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Schunk is launching a mobile, anthropomorphic gripper arm on the market that can be intuitively programmed virtually, optionally reacts to collisions and enables different gripping operations in immediate succession.
read more...B&R is expanding its modular 'mapp Technology' software kit: 'mapp Robox' and 'mapp Teach' can be used to parameterize and commission any robot kinematics. With 'mapp Robox', any robot kinematics with up to 15 axes can be controlled.
read more...According to the manufacturer Stäubli, the robots of the 'TX2' series offer new safety functions and thus possibilities for human-robot collaboration in addition to increased performance in all aspects.
read more...Thanks to their two-arm structure, the Scara robots in Kawasaki's Duaro series can perform real, independent two-arm tasks which, according to the manufacturer, could previously only be carried out by humans in this complex manner.
read more...Made in China 2025 - this is the motto under which China aims to become a high-tech nation. The 'SPS-Industrial Automation Fair' (SIAF) took place in Guanghzou at the beginning of March. Computer&AUTOMATION investigated the level of automation technology in China.
read more...Hahn Robotics launches the Sawyer collaborative robot from Rethink Robotics on the German market. Weighing 19 kg, it has seven degrees of freedom/joints with a reach of 1260 mm in a 360° radius.
read more...With the Rail System, Rollon offers a modular system of various heavy-duty linear axes and guides that can be used to add a seventh axis to robot applications.
read more...The Kuka Group closed the 2015 financial year with record figures. Due to the strong global demand for robots and automation solutions, both order intake and sales as well as earnings increased by a significant double-digit percentage.
read more...The Chinese Huawei Group has signed a memorandum of understanding with Kuka at Cebit. The aim: to develop 'smart manufacturing solutions' for industrial markets in Europe and China.
read more..."Human meets Robotics" - this was the motto of Schunk's 9th 'Expert Days on Service Robotics'. It became clear that international standards are needed for robot-supported assistance systems to become a matter of course in everyday industrial life.
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