confirms that first delivery is still scheduled for late 2015.

30 Jul 2013

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

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

Kickstarter Crowdfunding Campaign Launched for Portable Handibot Robotic Power Tool

ShopBot Tools, Inc., today launched a Kickstarter crowdfunding campaign (handibot.com/fund) to support development and distribution of its latest hardware innovation, the Handibot™ smart power tool. This 30-day campaign hopes to raise $125,000, and one of the main rewards for contributors is to get a first-run Handibot Smart Digital Power Tool six weeks after the close of the campaign.

29 Jun 2013

Intelligrated Launch New Enhancements for 950 Series Hybrid Palletizers

Intelligrated®, a leading North American-based automated material handling solutions provider, launches two new enhancements for its Alvey® 950 series hybrid palletizers.

From Honeywell Intelligrated 30 Oct 2012

Teams at Carnegie Mellon University to Compete in DARPA Robotics Challenge

Roboticists at Carnegie Mellon University will field two teams in the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) Robotics Challenge, a competition in which robots will perform complex, physically challenging tasks as they respond to disaster scenarios in human-engineered environments, such as nuclear power plants.

25 Oct 2012

Adept Technology Launches Refurbishing Program for Cobra SCARA Robots

Adept Technology, Inc., a leading provider of intelligent robots and autonomous mobile solutions and services, introduces its Refurbishing Program for popular Cobra™ SCARA robots.

10 Oct 2012

Baetsen Recycling Purchases ZenRobotics Recycler

The Netherlands Baetsen Recycling, Son has declared that it has acquired ‘ZenRobotics Recycler (ZRR)’, in the Netherlands. ZRR is the world’s first robotic recycling system. The complete system marks the advanced technology currently available for waste management.

15 Sep 2012