Industrial robotics is undergoing a profound transformation. Previously confined to repetitive tasks within safety cages, the new humanoid robots are now being integrated directly onto production lines alongside operators. Unlike traditional articulated arms, these...
Allied Electronics & Automation, a Texas-based omni-channel provider of product and service solutions, is pleased to announce the new RS DesignSpark Accelerate program. The new incubator program will be housed at the RS DesignSpark Innovation Center in...
GROB Systems, Inc., the Blufton, Ohio-based developer of manufacturing systems and machine tools, has launched a new versatile and customizable automation solution which, it believes, will further improve machining productivity at a range of GROB machining centers....
Tucked away in a metal cage in a corner of a 350,000 sq ft Amazon warehouse outside Boston last week, a single yellow robot arm sorted through packages, preparing items to be shipped out to eager customers across the nation. This initial robot will soon be joined by...
Volkswagen Group has announced its plans to automate 20 to 30 percent of production at its new Trinity assembly plant under construction in Wolfsburg, Germany. In a press statement Sebastian Schmickartz, the plant’s chief production officer said “Assembly is still 90...
Volvo trucks announced details of its new battery assembly plant in Ghent, Belgium last week as the company continues to make encouraging headway in its drive to electrify its truck transportation. The Ghent plant is the first of its kind that the company has launched...
Stellantis has announced that it will invest $99 million in three North American assembly plants for production of a new four-cylinder turbocharged engine. The company revealed that it will invest in the Dundee Engine Complex in Michigan, the Kokomo Casting Plant in...
Mitsubishi Electric have unveiled its new Automation Melservo-J5D servo amplifiers which the company claims are ideal for medium to large servo applications that require multiple drive units capable of managing regenerative energy. Available in 400V and 1kW to 7kW...
Italy-based Roboze has focused on high temperature 3D printing for several years, a domain where exotic engineering polymers can be used to 3D print extremely strong and functional parts for production purposes. In some applications, the 3D printed polymer parts are...
The labor shortage is an ongoing concern in manufacturing, as the COVID-19 pandemic triggered employee moves across industries and put in place new guidelines for sick days and isolations at many manufacturing facilities. In short, it’s now more difficult to fill...
