Looking back and looking forward…
Time flies when you’re trying to keep up with the robotics and automation industry. As 2018 is coming to an end Active8 Robots is preparing for
21 December 2018
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Tag: Automation
Robotiq has raised $23,000,000 to Build More Cobots
Last week Robotiq announced that it has raised $23 Million (US Dollars) in its first round of venture investment. Robotiq, as mentioned in our last
17 December 2018
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Vector- A small robot for a small price!
It seems that even Amazon, the largest online retailer in the world, agrees that robotics and STEM products will make great gifts this year. The Vector
10 December 2018
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Cobot of the Month- FANUC CR35iA
Fanuc’s new CR35iA is the world’s only collaborative robot with a 35kg payload, making it the world’s strongest cobot. The Strongest Cobot on the Market The
30 November 2018
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One solution doesn’t fit all, but it does fit many.
Active8 Robots is extremely aware that every manufacturing line is different, and one standard solution cannot be made to increase productivity in every line. However, it
28 November 2018
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Panda on the Cover of Time Magazine
One of our cobots, Panda from Franka Emika, has made it onto the iconic Time Magazine’s cover. The edition is entitled “50 Amazing Innovations changing how
20 November 2018
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New UK Innovation loans will help businesses improve manufacturing
£12millon worth of innovation loans are being offered to 17 businesses across the UK. They will use the funding to undertake innovative manufacturing and materials research
16 November 2018
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UR e-Series Training
Last week some engineers from our Headquarters in Somerset travelled to Universal Robots’ Headquarters in Copenhagen to attend a training course on the new E-series robots,
8 November 2018
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Cobot of the Month- UR e-Series
The new e-Series is the newest range of cobot from Universal Robots. This new series is intended to enable faster development for a wider variety of
1 November 2018
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Skyline Robotics
What’s the one job everyone hates doing but has to do? Cleaning. And out of the thousands of tasks that come under the cleaning umbrella, it’s
30 October 2018
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How UK Manufacturers can Protect their Business by Anticipating a Hard Brexit
It was more than two years ago that the UK voted to leave the EU, yet it seems the future is still uncertain. What is certain
24 October 2018
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The Big Debate: What is a Robot?
There is a big debate at the moment about what defines a robot. How automated and programmable must something be to fit within the “robot” category?
22 October 2018
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How Cobots can Help SMEs in the Food Industry
Cobots are a key component of the Fourth Industrial Revolution. Human/ robot collaboration (HRC) is becoming more and more common, as agile and lightweight robots that
18 October 2018
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Pepper in Parliament
Today the UK Parliament has played host to its first non-human witness; Pepper, the robot. The AI-enabled robot was called before a Commons Committee to give
16 October 2018
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Cobot of the Month- Panda
Panda is the cobot for everyone. It is sensitive, interconnected, adaptive and cost-effective. The Panda almost seems too good to be true; a robot that is
2 October 2018
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Four-Day Working Week Could Be The Future.
With all the incoming help from robots, automation and Artificial Intelligence a four-day working week could be on the horizon. It’s previously been established that a
11 September 2018
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