Automation, Controls and Technology News
Industrial Robots Are Marching Into U.S. Factories At Record Pace
Industrial robots are spreading out from automotive factories into a host of other industries, ranging from food production to electronics manufacturing.
IoT Utilization Skyrockets in Industrial Automation Applications
Internet of Things (IoT) continues to gain traction in all kinds of industries and applications. Industrial Automation is one such industry that’s seen a big increase in IoT utilization—a very big increase.
What is the role of industrial automation in a ‘Smart Factory’?
An expert panel discussion at this year’s Manufacturing Automation and Robotics Summit explored what role physical technology has in creating intelligent, connected factories of the future.
What Jenga can teach robots about industrial automation
A team of MIT engineers developed a system that robots can use to play Jenga.
Multiple 3D methods ease industrial automation applications
3D Printing/Additive Manufacturing
Many 3D vision techniques are used for robot guidance and industrial inspection applications. More often than not, it is necessary to empower robots with the ability to become autonomous, identify, pick and place parts and collaboratively work with human operators. To accomplish this requires that such systems employ a number of machine vision techniques including photogrammetry, stereo vision, structured light, Time of Flight (TOF) and laser triangulation techniques to perform the task of localizing and measuring objects. Figure 1: 6 River Systems’ collaborative automation warehouse robot, known as Chuck, uses TiM LiDAR sensors from SICK to build a map of the environment...