Manufacturing

At Day 1 of RoboBusiness 2018, conversations around AI and innovation, international challenges, and new applications were major themes.

The first step to a big data management and analytics strategy is determining what you want to do with it, said speakers at a workshop before RoboBusiness 2018.

Robotics can help manufacturers with reshoring, but businesses must be aware of the challenges as well as the benefits, explains the Reshoring Institute's Rosemary Coates in this RBR webcast.

From welding to robot-assisted surgery, robot precision is a critical enabling technology. Three experts explain the importance of accuracy and precision, the rate of change, and the market prospects.

Determining the robotics ROI for a particular installation includes several factors, such as labor, installation, and energy costs.

As a leading site for industrial automation, South Korea is a major market for image processing, as seen by IDS Imaging Development Systems opening a branch office there.

Cobot arms and end effectors at IMTS 2018 included products from Universal Robots, Yaskawa, and OnRobot.

Tend.ai developed a platform for programming multiple robots, but manufacturers had other ideas and needs, explains RoboBusiness speaker and new President Stephen Sickler.

Software and robot controller upgrades on display focus on simpler programming for robot arms.

New robot capabilities such as easier cobot training, industrial-grade 3D printing, and mobile platforms were among the innovations at this year's International Manufacturing Technology Show.