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Meet Stäubli at Dhaka International Textile & Garment Machinery Exhibition 2025, February 20-23

For over a century, Stäubli has been dedicated to delivering efficient solutions for the textile weaving industry. We specialize in providing weaving mills with tailored tools to enhance workflows, from weaving preparation […]

Enhancing efficiency with Stäubli robotic tool changers

In the latest Expert Minute, we’re pleased to highlight the progress made in manufacturing efficiency with Stäubli’s robotic tool changers. Modern manufacturing demands flexibility – for different products and smaller batch sizes […]

Pepperl+Fuchs has launched a new WCS position encoding system with an IO-Link interface

The proven WCS position encoder system stands for absolute position detection with millimeter precision and is used in conveyor systems, among other applications. Due to its robust design, it is also suitable for outdoor […]

SMC Corporation

SMC Smart Assets: Asset management for the digital age

SMC is launching Smart Assets, an innovative project designed to modernize asset management for both machine builders and end users in the digital age. In collaboration with top academic and industrial partners, […]


Oceaneering International, Inc.

Oceaneering’s Freedom™ AUV Wins 2024 TotalEnergies Innovation Award

Pioneering Subsea Robotics Recognized Oceaneering International, Inc. proudly announces that its Freedom™ Autonomous Underwater Vehicle (AUV) has been honored with the Innovation Award at TotalEnergies’ 2024 Supplier Day. This accolade celebrates Freedom’s […]


SABorganic – Sustainable cable design in an eco-jacke

SAB Bröckskes is responding to the trend and increasing demand for products made from renewable raw materials. Now, the manufacturer has introduced a new, CO2-reduced series of data and control cables. SAB […]


New MiR MC600 combines High-Payload Autonomous Mobility and Precision Robotics Arm

Mobile Industrial Robots (MiR) today announced the MC600 mobile collaborative robot (cobot), the latest addition to its growing list of MiR Go Approved products. Capable of handling payloads up to 600 kg (1322 lbs), the […]


SICK AG

Mobile platforms and robotics in production and logistics: AI-based robot guidance

At SPS 2024, SICK introduced the PALLOC (PALlet content LOCalization) system, an innovative AI-powered solution for automated depalletizing with robots. PALLOC combines a high-performance 3D snapshot camera, a factory-installed and pretrained neural […]


Digital twin optimises Bürkle systems; Yaskawa robots can be easily programmed via the Siemens SRCI interface

With an integrated tool chain, Robert Bürkle GmbH shows how to plan, build, and commission complex systems more efficiently. Virtual commissioning helps save both valuable time and material starting from the very […]


Three driverless transport vehicles from ek robotics at GGP Media

More and more companies are turning to driverless transport systems in intralogistics to increase efficiency and meet challenges such as a shortage of skilled workers. GGP Media GmbH in Pößneck, Thuringia, is no […]


First half year of records for Innok Robotics

The most successful first half of the business year in the history of Innok Robotics is behind us. Thanks to many trade fairs and numerous customer inquiries, we are continuing at the […]


Stäubli International AG

Stäubli: Best of both worlds

With a sales partnership, Stäubli and SAFELOG aim to combine their expertise in mobile robots to strengthen their market position in Europe and compete with the rising robotics power of China. Stäubli […]


Shibaura Machine exhibits at the Assembly Show 2024

As the exclusive distribution partner for Shibaura Machine, TM Robotics will exhibit at the Assembly Show 2024. Held on October 22-24 at the Donald E. Stephens Convention Center in Rosemont, Illinois, the company will […]


New investor Summa Equity paves way for further growth Bollegraaf Group

Impact investment firm Summa Equity has acquired a majority stake in the global leader of turnkey recycling solutions, the Bollegraaf Group. The acquisition of Bollegraaf happens about a year after Summa presented their report “Investing […]


Oceaneering Wins Contract to Build Freedom AUV and Remote Operations Center for U.S. Navy

Oceaneering International, Inc. announces today that its Subsea Robotics and Aerospace and Defense Technologies segments were awarded a multi-million dollar contract by the Defense Innovation Unit (DIU) of the U.S. Department of […]


lowpad opened new production facility

Our new production facility has been fully operational for a few months now. We are pleased with this necessary expansion to accommodate the growth of our AMR projects and optimize the efficiency […]


Yaskawa cobot in erosion machine from b-automated

Contract manufacturers are specialists. That means they face very special challenges, for example in terms of skilled workers and efficient production processes. Like Nordspan GmbH: the young company from Schwentinental, Schleswig-Holstein, recently […]


World’s Largest Injection Molding Machine by ENGEL

ENGEL AUSTRIA GmbH has expanded its technical center in St. Valentin, Austria, with one of the largest injection molding machines from its standard portfolio: the duo 5500 combi M. With a clamping force […]