ANN ARBOR, Mich.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Loading and unloading CNC machines is becoming one of the most popular applications for collaborative robots as manufacturers face significant difficulties in ...

The two-day Machine Tending Expo February 23-24 focuses on manufacturers looking for concrete insights on deploying cobots to tend machines such as CNC, press brakes, injection molding machines or 3D ...

Two different demonstrations will show the power and productivity of robotics-enabled work cells and the simplicity and functionality of cobots. ABSOLUTE MACHINE TOOLS will offer two perspectives on ...

The world’s first completely automatic door opening solution for robotic machine tending, fits to any robot and CNC machine in under an hour. Made4CNC’s new Safedoor SD100 removes the barriers to the ...

Collaborative robots, also commonly known as cobots, refer to robots that work side-by-side with human operators. Unlike industrial robots that are separated from human operators, cobots share the ...

Concept: Danish company ‘Universal Robots’ has begun deploying and selling Collaborative Robots, also known as COBOTs, focusing on flexible automation for manufacturers of all sizes. COBOTs open ...

As the development of collaborative robotic systems continues, the line between typical industrial robots and those deemed “cobots” continues to blur. We all want to know what makes our co-workers ...

Workplaces where humans labor side by side with robots and other automation systems will become more common in the years ahead, and one of the trends fueling these types of environments is the ...

Since the first industrial robot, Unimate, was installed at a GM plant in the 1950s, industrial automation has been associated with big businesses running huge operations that involve massive ...

Not long ago the concept may have seemed to be many years away from reality, but it now appears that we’ve reached the tipping point in human-robot collaboration. Though the days of industrial robots ...

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When the U.S. globalization push of the 1990s outsourced manufacturing, proponents could not have known the full impact this shift would have at home. Not only were many towns wiped out, their ...