ROYAL OAK, MI—With orders to automate the auto industry increasing, systems integrator Comau Inc. has reopened its production facility here, investing $2 million in office and plant upgrades.
CAMBRIDGE, MA—MIT researchers have developed an algorithm that they say will enable robots to learn and adapt to humans so they can soon work side-by-side on factory floors.
ANN ARBOR, MI—Equipping robots with vision guidance systems eliminates the need for expensive fixtures that often must be removed or modified when manufacturers introduce new products or parts.
Genesis Systems Group started as a one-man shop in 1983 and has grown to be one of North America’s largest robotic systems builders—with more than 4,000 system installations in 40 states and 12 countries.
PAYSON, UT—Liberty Safe, a manufacturer of gun storage safes, completed testing of a new $10 million fully computerized assembly line here. The line will double the company’s output to more than 700 safes a day.
TOKYO—Canon Inc. is moving toward fully automating assembly of digital camera in an effort to cut costs. The move toward machine-only production could be completed as soon as 2015.
ANN ARBOR, MI—North American robotics companies enjoyed one of the industry’s strongest opening quarters ever, according to new statistics released from Robotic Industries Association. Sales are up 30 percent compared with 2011.
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