Cobot of the Month- YuMi Single-Arm
Active8 Robot’s cobot of the month this January is ABB’s single-arm YuMi. It is ABB’s most collaborative robot to date, which can be easily integrated into
2 January 2019
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Tag: collaborative robots
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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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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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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Using Collaborative Robots for Low Cost Automation
Smart, Collaborative Robots Providing Low Cost Automation to SME’s Around the World Automation has been around for many years but typically has been restricted to large
10 June 2015
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Sawyer vs Baxter – Head to Head Comparison
A new addition to the Rethink Robotics family You may have the seen last week that Rethink Robotics released the Sawyer robot, their latest smart, collaborative robot to
27 March 2015
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What are collaborative robots – and why are they so different?
What makes a robot smart? Traditionally robots have only been able to operate based on set parameters and have been very inflexible to alterations and changes
17 February 2015
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Why collaborative robots are bringing work back home
Offshoring has long been an issue for both businesses and employees but for completely different reasons. However, with the development of low-cost robotics offshoring is not
6 January 2015
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