Automated Assembly Systems

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PITTSBURGH—Researchers at Carnegie Mellon University and the University of Pennsylvania have developed a vision-guided, dual-armed robot that can assemble a wooden birdhouse autonomously using a nail gun.

Last year, OSHA handed out 2,520 citations for machine guarding violations.

Producing high-quality microelectronics requires efficient and accurate handling of components throughout the assembly process.

Like many machine builders, Fori Automation Inc. faces the daily challenge of building automation equipment that is competitively priced and meets its global customers' varied design requirements.

DONGGUAN, China—Shenzhen Everwin Precision Technology Co., a manufacturer of connectors and other electronics components, is building a new factory here that will use only robots for production. The factory will initially be equipped with 1,000 robots, with the aim of reducing the current workforce of 1,800 to about 200.

ANN ARBOR, MI—A total of 6,895 robots valued at approximately $435.1 million were ordered from North American companies during the first quarter of 2015. That’s an increase of 16 percent in units and 29 percent in dollars compared with the same period in 2014. Both orders and shipments in the opening quarter beat the previous record for the first quarter last set in 2013.

Projects focus on automation, robotics and aircraft assembly.

BOSTON—The Baxter robot now has a new brother named Sawyer. Rethink Robotics has come up with a new robot that can automate complex tasks.

Systems integrators wrestle with the notion of flexibility in multistation automated assembly systems.

TAIPEI, Taiwan—Electronics manufacturer Foxconn hopes to automate 70 percent of assembly tasks within three years, according to Terry Gou, the company’s chairman.