Materials change proves winner for NASA

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Deep space-based research by NASA called for a high energy solar concentrator that could focus from 3.5" to a faceted point over a 12" length. Designers had initially tried sapphire as the material best suited to this application. (read more)

This August, engineers and innovators will come together in San Luis Obispo, California for NASA's Centennial Regolith Excavation Challenge. One of the participating teams comes from Montreal's prestigious McGill University. Appropriately named the McGill LunarEx Team, this group of 14 bright and enthusiastic mechanical, electrical and computer engineering students has designed... (read more)

The NASA acquires a REVscan unit, the revolutionary handeheld laser scanner developed by Creaform (read more)

Particularly for automation in the casting industry, the quality and consistency of the castings depend (read more)

Intelitek's renowned line of robotic systems - SCORBOT-ER 4u, SCORBOT-ER 5plus, SCORBOT-ER 9, SCORA-ER 14 and Performer-SV3 - offer solutions ranging from basic robotics to advanced industrial training. (read more)

CSR is the most comprehensive and easy-to-use robotic simulation tool available and works completely off-line, eliminating the risk of damage to equipment and freeing robots and other equipment for round-the-clock production. (read more)

Robotic Tool Changers, supplied in robot-side and tool-side configurations, are designed to automatically change grippers, end-effectors, or other peripheral tooling. Equipped with fail-safe, pneumatic locking mechanism, products will not drop part even if air pressure fails. They are designed to handle load capacities to 6,000 lb-in. and come in 7 sizes from 1-10 in. in diameter. (read more)

BMH Robotics is a leading robotics integrator specializing in manufacturing and distribution applications. BMH Robotics creative and robust solutions offer superior ROI's while increasing production, and reducing costs for picking, packaging, assembly, full case palletizing, and bag palletizing. (read more)

Robotic system integration/flexible automation. Coles Machine will integrate your flexable robotic cell to your specifiactions. They are a Staubli Robotics prefeered system integrator. (read more)

Robot Gearboxes, Robotic Gearbox, Automation Gearboxes from ZF Industries. ZF Industrial Drives offers a wide range of machine drives, brakes, and clutches for applications in engineering as well as customer specific solutions. Our development and production activities are focused on servo-gearboxes, for automation technology, two speed gearboxes for machine tools, as well as... (read more)