Exhibitor Spotlights
Watch in-booth videos with Automate exhibitors on the show floor.
Software Reduces Downtime, Increases Flexibility
Thomas Kuckhoff, product manager — controllers at Omron, joins Winn Hardin to outline benefits and successful case studies involving the Sysmac software platform. Dave Lundquist, automation engineer at Omron, also introduces the NX502 automation controller and the NX-ECC201 Ethernet/IP unit, which coupled with the Sysmac platform can help users reduce downtime, increase flexibility, and increase throughput.
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Connecting Clients With Their Data
Belden's Sebastien Legrand, vertical sales director — automotive/EV, and Mike Fisher, solution architecture manager, speak to John Lewis about the company’s capabilities and how it helps clients contextualize data to make actionable decisions. Fisher talks about real-world connectivity applications that go beyond physical cabling, including connectivity packages that help customers map, move, and understand data.
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Using Artificial Intelligence for Accurate Picking
Anthony Romeo, product marketing manager at Soft Robotics, Inc., speaks with Jimmy Carroll about the company’s mGripAI combined software and hardware solution, which captures 2D and 3D images of robotic picking and sends them to the mGripAI Intelligence Module for analysis. The module then provides data insights to the robot and operator to ensure accurate picking.
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AMR and AGV Innovations for Material Handling
Lacey Brugier, key account sales manager for Agilox North America, and Jimmy Carroll discuss how the company has differentiated its autonomous mobile robots and automated guided vehicles to increase its footprint. Key features include an easy-to-use human–machine interface, a battery management system, omnidirectional movement, and Wi-Fi-based communications that remove the need for a fleet manager.
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Showcasing High-Precision Automation Integration
Lanco Integrated president and chief executive officer Bob Kuniega speaks with Winn Hardin about how a focus on small- and medium-size high-value parts makes this employee-owned systems integrator the ideal partner to implement automation solutions in high-value, high-precision applications. Kuniega highlights how the company’s partnerships allow Lanco to provide centralized control and modular design to applications in industries such as aerospace, medical, and electronics.
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Exploring 3D Inspection Solutions
Dominic Lalli, regional sales manager at Zebra Technologies, and Mahesh Sudhakar, AI software engineer for Zebra’s partner Musashi AI, discuss 3D solutions for inspection with Jimmy Carroll. Zebra’s solutions not only capture 3D images but also take measurements of parts for quality assurance and even packaging. Musashi AI uses Zebra’s AltiZ 3D profiler combined with artificial intelligence software to inspect complex metal parts.
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Linear Motion & More Solutions Increase Efficiency
Tim Stellmacher, Mark Huebner, and Beau Wileman of PBC Linear show Winn Hardin the company’s full line of linear motion solutions, ranging from self-lubricating Simplicity bearings to linear ball bearings, roller carriages, sliders, and new miniature ball screws targeted at various applications, including syringe pumps and robotic motion control. The conversation also touches on the Cobot Feeder, a material handling solution that enhances robot productivity and efficiency.
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Robotics Augment Warehouse, Logistics Workforces
Jim Lawton, VP and GM for Zebra Robotics Automation, and Jimmy Carroll talk about Zebra Technologies’ growing range of holistic automation solutions, specifically the company’s growing investment in robotics for warehousing and logistics. Lawton explains how robotic solutions can augment human workers and enrich workers’ experience, especially at companies that have struggled with recruitment.
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Expanding the Machine Vision Ecosystem
Tom Stevenson, application engineer at Zebra Technologies, speaks with Jimmy Carroll about how the company’s machine vision and scanning hardware and software solutions work together for quality inspection applications. The pair also discusses the recent acquisition of Matrox and how Matrox legacy solutions will work with Zebra’s Aurora machine vision software, providing customers with a superior machine vision software solution.
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Promoting Human–Robot Collaboration
Matthew Wicks, senior director of product management for robotics and automation at Zebra Technologies, speaks to Jimmy Carroll about the company's latest robotic solutions and its acquisition of Fetch Robotics. They discuss the CartConnect, the Fulfillment Robot, and the Mobile Robotic Roller Top, as well as how handheld technology, scanners, and robots help human workers.
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Innovative Gripping Solutions for Automotive
Russell Tyler, director of product management for Zimmer Group US, joins Winn Hardin to showcase Zimmer’s robotic accessories, including tool changers and axis compensation units, as well as the GPH8000 series parallel gripper platform, the GEP2000 series of compact electric grippers, and the new Series AEPN electro-pneumatic unit for portable air supply for components with low air consumption.
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Embracing Deep Learning for OCR
Jim Witherspoon, product manager at Zebra Technologies, discusses deep learning with Jimmy Carroll and demos Zebra’s latest optical character recognition solution, Aurora Focus. Witherspoon explains how deep learning solutions can benefit OCR applications and how traditional, rules-based machine learning can work together to enhance OCR.
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Modularity and AI Boost Automation Solutions
Beckhoff Automation president Kevin Barker and director of project management Daymon Thompson showcase the company’s innovative automation solutions. Highlighting the benefits of modularity, they discuss the XPlanar six-axis, freely programmable, magnetically levitating tiles, as well as the ATRO three- to six-axis modular robot. Finally, they show how Beckhoff has incorporated ChatGPT artificial intelligence into the TwinCAT programming environment.
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Stäubli: Debuting New Robotic Solutions
Sebastien Schmitt, Stäubli’s robotics director for North America, joins Jake Hall to highlight the new SCOPE solution for continuous edge data mining from robot fleets and the PF3 automated platform for moving heavy parts, both of which debuted at Automate 2023.
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Bearings for Industrial and Collaborative Robots
Nicolai Haemmerle, vice president of business field robotics at Schaeffler Group USA Inc., tells Winn Hardin about the company’s robotics portfolio, which includes bearings for industrial and collaborative robots; gears with increased rigidity; torque sensors for increased safety and speed; and the PSC planetary gearbox, specifically designed to provide industrial robots with consistent, no-backlash operation.
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Making Complex Metal Part Inspection Easy
Mahesh Sudhakar, AI software engineer at Musashi AI, speaks with Jimmy Carroll about the company’s artificial intelligence solution for the inspection of complex metal parts. The company has combined 2D and 3D methods to identify and classify defects, and optimized its algorithms for different inspection applications. Sudhakar also shares the benefits of Musashi AI’s new data analytics platform, Cendiant Quality Insights.
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Machine Vision Filters Enable Faster Inspections
Chroma Technology principal product engineer John Atkinson tells John Lewis about the company and its line of durable machine vision filters. The optical filters offer precision and customization, enabling faster inspections and simplified post-processing in machine vision applications. Filter kits are available to help integrators and vision system developers find the right optical filter solution for their machine vision projects.
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Linear Motion Solutions: Automotive & Palletizing
Ewellix director of mobile machinery Thomas Lotz and director of North American sales Sean Feyrer show Winn Hardin the company’s car transfer unit (CTU), which increases flexibility for automotive assembly lines, and a roller screw assembly that transfers roller motion into linear motion. Feyrer also provides an overview of the CASM actuator, as well as a new lift kit system for palletizing applications with cobots.
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Innovations for Challenging Sealing Applications
Freudenberg Sealing Technologies’ Gregg Goings, Steven Cowell, Benjamin Kohl, Scott Anderson, and Umut Koçur speak to Winn Hardin about the company’s focus on challenging sealing applications. Highlights include a new IP seal designed to keep contamination out of cobot wrist joints, a new sealing solution for bidirectionally dynamic shaft seal applications, and magnetic encoders for use in motion control.
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