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Four steps to building your robot with RBTX

Four steps to building your robot with RBTX

Building a robot from design to manufacture doesn’t have to be difficult. In fact, it can be done in four easy steps with the RBTX platform. The video shows how easy it is. And with the RBTX platform, there is support and expert advice through the entire process: in four simple steps, you will have […]

By March 31, 2023 Read More →
Vetipak enjoys the sweet taste of success

Vetipak enjoys the sweet taste of success

A packaging solution with robotics integrated control from Omron and B Electrical Engineering ensures scalable processes and high-quality contract manufacturing of fast-moving consumer goods (FMCG). With changing consumer needs and increasing labour scarcity, robotics technologies are a welcome addition to packaging processes. Product life cycles are getting shorter, and manufacturers are looking for more flexibility. […]

By February 17, 2023 Read More →
B&R highlights adaptive manufacturing

B&R highlights adaptive manufacturing

B&R Industrial Automation enables adaptive manufacturing through intelligent track technology integrated with robotics, machine vision, and digital twins, all controlled through the company’s core automation platform. To succeed in a world of mass customisation, e-commerce and direct-to-consumer delivery, you need machinery that’s built to adapt. Today’s consumers expect to get the products they want, when […]

By February 15, 2023 Read More →
Omron predicts top five automation trends for 2023

Omron predicts top five automation trends for 2023

While a new year is upon us, with all its opportunities, Omron Europe names the top five trends that will impact and shape industrial automation in 2023 and beyond. The manufacturing industries will continue to face many challenges and riding them out will involve building resilience and flexibility into business models. At the same time, […]

By January 24, 2023 Read More →
Universal Robots joins RBTX marketplace as new partner

Universal Robots joins RBTX marketplace as new partner

The RBTX robot marketplace, powered by, Igus expands its offering with cobots from new partner Universal Robots and continues to drive forward low-cost automation ideas. Robotics is becoming more important, but small and medium-sized companies are often faced with the question of how can a task be automated cost-effectively with little effort – in terms […]

By January 10, 2023 Read More →
Should Santa automate factory with robotics?

Should Santa automate factory with robotics?

The experts at Beckhoff UK explain how robotics and automation can optimise workflow in factories as complex as a Santa’s and relieve pressure on the elves. Santa’s workshop is known for being pretty busy 364 days a year, especially around Christmas season. Elves are at the heart of production, helping Santa meet demand, before the […]

By December 16, 2022 Read More →
Communication and safety challenges with AMRs

Communication and safety challenges with AMRs

To work efficiently, mobile robots need safe and reliable communication. The experts at HMS Networks outline the main communication and safety challenges, and provide an easy way to overcome these challenges to keep mobile robots moving. Mobile robots transport materials from one location to another and come in two types, automated guided vehicles (AGVs) and […]

By December 15, 2022 Read More →
Robotics can improve pharmaceutical yield

Robotics can improve pharmaceutical yield

With Mitsubishi Electric having written a white paper looking at robotics in the pharmaceutical sector, solutions manager David Bean highlights how industrial automation can improve the environmental footprint of pharmaceutical manufacturing activities. Smart pharmaceutical manufacturing can do more than drive up productivity. It can transform the lives of patients by providing access to high-quality medicines […]

By December 8, 2022 Read More →
Even easier for path to low-cost automation

Even easier for path to low-cost automation

Igus says its RBTX online marketplace, which helps users looking for cost-effective automation solutions, brings over 100 cost-effective automation solutions to your fingertips, and includes new functions and automation feasibility demonstrations. Instead of needing to search across many different sources, machine builders and buyers will find a wide range of low-cost robotics components from many […]

By December 6, 2022 Read More →
Regenerative braking cuts robot energy costs

Regenerative braking cuts robot energy costs

Yaskawa says its latest YRC1000 robot controls provide an important solution for the recovery of robot braking energy, and is offers this feature as standard on its larger Motoman robots with a payload upwards of 50kg. The YRC1000 robot controls are able to convert kinetic energy from the down and sideways movements directly into 400V […]

By November 3, 2022 Read More →