Thursday, November 8, 2018 2:00pm ET / 11:00am PT ‘Motion’ in the physical world, whether in the form of changing place, position or posture, is perhaps the greatest differentiator between robotic systems and all other classes of engineered products. It is motion is that makes robotics systems ‘robotic’, and it is advances in…
Watch a UR5e cobot ring NYSE closing bell
The ringing of the closing bell today at the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) was performed by a UR5e cobot from Universal Robots (UR). The UR5e, equipped with a Robotiq gripper, became the first cobot to ring the closing bell. On Feb. 6, 2018, Bina48, a robot developed by Hanson Robotics, was involved (see video…
Universal Robots debuting packaging solutions at Pack Expo
Packaging environments are notoriously tightly constrained, and in large part, still manual operations. At Pack Expo 2018 (October 14-17 in Chicago), collaborative robots leader Universal Robots (UR) is showcasing its first solution for random robotic case erecting: the XPAK ROBOX. The new UR-powered box erector developed by XPAK, allows packagers to randomly erect any box…
Universal Robots Application Builder eases cell deployment
Following its e-Series launch at Automatica 2018, Universal Robots (UR) unveiled its Application Builder tool last week at IMTS 2018 in Chicago. UR says its Application Builder eases robotic cell configuration and deployment while raising robot literacy and capabilities. Application Builder walks users through the entire process of building a UR robot application. The online configuration…
UR10 Cobot Helps Canadian Manufacturer Increase Sales 40%
Etalex, a Canadian manufacturer of commercial interiors, metal fixtures, shelving, wood furnishings and heavy-duty racking systems, struggled with picking metal parts out of a press brake leading to significant automation problems. Etalex had no room for safety guarding in front of the press and needed a flexible, user-friendly robot that could safely handle pick and…
Enrico Krog Iversen’s Impact on the Robotics Industry
Denmark is a country with less than 6 million people but a very successful working robotics cluster that performs as a funder, equalizer and instigator. Denmark is 6th in global robot density (a measure of the number of multi-purpose industrial robots per 10,000 employees in the manufacturing sector) behind Korea, Singapore, Germany, Japan, and Sweden,…
Clearpath Robotics offering ROS-enabled cobot arms from Universal Robots
Clearpath Robotics, a global provider of mobile robots for research and development, is now a Universal Robots Certified System Integrator (CSI). With this new relationship, the UR3, UR5 and UR10 collaborative robot arms will be available from Clearpath Robotics with out-of-the-box ROS functionality and support. Clearpath Robotics is a manufacturer of mobile robot platforms and has…
Q&A: Universal Robots co-founder Esben Østergaard
Automatica 2018 was quite the success for Universal Robots. Not only did the Danish manufacturer of collaborative robot arms launch its next-generation e-Series and have a major presence throughout the exhibition halls, co-founder and CTO Esben Østergaard was named a winner of the 2018 Engelberger Robotics Award. Gudrun Litzenberger, General Secretary of the International Federation of Robotics,…
Universal Robots e-Series cobots launch at Automatica
Collaborative robots pioneer Universal Robots unveiled at Automatica 2018 its e-Series cobot arms, the next generation of its flagship line. The company says the UR3e, UR5e, and UR10e offer more precision and sensitivity, enabling a wider range of applications, faster set up times and new safety features. Universal Robots, which has seen strong growth in…
OptoForce releases new software for Universal Robots
OptoForce, a provider of multi-axis force and torque sensors, has completely rewritten its core software. This results in new capabilities and automation tasks not previously available for Universal Robots industrial robots. The new developments also feature greater speed for integration on many industrial robotic functions. For example, the speed of pin insertion and path recording with…
Universal Robots sees strong growth in Asia
Universal Robots, a leading provider of collaborative robots, announced 2017 revenue of $170 million. That represents 72 percent growth for the Odense, Denmark-based company. Jürgen von Hollen, president of Universal Robots, told The Robot Report the company had its best quarter ever in Q4 2017. The returns of $54 million were a 61 percent improvement from the same…
How Assa Abloy Closed the Skills Gap with Robotics
Manufacturing workers are tough to find in Bucharest, Romania. In one of the city’s main plants, Assa Abloy Romania, the skills gap is widening every year. The factory’s management invested in robotics to automate simple tasks and fill value-added positions with their actual workers. This generated in-house robotics expertise that set an example for the…
Aircraft Tooling Uses UR10 Cobots for Aviation Repair
Aircraft Tooling Inc., a Dallas, Texas-based aviation repair center, has grown from a component-only repair station to include overhaul of complete landing gear and engine mount assembly and accessories. The main objective of ATI’s repair scheme is to restore high-cost parts to new standard dimensions and release for further declared life. ATI was looking to…
What cool sensor-enabled products were at CES 2018? Part 5
At CES 2018, exhibiting companies displayed many new products for smart homes, smart health, smart cars and more. Comfort, energy efficiency and a healthy home environment (clean air) are an integral part of a smart home. The Yes It Is Tag Sensor, an Innovation Award at CES 2018 Honoree, provides the means to achieve all […]