collaborative robots

42 companies empowering robots and humans to work side-by-side

Frank Tobe 31 Mar 2017

There is growing demand for more flexibility in factories and shops. Collaborative robotics, a sub-set of service robotics in labs, manufacturing and material handling, is where the action is today...

Automatica’s exhibitors were trumpeting Industry 4.0. Is this the turning point for robotics?

SPARC and Adriana Hamacher 04 Jul 2016

Industry 4.0 - the fourth industrial revolution - was the main theme at the largest robot and automation fair in the world, Germany's AUTOMATICA, which took place in Munich throughout the last week o...

Robots can help reduce 35% of work days lost to injury

Alex Owen-Hill and Robotiq Inc. 27 May 2016

What's the biggest benefit for using collaborative robots? It's not better efficiency. It's not the extra hours the robot can work in a shift. It's not even having improved consistency across your pr...

How to benefit from the robotic skill shortage

Alex Owen-Hill and Robotiq Inc. 22 Apr 2016

Robotics is going to be one of the biggest job creators in modern history. But are there enough qualified people to fill those jobs? As various sectors announce skill shortages, we looked at how robot...

Collaborative robots and breaking down evolving risk assessment

Alexandre Paré and Robotiq Inc. 14 Apr 2016

During the last 50 years, industrial robots have been increasingly used in manufacturing industries around the world. The technology has been evolving and adapting to the needs of its users. Over the ...

Collaborative robots are broadening their marketplaces

Frank Tobe 08 Mar 2016

Universal Robots, the Danish manufacturer of a line of collaborative robots (also called "co-bots"), recently published financial statements which provide valuable insights into the growth potential ...

New collaborative robots — and product lines — at iREX 2015

Samuel Bouchard and Robotiq Inc. 07 Dec 2015

We visited iREX 2015 last week at the Tokyo Big Sight. It was great to be in robotland and to be immersed in Japan's point of view on robotics. Some well-known collaborative robot manufacturers are ...

#iREX2015 collaborative robots video roundup

Samuel Bouchard and Robotiq Inc. 04 Dec 2015

Several new collaborative robots were shown at the IREX show in Japan. Check out the video....

ABB launches YuMi and acquires gomTec

Frank Tobe 15 Apr 2015

ABB leapt into the collaborative robotics space at the Hannover Messe trade show by launching their two-armed YuMi robot and simultaneously announcing their acquisition of German startup gomTec, wh...

Safety concerns for collaborative robots

Frank Tobe 03 Oct 2014

At a daylong workshop on Collaborative Robots by the Robotic Industries Association (RIA), two main themes were expressed: worker safety and almost universal expectation for rapid deployment of colla...