Industrial Robotics
How to Calculate Robot Cycle Time Before You Sign
Estimate each move as acceleration, constant velocity, deceleration and settling, then add process time that no robot can shorten. On short...
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Robotics, written for the people who have to make it run.
Independent engineering coverage of robot development worldwide: industrial and collaborative arms, mobile robots, humanoids, perception, actuators, safety standards and the economics behind them.
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Industrial Robotics
Delta Robots: Are 150 Picks per Minute Realistic?
Yes, but only on the manufacturer's test cycle. A parallel delta robot genuinely reaches 150 to 200 picks per minute on the standard 25 mm...
Industrial Robotics
What a Machine Tending Cell Costs, Line by Line
A single-machine tending cell lands between 70,000 and 190,000 euro installed, and the robot is typically only 20 % to 30 % of it. The...
Industrial Robotics
How Many Cases per Minute Can a Palletizing Robot Really Do?
A conventional six-axis palletizing robot handles 10 to 20 cases per minute single-picking, and 25 to 45 when it picks a full row or layer...
Industrial Robotics
Payload vs Reach: Why a Bigger Robot Arm Gets Slower
Reach costs payload because a robot joint is limited by torque, and torque is force times distance. Doubling the reach of an otherwise...
Industrial Robotics
Repeatability vs Accuracy: The Robot Spec Buyers Confuse Most
Repeatability is the spread when a robot returns to a taught point, typically ±0.02 mm to ±0.1 mm. Accuracy is the error when it moves to a...
Industrial Robotics
IP54, IP67, IP69K: What Robot Protection Ratings Mean
The first digit is solids, the second is liquids, and each is a separate test with a defined procedure under IEC 60529. IP54 means...
Sections
Where the work is filed
Ten sections, from gearbox backlash to national robot density. Pick the one that matches your problem.
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Industrial Robotics
Arms, cells and the specifications that decide whether a line runs.
10 articles
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Collaborative Robots
Cobots, contact limits and the paperwork that decides whether the fence comes down.
10 articles
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Mobile Robots
AMRs, AGVs and the throughput math that decides whether the fleet pays.
10 articles
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Humanoids and Legged Robots
Legs, hands and the energy budget that still limits every humanoid programme.
10 articles
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Robot Software
ROS 2, real-time control, simulation and the fieldbus that ties it to the plant.
10 articles
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AI and Robot Learning
Policies, datasets and the honest state of learned control on real hardware.
10 articles
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Perception and Sensors
What robots measure, how precisely, and where the measurement quietly fails.
10 articles
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Actuators and Mechanics
Gearboxes, motors, grippers and the cable that fails before any of them.
10 articles
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Safety and Standards
The clauses, distances and deadlines that decide whether a cell may be switched on.
10 articles
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Industry and Economics
Installations, density, prices and payback, with the source next to every figure.
10 articles
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Field and Service Robotics
Robots that leave the factory: operating theatres, fields, building sites and reactor halls.
10 articles
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The first paragraph carries the answer. Read one sentence and you are served.
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Numbers with a source
Every figure names where it comes from. Standards, statistics offices, manufacturer data.
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The comparison you can photograph and send to a colleague, not a list of pros and cons.
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