Items Tagged with 'Cobots (Collaborative Robots)'

Manufacturers today face a paradox: quality expectations continue to rise, yet the labor available to perform consistent, repeatable inspection continues to shrink.

FANUC America has expanded its popular CRX collaborative robot series with the introduction of the CRX-3iA , an ultra lightweight cobot designed for fast redeployment across small, high mix tasks.

ABB Robotics is combining the flexibility of cobots with higher payloads and performance, with the launch of its new PoWa™ cobot family into the rapidly expanding global collaborative robot market, which ABB Robotics estimates will grow by 20 percent annually through to 2028.

Any conversation about automation and quality has to start with an acknowledgment that robots inherently improve quality. Robots produce more consistent work than humans. 

ESAB has launched its new Tracfinder Rail and Tracfinder Wheel series of battery-powered welding tractors and unveiled its newly branded ROBBI™ Mobile cobot welding system.

The traditional image of a quality department is rapidly becoming a relic of the past. Driven by the relentless march of digital transformation, escalating customer expectations, and a growing emphasis on holistic corporate responsibility, the quality department of the future will undergo a profound metamorphosis. 

Automotive production is at an inflection point. For decades, automakers relied on traditional industrial robots to deliver the speed, durability and throughput required for mass production. Those large, stationary machines defined efficiency, but often at the expense of flexibility.

The trends in machine vision indicate a growing need for systems that can manage increased variability, function autonomously, and operate in sectors that have traditionally depended on manual inspection.

We all talk about the invention of the airplane, the automobile, or other important products, but we rarely talk about the fascinating history of Quality.

Universal Robots (UR) introduced a new addition to its portfolio, the UR8 Long.