robotic gripper

What’s New With Pneumatic Actuators

Available in many configurations, pneumatic actuators remain essential workhorses of machine motion and increasingly are being made adaptable to the IIoT plant floor

Jim Camillo

February 6, 2020

Keeping an assembly process simple is always a smart approach to manufacturing any product. And one of the simplest ways to implement linear or rotary motion into an assembly process is with a pneumatic actuator.

Automated Robot Cell Builds Robots with Zimmer Grippers

Zoe Leduc

March 18, 2019

At its factory in Augsburg, Germany, automation specialist KUKA is using its own robots to make more robots.

ATI to Host Automation Expo at New Headquarters in North Carolina

March 13, 2019

APEX, NC—ATI Industrial Automation will host an Automation Expo May 9 at its recently expanded and renovated headquarters here.

Robots Rule at Automatica

The latest technologies for robotics and automated assembly were on display at the Automatica show in Munich, Germany, in June.

John Sprovieri

August 7, 2018

More than 46,000 manufacturing engineers and managers from 47 countries attended Automatica 2018, which took place June 19-22 at the New Munich Trade Fair Centre in Germany.

Rethink Robotics Introduces End-of-Arm Tooling

April 26, 2017

BOSTON—Rethink Robotics has introduced a new line of smart end-of-arm tooling and gripper kits for its collaborative robots.

Robotics

Cartesian, SCARA, Six-Axis and Delta: Robots Wowed Crowds at The ASSEMBLY Show

John Sprovieri

January 13, 2017

The ASSEMBLY Show played host to more than 30 suppliers of robots and robotic accessories. The following are some of the robotic technology that were seen on the show floor.

Robots Stand Out at Automatica

Suppliers from around the world displayed the latest assembly technology at Automatica 2016.

John Sprovieri

August 4, 2016

Some 45,000 manufacturing engineers and managers from 47 countries attended Automatica 2016, which took place June 21-24 at the New Munich Trade Fair Centre in Germany.

Researchers Develop Robotic Tentacles

November 30, 2015

ITHACA, NY—Researchers at Cornell University have used stereolithography to create air-powered elastomeric robotic tentacles that could someday be used to move or grip objects.

Soft Robotic Hand Can Grasp, Identify Wide Array of Objects

October 5, 2015

CAMBRIDGE, MA—Researchers at MIT have developed a 3D-printed robotic hand made out of silicone rubber that can lift and handle objects as delicate as an egg and as thin as a compact disc.

Robotic Grasp Technology Will Put an End to Clumsy Robots

May 23, 2014

BIRMINGHAM, UK—A way of teaching robots to pick up unfamiliar objects without dropping or breaking them has been developed by researchers at the University of Birmingham. The research paves the way for robots to be used in more flexible ways and in more complex environments.