This type of call is rare, but recently we had a call from a customer who had been working with another integrator to troubleshoot a robot that wasn't acting normally. Following the other integrator's advice, the customer purchased and installed…
Simple Method to Measure Automatic Guided Cart or Automatic Guided Vehicle Tracking Accuracy Motion Controls Robotics has a customer who recently came up with a clever means to measure AGV guidance accuracy. The customer is working on a method to…
One of the benefits of a robotic work cell is the ease with which it can be relocated and/or repurposed to another area of your plant or even another site. Following are some steps that can help to systematically startup…
Recently, we sold several R30iB version FANUC robots to a customer with PROFINET communications option. Most people involved in industrial automation know that Profinet is an industrial Ethernet base standard communication protocol used to connect devices. PROFINET can be setup…
Recently, we received a call from a customer with a vacuum problem on an end of arm tool. We included "pre-set" vacuum switches on the end of arm tool for part present detection. One of the switches stopped working (failed…
A total of 10 personnel from Motion Controls Robotics, Inc. recently participated in a robotic training provided by a Terra Community College electrical and controls professor. The training was 50% funded by an Ohio Incumbent Workforce Training Voucher Program. In…