New AL19-series panel-mount master units from ifm electronic act as a gateway between intelligent sensors and the field bus, creating a link to the IT world.

Boulting Technology has relaunched its website with a wealth of new content and resources to help educate and inform its customers about Industry 4.0.

In this eggs-cellent video, we see a drylin delta robot in final preparations for Easter. The cost-effective and lightweight modular system can be used for the most delicate of pick-&-place tasks, even collecting Easter eggs.

B&R has added new functions to its mapp Motion software package. It is now possible to represent the actual structure of a complex machine intuitively in the configuration.

Whether it’s grabbing, holding or turning, touching, typing or pressing – we use our hands for the most diverse tasks. The human hand, with its unique combination of power, dexterity and fine motor skills, is a true miracle tool of nature. So, what could be more natural than equipping robots in collaborative workspaces with a gripper that is modelled on the human hand, and which solves various tasks by learning through artificial intelligence?

The new range of Fieldbus modules with IO-Link master functionality from ifm electronic, are designed to meet the demands for ever-increasing levels of intelligent sensing and control to facilitate the drive toward increasingly sophisticated automation and IT.

Phoenix Contact now offers operation terminals for particularly harsh ambient conditions in the form of the VMT 9000 product range.

After RARUK Automation introduced Pick-it 3D Robot Vision at last year’s PPMA Show, the company has now announced a new top-of-the range addition.