News and Industry Articles
Links to third party articles, videos and more from leading industry publications and web sites.
2023
- Common Applications for Starting with Robots
- Shop Metalworking Technology, March 2023
- Yaskawa Motoman Shows Collaborative Palletizing Robot
- DC Velocity, March 2023
- Addressing the Weakest Links in Automation
- Packaging Strategies, March 2023
- Amp Up Packaging Productivity with Robots
- Industrial Machinery Digest, March 2023
- Robot Retrofits: When is it Time?
- MetalForming, March 2023
- MetalForming Live on the Shop Floor – Robots Working in Metal Forming Operations
- MetalForming, February 2023
- Kids learn about 3D printing, robotics at Red River College bootcamp
- CBS News, February 2023
- TechFest STEM event held at Sinclair Community College
- Dayton 24/7 Now, February 2023
- NRC Industries goes BIG with welding automation
- Canadian Fabricating & Welding, February 2023
- Robots: Doing More with Less Floorspace
- Modern Machine Shop, February 2023
- Robotic Workcell Sparks Welding Trifecta at Ajax
- Manufacturing News, February 2023
- Flexible Fixturing for Cobot Welding
- Fabricating & Metalworking, February 2023
- Tons of New Tech at FABTECH 2022
- MetalForming, January 2023
- Automation advances put technology within reach
- Snack Food & Wholesale Bakery, January 2023
- Workcell Readiness
- FAB Shop Magazine Direct, January 2023
- Proactive Steps for Robot Reliability and Safety
- Industrial Machinery Digest, January 2023
- The Value of Robotic Paint Performance Testing
- Products Finishing, January 2023
2022
- Stacked and Compact
- Snack Food & Wholesale Bakery, December 2022
- Robotic Parcel Induction Allows for Fast Order Fulfillment
- Packaging World, October 2022
- Now Hiring: Robot Welders
- Manufacturing Engineering (SME), October 2022
- IMTS+ on the Show Floor | Yaskawa at IMTS 2022 (video)
- IMTS, October 2022
- Meet A Welding Engineer (video)
- WunderSTEM Episode 101, October 2022
- Spot-on Robotic Welds
- FAB Shop Magazine Direct, October 2022
- Vision Elevates Robot Performance in Logistics
- Vision Spectra, Autumn 2022
- IMTS 2022: Robots Aim to Help Manufacturing Tasks
- Robotics-World, September 2022
- The Top 10 Technologies at IMTS 2022
- Industrial Equipment News (IEN), September 2022
- Compact Workcells Integrating Into Weld Processes
- IMTS ShowDaily, September 2022
- Key Factors for Cobot Welding Safety
- The FABRICATOR, September 2022
- The Impact of Collaborative Robots
- Fabricating & Metalworking, September 2022
- Yaskawa Displays Robotic Automation, Smart Solutions at IMTS 2022
- Manufacturing.Net, August 2022
- Robot Series Facilitates Collaborative Welding
- Modern Machine Shop, August 2022
- Rent a Bot! Easing Into Robotic Automation via RaaS
- Smart Industry, August 2022
- The Path Toward No-Code Robot Programming
- Welding Journal, August 2022
- Yaskawa Displays Robotic Automation, Smart Solutions at IMTS 2022
- Industrial Equipment News (IEN), August 2022
- Data in Motion
- FAB Shop Magazine Direct, July 2022
- Advances in Robotics Aim to Ameliorate Persistent Labor Woes
- MHI Solutions, June 2022
- Yaskawa Motoman's Dean Elkins Interviewed at Automate 2022 (video)
- Industrial Sage, June 2022
- Mitigating Hazards with Robots
- Fabricating & Metalworking, June/July 2022
- 10 Noteworthy Robot Exhibits at Automate 2022
- Robotics 247, June 2022
- Yaskawa Showcases Latest Technologies at Automate 2022
- Control Automation, June 2022
- Heavy Metal Automation
- Welding Productivity, May/June 2022
- Maritime machines: J.D. Irving fully automates the tie line
- Canadian Forest Industries, May/June 2022
- Automation Made Easy
- Shop Floor Lasers Magazine, May/June 2022
- Motor Technology Improvements Make Robots More Capable
- Robotics 247, May 2022
- An Automation 'First' for Non-Servo-Eject Trim Presses
- Plastics Technology, May 2022
- Robotic Automation Trends
- Canadian Metalworking, May 2022
- The Robotic Edge: Workflow Optimization for Market Advantage
- Industrial Machinery Digest, May 2022
- Automation Made Easy
- FAB Shop Magazine Direct, May 2022
- Yaskawa Motoman's Collaborative Robot Combines Flexibility and High Productivity
- EaeMáquinas, April 2022 (Brazil)
- Action-Based Education Yields Innovative Workforce
- Techniques, April 2022
- Year of the Cobot: Cobots Make Automating Easier Than Ever
- IMTS, April 2022
- MODEX 2022 Set to Explore Robotics, Automation for Supply Chain
- Robotics-World, March 2022
- Taking Up the Slack
- Plastics Machinery & Manufacturing, March 2022
- New Yaskawa Cobots Sport Enhanced Features
- Plastics Machinery & Manufacturing, March 2022
- The Perfect Match
- Canadian Fabricating & Welding, March 2022
- Robotic Destacking and Press Tending a Huge Time and Labor Saver
- MetalForming, March 2022
- Lost in Logistics No More!
- Industrial Machinery Digest, March 2022
- The Cobot Difference: The Benefits for Small Shop Adoption
- Fabricating & Metalworking, March 2022
- Forward-Thinking Education Trains Future Innovators
- Manufacturing News, March 2022
- Collaborative Robots Raise the Bar for Productivity
- Robotics 247, February 2022
- Where automation meets the road
- Industrial Safety & Hygiene News (ISHN), January 2022
- Road-painting robot created in Northeast Ohio could save lives (video)
- News 5 Cleveland, January 2022
- Four Factors Fueling the Material Handling Robot Surge
- Material Handling & Logistics, January 2022
- Unlocking Cobot Potential
- FABshop Direct, January 2022
- 4 Spot Welding Robotic Solutions to Avoid Wasting Your Cycle Time and Shop Space
- Industrial Machinery Digest, January 2022
2021
- Company Spotlight: Yaskawa America (video)
- A3, November 2021
- Interface Six-Axis Robots with Injection Molding Presses
- Plastics Technology, November 2021
- Consistent Workforce
- FFJournal, November 2021
- Compact SCARA is the Right Fit for Brake, Suspension Manufacturer
- Assembly, November 2021
- Machine Vision for Flexible Robotic Automation
- Fabricating & Metalworking, November/December 2021
- Timeless Tricks for Today’s Robots
- Welding Journal, November 2021
- 3 Ways Robots Can Streamline Welding Processes
- The Welder, October 2021
- Yaskawa Demos Collaborative and Autonomous Palletizing Robots (video)
- Automation World, October 2021
- Retrofitting with robots
- FAB Shop Magazine Direct, October 2021
- Robotic Machine Tending for Optimized Operations
- Fabricating & Metalworking, October 2021
- Minding and Safeguarding the Machine Shop
- Fabricating & Metalworking, October 2021
- Smoother machine designs, better integration
- Control Engineering, September 2021
- Filling the gaps with robotic welding
- The Welder, Sep/Oct 2021
- How a university-industry collab led to an innovative syringe-filling system
- Pharma Manufacturing, September 2021
- Chevy Bolt Fires Has Battery Industry Scrambling to Ensure EV Safety
- Forbes, September 2021
- Fabricator on a Quick Robotic Welding Learning Curve
- MetalForming, September 2021
- Pack Expo Presents Innovative Solutions to a Live Audience
- MachineDesign, September 2021
- Automation solutions for the baking industry
- Snack Food & Wholesale Bakery, September 2021
- Advances in robotics and automation in the snack and bakery industries
- Snack Food & Wholesale Bakery, September 2021
- Ideal Integration
- FAB Shop Magazine Direct, September 2021
- Don’t Spec a Welding System Until You’ve Done This
- Metalforming, August 2021
- New Robot for Painting Applications Launched
- Products Finishing, August 2021
- Robot Accurately Places Bin Lids at 45/min
- Packaging World, August 2021
- Spotlight on product handling systems
- Snack Food & Wholesale Bakery, August 2021
- Kentucky Pallet Recycler Diversifies with Vecoplan Pellet Mill
- Pallet Enterprise, August 2021
- Robots fill gaps as processors struggle to find workers
- Plastics Machinery & Manufacturing, August 2021
- More Flexible Robots Allow for More Case-Packing Options
- Packaging World, August 2021
- Forward in 3D: Rise Above Challenges in 3D Metal Printing
- Fabricating & Metalworking, August 2021
- Pendant programming
- Welding Productivity, July 2021
- Unlocking robotics’ potential
- Canadian Metalworking, July 2021
- Right-sizing your robotic welding investment
- Canadian Fabricating & Welding, July 2021
- The “Smart Factory Five” For Robotic Automation
- Fabricating & Metalworking, June/July 2021
- The Answer is Automation
- Welding Productivity, June 2021
- ABI Research Sees Cobots Market at $600M in 2021
- Outlook Series, June 2021
- Smart Robots for Intelligent Production
- Fabricating & Metalworking, May 2021
- Cobots in the Classroom
- University of Memphis Magazine, Spring 2021
- Bridging the Palletizing Production Gap with Robotic Automation
- Canadian Packaging, May 2021
- Full Circle Robotic Return on Investment
- Industrial Machinery Digest, May 2021
- The office v. home: Local companies defining right now what work will look in 2021 -- and beyond
- Dayton Daily News, May 2021
- What’s So Appealing About SCARA Robots?
- Packaging Strategies, May 2021
- What’s So Appealing About SCARA Robots?
- Flexible Packaging, May 2021
- Big Ideas
- Welding Productivity, April 2021
- Optimizing Cobotic Welding
- Fabricating & Metalworking, March 2021
- Robotics Adoption Survey Finds Ups, Downs, and a Few Surprises
- Automation World, March 2021
- Road to Recovery
- FAB Shop Magazine Direct, March 2021
- Small Yields Big
- FAB Shop Magazine Direct, March 2021
- PLC Integrated Robots: The Case for a Singular Control Architecture
- Automation Canada, February 2021
- Collaborative Strides
- Welding Productivity, February 2021
- Maximizing Your Collaborative Welding Investment
- Fabricating & Metalworking, February 2021
- Achieve robust ROI through robotic transfer automation
- FFJournal, February 2021
- You're Hired: Recruiting Mobile Robots
- Automation World, January 2021
- Selecting Droids
- FAB Shop Magazine Direct, January 2021
2020
- The need for robotic offline programming in a COVID-19 world
- Control Engineering, December 2020
- Room for Robots
- FAB Shop Magazine Direct, November 2020
- A Cobot for End-of-Line Packaging
- Packaging World, November 2020
- Smarter Automation with Weld Traceability
- Fabricating & Metalworking, October 2020
- Best in Class: a rundown of the most popular robotic welding processes
- Welding Productivity, October 2020
- How Robots Smooth the Way for Woodworking Automation
- Furniture & Joinery Production, October 2020
- On the Cutting Edge: Robotic Wooden Pallet Disassembly
- Pallet Central, Sep/Oct 2020 [pg 16]
- The Smarter Way to Weld Tube
- Fabricating & Metalworking, September 2020
- Ready, Set, Robot!
- Forming & Fabricating, September 2020
- The New Now
- FabShop Direct, September 2020
- Five Questions with ARM Member Roger Christian
- Advanced Robotics for Manufacturing, September 2020
- What Jobs Do Robots Create?
- Robotics Business Review, August 2020
- What Jobs Have Robots Created?
- Robotics Tomorrow, August, 2020
- As E-Commerce Booms, Robots Pick Up Human Slack
- Wall Street Journal, August 2020
- Flexible robotics: high-performance robots can offer flexibility for success in today’s volatile marketplace
- Welding Productivity, August 2020
- FedEx introduces robots to ‘most difficult’ job in sorting facility
- Robotics and Automation News, August 2020
- Standard vs Collaborative: Finding the Right Robot for Your Shop
- Fabricating & Metalworking, August 2020
- Get a Grip
- FAB Shop Magazine Direct, July 2020
- Uniting Welders and Robots
- The Welder, July 2020
- Retooling for a Post-Pandemic Reality
- Fabricating & Metalworking, June/July, 2020 [pg 29]
- In a New Light: The 411 on Robotic Laser Welding
- MetalForming, June/July, 2020
- Automated Palletizer Systems Optimize Manufacturing, Save Time
- Beverage Industry, June 2020
- RBR50 Innovation Award: HC20XP
- Robotics Business Review, June 2020
- Programming Made Easy
- Robotics Online, June 2020
- Common Ground
- Welding Productivity, June 2020
- Robots Need Lubes, Too
- Lubes’n’Greases, June 2020
- Easy Wins: Adapting to a New Manufacturing Reality
- Fabricating & Metalworking, May 2020
- Back to the Basics: When and How to Automate Your Packaging Line
- Packaging Strategies, May 2020
- An Introduction to Robotic Cutting, Deburring and Finishing (CDF)
- Fabricating & Metalworking, May 2020
- How Coronavirus Has Changed Work Forever
- Dayton Daily News, May 2020
- Yaskawa Motoman Awarded BBB Torch Award
- Dayton Daily News, April 2020
- The Details of Vision-Guided Robotics
- Quality Magazine, April 2020
- Small Robots Play a Big Role in Automation
- Assembly, April 2020
- Hey, Job Shops: Time to Automate
- Manufacturing Engineering, April 2020
- Keep the human element in mind when choosing robots
- Smart Manufacturing, March/April 2020
- Innovative indoor farm in Butler County lets robot do the work
- WCPO Channel 9 News, March 2020
- Robot Developments for Automotive Applications
- Automotive Design & Production, February 2020
- Inspection and Detection: Who’s Doing What?
- Packaging Technology Today, February 2020
- Product handling systems evolve
- Snack Food & Wholesale Bakery, February 2020
- Upsizing with Jigless Welding
- Fabricating & Metalworking, February 2020
- Local inventors create prototype that can make painting roads safer, less expensive
- Fox 8 News Cleveland, January 2020
- Prepping for automation in the job shop
- Canadian Metalworking, January 2020
- How a growing trove of genetic data is informing medical breakthroughs [VIDEO]
- PBS, January 2020
- “Cold Turkey” Approach to Robotic Handling
- Industrial Machinery Digest, January 2020
2019
- Using robots to achieve consistent year-round success
- Plant Engineering, December 2019
- Problem Solved: Robot safely, consistently trims rotomolded parts
- Plastics Machinery Magazine, December 2019
- Using robots to achieve consistent year-round success
- Control Engineering, December 2019
- Robots take the driver seat
- Today’s Motor Vehicles, November/December 2019
- How Robots Smooth Demand in a Fluctuating Market
- Fabricating & Metalworking, November/December 2019
- Flexibility: The Key to Packaging Productivity
- Packaging Strategies, November 2019
- Robotic Takeaways and Trends from FABTECH 2019
- Robotics Business Review, November 2019
- Collaborative or Traditional Robot? The Answer is – a “Hybrid”
- Tooling & Production, November 2019
- Robot Redo
- FAB Shop Magazine Direct, November 2019
- Software Enables Offline Set-Up of Robotic Palletizing Patterns
- Manufacturing News, October 2019
- Automaker robotic purchases surge
- Today’s Motor Vehicles, October 2019
- Weld Functions You Should Be Using
- Fabricating & Metalworking, October 2019
- Spot on
- Welding Productivity, October 2019
- Robotic Workcell Improves Weld Quality and Productivity
- Manufacturing News, October 2019
- “Batch-of-One” and “Ease-of-Use” – The Top Keywords at PackExpo
- Design News, September 2019
- Yaskawa Motoman Showcases Smart Pendant & New Cobot (Video)
- Automation World, September 2019
- Ohio State lab brings business, academics together to explore AI in manufacturing
- Columbus Dispatch, September 2019
- Ohio State gets world class artificial intelligence and robotics lab
- ABC 6 News, September 2019
- New Ohio State lab taps artificial intelligence to improve manufacturing
- OSU News, September 2019
- How to program a welding robot like a pro
- The Welder, Sept/Oct 2019
- Robots for Handling Heavy Loads
- Assembly, September 2019
- Added Value: The Importance of Aftermarket Care
- Fabricating & Metalworking, September 2019
- Up For the Challenge: The Realities of Running a Family-Owned Business
- Welding Journal, September 2019
- Avoiding Packaging Downtime
- Food Engineering, September 2019
- What Does “Collaborative” in Packaging Really Mean?
- Packaging Strategies, August 2019
- Universal View
- Welding Productivity, August 2019
- Robotics makes inroads to snack and bakery packaging operations
- Snack Food & Wholesale Bakery, August 2019
- Training Today’s Workforce to Fill the Skills Gap
- Automation World, August 2019
- New Cobot Can Be Handled by Novices
- Plastics Machinery Magazine, August 2019
- Finding Balance: Machine Tending Tips
- Fabricating & Metalworking, August 2019
- Mini Innovation
- Welding Productivity, July 2019
- Built to Compete
- FabShop Magazine Direct, July 2019
- Mini Innovation
- Welding Productivity, June 2019
- How to Maintain and/or Upgrade a Robot
- Moldmaking Technology, June 2019
- What Does “Collaborative” Really Mean?
- Fabricating & Metalworking, June/July 2019
- Best Practices
- Shop Metalworking Technology, June 2019
- Robotic Welding Workcell Sets New Pace at Freedman Seating
- Freedman Seating, June 2019
- ROS-Industrial for Real-World Solutions
- Robotics Online, May 2019
- On the edge of the robopocalypse
- Canadian Packaging, May 2019
- Rise of the Cobots! The Latest Tech from the Automate Conference (video)
- It's Time for Robots at Automate2019 (video)
- Quality Magazine, April 2019
- Metrics that matter
- FAB Shop Magazine Direct, May 2019
- The Jig is Up: Flexible Part Positioning
- Fabricating & Metalworking, May 2019
- Smart Robot Teach Pendant Designed to be More Intuitive
- Engineering.com, April 2019
- Robotic welding system helps chassis supplier exceed OEM requirements for safety-critical welds
- The Fabricator, April 2019
- Robotic Picking and Sorting Solutions
- Workplace Material Handling & Safety, March 2019
- Analysis: 5 Key Robotics Trends from ProMat and Automate 2019
- Robotics Business Review, April 2019
- Automation Becomes Viable
- Packaging World, April 2019
- Robotic Automation Good for Business
- Canadian Packaging, March 2019
- Easy Robotic Automation for a Stronger Workforce and Better ROI
- Fabricating & Metalworking, March 2019
- Robotic High-Mix Pallet Assembly for Productivity Gains
- Canadian Packaging, February 2019
- Free E-Book: The Landscape of Industrial Manufacturing and Warehouse Robots
- Design News, February 2019
- Here's how local companies use artificial intelligence right now
- Dayton Daily News, February 2019
- Ready to work with a smart robot? Some Dayton workers already are.
- Dayton Daily News, February 2019
- Deliberate Downtime
- FAB Shop Magazine Direct, February 2019
- Making Robots "Tick" for Your Operations
- Fabricating & Metalworking, February 2019
- System Integration in the automotive industry
- Control Engineering, January 2019
- Why a Pre-Engineered Cell Could Be the Better Buy: Industrial Robot Costs
- Engineering.com, January 2019
- Well Handled Operations: An Easy Path to Profitability
- Fabricating & Metalworking, January 2019
- Simple Steps to VGR Implementation
- Quality Magazine, January 2019