World’s largest hub for cobots opens in Denmark
By February 5, 2020 Read More →

World’s largest hub for cobots opens in Denmark

Denmark’s Minister of Industry, Business and Financial Affairs, Simon Kollerup, has unveiled what will become the new home of Mobile Industrial Robots (MiR) and Universal Robots (UR), the two flagships in the thriving Danish robotics industry. The companies will share 32,000 m2 (334,000 square feet) in a new “cobot hub” in the city of Odense, […]

Cobots versus industrial robots – what’s the difference?
By January 21, 2020 Read More →

Cobots versus industrial robots – what’s the difference?

Buying a new robot is a considerable investment for any business owner. Collaborative robots have been widely marketed as a cheaper alternative to industrial robots, but what’s the catch? Nigel Smith, president and CEO of Toshiba Machine partner TM Robotics, explains the crucial differences between these two robot types. Upfront costs Let’s kick things off […]

Delivering drinks from pallet to palate
By January 16, 2020 Read More →

Delivering drinks from pallet to palate

Canned drinks are big business worldwide and the numbers involved are staggering. For example, just one of the better-known soft drink brands claims to sell 1.9 billion cans every day across the globe, and around 2.5 billion are produced annually in the UK alone. In the manufacturing and supply chain, getting the cans to the […]

Astech Projects joins the SiLA Consortium
By October 10, 2019 Read More →

Astech Projects joins the SiLA Consortium

Astech Projects has recently worked on several projects that utilise SiLA2 and has had a chance to experience the benefits the standard brings. The SiLA Consortium is a non-profit organisation dedicated to bringing scientists and their data together.“Having worked with SiLA we felt it was important that we now joined the consortium,” said a spokesperson […]

Astech Projects becomes a certified Techman Robot UK partner
By September 20, 2019 Read More →

Astech Projects becomes a certified Techman Robot UK partner

Astech Projects has used the robust and collaborative Techman robots in many of its projects and now the partnership is official, with the company becoming a certified Techman Robot UK partner. Techman robots offer cutting edge technology including force sensing, integrated vision systems and high payload capacity allowing greater flexibility when integrating in fully automated […]

Innovations Day 2019 – Enabling the Adaptive Machine
By February 27, 2019 0 Comments Read More →

Innovations Day 2019 – Enabling the Adaptive Machine

B&R UK & Ireland supported by ABB Robots has opened up registration to its Innovations Day 2019 on 4 April – a day of seminars, customer case studies and hands-on demonstrations that bring the Adaptive Machine concept to life, and provide you with ideas and insights of how your own business can respond and succeed […]

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By December 14, 2018 Read More →

Machine vision and robotics solve positioning challenge

Having a machine ‘see’ a complex shaped part, then manipulate it whilst performing a highly accurate masking application is an example of a unique challenge presented in ‘future manufacturing technology’. For Astech Projects engineers, this future technology is all in a day’s work. In 2015, Astech Projects was approached by an aerospace manufacturer that needed […]

Ceiling-mounted SCARA robot delivers maximum flexibility
By December 12, 2018 Read More →

Ceiling-mounted SCARA robot delivers maximum flexibility

ABB has expanded its SCARA robot family with the launch of a compact invert-mounted model for small parts assembly applications. By mounting the IRB 910INV on the ceiling, manufacturers can increase the space efficiency and flexibility of each cell and handle more complex tasks even in cramped locations. The inverted mounting also allows the IRB […]

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Omron launches TM Series collaborative robot
By December 10, 2018 Read More →

Omron launches TM Series collaborative robot

Omron has announced the global launch of the TM series collaborative robot family to realize an innovative manufacturing environment where humans and machines work in harmony. With the various vision functionalities and the simple, intuitive programming environment of the TM collaborative robots, Omron will further enable safe, flexible, and collaborative manufacturing between human and machine. […]

Universal Robots celebrates 10 year anniversary
By December 5, 2018 Read More →

Universal Robots celebrates 10 year anniversary

When Linatex, a Danish supplier of technical plastics and rubber for industrial applications, bought a UR5 robot arm from Universal Robots (UR) to automate CNC machine tending in December 2008, they did something unthinkable. Instead of installing the robot behind safety caging, fenced off from people as was the norm for all industrial robots, they […]