Robotics

Milrem Robotics has signed a distribution and maintenance agreement with XTEK and delivered the first THeMIS Unmanned Ground Vehicle to the Australian homeland security specialist.

To enable manufacturing businesses across the UK to automate multiple adhesive processes on one machine, adhesives and dispensing equipment specialist Intertronics has introduced the archytas series of robotic integrations. Each cell is specified and built to a customer’s individual needs to provide them with accurate and repeatable processes, improve health and safety and increase productivity.

Bell Innovation is using mocap to model flight in the smart cities of the future. Bell has an 85-year legacy in the aerospace industry. Despite a rich history as one of the leaders in the field, however, the company is not content to trade on its record.

Drones could soon be adopted as essential tools for various agricultural tasks; however, with respect to their use in farm management, research is still lacking. To address this issue, researchers in Japan compared drones to well-established technologies for spraying pesticide over rice paddy fields.

Sheffield Forgemasters has adopted collaborative robotic (Cobot) assistance for some of its Foundry operatives, dramatically reducing exposure to vibration, improving safety and increasing productivity within its fettling operations.

Maintenance in industrial settings is essential to maximise efficiency and prevent accidents, but can be a hazardous and difficult job. In these harsh conditions, robots can perform inspection and maintenance tasks to safeguard human workers. Here Stewart Goulding, Managing Director of EMS, looks at some of the industrial environments where robots dare to venture.

Drone Major Group has announced the launch of the first ever drone technology ‘Test and Development Area’ project, to be created in the Liverpool City Region. The project is to be delivered in partnership with Liverpool City Region Combined Authority (LCRCA) and is expected to put the region on the path to become a global leader in the deployment of cutting-edge drone technology.

In a bid to realise the future of autonomous airborne delivery, flight system and Unmanned Traffic Management (UTM) specialist Airwayz has announced that it is taking part in a two-year pilot program that will see drone delivery with a support mesh network. Drones are operating in mesh networks in Hadera, just north of Tel Aviv, to validate the safe and efficient integration of drone deliveries in urban environments.

Comau has introduced its RACER-5-0.80 (Racer-5 COBOT), a new paradigm in collaborative robotics which meets the growing demand for fast, cost-effective cobots that can be used in restricted spaces and in different application areas. Countering the belief that collaborative robots are slow, Racer-5 COBOT is a six-axis articulated robot that can work at industrial speed up to 6m/s.

Evatronix SA has joined Universal Robots’ ecosystem and received UR+ certificate for its Heavy Duty Optima 3D scanner as a device compatible with UR cobots. The result of the cooperation is a solution supporting the quality control process.