Purpose – Market transactions in large vegetable markets call for transparency with utmost urgency. The reason are that buyers are located at distant places and the volume of sales is very high. The purpose of this paper is to highlight the development of an automated system in market...

Robots have been used on plastic injection moulding machines for many years. Linear robots account for the vast majority of applications but there is a small increase in use of six‐axis articulated arm types for certain applications. This paper discusses the pros and cons for the various types...

Describes the benefits of using robots to unload injection moulding machines and the various robot configurations that can be applied. The use of robots to assist in the manufacture of injection moulded loading doors for domestic washing machines is given as an example.

Availability, reliability, flexibility and comprehensive diagnostics are the most significant demands placed upon safety systems today. Increasing payloads, work ranges and cycle times of robotic processes necessitate a different approach to safety, particularly other than that offered by...

Pre‐packaged robot applications now include robot‐served computerized measurement systems. Accessory suppliers innovate with compact electric powered grippers and vacuum suction cup‐style grippers with self‐contained vacuum supply. Linear slides and actuators beef up features and options...

This article describes the image processing and tracking algorithms used in a mechanical hoe that accurately weeds between parallel rows of crops under variable outdoor illumination conditions.