Futura Automation

Collaborative Robots (Cobots)

  • October 2018 Newsletter: Automation – So Fresh and Lean

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    Brian McMorris

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  • August 2018 Newsletter: “Wireless Machine Safety”

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    Brian McMorris

        THE SAFETY ISSUE: Innovative Machine Safety  –> Machine  safety  in  automation today –>   Innovative Safety from ReeR: ReeR has always been at the forefront in the field of optoelectronic curtains for automation, measurement and control. Questions? Get in touch Click for ReeR Products     Safety Light Curtains More info   Watertight Safety Light Curtains

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  • RoboBusiness 2017, San Jose, CA Sept 26-28

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    Brian McMorris

    Next week will bring us in the robotics and automation space two big international trade shows: Pack Expo Las Vegas and RoboBusiness 2017 in San Jose, CA.  I will be at both. I hope to see you at one or the other.  Pack Expo always delights with all the new ways to manufacture and package

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  • ROS-Industrial Robotic Blending Milestone 4 – Technology Demonstration at Wolf Robotics

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    Brian McMorris

    Awesome work done by Wolf Robotics, A Lincoln Electric Company and Matt Robinson – Program Manager of ROS-Industrial at Southwest Research Institute and his development team.  This type of collaborative effort shows what robots can do in manufacturing.  ROS-I will provide a non-proprietary platform to publish special applications and routines. http://rosindustrial.org/news/2017/9/7/robotic-blending-milestone-4-technology-demonstration-at-wolf-robotics

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  • Will Fast Food Jobs be Fully Automated by the year 2030?

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    Brian McMorris

    The hottest trend in dining today is the automated restaurant.  Every aspect of restaurant services are under review for updating and streamlining, mostly through automation.  The reason for this is the confluence of several current trends.  The trends are:  1. The reduction in cost of robots to do specific tasks.  2. The knowledge of robot

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  • ROBO: 2017 Global Robotics Industry Investor Report

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    Brian McMorris

    There have been several investor indexes created around the robotics market over the past 20 years.  I myself put together such an index in the 1990s which included Cognex, RVSI, Acuity, ABB, Fanuc, Adept and Yaskawa.  The problem with such indexes is the components were rarely a pure industrial robotics play (exception being Adept Technologies).

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