Imagining farming's robotic future
09 December, 2016Global 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.
IDT X-Stream XS-720p slow motion camera
06 December, 2016 | Supplied by: SciTech Pty LtdThe X-Stream XS-720p slow motion camera offers continuous frame streaming via the PCI express 2.0 x4 interface with a sustained transfer speed of 1.75 GBps.
JVL integrated stepper motors
02 December, 2016 | Supplied by: Motion Technologies Pty LtdJVL Industri Elektronik A/S has announced NEMA23 integrated stepper motors with a speed precision of 0.01 rpm and acceleration precision of 1 rpm/s.
Robot flies a Cessna
01 December, 2016Aurora advanced autonomy system demonstrated on a Diamond DA-42, Cessna Caravan and Bell UH-1 helicopter.
Micro-Epsilon confocalDT 2471 HS confocal chromatic controller
24 November, 2016 | Supplied by: Bestech Australia Pty LtdThe Micro-Epsilon confocalDT 2471 HS is a fast confocal chromatic controller for measuring displacements, distances and thickness in the glass and electronics industry.
NHP RL8 and RG8 power factor controllers
22 November, 2016 | Supplied by: NHP Electrical Engineering Products Pty LtdWith an easy-to-use interface, the RL8 and RG8 offer plug-and-play accessory modules providing flexibility to meet any application requirement, with options from master/slave configurations to contactor or dynamic switching of capacitor banks.
Tolomatic ACSI integrated servo motor
17 November, 2016 | Supplied by: Pneumatic ProductsTolomatic's ACSI integrated servo motor with ODVA-conformant EtherNet/IP features a keyed add-on profile (AOP) and a full suite of add-on instructions (AOI) for easy, seamless integration into Rockwell Automation PLCs.
GE Automation & Controls PACSystems RXi
15 November, 2016 | Supplied by: Control Logic Pty LtdThe PACSystems RXi is an industrial computing platform designed to deliver compact, rugged, high-performance computing capabilities to run HMI/SCADA, historian and analytics applications.
Omron table tennis robot officially named world's 'first robot table tennis tutor'
11 November, 2016 | Supplied by: Omron Electronics Pty LtdOmron 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.
Industry 4.0: ignore at your peril
03 November, 2016 by Scott Moffat, Managing Director | Supplied by: Pilz Australia Industrial Automation LPEveryone has by now heard and read about Industry 4.0 and the Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT), but until now a lot of the concepts and technologies are theoretical and lack a practical application in the real world — especially in Australian manufacturing.
Robots everywhere: our one-armed friends in the factory are no longer alone
31 October, 2016 by Glenn Johnson, EditorRobots 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.
Micro-Epsilon TIM G7 thermal imaging camera for glass applications
28 October, 2016 | Supplied by: Bestech Australia Pty LtdThe Micro-Epsilon TIM G7 is an industrial thermal imaging camera specially tailored for the glass industry, for applications including glass processing and finishing, and glass for displays and solar energy.
igus Robolink D direct drive articulated joint kit
26 October, 2016 | Supplied by: Treotham Automation Pty LtdThe 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.
Brisbane meatworks finds ideal vision solution
25 October, 2016 | Supplied by: Omron Electronics Pty LtdWhen your business supplies fresh meat products to major supermarkets and consumers across Australia, you can't afford to get it wrong. Products displaying illegible date codes, damaged packaging or wrongly labelled products can be disastrous for suppliers.
Panasonic UJ35 UV cure system
18 October, 2016 | Supplied by: Control Logic Pty LtdThe Panasonic UJ35 UV cure system utilising LED technology requires substantially less energy than conventional curing systems and has a lifetime of over 20,000 h.
