Universal Robots (UR), the world market leader for collaborative robots, is expanding its sales network in North Rhine-Westphalia, Thuringia, and Saxony with four new partners. The companies Pultex GmbH from the Nordeifel, mkf GmbH from Lederhose near Gera, conveo based in Lennestadt-Grevenbrück, an…

With the growing demand for electric vehicles, the need for high-quality lithium-ion batteries is also increasing. For this reason, they should ideally be manufactured in cleanrooms with minimal humidity and as free of particles as possible. At the same time, automation is necessary in this environm…

Grocery wholesaler Kaufland is breaking new ground in the handling of 12-kg sausages. A Stäubli TX200 HE six-axis robot has recently taken on the job of loading a machine for the automated slicing of 1.5-meter-long sausages into appetizing sausage ready for packaging. The robot solution, which is a…

From June 18 to 20, 2024, a trade fair will take place in Stuttgart that couldn't be more fitting for the era of change in the automotive industry. It is the Electric & Hybrid Vehicle Tech Expo Europe. Here, e-mobility is the focus, and Stäubli emphasizes its expertise in this future market at b…

Yaskawa expands its solution offering for hygiene-sensitive robot applications with a European new development: The manufacturer now introduces the first two models of the Motoman HD series with 7 and 8 kg payload capacity. The new 6-axis high-performance robots were specifically designed for use in…

The Center for Life Science Automation (CELISCA) at the University of Rostock and Yaskawa have agreed to continue their collaboration in developing robot-based solutions for laboratory automation. As one of the first European users overall, the institution will also deploy a specially developed robo…

For a wide range of handling tasks, collaborative robots (cobots) are now the first choice. To fully leverage their advantages in terms of precision, reliability, and flexibility, the right tool is also required. With the RMH series, SMC now offers a pneumatic gripper in three variants that is compa…

In hardly any other industry are the requirements for automation technology as high as in medical device manufacturing environments. To prevent contamination of pharmaceutical and medical products as well as production disruptions, it is essential to minimize particle emissions and implement enhance…

Pipetting liquids without introducing foreign particles or microorganisms is a core task at many laboratories, for example when preparing samples, packaging media and buffers, or performing microbiological analyses using non-pathogenic microorganisms. The new pipetting robot ‘Liquid Handling Station…

The demand for automation in laboratories is steadily increasing. However, the requirements for robot-assisted applications in this context are high. How they can still be implemented in a technically and economically sensible way is demonstrated by Fraunhofer IPA using a prototype in cooperation wi…