Factory harmony First Quarter 2020, Omron Electronics, Editor's Choice A promising model for the new harmony on the factory floor is based on intelligent, integrated and interactive design of tomorrow’s manufacturing processes.
Robot with air-water actuators has fluid motion Fourth Quarter 2019, Editor's Choice Hydraulics and pneumatics are widely used for power transmission: hydraulics for moving heavy loads with highly controlled motion, and pneumatics for lighter loads and rapid, repetitive motions. Many ...
Underwater robot with a unique fin Third Quarter 2019, Festo, Editor's Choice Swimming like the natural model
The longitudinal fins of the polyclad and the cuttlefish extend from the head to the tail along their backs, their undersides or the two sides of their torsos. To ...
Manoeuvring agricultural robots with 2D laser scanners Third Quarter 2019, SICK Automation Southern Africa How can we harness modern technology in a way that will allow people to collaborate with business even more intelligently, efficiently and sustainably in the future? The solution is 2D laser scanners ...
The future of collaborative robots Third Quarter 2019, Omron Electronics Factories worldwide are dealing with the challenges of manufacturing a wide variety of low volume products to meet customer demands, as well as shorter product life cycles and labour shortage issues. ...
Pneumatic robotics meets artificial intelligence 2nd Quarter 2019, Festo, Editor's Choice Festo’s pneumatic robot hand BionicSoftHand, combined with the BionicSoftArm, a pneumatic lightweight robot, shows that future concepts are suitable for human-robot collaboration.
V-lock system and co-operative robots 2nd Quarter 2019, Metal Work Pneumatic South Africa Metal Work has developed applications for the automation of the assembly process together with producers of co-operative robots.
A bionic flying fox 1st Quarter 2019, Festo, Editor's Choice Festo has for years been developing research platforms where the basic technical principles are derived from nature.
New Scara robot family 1st Quarter 2019, Omron Electronics Omron is introducing a new line of Scara robots, boasting a sleek design and enhanced performance.
Festo’s human-robot collaboration with artificial intelligence 2nd Quarter 2018, Festo, Editor's Choice By means of intelligent workplaces capable of learning, such as the BionicWorkplace, and the use of multifunctional tools, collaboration between humans and machines will be even more intuitive, simple and efficient in future.
Autonomous food robots move with the times 2nd Quarter 2018, Omron Electronics Autonomous intelligent vehicles (AIVs), such as Omron’s LD platform, use sensors to create a static map of their surroundings, so they have no need for physical guides.
Autonomous food robots move with the times 1st Quarter 2018, Omron Electronics As with many other industries in the world today, food and beverage manufacturers are under immense pressure to increase productivity and sales while keeping manufacturing costs down. A normal reaction ...
The stripped down motor 1st Quarter 2018, DNH Technologies Motors used in robotics must be lightweight while simultaneously providing high torque in order for arms and grippers to move dynamically. This is why Swiss drive specialist, maxon motor is offering a ...
Rotating and turning 4th Quarter 2017, LAPP Southern Africa, Editor's Choice The most important difference between robot cables and conventional moving cables is that the former have to withstand both bending and torsion over their entire service life, and in development they are designed fundamentally differently to a power chain cable, for example.
Robots with high dynamic performance 4th Quarter 2017, JTR Technologies JTR Technologies is the agent for Staubli Robotics in South Africa. Staubli is a pioneer and global leader in closed structure robots. Its high performance robots are renowned for their dynamic stability ...
NASA relies on maxon technology 3rd Quarter 2017, DNH Technologies, Editor's Choice, Electrical switching & drive systems & components Swiss drive specialist, maxon motor will supply several drives specifically developed for the task to the Jet Propulsion Laboratory, which is building the Mars 2020 rover for NASA.
The maxon drives are ...
Innovation goes hand in hand 3rd Quarter 2017, Horne Technologies, Editor's Choice To make daily life easier, the British company Steeper has developed the bebionic myoelectric hand prosthesis. This is controlled by myoelectric signals generated from muscle contractions in the arm, ...
Omron offers complete single-source automation solutions 3rd Quarter 2017, Omron Electronics The recent acquisition of Adept has expanded the capability to deliver robot-based packagingsolutions to the food and beverage industry.
The soul of the ant 2nd Quarter 2017, Festo Drawing inspiration from the delicate anatomy of the ant, Festo has transferred their cooperative behaviour to the world of technology using complex control algorithms.
