Automated material transport with trailers
The MiR250 Hook from MIR can automatically pick up and move transport trolleys. The autonomous robot moves loads of up to 500 kg using a trailer system.
read more...read more...Without a cage, but still safe!
Particularly high safety requirements apply at the interfaces between humans and robots. However, this is precisely where enormous efficiency potential can be exploited, as the example of the modernization of a 'Kitkat' factory shows.
read more...Vehicle swarm is industrialized
The Kion Group licenses Fraunhofer IML's LoadRunner technology for its group of companies. The autonomous vehicle swarm equipped with artificial intelligence is to be further developed and industrialized in a joint enterprise lab.
read more...Management expanded
Since September 1, 2021, SMB International has had dual leadership: Dr. Arne Dethlefs is managing the fortunes of the system and plant engineering company together with long-time Managing Director Andreas Heckel.
read more...Acquisition in the field of mobile robots
Locus Robotics, provider of autonomous mobile robots (AMR) for fulfillment warehouses, has acquired Waypoint Robotics, active in the field of autonomous, omnidirectional mobile robots for industrial use.
read more...Object protection with 3D obstacle detection
With the second generation of the ActiveShuttle, Bosch Rexroth is increasing the safety, efficiency and flexibility of autonomous transportation thanks to camera-based 3D obstacle detection.
read more...Practical examples for cobots
Universal Robots (UR) can be found at Motek with a large number of practical applications.
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Robot integration made easy!
'We are so small, there is no potential for robot automation here', 'Robotics is expensive, complicated and difficult to implement'. What is the truth behind these prejudices? The round table 'The robot as colleague' gets to the bottom of this.
read more...Frank Konrad is the new Chairman
The Managing Director of Hahn Automation, Frank Konrad, is the new Chairman of the VDMA Robotics + Automation Association. He succeeds Wilfried Eberhardt from Kuka.
read more...Robotics and artificial intelligence
Improving the navigation of autonomous robots
The research project on artificial intelligence in autonomous robots at Frankfurt UAS is being extended. At the same time, UAS announces a cooperation with the Honda Research Institute Europe.
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