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 ...

Cobots Inc. is a new stand-alone company based in Mississauga, Ontario, that specializes in automation using collaborative robots (cobots) for small- and medium-sized packaging processors. A sister ...

With insights into the key differences between cobots and robots as well as the tasks where cobots tend to excel, Tim Paton of ABB Robotics provides an update on collaborative robotics for industrial ...

The use of cobots is expected to rise dramatically through the rest of this decade, finding homes in industries ranging from manufacturing to defense to food and beverage. What are the differentiating ...

What if robots didn't take the place of humans, but worked alongside them? That's precisely the reality when cobots—collaborative robots—are added to the workforce. When you can design your workflow ...

Many manufacturing functions are becoming fully automated, thanks to engineers designing advanced industrial robots that make processes safer and more efficient. But will cobots replace manufacturing ...

Here are some considerations designers and manufacturers need to take into account before investing their money and time. If it wasn’t already clear to manufacturers that the use of robots is on the ...

Czech writer Karel Čapek first coined the term ‘Robot’ in his 1920 play R.U.R. about a dystopian future in which artificial, manufactured “roboti” act human-like and perform tasks in servitude to ...

Learning how to set up and program a collaborative robot – or cobot – no longer depends on real life access to a robot or a training class, thanks to the new Universal Robots Academy. The online ...

Working shoulder-to-shoulder with workers on the door assembly line at Ford’s Silverton Manufacturing Plant are two cobots (collaborative robots) responsible for the installation of weatherproof ...

Here’s a perk about being a U.S. Senator — you get to see cool things, like the “cobots” that fascinated Tim Kaine when he stopped by the Continental Automotive Systems plant on Bland Boulevard in ...