The design of a standard robot arm is, more or less, a mechanized representation of an idealized human arm, replete with elbow and wrist joints. Such designs tend to be unwieldy in confined spaces, ...

The packaging industry's most successful rapid transfer robot — the Delta robot — was developed in Switzerland during the early 1980s by Reymond Clavel. Since then, this lightning-quick, spiderlike ...

In the 1980s when micro-electro-mechanical systems (MEMS) were first created, computer engineers were excited by the idea ...

ABB Robotics, Auburn Hills, Mich., has added an 8-kg model to its IRB 360 FlexPicker line, supplementing the existing 1 kg and 3 kg models. It expands the high-speed picking and packing performance of ...

We’d be entirely wrong to think that Fichertechnik is just a toy for kids. It’s also perfect for prototyping the control system of robots. [davidatfsg]’s recent entry in the Hackaday Prize, Delta ...

Previous Delta robots have used three universal joints to move the end effector up and down, and side to side. They’re extremely fast and are a great design for 3D printers and pick and place machines ...

After previously being unveiled earlier this month the Delta X open source delta robot kit has now launched via Kickstarter offering open source hardware, firmware and software for the community.

Another day, another 3D printer on Kickstarter. But the DeltaMaker, which launched its campaign this week, is a little different from some of the others we’ve seen to date. It’s not the cheapest, and ...