When a tote-carrying iBOT (at left) arrives at a pick station, it tilts forward into an ergonomic-friendly position for the human picker.Many executives running high-throughput distribution centers face a growing logistics challenge - the ...
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Opsira presented its Robogonio at the LED professional Symposium + Expo 2013 in Bregenz, Austria, demonstrating how the robot-goniometer can simplify luminous intensity distribution measurements. Luminous intensity distribution describes ...
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In 2012, although the growth rate of global demand for industrial robots has slowed down, the sales volume of robots worldwide set the record the second highest just after that in 2011 and arrived at 159,000 units. In particular, ...
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"With this joint approach, the two companies are strengthening the fundamental idea of integrated production and can, for example, develop new markets by close intermeshing of machine tool tasks and loading tasks," said Kuka Roboter chief ...
Adept Technology has unveiled a new line of primary and secondary food packaging robots designed to help food processing companies comply with the regulatory requirements, lower plant operating costs, decrease waste and future-proof ...
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Shifting Paradigms: Automation Comes to Wheel Balancing With ABB robots and a new material from 3M, Esys Automation is revolutionizing the important-but-often-ignored world of wheel balancing. In tire and wheel assembly there aren't a ...
US-based Esys Automation has announced that it has received an order for a complete automotive turnkey sealer system for a major European Auto Manufacturer. The company received the order through Eisenmann in Crystal Lake, Illinois, a ...
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Computer chip manufacturer AMD has announced plans to expand its business into new markets by providing new embedded chips for devices away from its traditional PC base. The decision, which will see AMD produce microprocessors and ...
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We have earlier seen the best luxury workstations and the best multimedia chairs for audiophiles, and this time we have the best ergonomic chairs for office executives. More and more time is spent sitting in front of computers than ever ...
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US-based Adept Technology has unveiled its new east coast robotic automation application and demo center at its facility in Amherst, New Hampshire. At the new 5,000ft2 center, Adept customers and system integrators can know about advanced ...
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Google's decision to name its new Android mobile OS KitKat left some people scratching their heads Tuesday – isn't that someone else's trademark? – but the move could raise awareness about the new software, which could be just ...
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No, your eyes aren't deceiving you. That's a robot-shaped Kit Kat bar, and Google's head of Android and Chrome, Sundar Pichai, has confirmed in a?Google+?post that the next version of Android will be dubbed Android 4.4 Kit Kat. Pichai ...
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Nestlé is to make more than 50M Android-branded KitKat bars, after teaming up with Google to launch the new version of its Android mobile operating system to be called Android KitKat. Nestlé has teamed up with Google to ...
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Adept Technology, a leading provider of intelligent robots and autonomous mobile solutions and services, today announced the grand opening of its east coast application and demo center within the company's Amherst, N.H., facility. The ...
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US-based Transport and Technical Services (TTS) is set to launch its next recycling campaign this weekend at its workshop which have been designing and building a larger than life wizard. This campaign is going to increase the amount of ...
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