A New York – US based firm, Grishin Robotics, which is known for its invetments in different types of Robotics firms, has just announced its latest investment deal a couple days ago, in the firm called Double Robotics, which builds telepresence robots. The most apparent things about the telepresence robots by Double Robitcs are, its […]
Here is an interesting and very informative article provided to us by Frank Tobe of The Robot Report, from his blog Everything-Robotic. “Pure play” is an investment term that refers to a company which is exclusively focused on a particular product or service. An investor buys stock in pure play companies in order to obtain […]
Galil Introduces DMC-30017 Pocket Motion Controller Single-Axis Controller with Microstepping Drive (Rocklin, CA) — Galil Motion Control, an industry leader in motion control technology, is announcing a stepper motor drive option for their DMC-30000 Pocket Motion Controller Series. The new DMC-30017 combines a single-axis motion controller with a 6A microstepping drive. Like other products in the DMC-30000 Series, the […]
Universal Robots has developed a modern, light weight, and flexible industrial robotic arm, capable of performing many tedious and repetitive production-related tasks. The 6-axis robot, created by the Danish company, weighs a mere 18kg and can handle a payload of up to 5kg. It has a working radius of 850mm, a repeatability of +/-0.1mm and […]
It seems that the global financial crisis, which affected almost all industries in a negative way in the recent years also hit the robotics industry. Overall, worldwide stock performance of robotic stocks over the last four years has been disappointing. Here are some figures and a chart provided to us by Robo-Stox™ of Therobotreport.com : Robotic industrials […]
Taiwan based Foxconn, which is the largest electronics component manufacturer in the world, have announced plans to add 1 Million robots to their workforce and they are planning to do this over the next three years. Currently the company employs over 1.2 Million workers and about 500,000 of them will be replaced by robots during […]
The newest irobot roomba (TM) 700 series has arrived. iRobot Roomba 780 comes with a new dirst detection series 2 technology which enables the robot to clean the dirtiest as needed by allocating more time in those areas as necessary. It comes with a touchpad and also has an indicator as to when the dust […]
The following video shows how the European firm Wasserbauer uses robots in animal healthcare industry. Utilizing robots enable better weight control and health of livestock. Robots can track feeding instructions for different animals and also feeding history. The data is managed at a centralized location, by the software manufacturer ITTA DB. Animals are tracked by […]
The EU co-funded COMET consortium is creating a revolutionary solution enabling the use of industrial robots for high-end machining. Robots of any brand fitted with the novel COMET plug-and-produce controller unit successfully respond to manufacturing industry needs for cost effective, flexible and reliable manufacturing solutions. Nikon Metrology is a main contractor developing an adaptive tracking […]
Swiss robot manufacturer ABB has just come up with a new industrial robot designed to help human workers in assembly lines and has arms that are proportioned like a human arm. For safety, its metal body is covered with plastic, in addition to having a crash detection system. The robot is lightweight, and can be […]