Features
We employ our in-depth understanding of robotics and mechatronics technology
to produce original and informative feature articles.
Automate or Die!
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If news that robot investment is still booming in China, with
a 20% increase reported in the latest figures, and that it is expected
to install more than 100,000 industrial robots by 2015 doesn’t
sound alarm bells, then it should. As should reports that demand
for robots is also increasing ... [read
more] |
More Than Just A Robot
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When we quote for a fully functioning robot workcell, customers
are sometimes surprised that there are costs and items of equipment
other than the industrial robot itself. But that’s true of
many purchases. When you buy an iPod, it just sits there looking
sleek, smart and dumb. ... [read more] |
10 More Reasons To Buy Robots
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Three years ago, I wrote an article putting forward ‘10
good reasons to invest in robots’. Since then, the worldwide
stock of operational industrial robots has risen to the one million
mark (not necessarily as a result of my article!) and there is now
a strong trend toward flexible automation in many non-automotive
marketss ... [read more] |
A Dozen Robot Do’s And Don’ts
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At first glance, industrial robot specification sheets look fairly
straightforward. Typically, there’s a picture of the particular
model, looking sleek and stylish, unblemished by external cabling,
end-of-arm tooling, feed mechanisms and safety guards. Then there
are the quoted figures: number of axes, maximum payload ... [read
more] |
Anatomy Of A Robot
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The term robot stems from the Czech word robota, which translates
roughly as ‘dull, repetitive labour’. Although robots
are indeed often associated with performing highly repetitive, routine
applications, today’s flexible automation technology lends
itself to much more than that, undertaking sophisticated precision
tasks that a human cannot hope to emulate ... [read
more] |
Don’t Ask Why Robots, Ask Why Not
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With the growing emphasis on speed of production and maintaining
competitiveness in an increasingly global marketplace, the need
for efficient and flexible robotics technology has become a key
consideration for many businesses in manufacturing industry. That
explains why the annual market for industrial robots surged by 30%
in 2005 ... [read more] |
Industrial Robot Specification
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Although global statistics suggest that Britain is still lagging
behind other advanced nations in the uptake of modern robotics technology,
falling prices, increased relative performance and smaller installation
footprints are prompting more UK manufacturers and processors to
invest in multi-axis industrial robots ... [read
more] |
