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Body in White
© ABB
Body in White (BiW) line with ABB robots performing spot welding tasks.
Quality control
© KUKA
Sensitive joint torque sensors in all six axes of the LBR iisy enable safe cooperation be-tween humans and robots.
Hospital logistics
© OPPENT
OPPENT EVO Cart mobile robots transporting materials in a hospital, driven by BlueBotics ANT® navigation technology.
Internal Logistic with forklift
© Stoecklin Logistick AG
Eagle-Ant 1 automated forklifts by Stoecklin Logistick AG in operation at a food production plant.
High Payload Transportation
© Stäubli
AGV with a high payload moves automatically 20 tons at once.
Internal Logistics with forklift
© Stäubli
The ultra-compact forklift AGV transports pallets and increases productivity at an automotive OEM.
Logistics
© Mech-Mind
The robot picks and places boxes on palettes.
Material Handling
© ABB
BlueBotics mini™ mobile robots in operation at ABB’s semiconductor manufacturing plant in Lenzburg, Switzerland.
Picking Cosmetics
© FANUC
FANUC robot picking in cosmetics industry by using vision systems.
Picking Cosmetics
© FANUC
FANUC robot picking in cosmetics industry by using vision systems.
Material Handling
© FANUC
Two FANUC LR Mate 200iD-7L robots handle parts between them.
Testing
© FANUC
A FANUC CR-7iA/L collaborative robot supports assembly staff with the testing of control panels.
Handling Ceramic
© FANUC
Handling of ceramic tableware by FANUC robots
Hospital Disinfection
© OMRON
UV Disinfection Robot moves around in a hospital
Assembly and Testing
© Staubli
Assembly and test of smartphones with a SCARA and a 6 axis robot from Stäubli.
Assembly
© Staubli
Assembly application of E-mountainbikes Cube with a TX2-140 robot from Stäubli.
Monitoring
© Staubli
Monitoring of the production with a Stäubli TS2-100 robot.
Programming
© Staubli
Programming of a Stäubli TS2-100 SCARA robot.
Internal Logistics
© Mobile Industrial Robots A/S
Autonomous mobile robots transport pallets from the depot to the warehouse, manned hightrucks take over.
Hygiene Logistics
© Mobile Industrial Robots A/S
KEN Hygiene has developed a fully automated sterile center using autonomous mobile robot that works as the logistical link.
Warehouse Logistics
© Mobile Industrial Robots A/S
Automous mobile robot transports finished products from assembly lines to the warehouse - optimization of internal logistics
Cobot Palletizing
© YASKAWA
Safe palletizing with Yaskawa collaborative robot
Deburring and Chamfering
© YASKAWA
Robot deburring cell with the Yaskawa handling robot deburring and chamfering all types of gearing components.
Car Measurement
© YASKAWA
Turn-key complete cell MANTIS with Yaskawa handling robot enables measurement of a car side door in a matter of minutes.
Collaborative Robot Programming
© Photoneo
Programming and working with a collaborative robot.
Robot Vision
© Photoneo
Adjustments on an industrial robot and the vision system
Robot getting Eyes
© Photoneo
Mechanic setting up the vision system on an industrial robot.
Aluminum Welding
© OTC Daihen
Robot twin system of two robots and a positioner - fully automated aluminum welding with high-speed welding process AC/MIG.
Aluminum Work
© HSD
The HSD electrospindles are used for robotic milling applications on aluminum frames.
Marble Work
© HSD
HSD electrospindles working even on rigid surfaces like marble.
Milling Application
© HSD
The HSD electrospindles are used for robotic milling applications
Total Freedom of Movement - 7 Axis
© Duerr
The robot with a seven axis reaches every spot in the car body. This can eliminate the need for a linear displacement rail.
Overspray-free Paint Application
© Duerr
EcoPaintJet is an innovative system for automated, highly defined paint application without any overspray.
Sealing Application
© Duerr
Robot EcoRS 30L16S with shortened arm 1 is particularly suitable for sealing applications inside car bodies.
Logistics
© OMRON
Automous mobile robots safely and efficiently transport different payloads in manufacturing and warehouse logistics operations.
Cobot Application
© OMRON
Collaborative robots can work side-by-side with humans in many applications, e.g. closing CNC machine.
Scara Production Line
© OMRON
Seamless integration of robots and machine control allows flexible manufacturing of fixed industrial robots
Assembly
© YASKAWA
YASKAWA robots assemble robots for automation of the factory
Digital Supply Chain
© KUKA
The body-in-white plant KUKA Toledo Production Operations set new milestone in terms of digital supply chain and Industrie 4.0.
Soft Hand Gripper
© qbrobotics srl
SoftHand grasping a trolley handle with ability changing the angle of the wrist
Food Packaging
© OnRobot
Heavy and monotone tasks can be taken from the employees with a collaborative robot and special gripper.
Laboratory
© OnRobot
The OnRobot RG6 gripper is changing tests quickly by simply clipping and unclipping at L'Oréal.
Primary Packaging
© OnRobot
Two sets of dual gripper stack plastic molded containers, making them ready for packaging.
Smart Production
© KUKA
Smart Production in a factory
Cobot mounted on AMR
© NEURA Robotics GmbH
LARA (Lightweight Agile robotic assistant) mounted on MAV (Multi-Sensing Autonomous vehicle) palletizing products
Wire Cutting
© FANUC
A FANUC Robot LR Mate 200iD is loading a WireCut EDM machine
Collaborative Robot
© ABB
YUMI is ABB's collaborative robot on the market
Electronics industry
© ABB
Robots at assembly line in the electronics industry
Automotive welding
© ABB
Robots welding car chassis in the automotive industry
Automotive welding
© ABB
Robots welding parts in the automotive industry
UR5 - A highly flexible robot arm
© Universal Robots
UR5 robots (payload 5kg) carry out machine tending on CNC machines
UR3 - ultra-flexible table-top robot
© Universal Robots
UR3 robots (payload 3kg) to screw drive the caps on consumer goods at MARKA.
Cheese Handling
© Staubli
Cutting and Handling of Cheese
Automotive
© Staubli
Automotives - Automation
Programming
© YASKAWA
Using the teach pendant for programming, or touch up of previously made offline programs.
Printing
© CoolGraphics/Yaskawa
MOTOMAN dual arm robot in a co‐worker robot cell separates, airs and moves stacks of printed paper sheets.
Labrobot
© YASKAWA
The MOTOMAN dual arm robot in a biomedical cell where it performs all the necessary tasks in a laboratory environment.
Cleanfix
© BlueBotics 2017
Cleanfix - RA 660 - ANT driven cleaning a floor
ANT driven AGV
© BlueBotics 2017
AGV Scandinavia - ANT driven forklift
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