- Creativity Abounds at Student Robotics
Challenge.
The 14th annual RI/SME Student Robotic Challenge at Robert Morris College in Pennsylvania recently drew 800 students on 230 teams representing 58 schools from 12 states. Sponsored by Robotics International of the Society of Manufacturing Engineers, the competition provides middle school through university students with the opportunity to demonstrate their ......
- Innovative Ideas at ISR Offer Hint of Future
Applications.
In May of this year, the world's leading robotics researchers and teachers will gather in Montreal for the International Symposium on Robots. Robotics World will be on hand to cover this annual event, and our reportage will appear in the July/August issue. The ISR is sponsored by the International Federation ......
- The next robotics frontier.
Today's servo robots can do a lot more than demold parts. They can also help you automate secondary operations - everything from decorating and assembly to inspection and packaging. Robots have long demonstrated their capacity to enhance productivity in injection molding operations by allowing faster cycle times, reducing scrap, and ......
- Parts handling equipment: robots: product lines
reviewed.
Parts Handling Equipment ROBOTS AKR ROBOTICS, INC. The AKR 3000 robotic manipulator is a jointed-arm robot designed for spray finishing and FRP spray-up applications. Modular design offers a number of arm lenghts, rotation options, stand height, and number of movement axes (up to seven). Direct lead-through teaching or CNC-type programming ......
- Motion Control/Power Transmission
Robotic modules Configure up to four axes EZ Modules factory automation robotic units are easy-to-assemble modular axes that can be configured as 1-, 2-, 3- , or 4-axis mechanisms. They run on the company's RC420 and RC520 controllers and ship with RC+ software. Module systems can be upgraded by adding ......
- KUKA Robotics Joining NADCA, Focusing on North American Metalcasting Market
KUKA Robotics Corp. has joined the North American Die Casting Assn., part of that company's ongoing expansion in the domestic metalcasting industry. Based in Clinton Township, MI, KUKA is a division of KUKA Roboter GmbH, Augsburg, Germany, is one of the world's top manufacturers of industrial robots. NADCA represents diecasters ......
- What is a robotic end-effector?
According to ATI Industrial Automation," A robotic end-effector is any object attached to the robot flange (wrist) that serves a function. This would include robotic grippers, robotic tool changers, robotic collision sensors, robotic rotary joint, robotic press tooling, compliance device, robotic paint gun, robotic &burring tool, robotic arc welding gun, ......