ABB’s new robot has human proportions

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 […]

ABB and Vincennes University Partner to Enhance Robotic Training

AUBURN HILLS, Mich. (September 28, 2009). ABB Robotics, a leading supplier of industrial robots, and Vincennes University (VU) have formed a partnership that will greatly enhance the Indiana college’s vocational and technical robotic training, and provide ABB with an authorized training facility in the central Midwest. The partnership includes the installation of 29 ABB robots […]

ABB to unveil IRB 4600 Robot

The new model to be unveiled this week has been described as the fastest, most accurate, low-weight, medium-sized robot ever with a 20 kg to 60 kg payload which ABB says also enable cutting the cycle time by 25%.

ABB Demonstrates Groundbreaking Robotic Bin Picking

New technology unveiled at Chicago’s International Manufacturing Technology Show: CHICAGO (September 8-13, 2008), ABB Robotics, a leading robotics manufacturer, has expanded its application range for robot automation with the introduction of robotic bin picking, unveiled at the International Manufacturing Technology Show (IMTS). “ABB is expanding the application range of robot automation by demonstrating that our […]

ABB Robotics Takes It To The Streets

AUBURN HILLS, Mich. (BUSINESS WIRE) Robot Manufacturer Continues ”Robotics On The Move – Partnership In Productivity Tour”. ABB Robotics continues “Robotics On The Move, Partnership In Productivity Tour,” a mobile tour to span across North America reaching manufacturing facilities as well as schools and universities. Designed to connect with manufacturers and students alike, the tour […]