Mitsubishi Electric Automation Inc. has announced a sponsorship deal with MassRobotics. MassRobotics is an independent, non-profit organisation serving as an innovation hub for robotics and connected devices. Through this sponsorship, Mitsubishi aims to enhance MassRobotics’ prototyping space so s

JMP Solutions, industrial technology partner to Fortune 1000 companies, has earned CSIA Certified status in the Control System Integrators Association “Best Practices and Benchmarks” certification program. This marks the 13th year JMP has held this coveted certification with CSIA, after receiving

SICK, a leading manufacturer of sensor solutions for industrial applications, is partnering with MassRobotics. With this partnership, local and global robotics startups and corporations will have better access to innovative sensor and safety solutions from SICK. MassRobotics is a nonprofit organiz

Bright Machines has launched what it says the “first software-defined microfactory”. The term “software-defined” is often used in computer networking and implies that a system is less dependent on specific – perhaps expensive – hardware and more defined by the software. Bright Machines says it is

Sick, the sensor specialist, has been named a Top 50 Robotics Company by the Robotics Business Review. The RBR50 is an annual list of the 50 most innovative and transformative robotics companies that have achieved commercial success in the past year. Sick provides sensor technology for a number of

Universal Robots, a collaborative robots maker, has identified Malaysia as a key growth market in line with the country’s increased focus on automation and robotics, as outlined in its national policy on Industry 4.0, called “Industry4WRD”, to transform its manufacturing sector. The manufacturing

Technology research and development company Cambridge Consultants has unveiled what it describes as a “dexterous robot with the human touch”. (See video below.) Breakthrough innovation specialist Cambridge Consultants has developed Hank, a robot with flexible robotic fingers inspired by the hu

KBMax, a company which provides mass customization services to the manufacturing sector, says it has been named “visual configuration leader” by G2 Crowd, a website which collates and presents reviews from users of software. KBMax mainly offers its services through its website, and primarily

A senior executive at industrial giant Omron foresees a time in which cars virtually build themselves in factories. (See interview below.) Bruno Adam, director of Omron’s mobile robot business director in Europe, says that in the future, factories will operate completely differently. The c

Sepro Group, a provider of robotics and industrial automation for the plastic industry, and Universal Robots, a maker of collaborative robots, have signed a partnership agreement enabling Sepro to offer its Vision Control System with UR cobots. Under the terms of this partnership between Sepro and

Mitsubishi Electric Corporation is to acquire the remaining shares of Iconics, Inc., a U.S. software company focused on SCADA, IoT, mobile, analytics and cloud software products for the manufacturing, industrial and building-automation markets. The acquisition makes the company a 100% subsidiary

Industrial robotics and automation company Kuka has signed what it describes as a “strategic partnership” with Schüco. The goal of the exclusive cooperation is the joint development and implementation of automation solutions for tomorrow’s production of windows, doors, and façades. In the initial

Industrial automation provider ABB and telecommunications equipment company Ericsson have strengthened their commitment to accelerate the industrial ecosystem for flexible wireless automation, which will enable enhanced connected services, industrial IoT and artificial intelligence technologies in

KB Components, one of Scandinavia’s leading manufacturers of plastic components, has chosen Swisslog as its partner for automation and logistics development. The two companies started collaborating back in 1986 with the installation of automated pallet cranes and now, more than 30 years late

B&R Automation has added new functions to its mapp Motion software package. It is now possible to represent the structure of a complex machine intuitively in the configuration. The various subsystems of a machine can be linked together. The movements of robots can be easily synchronised wi

SMC Corporation of America, a pneumatics and industrial automation components manufacturer, has joined Universal Robots’ UR+ program, launching the new UR+ certified MHM Series Magnetic Gripper. The gripper is bundled into an easy plug and play kit that integrates to a unique solution for pic

Oceaneering International, Inc., and Pacific Drilling have entered into a five-year Digital Services Package agreement to provide Pacific’s customers with better reliability and improved throughput enabling streaming video and real-time data. This will allow the provision of emerging services

By Andy Legut, FlexQube Too often automation and robotics are characterized by sensors driving Industry 4.0 and the Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT). There are ways to efficiently automate material flow and lean manufacturing principles today. It starts with automating into a fork truc

Epson Robots has signed Smith Power Systems, provider of selling services for its manufacturing partners, as an official distributor for the full line of Epson Robots automation products for the Arkansas, Louisiana, Oklahoma and Texas territories. This includes Epson SCARA, 6-Axis and Linear

OnRobot, the Danish end-of-arm tooling specialist, is opening regional headquarters in Singapore. OnRobot says it will closely focus on the growing demand of end-of-arm-tooling (EOAT) in robotics automation in Southeast Asia. OnRobot specializes in EOAT for collaborative applications, where machin