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Collaborative Robots Help Finish Cars at Ford Assembly Plant in Germany

November 20, 2019

For the first time, Ford Motor Co. has deployed a team of collaborative robots, or cobots, to work alongside employees at its assembly plant here to ensure that every Ford Fiesta has a perfect finish

Transporting Cobot with High Payload

November 19, 2019

The MiR1000 is a collaborative transporter robot with a payload of 1,000 kilograms.

Collaborative Robot Technology Is Maturing

July 29, 2019

LONDON—During the past decade, collaborative robots have taken the manufacturing world by storm. ABI Research predicts that the human friendly machines will generate $6 billion in annual revenue by 2027.

How to Effectively Deploy Cobots

Assemblers could be throwing away as much as $90,000 per year due to improper integration of collaborative robots

Scott Mazon

July 15, 2019

Collaborative robots are an exciting area of growth for automation and manufacturing. A potentially useful and cost-effective automated tool for manufacturing, "cobots" can work safely with people in a shared workspace, enhancing flexibility and reducing risk.

Additive Manufacturing: The Quest for Automation

Robots and other tools are key to mass-producing printed parts

Austin Weber

July 9, 2019

Plastic injection molding, metal casting and metal stamping are age-old processes that form the backbone of manufacturing. Traditionally, there's no better way to mass-produce plastic or metal parts.

Human-Robot Collaboration Quickens BIW Completion

Jim Camillo

June 6, 2019

Some automotive enthusiasts get their fix by building a car themselves. Others thoroughly enjoy watching the pros do it; i.e., assemblers on the production line.

New Robots, Grippers Unveiled at Automate 2019

The 2019 Automate Show in Chicago featured the latest technologies in robotics, vision and motion control

John Sprovieri

May 9, 2019

More than 20,000 manufacturing professionals saw the newest robots, vision systems and motion control technologies during the 2019 Automate show and conference, which was held April 8-11 at McCormick Place in Chicago.

Software Plug-in Expands UR Cobot Capabilities

Jim Camillo

May 7, 2019

Denmark is famous for being the home of Hamlet, The Little Mermaid and Lego. The nation is also well-known for its thriving robotics industry, thanks in no small part to Universal Robots A/S.

Interactive Controls Guide Industrial Robots

April 10, 2019

HANNOVER, Germany—Engineers at the Fraunhofer Institute for Machine Tools and Forming Technology (IWU) have developed a way for people and robots to work together in an intuitive way that feels like human teamwork.