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Take a Ride on the KUKA Coaster!

The new KUKA coaster is quite the experience! Robotic engineers have created a robot that provides a rollercoaster-like experience, flipping people around and upside down. This is just the beginning of innovations like this from the KUKA family and we look forward to seeing what more there is to come.

Four Reasons to Choose Automated Pipe Welding with Robots

Automating your pipe welding production line will ensure an increased productivity, versatility, and overall better quality product. Robotic tube and automated pipe welding are rising in popularity and being seen on production lines across the globe. The new technologies, sensors, through-the-arc tracking, and off-line programming options are all ways to bring incredible advancements to your manufacturing line.

A Tale of Four Cabinets – The Fanuc R-30iB

The Fanuc R-30iB cabinet is the most advanced controller with four different sizes and shape options depending on your specific application needs. The R-30iB brings increased productivity while also saving floor space, providing user-friendly controls, and providing a budget friendly environment. The Fanuc R-30iB controller will surely bring increased production to a wide range of manufacturing lines, so contact Robots.com experts today.

Robots Helping the Blind to Navigate the World

Robots are slowly making their way into all applications and industries, including finding ways to help the visually impaired. Researchers at Carnegie Mellon University’s TechBridgeWorld are exploring how the blind may be able to better explore urban environments with robots. With the continued advancement in technology, it is no surprise that these types of solutions are on the brink of creation.

Integrated Dispensing Function Package from ABB

Dispensing is an industrial process that could always use a little more speed. ABB has answered the call with the ABB Integrated Dispensing Function Package. This integrated Dispensing Function Package brings electrical drive dosers, standard and heated hoses, pumps for material supply, temperature conditioning units, and dispensing applicators to help streamline the overall system. ABB also hopes the Integrated Dispensing Function Package will also decrease complexity while providing increased overall throughput.

First in the World – ABB Begins Manufacturing in U.S.

A leader in the robotics industry, ABB produces a wide range of power and automation technologies. They are proud to be the first global company to commit to manufacturing robots in the United States. ABB is fully committed to become invested in the North American market and will open a plant in Auburn Hills, Michigan.

ABB Simplified Robot Programming – An Innovation in Robotic Painting

​ABB robotics has brought huge advancements to painting applications, cutting down the amount of time needed for training and teaching the employees. ABB's Simplified Robot Programming (SRP) provides manufacturers with a simply method for programming paint robot that target plastics, wood, and small metal parts. This helps to save a company overall costs and brings faster and greater productivity.

Improving Machine Tooling with the ABB FlexMT

ABB's FlexMT Machine Tooling System has a robot and controller integrated into one large cabinet workcell and can save a manufacturer 60% in labor costs. FlexMT provides a flexible solution that can increase production abilities up to 90 percent. The FlexMT is designed to load and unload machine tools with vision-guided robotics and can handle small batch and volume runs.

Changing the Manufacturing Industry with Robotic Sales Growth

Industrial robots are quickly becoming the difference that makes a company globally competitive. Robot sales have continued to steadily grow since their introduction into this world with no end in sight. Industrial robots bring around 30% in productivity boost to automation lines, so it is no surprise that integrators are choosing to convert from manual to automated processes.

The Ever-Changing Landscape of Robot Technology

Companies are bringing constant innovations and ways to make robots faster, more accurate, and even more environmentally-friendly. As technology continues to advance, not only will it bring these improvements but it will provide more affordable and accessible robot technology to businesses of all sizes. Robots will be seen in more applications and industries then ever before, bringing increased productivity, efficiency, and decreased production costs.

The Evolution of Motoman Arc Welding Robots

Motoman robotics continues to innovate and create solutions for their customers that bring continued improvement and efficiency. This is seen with the Expert Arc series that arrived in 2001. The EA welding robots from Motoman bring 6-axes of integrated through-arm cabling to decrease overall maintenance and increase overall precision.

Painting Robots – By the Numbers

Painting automation offers a simple, safe, and consistent way to finish your product. The industrial painting robots are very affordable and offer a very quick ROI. Painting automation is decreasing overall production costs across the globe, so contact Robots.com experts today.