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Adaptive Control of Resistance Welding

February 01, 2012

Tom Taylor

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A new technology could reduce, or even eliminate, the need for destructive and nondestructive testing of robotically welded joints.

Automation Empowers Disabled Workforce

January 06, 2012

Wayne Riley

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Robotics and assistive technologies enable blind workers to produce precision parts and assemblies.
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Robotics: Two Arms are Better Than One

September 29, 2011

Jim Camillo

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When preparing parts for assembly, automakers can always use an extra hand or two. One automaker has found those hands at the end of a dual-arm robot. For the past four years, the automaker has used the dual-arm robot to shorten the cycle time to treat the front and back surfaces of a suspension component.
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Robots Pave the Way to Growth

January 31, 2011

Greg LeFevre

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JR Manufacturing Inc. has a simple and effective strategy: Improve efficiency by replacing menial labor with robotic automation. Greater efficiency means in-creased competitiveness, which leads to growth. The formula has worked well thus far.
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AssemTech Inc. is a busy and growing harness assembly shop in West Chicago, IL. The company has a 12,000-square-foot assembly area and employs 20 full-time harness assemblers - far cry from its early days back in 1986, when founder Chuck Hall and various family members assembled harnesses in his garage.

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