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Pack Expo Wrap-up V2: The Future of Packaging Automation

Pack Expo Wrap-up V2: The Future of Packaging Automation

Join us for a second look back at a few more excellent exhibitors at the recent Pack Expo demonstrating key technologies that solve problems in the packaging and handling industries.


News Nov 13, 2024 by David Peterson
Flexxbotics’s Integration with LMI Technologies Aids Precise Manufacturing

Flexxbotics’s Integration with LMI Technologies Aids Precise Manufacturing

Flexxbotics enhances robot-driven quality inspection in smart manufacturing environments by introducing robot compatibility with LMI Technologies’s 3D measurement tools.


News Nov 13, 2024 by Bob Odhiambo
Universal Robots Launches Automated Robot Development with AI Accelerator

Universal Robots Launches Automated Robot Development with AI Accelerator

Universal Robots empowers industrial robot application developers with its low-code, NVIDIA-backed AI Accelerator toolkit for advanced robot application development.


News Nov 11, 2024 by Stephanie Leonida
ABB Robotics and NAMTECH To Establish School of Robotics

ABB Robotics and NAMTECH To Establish School of Robotics

ABB Robotics has partnered with NAMTECH to establish a School of Robotics. This initiative aims to bridge India's education gap in automation by enhancing robotics skills and facilitating industry integration.


News Nov 10, 2024 by Joshua Tidwell
Boston Dynamics and Toyota Unite to Advance Humanoid Robotics

Boston Dynamics and Toyota Unite to Advance Humanoid Robotics

Boston Dynamics and Toyota Research Institute have embarked on a pioneering research agreement, integrating advanced AI algorithms into a general-purpose humanoid robot.


News Nov 08, 2024 by Stephanie Leonida
Looking Back at Pack: The First Days at the Show

Looking Back at Pack: The First Days at the Show

Now that Pack Expo is over, we can have a deeper look into some of the innovations from companies with solutions to the hardware and software challenges surrounding the world of packaged goods.


News Nov 08, 2024 by David Peterson
Prepping for Pack: Chicago Hosts the Giant Packaging Industry Expo

Prepping for Pack: Chicago Hosts the Giant Packaging Industry Expo

Join Control.com as we explore the latest innovations and technology advancing the packaging, logistics, and processing industries alongside over 36,000 registrants and 2,600 exhibitors!


News Oct 30, 2024 by David Peterson
ABB To Create Robotic Microfactories for Tackling Data Center e-Waste

ABB To Create Robotic Microfactories for Tackling Data Center e-Waste

ABB Robotics has partnered with US-based start-up Molg to create robotic microfactories that will automate the disposal of data center e-waste. The microfactories will disassemble, recover, and recycle old electronic components.


News Oct 27, 2024 by Bob Odhiambo
ABB Introduces Energy Efficiency Service To Optimize Robot Performance

ABB Introduces Energy Efficiency Service To Optimize Robot Performance

The new service consists of optimization, monitoring, and benchmarking tools to help companies achieve greater sustainability by improving the energy efficiency of robots.


News Oct 20, 2024 by Stephanie Leonida
Fabrication Technologies Rock the Scene at FABTECH 2024

Fabrication Technologies Rock the Scene at FABTECH 2024

Check out some of the highlights you might have missed from North America’s largest show dedicated to fabrication, metalworking, welding, and finishing.


News Oct 19, 2024 by David Peterson
How To Configure FANUC I/O: The Group and Digital Guide

How To Configure FANUC I/O: The Group and Digital Guide

Inputs and outputs play crucial roles in various automated processes. This article will explain the variances between digital and group I/O and offer guidance on setting up each type through Ethernet.


Pickommerce Advances Commercialization of Autonomous Pick-and-Pack Station

Pickommerce Advances Commercialization of Autonomous Pick-and-Pack Station

The logistics automation and robotics company receives $3.4 million in investments to bring its PickoBot e-commerce pick-and-pack system to warehousing and fulfillment centers worldwide.


News Oct 05, 2024 by Stephanie Leonida
LEGO-Inspired Designs: Shape-Shifting Robots and Interlocking Building Blocks

LEGO-Inspired Designs: Shape-Shifting Robots and Interlocking Building Blocks

Researchers at the Max Planck Institute and Massachusetts Institute of Technology have developed LEGO-inspired innovations focused on reconfigurability for environmental adaptability and sustainability.


News Oct 04, 2024 by Seth Price
Balluff Simplifies Position Detection With New BMF T-Slot Magnetic Sensors

Balluff Simplifies Position Detection With New BMF T-Slot Magnetic Sensors

The new BMF line of T-slot magnetic sensors from Balluff is designed to bring simplicity and cost efficiency to non-contact position measurement for pneumatic cylinders and robotic grippers.


News Oct 03, 2024 by Seth Price
KUKA Expands KR Series of SCARA Robots To Include Higher Payloads

KUKA Expands KR Series of SCARA Robots To Include Higher Payloads

The latest KR SCARA robots feature not only increased payloads but also a flexible reach and high precision. The four-axis robots are suitable for various uses, expanding the series' application possibilities.


News Sep 24, 2024 by Austin Futrell
Kawasaki Reveals New CL Cobot Series, Tech Demos at IMTS

Kawasaki Reveals New CL Cobot Series, Tech Demos at IMTS

Kawasaki Robotics and other key industry players collaborated to bring interactive demonstrations focusing on advanced robotics to attendees at the International Manufacturing Technology Show.


News Sep 20, 2024 by Stephanie Leonida
Copia DeviceLink Now Supports Siemens’ Step 7 5.x Software

Copia DeviceLink Now Supports Siemens’ Step 7 5.x Software

Copia Automation has expanded its list of supported automation software for its popular DeviceLink platform, which monitors factory automation software in real time for code changes and backups.


News Sep 17, 2024 by Shawn Dietrich
FANUC Releases the R-50iA Robot Controller with New Security and Integrations

FANUC Releases the R-50iA Robot Controller with New Security and Integrations

New robot controllers from FANUC released as the IMTS 2024 promise cybersecurity enhancements, Python integration, improved remote capabilities, energy savings, and vision improvements.


News Sep 10, 2024 by Austin Futrell
Rethink Robotics Leaps Into the Future With Brand New Lineups

Rethink Robotics Leaps Into the Future With Brand New Lineups

Unveiled for the first time at IMTS, Rethink Robotics debuts three new model series consisting of cobots, AMRs, and mobile manipulators named the Reacher, Ryder, and Riser.


News Sep 09, 2024 by David Peterson
Meet Astorino, Kawasaki Robotics’ Affordable Educational Robot Platform

Meet Astorino, Kawasaki Robotics’ Affordable Educational Robot Platform

Kawasaki Robotics' new educational robot has been designed to provide students and educators with affordable, hands-on learning to prepare for real-world industrial robotics applications.


News Sep 06, 2024 by Bob Odhiambo