Latest Posts

Improving Productivity with Vision-Guided Robots

See the possibilities with robot guidance systems from SICK Manual part picking is an expensive, labor-intensive process. As a result, these task are now being replaced by robots. The implementation of automated material handling...

Improving Automotive Production with Superior RFID Technology

Smallest RFID Reader Enhances Tracking of Small Automotive Parts In today's automotive production, radio frequency identification (RFID) technology has rapidly become the leading method for automated track and trace processes...

An Inside Look at the Updated ANSI B11.19 Standard: Part 2

New Risk Reduction Measures for Industrial Machinery Added to ANSI B11.19 Risk reduction measures for machine safeguarding should always be taken to achieve the safety of people working with industrial equipment. The latest...

The Future of Snowplows: Autonomous Snowplow Competition

The tenth annual Autonomous Snowplow Competition took place on a snowy weekend in January 2020. Hosted at Dunwoody College of Technology in Minneapolis, Minnesota, this year’s competition saw 10 teams from across North America...

Trends in Industrial Robotics with IAS Automation

A quick look at what's in store for the industrial robotics industry in 2020 In 2020, the robotics industry shows no sign of slowing down. In 2018, the International Federation of Robotics estimated that global robot...

SICK’s outdoor safety laser scanner wins Machine Safety Award

outdoorScan3 wins Honorable Mention for Machine Safety Category by Control Engineering 2020 Engineers’ Choice Awards Every year, Control Engineering honors new products in automation, control, and instrumentation technology...

Simplifying Small Parts Bin Picking Applications

Electronics production involves a lot of small moving parts. In order to maintain high throughput, precision and accuracy are necessities for small parts bin picking tasks. But how do you accomplish this when human error can...