News and Industry Articles
Links to third party articles, videos and more from leading industry publications and web sites.
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
- FABShop Magazine Direct, October 2021
- Robotic Machine Tending for Optimized Operations
- Fabricating & Metalworking, October 2021
- Minding and Safeguarding the Machine Shop
- Fabricating & Metalworking, October 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
- FABshop 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
- FabShop Direct, March 2021
- Small Yields Big
- FabShop 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
- Fabshop Direct, January 2021
2020
- The need for robotic offline programming in a COVID-19 world
- Control Engineering, December 2020
- Room for Robots
- Fabshop 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
- FabShop 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
- FabShop 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
- Metalforming, 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
- FabShop 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
- FABSHOP 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
2018
- The Smart Solution to End-of-Line Palletizing
- Canadian Packaging, December 2018
- Preparing for the "Holiday" Shutdown: Tips for Successful Robot Maintenance and Upgrades
- Manufacturing.Net, December 2018
- Time and Money: How Much Do Industrial Robots Cost?
- Engineering.com, December 2018
- Pack Expo International Breaks Attendance Records
- Beverage Industry, December 2018
- Robotic Innovations Ignite OEM Opportunities
- OEM, Winter 2018
- Buying a Robot
- FabShop Magazine Direct, December 2018
- Welding Sensors
- Today's Motor Vehicles, November/December 2018
- Robotic Simulation to Bridge the Skills Gap
- Fabricating & Metalworking, November/December 2018
- Robots Become More Collaborative, Intuitive and Capable
- Automation World, November 2018
- Get a Grip: End-of-Arm Tooling Considerations for Your Cobot
- Manufacturing AUTOMATION, November 2018
- Robots Reach Farther
- Plastics Machinery Magazine, November 2018
- Robotic Welding
- Shop Metalworking Technology, November 2018
- PMMI: Increased Investment in Automation Benefits Consumer Packaged Goods Companies
- Manufacturing.Net,October 2018
- An "Easy Button" for Robot Programming
- Packaging World,October 2018
- Common Sense
- Welding Productivity,October 2018
- Building a Robotic Workcell Champion
- Fabricating & Metalworking,October 2018
- Talking Pack Expo with Yaskawa Motoman
- Robotics Tomorrow,September 2018
- Cobot Arms, Grippers Offer Manufacturers Value at IMTS
- Robotics Business Review,September 2018
- At IMTS, Vendors Aim to Make Robot Control Easier
- Robotics Business Review,September 2018
- The Best Thing at IMTS 2018? You Probably Already Have It
- Industry Week,September 2018
- Championing Robotics
- FabShop Magazine Direct,September 2018
- Maximizing Welding Productivity Per Square Foot with Yaskawa America Inc.
- FFJournal, September 2018
- Down to the Wire
- Fabricating & Metalworking, September 2018
- IMTS Day 3 - Robotics and Interconnected Machining
- Engineering.com, September 2018
- Yaskawa Robotics Division at IMTS 2018
- Design World, September 2018
- Cobots and Other Robotic Arms
- Automotive Design & Production, September 2018
- How to Choose the Right Positioner for Your Robotic Welding Application
- Fabricating & Metalworking,September 2018
- Rising Through the Ranks: Entry-Level Jobs Paved the Way for Substantial Promotions
- IEEE USA InSight, August 2018
- Marion ground zero for Ohio's advanced robotics program
- Marion Star, August 2018
- Local robotics company, training center form manufacturing workforce partnership
- Dayton Business Journal, August 2018
- RAMTEC, Yaskawa Motoman partnership to put Ohio at the forefront of manufacturing industry
- The Morrow County Sentinel, August 2018
- Miami Valley business partnership aims to put Ohio at forefront of manufacturing industry
- WRGT FOX 45 News, August 2018
- New Ohio training program for advanced robotics to launch in 2019 school year
- ABC 6 News, August 2018
- Companies collaborating to build new types of robotics
- WDTN NBC 2 News, August 2018
- Miami Valley business partnership aims to put Ohio at forefront of manufacturing industry
- WKEF ABC 22 News, August 2018
- Simplified Programming of New Pallet Configurations
- Packaging World, August 2018
- Robotics Improve Snack and Bakery Packaging Operations
- Snack Food & Wholesale Bakery, August 2018
- Servo-Controlled Robotic Spot Guns More Compact than Fluid Powered
- Engineering.com, August 2018
- Robots, Reshoring and Redeployment
- Industrial Machinery Digest, August 2018
- Can-do Attitude
- Welding Productivity, August 2018
- Self-Integrating a Robotic Welding System
- Fabricating & Metalworking, August 2018