This box forming line demos how a simple linear axis system can automate a basic packaging operation | Phot Credit: Bell Everman Packaging operations continue to embrace automation as a way to reduce labor costs and workplace injuries while improving the efficiency and quality of packaged goods. But the use of automation isn’t evenly distributed, […]
FANUC America has introduced its LR Mate 200iD/14L, the 10th model in its LR Mate series of tabletop industrial robots. Since the LR Mate Series was launched nearly 30 years ago, it has become one of FANUC’s biggest sellers with 70,000-plus units installed across the world. The LR Mate can handle parts weighing up to […]
The collaborative mobile manipulator from Waypoint Robotics and Productive Robotics. Over the past few years, you’ve likely heard mobile manipulation is a trend to watch. Perhaps advances being made in a variety of enabling technologies – sensors, controls, power – are finally making mobile manipulation a reality. There have been at least three mobile manipulators […]
FAULHABER’s MC 3001 B (foreground) and MC 3001 P (middle), shown with a matching motherboard from the starter kit in the background. | Photo Credit: FAULHABER The new MC 3001 are unhoused versions of the FAULHABER motion controllers and, by means of the integrated output stage with optimized current measurement, can control dc micromotors, linear […]
Programming industrial robots can be difficult, time consuming and costly. RoboDK addresses these challenges by providing an affordable, simplified simulation and programming platform that supports more than 500 robot arms, from 50 different robot manufacturers, for a wide range of applications. The post RoboDK – Start-Up Profile – Powerful, Cross Platform, Robotics Simulation & Programming […]
Autonomous vehicle developer Waymo raised more than $3 billion in 2020. Source: Waymo Waymo One, the fully autonomous driving ride hailing service, announced today that users in the Phoenix AZ area can now see Waymo One as an option when planning a trip in Google Maps. Until now, the service was only available via the […]
Canonical and Open Robotics announced a 10-year partnership around extended security maintenance (ESM) and enterprise support for the Robot Operating System (ROS). ROS support will be made available as an option to Ubuntu Advantage support customers. Open Robotics is the organization behind ROS. The post Open Robotics, Canonical harden ROS with 10-year support appeared first […]
Doosan Robotics, the South Korea-based developer of collaborative robotic arms, released open-source drivers compatible with ROS 2 Foxy Fitzroy. Foxy Fitzroy is the first ROS 2 release with a three-year, long-term support window. The post Doosan Robotics’ cobots compatible with ROS 2 Foxy Fitzroy appeared first on The Robot Report.
Nuro’s R2 will be delivering Domino’s pizzas to select customers in Houston. | Credit: Nuro Nuro, a 2020 RBR50 Innovation Award winner, is launching autonomous pizza delivery in Houston this week with Domino’s. Select customers who place an online order – on certain days and times – from the Domino’s in Woodland Heights can have […]
How impressed has Walmart been with its last-mile delivery tests with Cruise? So impressed that Walmart just invested in the San Francisco-based developer of autonomous vehicles. Walmart, and several institutional investors, added $750 million to Cruise’s recent funding round, extending it to $2.75 billion. In November 2020, Cruise and Walmart announced a self-driving delivery pilot […]
