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With these innovative tools, manufacturers no longer need to invest in expensive and complicated custom-designed solutions.Program and install, as easy as 1-2-3Robotiq shook up the cobot industry with the release of our Adaptive Grippers over 6 years ago. Now, with the addition of AirPick and EPick to the Robotiq Gripper family, we've expanded our lineup of reliable, high-quality grippers. AirPick and EPick give manufacturers full control over their automation process:Easy to program Fast …

Collaborative robots are promoted as not requiring safety guarding and able to work right alongside human employees. This does not necessarily mean they are inherently safe once deployed with any attachments, such as sharp end-effectors or welding tools. The engineering team must consider the application and the environment when creating and implementing a collaborative robot system.Two of the most critical safety standards relating to collaborative robot cells are the ISO/TS 15066 and RIA TR 15 …

According to a McKinsey Global Institute (MGI) study released this month, 65% of manufacturing work has the potential to be automated. This massive shift in labor affects 29.6 Million workers in the Americas alone with Brazil, United States, Mexico, Argentina and Peru topping the list of those impacted. This is not to say that 29.6 million people will be replaced by robots and out of work; it simply means that the definition of having a manufacturing job, and its requirements, is changin …

Cobots from Universal Robots give companies access to all the benefits of advanced robotic automation, with none of the extra costs associated with traditional robot programming, set-up, and dedicated, shielded work cells. This makes robotic automation affordable for SMEs, small-batch production runs, and other setups where it would otherwise be too expensive. Easy ProgrammingPatented technology lets operators with no programming experience quickly set up and operate our cobots with in …

Eliminating human error from manufacturing is one of the primary goals of industrial automation. Advances in robotic technology have introduced a more flexible, less expensive robot that mimics the actions of a human.Traditional robots are typically single-purpose uses, such as stacking pack boxes on a pallet. New collaborative robots can be programmed to perform a variety of tasks and can be easily moved around a factory floor when a change is needed and do not require a complete floorplan chan …