- Thermwood's market-smart
robots.
Thermwood's Market-Smart Robots How did a small robotics manufacturer based in Dale survive the industry's euphoria and shakeout? Four years ago, Ken Susnjara saw the future for the industrial robotics company he ran--and blinked. It was like peering into a balance-sheet black hole. The erstwhile engineering whiz kid had reached ......
- FANUC Robotics celebrates 25th
Anniversary.
FANUC Robotics America, Inc., the Rochester Hills, MI-based supplier of robotic automation, recently celebrated its 25th anniversary. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] With more than 172,000 units in service globally, the FANUC companies offer sales, engineering and support of robotic systems. More than 80,000 FANUC robots are at work in the Americas ......
- RI/SME brings Robotic Challenge to RIT. (RI/SME
Update).
Dearborn, Mich. -- Future manufacturing engineers have an opportunity to launch a career at the Robotic Technology Engineering Challenge, sponsored by Robotics International of the Society of Manufacturing Engineers, May 4-5 at the Rochester (N.Y.) Institute of Technology. Students who are serious about an engineering career can have fun getting ......
- Small parts assembly robot.
The new LR Mate 200iC/5H robot from FANUC Robotics is designed for small part assembly applications typically handled by SCARA-type robots. The five-axis, LR Mate 200iC/5H is the latest member of FANUC Robotics' family of lightweight, compact minirobots, offering 'best in class' wrist load capacity, repeatability, work envelope, and ......
- HMIs in Robotics
In complex, sophisticated manufacturing environments where robots are increasingly deployed, it is imperative to know at every moment what your robots are doing now as well as what they've done in the past. Whether the process involves initialization and commissioning, operations, or repair and maintenance, abundant information must be gathered, ......
- Robot Suppliers Are Branching Out
The cyclical auto industry is in yet another slump, so it's once again time for the robotics industry to dust off a recurring strategy: expanding into areas other than automotive. This time, robot suppliers feel they've got a good chance of reducing their dependence on vehicle production. There's no question ......
- Send in the Spelbots! Spelman College's tech
team's got game.
THE SOCCER PLAYERS STORM THE field wearing their team uniforms. Playing before a crowd in Bremen, Germany, these athletes may not be household names like Beckham, Ronaldinho, or Zidane, but they are part of a growing field in technology. These "players" are in fact Sony AIBO robots, programmed by ......