Technologies

RSS

HORNELL, NY—Alstom opened a state-of-the art railcar assembly plant here.

HOUSTON— HD Korea Shipbuilding & Offshore Engineering and HD Hyundai Robotics are developing bipedal machines specifically designed for shipyard welding tasks.

KITZINGEN, Germany—Leoni AG recently developed a next-generation wiring harness for use in the ATLAS-L4 autonomous truck project.

Mecademic has introduced what it says is the world’s smallest SCARA robot.

The American Welding Society predicts that 330,000 new welding professionals will be needed by 2028. Thankfully, automation can pick up some of that slack. Welding is one of the fastest growing applications for collaborative robots.

Detroit startup Aubo Robotics displayed its new screwdriving cobot at the ASSEMBLY Show South. The cobot is unique in that the screwdriver is fully integrated into the arm, eliminating the need to integrate third-party hardware and software.

Inbolt’s Guide-Now system uses 3D vision and artificial intelligence to enable a robot to locate a workpiece and adjust its path to the target in real time.

At the ASSEMBLY Show South, the Quality Show, and Adhesives in Action last month, some 200 exhibitors displayed the latest technology for manual and automated assembly; measurement and quality control; and adhesive bonding and dispensing.

Accenture’s new report, Rethinking the Course to Manufacturing’s Future, shows that AI, automation and digital technologies will become increasingly important in manufacturing.

Advancements allow the process to create larger, higher quality welds in less time.