Cross-training, as it pertains to the workplace, is a very important in today’s job market. The same can be said for assembly robots.Someone working in a bakery will not only bake bread. They will also be trained to make doughnuts, bake pastries, and decorate cakes and other confect

A welding line is the line created when two flow fronts meet. The fronts don’t weld or knit themselves together properly, which causes locally weak areas in the product. A welding line occurs when the mold or material temperatures are set too low, so that the materials are too cold

It is easy to understand why being able to “see” an item might be effective in helping to improve assembly robotics. I mean, would it be easier to assemble an item while blindfolded or while looking at it? The same principle applies to vision assembly robots. When given a camera tha

Since the early days of manufacturing, man has always tried to further innovation while simplifying construction. Assembly robotics is no exception. There is one major question that manufacturers need to answer when attempting to pare down their processes: How do we cut costs? The a

ROBOGUIDE, a robot simulator program developed by Fanuc, houses a host of options for software products. The simulation occurs by using a virtual robot. Both the robot’s movement and application commands are simulated with this program. Fanuc ensures a highly accurate simulation pro

“I can see clearly now….since I have iRVision.” Fanuc developed an all-inclusive robotic vision product entitled iRVision so that users can enjoy a fully integrated vision system instead of relying on a third party company. Fanuc offers the support of one supplier for not only the r

Automating industrial production with robots brings obvious benefits. Reduced labor costs, lower part-cycle times, less wasted material, and better quality control make robotic manufacturing highly desirable. Once the choice to automate is made, the line of industrial robots from Fa

Industrial robot technology has advanced steadily from its start in the 1970’s, with evolutionary progress in characteristics like payload capacity, freedom of movement, and tooling applications. Recently, revolutionary advancements in robot vision have emerged. Robots that can see

Yaskawa Motoman Robotics, a leader in the robotic industry, has been producing robot controllers for years. The current models are the NX100, the DX100 and the FS100.While the DX100 is called “dynamic,” and the NX100 controller is the said to able to control up to four robots, the M

While the new KUKA controller may sound explosive with a name like “C4,” this robot controller is anything but dangerous.The KR C4 is the newest KUKA controller, and the company boasts that this controller has more power, intelligence, safety and flexibility than anything in the pas

A gantry robot, also known as a Cartesian robot, are robots that are hung on an overhead track that runs above a work area, as opposed to being mounted to the floor. Gantry robots can move back and forth on this linear track.Typically, gantry robotic systems are used for material ha

Cars, stove-tops, medical devices, and computer parts… What do they all have in common? Assembly robots are building them as we speak. Robotic assembly is gaining speed in the manufacturing of goods used every day across the globe. “The only way to make assembly processes cost-effec

Rough around the edges? Invest in deburr automation! When burrs, sharp edges, or fins are left on metal parts after they have been cut, they are removed by a process called deburring. In the past, this task was performed manually. Recently, companies have been yielding the benefits

Robotic arm controllers are the nerve centers of each robot. The controller is a large computer that feeds programmed code from the teach pendant to the robot, allowing it to interact with other systems or to run an application. There are two different sizes of robotic controllers,

KUKA Robotics did not actually start as a robotics company. The KUKA Company has been around since 1898, when it specialized in welding apparatuses in Europe. It wasn’t until 1971 that KUKA began producing robots. As a matter of fact, KUKA was the first to produce a welding system i

According to a Reuters report, there is a woman in Pittsburgh who can how move items and feed herself using a robotic arm that is directly controlled by her thoughts. This mechanical arm is part of research about brain-machine interfacing. Scientists believe that this interface coul

Ceramic tiles are heavy, expensive, and very fragile. These are the very reasons that companies have shunned the idea of robotic manufacturing automation for so long. For years, human workers had arranged these tiles into the proper packaging as gently as possible to ready them for

Tending to a machine while it performs a task can be a dangerous and tedious job. Enter: robots. Automated machine tending makes sense financially and will improve quality and speed of production. Machine tending robot software enables a machine tending robot to do its job effective

Want to make palletizing a painless process pronto? The need for speed and efficiency is crucial in palletizing operations. When searching for that perfect palletizing software, there is a plethora of options. KUKA offers PalletLayout and PalletPro palletizing software, which both p

Fanuc Robotics, a leading manufacturer of robots and robot controllers in the industry, is putting its money where its mouth is by using a fully automated system to build its own products.Fanuc makes several controllers for its vast line of industrial robot models. These units are p