Robotics Assembly

Articles about Cartesian, SCARA and other robots, as well as peripheral equipment, such as grippers.

2021 Assembly Plant of the Year: GKN Drives Transformation With New Culture, Processes and Tools

All-wheel drive (AWD) technology has taken the automotive world by storm in recent years, because of its ability to effectively transfer power to the ground. Today, many sport utility vehicles use AWD for better acceleration, performance, safety and traction in all kinds of driving conditions.

2020 Capital Spending Survey: Cautious Optimism

Slowly but surely, U.S. manufacturing is recovering from the pandemic-related slowdown.

2020 Assembly Plant of the Year: There’s No Looking Back at Murakami

Every motorist uses rearview mirrors whenever they get behind the wheel. In fact, most people look at them every few seconds as they drive. However, few ever give those ubiquitous devices much thought.

Strain Gauge Enables Bipedal Robot to Walk

Jim Camillo

October 21, 2021

Technical universities are often taken for granted in their development of manufacturing technology. Thankfully, this is not the case in Germany.

Robots Automate Testing of Nanosatellites

Jim Camillo

October 21, 2021

Satellites come in many shapes and sizes, including large, medium, small and nano. The latter are typically put into orbit by deployers on the International Space Station, or launched as secondary payloads on a carrier rocket.

Lockheed Cuts Production Time by 20 to 40 Percent

Five Things: Aerospace Assembly

October 15, 2021

Engineers at Lockheed Martin's Skunk Works recently completed a prototype aircraft article that demonstrates how transformational technologies can enable aircraft components to be built more than 50 percent faster, reducing total production time by 20 to 40 percent.

Nissan Unveils Intelligent Assembly Plant

October 12, 2021

YOKOHAMA, Japan—Nissan unveiled a new assembly line at its Tochigi plant as part of the automaker’s Intelligent Factory initiative.

Flexible Feeder Solves Assembly Challenge

SCARA robots free skilled labor from dull, repetitive task.

Gurpreet Bhoot

October 7, 2021

Medbio is an ISO 13485:2016-certified contract manufacturer of medical devices and injection-molded plastic parts. Headquartered in Grand Rapids, MI, the company operates six manufacturing locations throughout Michigan and New York.

Induction Brazing

Induction brazing is faster, safer, greener and more repeatable than other brazing methods.

Jim Camillo

October 5, 2021

Nearly every assembly process can be performed in several ways. Which option a manufacturer or integrator chooses for the best result is usually the one that matches a proven technology with a specific application.

MIT System Optimizes a Robot's Physical Structure and Control Based on Terrain

October 4, 2021

CAMBRIDGE, MA—Massachusetts Institute of Technology researchers have developed the RoboGrammar system, which automatically generates an optimal structure and controller for an arthropod-inspired robot to traverse a given terrain.

Four Considerations When Selecting EOAT

The perfect EOAT depends on four critical areas: environment, operating parameters, design and ancillary components.

Benjamin Pauzus Jr.

September 8, 2021

The automotive industry was one of the first to embrace robotics. Indeed, automakers have been benefiting from the technology since General Motors purchased the first industrial robot from Unimation way back in 1961.

Epson Signs New Distributor for Kentucky and West Virginia

September 7, 2021

LOS ALAMITOS, CA—Epson Robots has signed Advanced Industrial Products (AIP), an award-winning factory automation and robotics supplier, as an official distributor Kentucky and West Virginia.

Novanta Acquires SEM and ATI

September 2, 2021

BEDFORD, MA—Novanta Inc., a manufacturer of drives, motors, encoders and actuators, has acquired Schneider Electric Motion USA Inc. (SEM) and ATI Industrial Automation Inc. (ATI).

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2021 Assembly Plant of the Year: GKN Drives Transformation With New Culture, Processes and Tools

2020 Capital Spending Survey: Cautious Optimism

2020 Assembly Plant of the Year: There’s No Looking Back at Murakami

ARTICLES

Strain Gauge Enables Bipedal Robot to Walk

Robots Automate Testing of Nanosatellites

Five Things: Aerospace Assembly

Nissan Unveils Intelligent Assembly Plant

Flexible Feeder Solves Assembly Challenge

Induction Brazing

MIT System Optimizes a Robot's Physical Structure and Control Based on Terrain

Four Considerations When Selecting EOAT

Epson Signs New Distributor for Kentucky and West Virginia

Novanta Acquires SEM and ATI

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