Robotics
Robot performs further tank inspection with VT-1 Tank Floor
Newton Labs and Framatome (formerly AREVA NP) have successfully completed a robotic examination of a third filled Condensate Storage Tank (CST) using Phased Array UT and VT-1 Visual Examination at the Palo Verde Nuclear Generating Station. The exam satisfied requirements for license renewal and the NEI 09-14 directive on buried pipes and tanks.
Origami-inspired robot is small but fast
Because of their high precision and speed, Delta robots are deployed in many industrial processes, including pick-and-place assemblies, machining, welding and food packaging. Starting with the first version developed by Reymond Clavel for a chocolate factory to quickly place chocolate pralines in their packages, Delta robots use three individually controlled and lightweight arms that guide a platform to move fast and accurately in three direction...
Year of Engineering emphasises on digitalisation and robotics
This year is expected to bring a lot of exciting things to industry, but The Government’s ‘Year of Engineering’ Campaign, which has launched this week is certainly high up on the list. It includes a number of activities which recognise the role of digital and robotics as a crucial part of the portfolio of skills for engineering.
Robotics increasingly integral to Industry 4.0 success
Instead of me facing you with another rhetorical question about, what technology we will see in 2018, or how digitalisation is all anyone wants to talk about, let me tell you about what I learnt from semiconductor company Infineon. The big focus for the company here is robotics, and more importantly; how does robotics translate into business opportunities? Well first of all the question is not necessarily how, but why? Infineon is a company ...
Drone technology benefits from motion plastics
The FitoStinger drone was developed for effective pest control as it can often be difficult, especially if surrounding areas must not be affected. The lightweight design is partly attributed to motion plastics from igus that include the extremely light drylin linear guide made of carbon.
Agriculture 4.0: farming is going digital
Digitisation and networking in agriculture are the modern expression of ideals that are understood as 'holistic thinking'. Thinking in terms of process chains has always been a guarantee of success in the agricultural sector. For large parts of the agricultural industry, digitisation is giving rise to extended areas of responsibility and also altered fields of activity. Author: Hans-Gerd Birlenberg, Head of the Business Unit Agribusiness &a...
Project presents robot prototype for warehouse maintenance work
The SecondHands project is presenting the first prototype of its collaborative robot (cobot) which will act as the main platform for testing and developing new technologies related to the maintenance and repair of automation equipment in Ocado’s highly automated warehouses.
Mobile robotics: the key to success
Autonomous mobile robots are causing a paradigm shift in the way we envisage commercial and industrial vehicles. In traditional thinking bigger is often better. This is because bigger vehicles are faster and are thus more productive. This thinking holds true so long as each vehicle requires a human driver. The rise of autonomous mobility is however upending this long-established notion: fleets of small slow robots will replace or complement large...
Paving the way toward cell-sized robots
An electricity-conducting, environment-sensing, shape-changing machine the size of a human cell? Is that even possible? Cornell physicists Paul McEuen and Itai Cohen not only say yes, but they’ve actually built the 'muscle' for one. With postdoctoral researcher Marc Miskin at the helm, the team has made a robot exoskeleton that can rapidly change its shape upon sensing chemical or thermal changes in its environment.
Connected mannequin wins award at CES 2018
At this year's CES in Las Vegas, it's once again impossible to ignore the huge number of French businesses. With 365 companies, communities and organisations, the French represent the third largest delegation, just behind the United States and China. A number of startups have become a prime focus with their unexpected innovations, including Euveka, the French company which has just been awarded for its connected mannequin.