Robots make a show at the UK automation and machine tool exhibitions

Reviews robotic exhibits at the UK Automation and Robot (AandR) show held alongside the UK's major manufacturing product exhibitions owned by the UK Machine Tool Technologies Association (MTTA), including MACH 2002. A centrepiece of the AandR show was the “robot island” sponsored by British Automation and Robots Association (BARA) in which a variety of robot applications were demonstrated including machine tending, bin picking and plastic riveting. Some of the robot exhibits in the MACH and Metalworking shows are also described including applications of press brake tending and deburring.