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Taking robotic welding to a new level, collaborative workcells that can be moved throughout the shop floor, as needed, are helping manufacturers deal with tough challenges. From improved floorspace utilization and part optimization to cultivating a more stable workforce, the benefits of flexible cobots are clear. These pre-engineered systems are ideal for replacing or supplementing manual welding. Read More

Company leaders are finding innovative ways to effectively manage operations among the evolving industrial landscape. This includes a record annual number of robotic solutions that are addressing tough challenges head-on. From skilled worker unavailability and poor weld quality to sluggish factory workflow and more, high-performance robots and their peripherals are helping to drive manufacturing forward. Read More

With over 80% of goods in the United States shipped via pallet during their product life cycle, more companies are looking to robotic palletizing as a first step into robotic automation. Ideal for streamlining operations, palletizing is one of the easiest tasks to automate. Also, robotic palletizing helps alleviate most activity types that made OSHA’s top-injury list for workers, giving companies a “win-win” solution. Read More

Integral to individual patient care and the overall health care system, the need for diagnostic testing in lab medicine continues to surge, and more facilities than ever are embracing automation and robotic systems to streamline high-throughput areas of the clinical diagnostic lab. Chronic disorders and infectious diseases are a key driver for this, prompting the need to safely, accurately and timely process samples. Read More

Once a technology imagined and used for Fortune 500 companies with big assembly lines, robotic automation is now a necessity for most small, medium and large businesses alike to keep competitive. Simple to justify for large quantity runs for automotive and consumer products in the past, today’s cost-effective robots and automation systems are tackling tough jobs for a wide range of applications in nearly every industry. Read More