Factory automation > Robotics

ABB IRB 1200 robot with SafeMove2

22 May, 2017

ABB Australia has announced that SafeMove2 is now available for IRB 1200, the smallest ABB robot to feature its safety-certified monitoring and control software.


Mobile robot colleagues on wheels increase productivity and worker safety

28 February, 2017

A high-mix, low-volume electronics manufacturer, through utilising collaborative robots, has optimised production by 20%, taking over monotonous and potentially hazardous tasks from employees now reallocated to more rewarding jobs.


ABB robots support Australian homeware icon

24 February, 2017

Turnkey system reduces production costs for plastic homeware manufacturer.


ABB acquires pioneer in 3D inspection technology

17 February, 2017

ABB has acquired Spanish start-up company NUB3D, a leading innovator of digital, 3D inspection and quality-control solutions.


The robots are definitely coming in 2017

13 February, 2017 by Steve Mackay, PhD

Steve Mackay of IDC Technologies offers his suggestions on the top technology trends this year that will start to impact on engineering professionals working in the field of industrial automation.


Silver and bronze for Australian high school students in international space robotics race

30 January, 2017

It was a dream come true for the Australian high school students who took control of NASA robots on the International Space Station last week, during the 2016/17 Zero Robotics Championship Final, run by the University of Sydney's Faculty of Engineering and Information Technologies.


Imagining farming's robotic future

09 December, 2016

Global crop protection specialist ADAMA and Australian ag-tech company SwarmFarm Robotics have announced a joint arrangement to establish ADAMA as SwarmFarm's preferred global business partner.


Robot flies a Cessna

01 December, 2016

Aurora advanced autonomy system demonstrated on a Diamond DA-42, Cessna Caravan and Bell UH-1 helicopter.


Omron table tennis robot officially named world's 'first robot table tennis tutor'

11 November, 2016

Omron Electronics has announced that its table tennis robot FORPHEUS has been officially named the world's 'first robot table tennis tutor' by Guinness World Records.


Robots everywhere: our one-armed friends in the factory are no longer alone

31 October, 2016 by Glenn Johnson, Editor

Robots are no longer a feature only of manufacturing plants — they are moving into our everyday lives and are getting ready to make a dramatic impact.


igus Robolink D direct drive articulated joint kit

26 October, 2016

The igus Robolink D components kit is a modular direct drive articulated joint kit designed to make it easier to configure and build a fully articulated plastic or aluminium robot arm with up to six degrees of freedom.


Robotic arms aid labelling and assembly

14 October, 2016

Looking for an automated, cost-effective way to produce its customers' products, TCI invested in 6-axis industrial robots to perform labelling and assembly tasks.


Robots learn basic 'body language' to work together

30 September, 2016

Researchers at the KTH Royal Institute of Technology in Sweden have completed a project in which robots are able to work cooperatively with each other.


Universal Robots certified for cleanroom applications

26 September, 2016

After successful tests in accordance with VDI 2083 Part 9.1, the international industrial guideline concerning the various functions and measures of cleanroom technologies, Universal Robots' lightweight collaborative robot arms can now be implemented in controlled environments.


Official standard for robot ethics released

26 September, 2016

A new British standard on the ethical design of robots, which shows just how far robotics technology has come in recent years, and where it is heading, has been released.


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