Systems integration with a robot 4th Quarter 2011, Festo Festo, in conjunction with machine builder IFC Intelligent Feeding Components, has made production process variability and short setup times possible for Tyco Electronics. The Festo Tripod robot has made ...
Bowling robot simulates player behaviour 4th Quarter 2011, Beckhoff Automation Bowling is a popular sport in the US. It is estimated that 70 million people go bowling in the course of a year.
In 2010 the United States Bowling Congress (USBC) sought the assistance of a high performance ...
Crawling search and rescue robot 4th Quarter 2011, DNH Technologies Students at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Zurich have developed a multipartite articulated crawling robot. Its name is Traloc, short for ‘track’ and ‘localisation’. It utilises the concept ...
Automation excellence from nature 2nd Quarter 2011, Festo The Bionic Learning Network is an alliance of educational establishments and specialist companies tasked with exploring bionic solutions for evolutionary automation applications
Mining robots have the potential to save lives 2nd Quarter 2011 A groundbreaking new project aims to develop a small, low cost, autonomous robot which can enter hazardous underground environments, gather data and provide feedback on the potential risks before miners enter the area
Unmanned aircraft flies like a hummingbird 2nd Quarter 2011 AeroVironment has developed the world’s first fully operational life-size hummingbird-like unmanned aircraft
A universal language for robots 30 March 2011 Silicon Valley entrepreneur Scott Hassan hopes the PR2 will give the robotics community what the desktop computer provided programmers in the 1970s: a standardised tool for creating all sorts of applications
Tactical mobile military robots 30 March 2011 The small unmanned ground vehicle (SUGV) is lightweight and easy to carry and can be used for surveillance, reconnaissance, bomb disposal and explosives detection
Watch the next Mars rover being assembled 14 January 2011 A newly installed webcam is giving the public an opportunity to watch technicians assemble and test the next NASA Mars rover
Decentralised drive technology 4th Quarter 2010, SEW-EURODRIVE Movigear is SEW-Eurodrive’s answer to an innovative, decentralised mechatronic drive system.
This system sets itself apart through its excellent networking features, supports independent monitoring ...
Welding robots 4th Quarter 2010, ABB South Africa, Motion As part of a major investment programme, ABB South Africa together with Bohler Welding Systems SA, recently launched three new robotic welding systems. The robots are supplied by ABB while the preferred ...
Rollin' Justin the robot 4th Quarter 2010, Beckhoff Automation EtherCAT is the basis for a uniform communication platform for mobile service robots of the future.
The development of humanoid robots has made significant progress in recent years. Rollin’ Justin, developed ...
Learning from nature 3rd Quarter 2010, Festo Festo’s Bionic Learning Network aims to use biomechatronics to transfer nature’s efficiency to automation technology
Cool solution for hot-plate production 3rd Quarter 2010, Nidec Industrial Automation Southern Africa The reliability and throughput on a hot-plate production line at Slovenia’s leading foundry has been improved with the installation of 36 axes of servo control.
The bending and welding production line ...
Germany wins football world cup 3rd Quarter 2010, DNH Technologies Germany won the 2010 Robot Football World Cup in Singapore. The name of the goalkeeper who played in the 6:1 win over Australia was not Thomas Müller but Nao the robot. Rather than being powered by strong ...
Cutting edge innovation 3rd Quarter 2010 First Cut’s Capital Equipment Division has introduced the new Kaltenbach 1201 Coping Robot (KC) into its range of cutting machinery.
The robot has a range of functions, including coping, bevelling, ...
