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‘Sighted’ robot keeps everything on track

14/09/2012

The Piston Group (TPG), located in Michigan, and Missouri, USA, builds cooling modules for a variety of vehicles on five different assembly lines, each building more than 50 variants according to customer demand. Many inspections are performed on each module, including build variation, electrical connection integrity and dimensional accuracy.

A well-oiled transition from old to new

14/09/2012

A major UK based lubricants manufacturer has migrated from an obsolete and problematic control system with no disruption to production levels, and is now enjoying high plant availability, reduced cycle times, lower levels of waste, total production transparency and flexibility - and significant cost savings.

Smart conveying for the baking industry

14/09/2012

In the drive to reduce packaging and its resultant waste, a specialist machinery builder has developed a pressure-less queuing conveyor for collating notoriously difficult-to-handle raw quiches prior to baking.

An affordable, dynamic miniature-humanoid-robot

19/07/2012

DARwIn-OP is an affordable, miniature-humanoid-robot platform that enables many exciting research, education, and outreach activities.

More challenging roles lie ahead for robots

09/07/2012

We tend to associate robots with rather mundane, repetitive tasks but, of course, they are now able to undertake much more complex operations that only a decade ago would have been considered well beyond the capabilities of any mechatronic system. Les Hunt takes a look at recent developments.

Control Automation Features

‘Sighted’ robot keeps everything on track

A well-oiled transition from old to new

Smart conveying for the baking industry

An affordable, dynamic miniature-humanoid-robot

More challenging roles lie ahead for robots