Robotics Award 2016 for X-Arm robot hand
WHN Technologies from Grabenstätt impressed the jury of this year's Robotics Award. It honors innovative, applied robot solutions. Computer&AUTOMATION took a closer look at the three finalists.
read more...read more...Control up to 15 axes
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...Cooperation between humans and robots
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...Rising incoming orders in all divisions
"We can look back on a successful financial year," summarized ABB Germany CEO Hans-Georg Krabbe when announcing the figures for 2015. While order intake increased in all divisions, sales in the automation divisions fell slightly.
read more...Automation in China
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...Review of the 'Expert Days on Service Robotics'
"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.
read more...Humanoid robot 'Atlas' keeps a calm head
In a demo video, scientists from Google subsidiary Boston Dynamics show the results of their current work on the humanoid robot 'Atlas'. Even deliberate disruptive maneuvers do not throw the biped off its stride.
read more...Industry 4.0 in Japan
At the beginning of December 2015, the Japanese automation trade fair SCF and the robot trade fair iREX took place together for the first time in Tokyo. What can already be seen there in terms of Industry 4.0? Computer&AUTOMATION interviewed two industry experts to find out.
read more...Autonomous assistants are moving into factories
Human-robot collaboration (HRC) alone is not enough to make production more flexible. There is also a need for mobile platforms on which robots can move independently through factory halls and transport goods or workpieces.
read more...Obama opens the Hannover Messe 2016
The USA is the partner country of the Hannover Messe this year - and the organizers are therefore expecting a high-ranking visitor from there: US President Barack Obama will open the industrial trade fair together with German Chancellor Angela Merkel.
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