April 2018 Product Spotlight: Robots and Automation
This month’s Modern Equipment Review Spotlight focuses on robots, handling equipment and other automation products.
Swipe to view the items in this month’s Modern Equipment Review Spotlight.
ATI Industrial Automation’s U1-050 universal compliance compensator (UCC) has a variety of features for adaptability in tasks such as automated assembly, bin picking, machine loading and unloading, and robotic finishing. Read more.
TM Robotics introduces TSAssist software, a programming tool. The software assists with all phases of automation, including planning, design and improvement. Read more.
WorkNC from Vero Software introduces two tools to its portfolio: a direct-modeling CAD system and a robot module. The company claims these tools make offline robot programming easy, even for inexperienced users. Read more.
Featuring power- and force-limiting technology, Yaskawa Motoman’s six-axis HC10 collaborative robot (cobot) is designed to work safely with or near humans by stopping in the event of contact with an operator. Read more.
The image gallery above, based on Modern Machine Shop magazine’s Modern Equipment Review Spotlight, features a variety of automation equipment, from pallet handling to programming and modeling software.
Swipe through the gallery for details, and follow the caption links for more information about each item.
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