Exhibitor News

Adept Technology Partners With Industry Veteran in Expanding Its Industrial Mobile Product Line

posted 03/24/2011
Strategic Agreement With RMT Robotics Expands Adept Sales Offering to Include Lean Manufacturing Solutions more...

Schneider Packaging Demonstrates Robox Vi/Spider

posted 03/24/2011
At Automate 2011(Co-located with ProMat), March 21-24, 2011 McCormick Place, Chicago, Booth N-1014 more...

Intelligrated and Swisslog Announce Strategic Alliance

posted 03/24/2011
Alliance offers highly integrated comprehensive automated material handling solutions for food, beverage and retail markets. more...

ABB to Host Full Day Robotic Laser Processing Workshop at Auburn Hills, MI Training Facility

posted 03/24/2011
Workshop open to qualified metal fabrication personnel; will provide in-depth, hands-on exposure to wide range of robotic laser technology. more...

DENSO Introduces New 6-Axis Robots—World’s Fastest, Most Precise in Class

posted 03/24/2011
The new DENSO VS-Series six-axis articulated robots offer the world’s highest speed and precision for robots of their class. more...

IMPACT™ 10.1 Machine Vision Software

posted 03/22/2011
Latest release of its standard machine vision software designed to create the fastest, most flexible machine vision inspection solutions. more...

TECHSPEC® In-Line Compact Telecentric Lenses

posted 03/22/2011
These versatile lenses feature an ultra-compact design with a small footprint. more...

PL-C775 5MP Compact Color Cameras

posted 03/22/2011
PixeLINK® recently released the newest model in its PL-C Series of professional machine vision cameras. more...

Version 2 of Gocator

posted 03/22/2011
New Features and Performance Improvements Extend Capabilities while maintaining Ease of Use more...

Teledyne DALSA Showcases Machine Vision Technology at Automate 2011

posted 03/22/2011
Teledyne DALSA Experts to Educate Attendees on Color Machine Vision and Camera Interface Technologies more...

Adept Technology Celebrates the Past, Present, and Future of Robotic Technology

posted 03/22/2011
Showcasing the Industry's First Direct-Drive Robot, Today's Fastest Parallel Robot, and the Future Standard in Intelligent Autonomously Guided Vehicles, Adept is Proud to Continue Its Contribution to the Industry more...

Adimec First Camera Supplier to Offer Production-ready CoaXPress-certified Products

posted 03/22/2011
High-speed, long-length interface standard supported in latest OPAL series cameras. more...

New Microscan Machine Vision Products at Automate 2011

posted 03/22/2011
Microscan announces it will display new machine vision products in Booth #828 more...

The Intelligrated Way at ProMat and Automate: New Product, Service and Software Launches

posted 03/21/2011
Sortation, order fulfillment, robotics and software the focus of in-booth demonstrations and seminars more...

Motoman Robotics and Universal Robotics Unveil New 3D Vision Solution at Automate 2011

posted 03/21/2011
MotoSight 3D Spatial Vision delivers cost-effective, flexible and scalable real-time 3D vision guidance for Motoman robots. more...

Motoman Robotics Introduces New 3D Recognition Vision Solution at Automate 2011

posted 03/21/2011
MotoSight™ 3D CortexVision, simplifies the use of 3D vision in robotic guidance applications. more...

Stäubli to give away a complete industrial robot package at Automate 2011

posted 03/21/2011
Stäubli Robotics will be giving away a complete RS40B SCARA robot package at Automate 2011 more...

Stäubli to present New VALproducts Software at Automate 2011

posted 03/21/2011
Stäubli Robotics has released its newest line of robotics control software: VALproducts. more...

Guppy PRO Family and Prosilica GX1920 Launched at Automate 2011

posted 03/18/2011
Sales start of new FireWire entry-level model. First-time joint booth with VDS Vosskühler more...

4th Annual SCHUNK ExpertDays on Service Robotics

posted 03/16/2011
On February 23 and 24, 2011 experts from all over the world met at the 4th annual ExpertDays on Service Robotics, hosted by SCHUNK. The symposium for applied service robotics primarily focused on market development and efficiency. more...

ABB to Feature a Diverse Range of Industrial Robots at Automate 2011, March 21-24 at McCormick Place

posted 03/15/2011
ABB Robotics will display a diverse range of its general industry robots at Automate 2011, March 21-24 at McCormick Place in Chicago. more...

Piab Launches Compact Vacuum Ejectors to Handle Small Parts with Reduced Energy

posted 03/10/2011
Piab launches its piCOMPACT10 range, the first manifold-mounted and functional ejector system on the market based on the energy-efficient Micro COAX® technology. more...

Toshiba Machine’s THP550 SCARA Makes North American Debut at the AUTOMATE

posted 03/10/2011
Toshiba Machine has developed the new high-speed SCARA robot, the THP550, which has been designed specially for high-speed handling applications in the food processing and pharmaceutical packaging fields. more...

Vieworks Launches 340 FPS and 180 FPS MEGAPIXEL Digital Cameras

posted 03/09/2011
Vieworks, Seoul, South Korea announces the availability of the VC-2MC-340M/C and VC-4MC-180M/C digital cameras extending their capability beyond the already popular VGA 264 FPS and 3 Million pixel 285 FPS cameras. more...

Humanoid Robonaut “sees” with two AVT Prosilica GC2450C GigE Cameras

posted 03/09/2011
Built in partnership with General Motors (GM) and the Oceaneering Space Systems of Houston, NASA’s Robonaut (R2) is the second generation of highly dexterous humanoid robot designed to work alongside humans and execute simple, repetitive or dangerous tasks on Earth or on board the International Space Station (ISS). more...

AFRL Selects Goodrich for Advanced Development of Protection Technologies (ADePT)

posted 03/09/2011
Goodrich Corporation (NYSE: GR) has been chosen by the Air Force Research Laboratory, Materials and Manufacturing Directorate, to develop solutions for its short wave infrared (SWIR) imaging sensors. more...

Automate 2011 will be Stage for Introducing Newest Line of Machine Vision Cameras from IDS

posted 03/09/2011
IDS GmbH is poised to unveil ground-breaking machine vision technology at the Automate 2011 trade show, scheduled for March 21-24 at McCormick Place in Chicago, IL. more...

Fast NIR 1.4 MPix CMOS Camera

posted 03/09/2011
With the new 1.4 MPix monochrome MV1-D1312IE-160-CL-12 camera, with CameraLink® interface, Photonfocus introduces its second camera of a new series, based on the newly developed 3rd Generation CMOS images A1312IE from Photonfocus. more...

Photron Introduces IDP Express R2000 System for High Speed, Real-Time Image Processing

posted 03/09/2011
Photron, Inc. introduces the new IDP Express R2000 system, for high speed, real-time image processing. more...

Ten-Megapixel Camera from IDS Combines Best-in-Class Features with Unmatched Affordability

posted 03/09/2011
IDS GmbH unveiled its most affordable 10-megapixel USB 2.0 color camera. more...

SU1024LDM Compact, InGaAs SWIR Line-Scan Camera

posted 03/09/2011
Sensors Unlimited – Goodrich ISR Systems’ new compact SU1024LDM line-scan camera features high resolution, 1024-pixel imaging in the shortwave infrared (SWIR). more...

FKDK 14 Contrast Sensors for Print Mark Detection

posted 03/09/2011
Baumer’s new FKDK 14 contrast sensors for print mark detection are fast and accurate, making them the ideal, economical solution for print mark detection in packaging and printing machines. more...

Grasshopper2 1.4 Megapixel FireWire Camera

posted 03/09/2011
Point Grey announced the launch of its new 1.4 megapixel IEEE 1394b high-performance Grasshopper®2 camera. more...

Low-Cost 5 MP Basler “ace” Cameras Enter Series Production

posted 03/09/2011
Basler has started series production of the next ace area scan camera models, and customer demand has already exceeded Basler’s expectations more...

MK Laser Module for Machine Vision

posted 03/08/2011
New laser module that is ideal for machine vision applications more...

TECHSPEC® Silicon Plano-Convex (PCX) Lenses Ideal for Weight Sensitive IR Applications

posted 03/08/2011
Edmund Optics® (EO) introduces its new TECHSPEC® Silicon Plano-Convex (PCX) Lenses. These versatile lenses feature precision polished surfaces with a positive focal length with one flat and one convex surface. more...

Plano-Convex (PCX) Axicons Create Approximation of Bessel Beams

posted 03/08/2011
Edmund Optics® (EO) introduces its new Plano-Convex (PCX) Axicons. These unique lenses feature one conical surface and one plano surface. more...

ABB Robotics to Begin Hosting Certified Technical Training Courses at Fox Valley Technical College

posted 03/08/2011
ABB Robotics will begin hosting certified technical training classes March 21, 2011 at Fox Valley Technical College (FVTC) in Appleton, Wisconsin. more...

Stäubli Corporation Makes Executive Announcements

posted 03/08//2011
Appointment of Mr. Joe Gemma as CEO Effective January 1, 2011 more...

MVTec Announces New Distributor in Thailand

posted 03/07/2011
Since March 2011, MVTec machine vision software products are distributed by SOLIMAC AUTOMATION CO.,LTD (Bangkok) in Thailand. more...

Edmund Optics® Higher Education Grant Program Goes Global

posted 03/02/2011
Edmund Optics® announced the global expansion of their 3rd Annual Higher Education Grant Program. This program, now reaching out to include university optics programs in the Americas, Europe and Asia, will be giving away over $60,000 worth of product awards. more...

Vaccon Introduces Next Generation of Miniature Vacuum Switches

posted 03/01/2011
Vaccon Company Inc. announces the introduction of its new VXX Series Miniature Vacuum Switches that represent the next generation of vacuum switch and sensor technology. more...

Vaccon Introduces VDS Series Vacuum Switches

posted 03/01/2011
Vaccon Company Inc. announces the introduction of a new series of electronic vacuum switches and sensors that represent the next generation of vacuum switch and sensor technology. more...

Vaccon Introduces New Generation of Vacuum Switch Quick Disconnect Cordsets

posted 03/01/2011
Vaccon Company Inc. announces the introduction of its new QDS Electrical Quick Disconnect Cordsets for use with Vaccon Digital Vacuum Switches and Sensors. more...

Power Technology Introduces New Machine Vision Product Offerings at Automate 2011

posted 03/01/2011
Power Technology, Inc. announced today that it is introducing an expanded product line designed specifically for the Machine Vision and Inspection markets at Automate 2011 this month in Chicago. more...

ABB Adds High Payload Integrated Dress Pack Model to Mid-size Robot Family

posted 02/24/2011
ABB Robotics has added an Integrated Dress pack (ID) model to its IRB 2600 range of mid-sized material handling robots, introducing the 1.85m reach, 15 kg payload IRB 2600ID. more...

Motion Control Orders Jump 30% in 2010

posted 02/22/2011
Gains were particularly strong in the fourth quarter, rising 42% over the same period in 2009. more...

Dynomax Introduces New Robotic Abrasive Grinding Spindles

posted 02/21/2011
Combining its spindle expertise with its in-depth knowledge of harsh grinding environments, Dynomax Inc. introduces its new Dynogrind™ spindle series designed specifically for robotic grinding of abrasive materials such as glass, ceramic, composite and forged materials. more...

Photowatt Output Impacted by Employee Concerns Over Restructuring Plan

posted 02/21/2011
ATS Automation Tooling Systems Inc. announced that productivity at its French subsidiary Photowatt International (Photowatt France) has dropped in reaction to the Photowatt France proposed restructuring plan. more...

Allied Vision Technologies Posts Record Sales and Growth for 2010

posted 02/21/2011
In the past year, Allied Vision Technologies broke all its sales and growth records. more...

ABB to Cultivate Robotic Innovation in Entertainment and Retail Sectors

posted 02/17/2011
Andy Robot with Small RoboScreenABB Robotics has signed Andy Flessas (aka Andy Robot) and his company, Robotic Arts, to provide lead creative direction for the development of innovative robotic systems for the entertainment and commercial retail industries. more...

See Stäubli at Automate Booth 848 March 21-24 in Chicago

posted 02/16/2011
Automation is helping companies in every industry become stronger global competitors. To succeed, you need the right solution providers, the right technology, and the right expertise. Automate 2011 will provide it all and more! more...

SCHUNK Highlights at Automate 2011

posted 02/16/2011
SCHUNK will exhibit at the Automate 2011 show which is held from March 21 – 24 in Chicago. Automate 2011 is the largest solutions-based showcase of automation technologies in North America. more...

HALCON with Microsoft Kinect for 3D Vision

posted 02/16/2011
MVTec Software GmbH, Munich (Germany) has initially tested the Microsoft Kinect camera with their machine vision software HALCON 10. more...

uEye Demo Camera Viewer v3.80

posted 02/16/2011
IDS now offers a convenient, fast and simple way to test the image processing hardware expansions for uEye camera models with I2C connections that are connected to this bus. more...

IDS Expands its International Presence!

posted 02/16/2011
Industrial camera manufacturer IDS Imaging Development Systems GmbH is expanding its international presence and has now opened a sales office in France. more...

AT-140GE and the AT-200GE 3-CCD Color Cameras

posted 02/15/2011
JAI today announced that it has begun shipping the AT-140GE and the AT-200GE, the latest in its industry-leading 3-CCD color camera series. more...

ABB Adds Integrated Dress Pack Model to New Mid-size Robot Family

posted 02/14/2011
ABB Robotics has added an Integrated Dress pack (ID) model to its IRB 2600 range of mid-sized robots, introducing the 2m reach, 8 kg payload IRB 2600ID. more...

Intelligrated Announces New Addition to U.S. Eastern Region Sales Team

posted 02/14/2011
Intelligrated® announces the recent appointment of Kevin O'Reilly to the position of Sales Engineer II for the company's Somerset, N.J.-based eastern regional operation. more...

Basler Rolls Out GigE Camera Innovations at Automate Chicago

posted 02/14/2011
At Automate 2011, Basler will exhibit its extensive area and line scan camera portfolio and will demonstrate its ongoing technology and price leadership in the GigE camera segment. more...

SICK Launches High-performance Photoelectric Sensor in an Extremely Tough Plastic Housing

posted 02/08/2011
SICK announced the launch of its W9-3 photoelectric sensor, a high-performance sensor in an extremely tough plastic housing. more...

LC Series of Lightweight Level Compensators

posted 02/08/2011
PIAB expands its range of level compensators with the lightweight LC series. The new LC level compensators, or spring plungers, allow manufacturers to speed production processes while reducing the risk of product damage when handling sensitive goods with varying height requirements. more...

HXC40 Camera with 4MP

posted 02/08/2011
Baumer’s new HXC40 camera with Global Shutter is conveniently equipped with comprehensive functions like Sequencer, Trigger Delay and User Sets and offers the best solution for high speed applications. more...

PIAB Expands DURAFLEX BX Range to Include Smaller Suction Cups

posted 02/08/2011
To increase efficiency in the pick-and-place of small products, PIAB, a leading supplier of industrial vacuum technology, expands its range of DURAFLEX® BX suction cups to include three new models in small diameters. more...

Viper 850 with Extended Reach

posted 02/08/2011
Adept proudly announces our first Adept manipulator for PowerBot, Seekur Jr, Seekur! more...

Adept Technology Acquires InMoTx

posted 02/08/2011
Adept Technology, Inc. has entered into an agreement to acquire the Denmark-based, privately held InMoTx, a provider of industry leading technology for the global food processing market. more...

New ATI Products and Solutions at the Automate 2011 Show

posted 02/08/2011
ATI Industrial Automation will be exhibiting at the upcoming Automate 2011 show on March 21-24, 2011, in Chicago, IL at McCormick Place, North Hall, Booth #534. more...

New Software Implementation Results in Record On-Time Deliveries with Improved Quality

posted 02/08/2011
ATI Industrial Automation has implemented a streamlined interface to manage each manufacturing employee’s work queue and adopted a more structured, date-driven approach to order fulfillment. more...

KUKA Receives ATI’s Customer Appreciation Award

posted 02/08/2011
ATI Industrial Automation recently presented KUKA Robotics and KUKA Systems with ATI's Customer Appreciation Award. more...

Power Technology Announces Availability of Interference Filters for Machine Vision

posted 02/08/2011
Power Technology, Inc. (PTI), announces the availability of narrow band pass industrial grade interference filters engineered for a laser wavelength range between 635nm and 1550nm. more...

Goodrich Selects AAXICO, Aviall as Aftermarket Distributors

posted 02/08/2011
Goodrich Corporation has awarded distributor agreements to AAXICO and Aviall covering the commercial, regional, business and general aviation markets for its Sensors and Integrated Systems (SIS) business. more...

Global ABB Automation & Power World Show 2011 in Orlando

posted 02/07/2011
The premier automation and power technology event, takes place April 18-21, 2011, at the Marriott World Center, Orlando, Florida. more...

PaR Systems Acquires Glynco Machine Company

posted 02/07/2011
PaR Systems, Inc. announces the acquisition of Glynco Machine Company, Inc. by their wholly owned subsidiary Jered LLC. more...

Aspect Automation and Stäubli North America Partner

posted 02/07/2011
Aspect Automation, a leading manufacturer of automation equipment, and Stäubli North America, a leading manufacturer of robotics systems, are pleased to announce the completion of a new environmental toxin screening system built in partnership with Wako Laboratory Automation/Kalypsys for installation at the National Institutes of Health (NIH) in Bethesda, Maryland. more...

Intelligrated Launches New Blog, Intelligrated InSights

posted 02/04/2011
Intelligrated®, a leading North American-owned automated material handling solutions provider, announces its launch of the Intelligrated InSights blog. more...

TECHSPEC® Infrared Achromatic Lenses Provide Near Diffraction-Limited Focusing

posted 02/03/2011
Edmund Optics® (EO), the premier provider of optical components, introduces its new TECHSPEC® Infrared (IR) Achromatic Lenses. more...

Adept Technology Reports Second Quarter Fiscal Year 2011 Results

posted 02/03/2011
Adept Technology, Inc. today announced financial results for its fiscal 2011 second quarter ended December 25, 2010. more...

New Free DENSO Guide to Selecting Robots for Drug Discovery and Testing

posted 02/03/2011
DENSO Robotics announced publication of a new free guide, “Selecting Robots for Use in Drug Discovery and Testing: What Are the Essential Things to Know?” more...

Two New Additions to OverDrive Series of LED Lights

posted 02/02/2011
Smart Vision Lights is pleased to introduce a compact high output strobe-only ring light with universal mounting to lenses and cameras. more...

FORTUNE Magazine Again Names National Instruments Among “100 Best Companies to Work For”

posted 02/02/2011
For the 12th consecutive year, FORTUNE magazine has named National Instruments to its annual “100 Best Companies to Work For” list. more...

ATS Reports Third Quarter Fiscal 2011 Results

posted 02/02/2011
ATS Automation Tooling Systems Inc. ("ATS" or the "Company") today reported its financial results for the three and nine months ended December 26, 2010. more...

Stäubli Connectors and Robotics to Exhibit at PLASTEC West 2011

posted 02/01/2011
Stäubli Corporation, a leading manufacturer of industrial robots, quick disconnects for fluids, gases and electrical connection systems, and textile machinery will be exhibiting at the PLASTEC West trade show in Anaheim, CA February 8 - 10, 2011. more...

ABB Extends its Compact Controller to Larger Robots

posted 01/31/2011
ABB Robotics has extended the functionality of its IRC5 Compact controller to six additional ABB robot families. more...

Allied Vision Technologies Acquires VDS Vosskühler

posted 01/28/2011
Allied Vision Technologies, market leader for digital industrial cameras with Gigabit Ethernet and FireWire interfaces, has acquired 100% of the shares of the camera producer VDS Vosskühler based in Osnabrück/ Germany. more...

LMI Technologies Promotes Svetlana Sheryaev to Director of Production

posted 01/28/2011
LMI Technologies announces the promotion of Svetlana Sheryaev to Director of Production. Ms. Sheryaev will oversee the production operations of all LMI global manufacturing locations as well as playing a key role in the development of LMI's overall growth strategy including ramping-up Gocator production to meet growing demand. more...

Sommer Automatic Inc. Now Open in North America

posted 01/26/2011
Sommer Automatic Inc. is proud to open its doors as North Americas manufacturing representative of Sommer-automatic GmbH, providing factory sales, service & support serving the USA, Mexico and Canada. more...

Intelligrated to Feature IntelliSort Tilt-Tray and Cross-Belt Sorters at ProMat 2011

posted 01/25/2011
IntelliSort TT, DT and CB sorters are now a part of the North American-manufactured IntelliSort family. more...

Edmund Optics New 2011 “Super Service” Catalog Kicks Off Superhero Campaign

posted 01/21/2011
Edmund Optics announced the release of its new Spring 2011 catalog featuring Optavia, EO customer-turned-superhero as a result of speedy service and delivery of EO products. more...

Stäubli to Participate in LabAutomation 2011

posted 01/21/2011
Come see Stäubli Robotics at LabAutomation 2011 January 30 – February 1, 2011 in Palm Springs, CA. more...

Adept Technology to Announce Fiscal 2011 Second Quarter Financial Results

posted 01/21/2011
Adept Technology, Inc. today announced it will hold a conference call to discuss fiscal 2011 second quarter financial results on Wednesday, February 2, 2011, at 2:00 pm PT (5:00 pm ET). more...

OverDrive™ Series for Machine Vision Lighting

posted 01/19/2011
OverDrive™ series of lights includes an integrated strobe driver for complete LED light control. No need for an external driver to control the light. more...

New LDL2 Next Generation Bar Lights, SW2 High Intensity White-Light LED Units

posted 01/19/2011
These Bar Light Units feature high-density LEDs mounted on a flat circuit board. They can be used for a wide range of applications, including long standoff distances. more...

Tunable Polymer Lenses Provide Versatility to Replace Multiple Optical Elements

posted 01/19/2011
Edmund Optics® (EO), the premier provider of optical components, introduces two new liquid-filled lenses from Optotune, Inc. of Switzerland - the Electrically Focus-Tunable Lens and the Manually Focus-Tunable Lens. more...

PL-C732 and PL-C734 Compact Cameras

posted 01/19/2011
PixeLINK® recently added two new models to its PL-C Series of machine vision cameras. more...

SU640KTS Compact, Large Format SWIR-InGaAs Camera

posted 01/19/2011
Sensors Unlimited – Goodrich ISR Systems announces the compact, large-format indium gallium arsenide (InGaAs) high-resolution shortwave infrared snapshot video camera, the SU640KTS. more...

Kleenline Becomes ABB Robotics System Integrator

posted 01/18/2011
ABB Robotics has signed Kleenline of Newburyport, MA as a system integrator in North America. more...

Adept Technology Announces Orders for Over $600K From Chinese Partner

posted 01/18/2011
Adept Technology, Inc. announced that they have received over $600,000 in bookings from Golden Spring Internet of Things, Inc. over the past two quarters which are expected to be fully shipped and recognized as revenue by the end of the third fiscal quarter of 2011. more...

Stäubli Donates Robot to CU-ICAR

posted 01/13/2011
Students in Clemson University’s automotive engineering program will get some hands-on experience in robotic manufacturing thanks to a new robot from Stäubli Corporation. more...

Glare/Hot Spot Free, LED Fluorescent Replacement Series

posted 01/12/2011
Metaphase Technologies is pleased to present our all new cutting edge LED Fluorescent Replacement Series™. more...

Matrox Imaging Library (MIL) Classroom Trainings Scheduled During Automate 2011

posted 01/12/2011
Matrox Imaging is offering two courses on the Matrox Imaging Library (MIL) processing tools and the MIL/MIL-Lite environment. These trainings will coincide with Automate 2011. more...