Unique robotic hand 2nd Quarter 2010 The uniqueness of the robotic hand is its air-powered design, which obviates the need for using motors or actuators
Trends in robotics 1st Quarter 2010, Technews Publishing We take a quick look at what the future of robotics holds in store for engineers and humankind. And it is fun! Robots at home
In early 2007 Bill Gates spoke about a future in which there would be ...
Bosch Rexroth supports stargazers 1st Quarter 2010, Tectra Automation Critical elements of one of the world’s largest telescopes are guided and protected by extruded aluminium profiling from Bosch Rexroth.
The profiling, which is used for rapidly constructing structures ...
The X-factor 1st Quarter 2010, SKF South Africa High precision linear guides.
New modular linear profile rail guides have been developed by SKF with improved self-aligning capabilities and high precision applications in mind.
The new LLT profile ...
Roxanne Robot: Guitar Hero 1st Quarter 2010, Turck Banner Southern Africa Engineering student Pete Nikrin co-developed guitar playing robot Roxanne incorporating a Banner Engineering vision system to read notes from a monitor.
Banner Engineering partnered with Nikrin, an ...
The pillars of the bus ... 1st Quarter 2010, PI SA (PROFIBUS & PROFINET SA), Festo Accurate and repeatable positioning of bus side pillars and other sub-assemblies is essential when building buses and coaches.
The Hosdere coach factory, located near Istanbul, forms an important element ...
AGVs 3rd Quarter 2009 Automated guided vehicles (AGVs) and forklifts have become integral components in many of today’s manufacturing processes. AGVs find applications in factory floors for intra-factory transport of goods ...
Robotic technologies 3rd Quarter 2009 National Instruments and MobileRobots collaborate.
In an initiative aimed at helping engineers rapidly deploy service robot applications, National Instruments is collaborating with MobileRobots to offer ...
Intelligent pipe inspection robot Fourth Quarter 2008 Leakage points along pipelines that carry oil and gas need to be monitored and detected on a regular basis. However, because industrial pipes are structurally complex, convoluted and often narrow it becomes ...
maxon motors move Martian manipulators Third Quarter 2008, DNH Technologies On 3 August 2007 NASA started a new mission to our neighbouring red planet Mars. The major task of the Phoenix Mission is to look for signs of life, which means traces of water, on Mars. On board are ...
Interpolation object improves handling systems Fourth Quarter 2007, Siemens South Africa At Fachpack 2007, Siemens Automation and Drives (A&D) presented an interpolation method for handling processes which is integrated in the Simotion motion control system. Introduced for the first time, ...
FlexLean: Robots challenge low cost labour Third Quarter 2007 ABB introduced FlexiBase, a modular robot cell in which the robots, controllers and cabling are pre-mounted on a platform
Autonomous vehicle research: taking part in a $2m challenge Third Quarter 2007 The Urban Challenge features autonomous ground vehicles manoeuvering in a mock city environment, executing simulated military supply missions while merging into moving traffic, navigating traffic circles, negotiating busy intersections, and avoiding obstacles
Sight gets it right: adding vision to robots reduces manufacturing costs Third Quarter 2007 A customer wanted to reduce labour costs and increase throughput by automating its manufacturing processes. To find a solution, Fanuc Robotics America, needed a way to unload randomly-placed transmission ...
Robotic seal installation: Fieldbus Box system for robot head application Third Quarter 2007, Beckhoff Automation Decentralised automation technology and Fieldbus Box systems from Beckhoff are becoming more and more popular: in a front-line application at the BMW plant in Dingolfing, Germany, Fieldbus Box modules ...
Gentle giant is world champion Third Quarter 2007 KUKA Roboter celebrated the unveiling of its latest product with an entry in the Guinness Book of Records. The KR 1000 titan is claimed to be the world's first industrial robot that can lift a payload ...
Robots past and present Second Quarter 2007 Robots are well-suited to repetitive work that is boring for humans and for tasks that take place in adverse environments
High density interconnects offer choice of board spacing and terminations 13 August 2003, Spectrum Concepts, Interconnection Samtec's high density four-row surface mount FourRay headers and sockets (TOLC and SOLC Series) provide up to 200 I/Os in less than one square inch (6,45 cm2). Board stack height choices are 6,35, 8, ...
D-type connectors 13 August 2003, Electrocomp, Interconnection Amphenol's wide range of D-type connectors include D-Subminiature (Micro D-Subs; Standard D-Subs; High Density D-Subs; Hybrid D-Subs) VHDCI (very high density interconnect) and D-Types for SCSI applications.
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Mini controller includes voice alarm function July 2003, Flexible Electronic Systems, PLCs, DCSs & Controllers The FAB Giant from Flexible Electronic Systems offers 127 useful function blocks specifically for time control applications. Analog inputs are accommodated, permitting long-distance monitoring of processes ...
