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    Key considerations for cobots: Plan, install, operate, and maintain
    Cobots

    Key considerations for cobots: Plan, install, operate, and maintain

    Parth Sagpariya
    Cobots are an extension of your production systems, and these steps can help you integrate them fully into your operation.
    Podcast: Revolutionary robotics — From beach-cleaning bots to flamethrower dogs and more
    Industrial Robotics

    Podcast: Revolutionary robotics — From beach-cleaning bots to flamethrower dogs and more

    Laura Davis
    In this episode of Great Question: A Manufacturing Podcast, Laura Davis covers an exciting array of robotic advancements.
    What is machine vision?
    Industrial Robotics

    What is machine vision?

    David L. Dechow
    A broad set of technologies is available to help automated processes where human visual perception and reaction would be impractical or impossible.
    What do robots and precision maintenance have in common? The skills gap
    Workforce Development

    What do robots and precision maintenance have in common? The skills gap

    Thomas Wilk
    Chief editor Thomas Wilk says bridging the skills gap was a hot topics at two conferences in May.
    Remote monitoring, health and safety lead robotics applications in maintenance
    Industrial Robotics

    Remote monitoring, health and safety lead robotics applications in maintenance

    Thomas Wilk
    “If you've got skilled engineers that can take advantage of using the robots to do the things that are dull, dirty, dangerous, and repetitive, then that's a big advance,” says...
    Podcast: 4 ways 3D printing and robotics are reinventing the healthcare industry
    Technology

    Podcast: 4 ways 3D printing and robotics are reinventing the healthcare industry

    Laura Davis
    In this episode of Great Question: A Manufacturing Podcast, Laura Davis from New Equipment Digest investigates how new technologies that are staples in the manufacturing space...
    Podcast: Say goodbye to robot wranglers at your warehouse, and say hello to virtual command centers
    Industrial Robotics

    Podcast: Say goodbye to robot wranglers at your warehouse, and say hello to virtual command centers

    Scott Achelpohl
    In this episode of Great Question: A Manufacturing Podcast, Michael Bearman from Vecna Robotics explores how to solve robot issues remotely without local intervention.
    What is a cobot?
    Industrial Robotics

    What is a cobot?

    Sean Akell
    Do you need extra support with machine tending or precise and repetitive assembly tasks? A cobot might be the right fit for your facility.
    Robots Are Fighting Deforestation In The Amazon, One Seed At A Time
    The Lighter Side of Manufacturing

    Robots are fighting deforestation in the Amazon, one seed at a time

    Alexis Gajewski
    Every day, it seems, robots are gaining new and innovative skills that were unimaginable only a few years ago.
    Robotics And Ai From The Plant Floor To Your Local Fast Food Restaurant
    The Lighter Side of Manufacturing

    Robotics and AI: From the plant floor to your local fast-food restaurant

    Alexis Gajewski
    Wendy's plans to use an underground autonomous robot system to deliver food to hungry customers in the parking lot.
    Smart Plants Optimize Human And Robotic Processes
    Industrial Automation

    Smart plants optimize human and robotic processes

    Sheila Kennedy
    Sheila Kennedy says speed, safety, and sustainability features are advancing.
    Boston Dynamics Robots Make Their Runway Debut During Paris Fashion Week
    The Lighter Side of Manufacturing

    Boston Dynamics robots make their runway debut during Paris Fashion Week

    Alexis Gajewski
    For the launch of their fall 2023 collection, Coperni partnered with Boston Dynamics to incorporate five of the company’s “Spot” canine robots into their Paris fashion show.
    Want To Improve Your Balance Get An Exoskeleton Suit With Superhuman Reflexes
    The Lighter Side of Manufacturing

    Want to improve your balance? Get an exoskeleton suit with superhuman reflexes.

    Alexis Gajewski
    Despite their many advances, robots are notorious for have poor balance skills. This deficiency, however, might be due to reaction time.
    Robot Can Disassemble And Recycle 200 I Phones An Hour
    The Lighter Side of Manufacturing

    Robot can disassemble and recycle 200 iPhones an hour

    Alexis Gajewski
    Daisy can disassemble 23 different iPhone models, allowing Apple to recover valuable materials within, like rare earth magnets, tungsten, and steel.
    spot-robot
    Industrial Robotics

    Using robots to perform preventive maintenance

    In this installment of Automation Zone, learn how a technology partnership seeks to drive safety as well as enable autonomous condition monitoring.
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    Industrial Robotics

    Cobotics on the rise

    Sheila Kennedy
    Sheila Kennedy says machines and people are working together in harmony as cobots increase in number and scope.
    It's just business: Manufacturing moves from Rocket Lab, GoEngineer, SmartSights, and more
    Ice Industries invests $6M to open manufacturing facility in Louisiana to support solar supply chain 
    Venoil to pay $58K for violating the Clean Water Act 
    Maintenance Mindset: Why smart manufacturers are investing in AI — and you should too
    Nashville Wire Products invests $20M to build new manufacturing plant in Tennessee 
    Plastics manufacturer pays $154K for willful wage violations 
    The many facets of PdM: Oil and gas supermajor uses AI predictive analytics to improve efficiency and safety of offshore platforms
    Energy company to pay $231K for hazardous waste violations at South Carolina facility