Gripper implements automation in cobots

January 2, 2020

SCHUNK, Germany, expanded its Plug and Work portfolio to include the new EGH Co-act gripper, which implements automation with a cobot.

Study: Cobot market to account for 30% of total robot market by 2027

Material handling, assembly and pick-and-place will be the three biggest applications of collaborative robots.

December 6, 2019

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Interact Analysis, UK, released “The Collaborative Robot Market – 2019,” a report that indicates strong and sustained growth for the collaborative robot industry.

Shopify to acquire 6 River Systems

With this acquisition, Shopify will add 6 River Systems’ cloud-based software and collaborative mobile robots to its newly released Shopify Fulfillment Network.

September 10, 2019

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Shopify Inc., Canada, announced plans to acquire 6 River Systems, Inc., a Waltham, Mass.-based provider of collaborative warehouse fulfillment solutions.

Cobot vacuum gripper

July 3, 2018

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Piab, Hingham, Mass., introduced the Kenos KCS gripper, which enables a collaborative robot (cobot) that can handle just about anything, anywhere, at any time.

How cobots provide around-the-clock food production

For the factory workers, it has been a real eye-opener that robots can be so simple to use.

March 22, 2018

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Many of the 30 employees at Atria's Skene, Sweden, factory work side-by-side with three robot arms from Universal Robots (UR), Ann Arbor, Mich.

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Refrigerated & Frozen Foods September 2020 Cover

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Check out the September 2020 edition of Refrigerated & Frozen Foods: Cold storage construction and COVID-19, how foodservice is adapting to coronavirus challenges, SugarCreek, 2020 cold storage construction guide & directory and much more!

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