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ISO/TS 15066 Insights: Talk with Stakeholders

The first step in every risk assessment is getting the stakeholders together and talking about safety, says Dave Smith, a robotics safety expert at Honda Canada Manufacturing.  It turns out that this first step is also one of the “biggest benefits” of performing a risk assessment.

Karine Simard
By Karine Simard
on Jun 29, 2016 9:00 AM. 2 min read time
 
ISO/TS 15066 Insights: Talk with Stakeholders

The first step in every risk assessment is getting the stakeholders together and talking about safety, says Dave Smith, a...

Karine Simard
By Karine Simard
on Jun 29, 2016 9:00 AM
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Clearpath's OTTO Gets a Brand New Arm at Automatica

The future of material transport was announced last year, but we saw it "in the flesh" at Automatica 2016. Clearpath's brand...

Alex Owen-Hill
By Alex Owen-Hill
on Jun 29, 2016 7:00 AM
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Robots With Sausages and Beer? Only at Automatica!

Beer and sausages. They were very popular at Automatica 2016. But, it wasn't only the attendees who got their hands on these...

Alex Owen-Hill
By Alex Owen-Hill
on Jun 28, 2016 9:48 AM
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Improve Performance and Reduce Risk With Safety Sensors

Even though collaborative robots are designed to be inherently safe, it doesn't mean you can just forget about risk. Safety...

Alex Owen-Hill
By Alex Owen-Hill
on Jun 28, 2016 7:00 AM
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The Big Tour: What Knocked Our Socks Off Today @Automatica

We've reached the end of Automatica 2016! But, there's still time to show you the four big booths from this year's trade fair....

Alex Owen-Hill
By Alex Owen-Hill
on Jun 24, 2016 2:00 PM
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It's Easy Being Green for FANUC's New Cobot

FANUC first collaborative robot (the CR-35i) was quite distinctive - it was bright green. We can now tell you that the CR-7iA,...

Alex Owen-Hill
By Alex Owen-Hill
on Jun 24, 2016 10:45 AM
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What's New In Robotics This Week - Jun 24

Automatica coverage; New sUAS rules; limiting cuteness in robot design; bots to become electronic persons?; European Robotics...

Emmet Cole
By Emmet Cole
on Jun 24, 2016 7:00 AM
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We Get a Look at the First Motoman Cobot

Yaskawa has been a little behind other manufacturers in releasing a collaborative robot. But, finally they've joined the club....

Alex Owen-Hill
By Alex Owen-Hill
on Jun 23, 2016 1:37 PM
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Can Automation Be Easy and Affordable for Everyone?

We attended a very interesting presentation yesterday at AUTOMATICA Forum. US company Hirebotics posed a question which really...

Alex Owen-Hill
By Alex Owen-Hill
on Jun 23, 2016 7:41 AM
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