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Self-Driving Robot Makes Life Easier for Ford Employees

May 14, 2019

VALENCIA, Spain—Autonomous vehicles from Ford are still a few years away, but one little robot is already showing what’s possible.

Assembly Plants at the Forefront of Industry 4.0

The Future is Now

Austin Weber

May 10, 2019

Factories of the future will feature advanced technology, such as additive manufacturing, artificial intelligence, augmented reality, data analytics and digital twins. While many manufacturers are still ramping up their Industry 4.0 initiatives, several assembly plants are already at the forefront. They are embracing the Fourth Industrial Revolution and reaping the benefits.

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.

Lights-Out Automation: Fact or Fiction?

Humans are the most flexible “machine” for assembly tasks

Austin Weber

May 9, 2019

Lights-out automation has been a dream of engineers for more than 200 years. The goal is to push a button and let machines work unattended.

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.

AI and Machine Learning in Manufacturing

Artificial intelligence and machine learning promise to improve maintenance, quality and supply chain management

John Sprovieri

May 3, 2019

Robots and other automation technologies have greatly increased productivity in today's factories. However, they still have one major limitation: They require people to tell them what to do.

MIT Robots Track Moving Objects

April 17, 2019

CAMBRIDGE, MA—Engineers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) have developed a way for robots to home in on moving objects with unprecedented speed and accuracy.

Case Western Studies Human-Robot Relations

April 17, 2019

CLEVELAND—Engineers at Case Western Reserve University are working on a new research project to study, predict and optimize how robots will interact with human coworkers in factories of the future.

ARM Selects 11 Robotics R&D Projects

April 10, 2019

PITTSBURGH—Advanced Robotics for Manufacturing (ARM) has selected 11 projects that aim to strengthen U.S. manufacturing and create new industrial automation applications.

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.