Articles Tagged with ''National Robotics Week''

CAMBRIDGE, ON—Toyota Motor Manufacturing Canada plans to deploy humanoid robots at its assembly plant in Woodstock that builds RAV4 sport utility vehicles.

AUSTIN, TX—John Deere and Mercedes-Benz are among several companies that are investing more than $500 million in Apptronik, a startup that has developed a humanoid robot called Apollo.

LONDON—A proof of concept to test humanoid robots in industrial logistics has been successfully completed by Siemens and Humanoid, a UK-based AI and robotics company. 

Pella is investing in automation to boost productivity and improve the quality of its windows and doors.

The survey questioned 1,000 workers in each of five countries: U.S., China, Japan, U.K. and Germany. Across the board, workers are embracing robots.

A medical device manufacturer contacted systems integrator Tessy Automation and its parent company, Tessy Plastics, with a two-fold challenge: improve an existing critical-care product for measuring blood-flow rate, and simultaneously design and build a fully automated system to assemble it.

Using data from a CAD file, a two-arm robotic system automatically places pins on a harness board and routes wires between them.

Advances in human-machine collaboration enable manufacturers to address skilled labor shortages.

A trio of robots perform drilling, dispensing and riveting operations.

A flexible, adaptive gripper accommodates high-mix, low-volume production.