In decades past, the rigid, mechanical movements of traditional robots were confined to segregated sectors in factories. Their function was fixed, and their interactions were limited. Enter the cobot ...

Robots have been many the assembly line for decades. They handle chores like lifting cars or welding that would be unsafe or difficult for their human counterparts. These robots are often placed ...

Stacey Moser, Chief Commercial Officer, Universal Robots. In automating factory functions, larger companies have typically turned to expensive, complex industrial robots and expert in-house engineers.

When it comes to automating factory operations, big corporations have traditionally relied on costly industrial robots that are operated by expert in-house engineers. But an increasing number of ...

Collaborative robots may still be viewed as a relatively new automation technology in industry, but in the past decade, these cobots have transformed industry not just in terms of boosting throughput, ...

Collaborative robots, known as cobots, have become popular among electronics and other light industry manufacturers in China, as traditional industrial robots have failed to provide a feasible ...

Robotic technologies often captivate human attention for their broad—and still growing— autonomous operating capabilities. They also attract our attention because we can see how they’re changing the ...

Simply sign up to the Aerospace & Defence myFT Digest -- delivered directly to your inbox. Walking across the floor of SEW-Eurodrive’s factory in Baden-Württemberg is like moving through a time warp.

TUTHILL PLASTICS GROUP, an injection-moulding company in Clearwater, Florida, recently welcomed a new team member to its factory floor. From his first day on the job he performed the repetitive tasks ...

A robot performs a soldering job at an auto parts manufacturing company in Fuyang, Anhui province. WANG BIAO / FOR CHINA DAILY Collaborative robots, known as cobots, have become popular among ...