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Sit up straight: robot as a posture correcting device
How much is worth a stand for a computer monitor? According to Apple even 999 USD. This is definitely not an upper limit, you could easily spend much much more 🙂
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Generative design of robot arm
Industrial robots are heavy. I have just checked that the ABB IRB760 weighs 2310 kg with a payload of 450 kg. In my opinion, this is not a bad ratio. However, it is always worth trying to do something better 🙂
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Mercedes Benz – evolution of car production
W116 is a codename of first Mercedes-Benz S-Class car. It was manufactured in Sindelfingen, Germany from 1972 to 1980. This is a very interesting period from our point of view: the first robots were installed in this factory in 1971 by KUKA.
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Robots and art
In London’s Tate Modern, you can find a “White field” – painted nails on canvas and board. This is a work of art of Günter Uecker. He began in 1956 using nails in his art and since then nailed a lot of them.
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Robot motion parameters explained with light
Robot controllers offer a few types of interpolated motion: joint, linear, circular (and I newer models also a spline). Differences between them are quite easy to understand, but the human eye is often too slow to notice the difference during performing path on a real robot.
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Global Industrial Robots Install Base
No additional description, because this image doesn’t require any further explanation. I was right about market share when I recently wrote about Fanuc 🙂
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Getting started with Fanuc robots
I recently noticed that I write mainly about KUKA robots. As far as I know, Fanuc is the biggest robot supplier worldwide, so I’ve prepared some useful links for (present and future) fans of this Japanese brand.
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KUKA Coaster failed at Brno
Industrial robots are designed for long unbroken work. But sometimes something is going wrong. Like on the showcase in Brno in 2014.
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Roboguide V9 rev D download
Roboguide is available in a free trial version and can be downloaded from the Fanuc website (for registered users). Unfortunately, you cannot register by yourself.
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