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what in the world is a collaborative robot? (part 1 of 3)
There’s a tremendous amount of buzz these days around the concept of “collaborative” robots. This important and emerging category of automation is literally redefining how and where robots can be used...
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what in the world is a collaborative robot? (part 2 of 3)
In part 2 of my 3-part ‘What in the world is a Collaborative Robot?’ blog, I’ll examine a bit of the history around this revolutionary category of automation, how collaborative robots typically differ...
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the future of manufacturing = (education + industry)^innovation
We’ve all heard the dire predictions and read the alarming headlines about the future of manufacturing in America –a labor shortage is looming, a skills gap is growing. But with every media barrage,...
View Articlehumans and robots working together in grand rapids, mi
Meet Chris Hager, IT Manager at Praxis Packaging Solutions, a contract packaging company headquartered in Grand Rapids, MI. “We handle a very wide variety of products. New products are entering the mix...
View Articlecollaborative robotics, job security and roi
In a recent interview about the implications of collaborative robotics, Greg Monson, operations manager at Flambeau Injection Molding, talks about the arrival of their Baxter robot in Baraboo, MI. “The...
View Articleold school factory meets new school collaborative robots
Established in 1939, Standby Screw Machine Products is “an old school company with old school mentalities,” explains owner and COO Bill Marcell who’s “trying to break that mentality and get people to...
View Articlecollaborative robot baxter pays for itself in four months at rapid-line
At Rapid-Line, an 89 year old metal fabrication shop in Grand Rapids, MI, two Baxter collaborative robots are on the job. One is set up on a Haas VF-3 mill machine used to create fabricated steel parts...
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