Automation
Cartesian Robot Line Enhances Control, Increases Speeds and Boosts Takeout Functions
Absolute Robot has upgraded its Max series of full-servo top-entry robots upgrading its control, speed and takeout functions with the Y-Free capability.
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Smart Systems Illuminate Material Recovery for Enhanced Plastics Recycling
Data collection and machine learning can give MRF operators and brand owners an enhanced view of the fate of recyclable materials.
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Cobot Case Packer for Containers
Compact, mobile system with collaborative robot eases labor shortage for container packing.
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ABB to Expand U.S. Production Facility
The automation supplier will invest $20 million to increase production capacity at its 538,000-ft2 North American headquarters and manufacturing facility in Michigan.
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Machine Intelligence Mobilized Against Waste
Part quality was naturally the first target of autonomous molding algorithms, but later developments have focused increasingly on preventing wasted time, energy, material and hardware maintenance.
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Smart Container Design Reduces the Need for Containers
Clorox household cleaning product incorporates principles of reuse and reduce.
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Automation in Thermoforming on the Rise
Equipment suppliers’ latest innovations exemplify this trend driven by factors such as labor shortages, higher-speed thermoformers and tighter quality control.
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Rapid Robotics Partners With Yaskawa Motoman
Through a new partnership with Yaskawa Motoman, the San Francisco-based robotic workforce company will apply its rapid deployment, machine vision and artificial intelligence model to industrial applications.
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DSM Launches an AI Powered Color & Mechanical Properties Prediction Tool
Called Lucidiris, this prediction tool can reduce time to market when developing colors of high-performance materials for a variety of applications.
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This Might Have Been Written by a Robot
Well, I trust you would notice the difference. But you’d be surprised how well the “bots” can compose plausible text almost instantly. I challenged a popular AI “chatbot” to address some current concerns about chemical recycling. Some useful lessons resulted.
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