Category Industry News

Güdel’s new vertical and horizontal motion concept expands robotic grinding reach for large fabrications, with implications for welding cell design, part handling and process consistency.

Güdel’s new grinding concept combines vertical lift and floor-mounted linear motion so one robot can cover larger parts, reducing repositioning, cycle time and process variation.

AGIBOT’s World Challenge 2026 highlights a shift from simulation scores to physical robot testing, a change that could improve reliability for AI-driven industrial automation and welding cells.

A growing body of evidence shows robots can augment manufacturing teams through safer workflows, reskilling and better task allocation, with clear implications for welding cells.

A Canadian furniture manufacturer has automated a labor-intensive upholstery process with a FANUC-based robotic cell, highlighting wider lessons for industrial cell design and welding automation.

FANUC has introduced the 11 kg CRX-3iA in Europe, a compact collaborative robot aimed at welding in tight spaces, with 3 kg payload and ±0.02 mm repeatability.

Robotiq has introduced IQ, an AI-enabled platform designed to simplify palletizing automation assessment and deployment, with implications for integrators, cell design, and project predictability.

An interview with Flex highlights how automation is moving from pilots to scaled deployment, with cobots, AMRs and AI helping manufacturers raise productivity and manage complexity.

Robotic arms are being integrated with CNC machines to improve flexibility, uptime and part handling, with implications for welding cell design and mixed metalworking automation.

The G2 Nano development board combines a 1GHz processor with Arduino-style accessibility, highlighting how easier embedded platforms could speed industrial robotics and automation prototyping.