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ABB PCS100 Active Voltage Conditioner (AVC) Protects Welding Robots at Automotive Giants Changchun Facility

ABB offered its technical expertise to provide a turnkey solution for an automotive giant, sited in Changchun City, China.

From ABB Power Conditioning – Electrification Products Division 17 Apr 2015

Basic Platform: Actuators

An actuator is an electromechanical device or a motor that controls a robotic system by converting electrical energy into motion.

23 Sep 2014

Types of Locomotion from Start to Finish: Wheeled Motion

Wheeled motion is the most popular locomotion mechanism in robotics suitable for a wide range of target environments. This mechanism enables the robot to move rapidly and consumes lesser energy when compared to other types of robotic locomotion mechanisms.

22 Sep 2014

Intermediate Robotics: Operating Systems

Designing the embedded software within a robot would take considerable amounts of time for every robot designer.

19 Sep 2014

Let’s Build Robots - Connecting the Parts

Once the basic components required for making a robot are selected, a structure or framework has to be designed by combining all the parts together to achieve a definite shape.

18 Sep 2014

Automated Handling Vehicles for the Manufacturing Industry

Automated handling vehicles or automated guided vehicles or AGVs are instrumental in improving efficiency and reducing costs by helping in the automation of a warehouse or a manufacturing facility.

17 Sep 2014

Basic Platform - Robotic Control Systems

A control system is a mechanism that can be programmed to control robotic movements. It features logic analysis, data algorithms, programs and other processing methods that allow robots to perform tasks.

16 Sep 2014

Let’s Build Robots: Feedback System

A feedback system is a device used within a robotic system for measuring a specific variable. There are mainly two types of feedback: positive feedback and negative feedback.

15 Sep 2014

Intermediate Robotics - Binary Sensors

Binary sensors are based on the principle touch & no-touch values across the array providing a measure of the spatial distribution of force.

By Alexander Chilton 12 Sep 2014

Autonomous Self-Assembling Robots for Construction Solutions

Researchers from MIT have developed breakthrough robotic technology called M-Blocks; autonomous modular cubes that can change shape based around whichever function it wishes to perform.

By Kris Walker 8 Sep 2014