... Publishing Limited 2012 Robots Packaging processes Trade fairs End of arm tooling Vision Delta Robots today are much more than slow, lumbering arms moving heavy loads. Exhibitors introduced robots moving items as fast as over 200 items/cycles per minute. Such speeds are great for packing...

... industry. Yoshihiro Kusuda can be contacted at: kusuda_itnl@ybb.ne.jp © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2011 Japan Food industry Trade fairs Robotics Materials handling The shipment amount of the Japanese robotic industry finally came back to the pre‐Lehman‐shock level...

.... Originality/value This is the first report describing the “change” in the Japanese robot industry after the breakout of the world economy recession. Yoshihiro Kusuda can be contacted at: Kusuda_itnl@ybb.ne.jp © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2010 Japan Robotics Trade fairs Cellular...

... equipped with iRVision line tracking which randomly oriented meat products. The M‐430i is USDA accepted for high‐speed food handling. For more info on the Fanuc robots, please visit the web site: www.fanucrobotics.com Robotics Trade fairs Control technology While service robots were out...

... industries Trade fairs The 2007 International Robot Exhibition (www.irex2007.jp) was held at Tokyo Big Sight from November 28 to December 1, 2007. Since 1973, the exhibition is held every two years and is recognized as the biggest trade show of robotic industry world wide. The exhibition of this year...

... is constructed of carbon fiber reinforced polymer and features a hollow design. All utility cables or hoses are routed internally out to the wrist. The unit is rated for a normal payload of 3‐kg. See Figure 7 . © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2007 Robotics Welding Trade fairs Robots...

... with robotics in manufacturing. Mike Wilson can be contacted at: robots@hotmail.com © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2007 Robotics Trade fairs The Robotics Industry Forum, the autumn conference of the Robotic Industries Association (RIA) was held in November. This is the 14th occasion...

... current is then applied to the joint point to generate heat to weld. By turning the disks it seam‐welds the sheets continuously. © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2006 Robotics Trade fairs The International Robot Exhibition (iREX) 2005 was held from November 30 to December 3, 2005...

... into the environment and then return them to its on‐board magazine. Anna Kochan can be contacted at: AnnaKochan@engineeringfirst.com © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2006 Robotics Motion Trade fairs CLAWAR 2005, held in London, was the eighth in a series of international conferences...

... no such problems is Geiger Handling (UK), formerly the UK subsidiary of the Swiss company GHS Automation that was bought out by the local UK management last year. © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2006 Trade fairs Automation Plastics industry The plastics industry, like many other sectors...

... moved to less familiar environments and finishing up in outer space! Robotics Trade fairs © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2005 To date, the CanadArm has participated in 63 Shuttle missions, including 11 constructing the International Space Station (ISS). It has handled components...

... output end of the industry. It was shown for the first time in the UK at the Open Week just 2 weeks after its launch at Automatica, the first International Trade Fair for Robotics and Automation held in Munich. Developed by Kuka Service Solutions (KSS) in Germany, this new product comes into its own when...