Invasion of the banana robots
06 June, 2013While robots on banana farms may sound like a sci-fi movie plot, a University of Sydney robotics expert says this could be a reality in Australia within 10 years.
Industrial robot demo at NMW 2013
03 May, 2013ABB will showcase the IRB 2600 industrial robot in a plasma cutting demo cell using Hypertherm equipment at National Manufacturing Week (NMW) at stand 3517.
Competitors for international robotics competition announced
15 April, 2013More than 20 student teams from leading universities across Australia and New Zealand will demonstrate their engineering and mechatronics skills on an international platform in the 2013 National Instruments Autonomous Robotics Competition (NI ARC).
Cloud-computing platform for robots launched
08 April, 2013 by ETH ZürichResearchers of five European universities have developed a cloud-computing platform for robots which allows robots connected to the internet to directly access the powerful computational, storage and communications infrastructure of modern data centres.
Robowaiter: Chinese robot restaurant opens
11 March, 2013Restaurants are increasingly resorting to gimmicks to set them apart from the crowd. A Chinese restaurateur has taken this concept up a notch, opening a restaurant that is staffed almost entirely by robots.
Entries open for Gold Rush robotics competition
06 March, 2013National Instruments is giving university students across Australia and New Zealand the opportunity to demonstrate their engineering skills on an international platform in the third annual NI Autonomous Robotics Competition.
The advance of the robots: helping manufacturers become more competitive
06 March, 2013 by Glenn Johnson, EditorIndustrial robot technology has come a long way from the simple machines of the early ’60s and today offers more flexibility and cost-effectiveness than ever before. Can Australian manufacturing capitalise on the benefits?
‘Robot’ electric car drives itself
20 February, 2013Robotic technology from Oxford University that enables a car to ‘drive itself’ for stretches of a route has been shown driving a Nissan Leaf electric car.
Automation creating, not stealing, jobs in US
18 January, 2013The Association for Advancing Automation has expressed disappointment in 60 Minutes’ portrayal of the automation industry, in a segment entitled ‘March of the Machines’ in the United States.
China to lead the world in industrial robot production
14 January, 2013Chinese industrial production has increased at a CAGR of approximately 14.5% over the past decade, and the country’s demand for automation has followed suit, IMS Research says.
Adept Technology SmartController EX robot motion controller
02 November, 2012Adept designed the SmartController EX for use with Cobra s-series SCARA robots, Viper six-axis robots, Quattro parallel robots and Python Linear Modules.
Adept Viper s1700D materials handling robot
29 August, 2012Adept Technology has introduced the Adept Viper s1700D, a 6-axis robot designed for material handling, machine tending, packaging, cutting and assembly.
ABB IRB 1520ID arc welding robot
10 August, 2012The IRB 1520ID arc welding robot has integrated process dressing technology, in which all power cables and necessary gas and pressurised air hoses are integrated into the arm of the robot.
ABB IRB120T robot
29 June, 2012The IRB120T is a variant of the IRB120 robot that reduces cycle times by up to 25%.
MIT researchers develop robotic assistants for factory workers
18 June, 2012Wish you had a robot to help with repetitive tasks at work? Researchers at MIT are working on it.
