Rethink Robotics is a new kind of robotics company, and their mission is to create a new kind of manufacturing robot. One that introduces robotics into processes that manufacturers have never been able to cost-effectively automate. One that uses common sense to perform a wide range of tasks and vastly improve productivity. And one that safely works side by side with its human counterparts, who are able to train it with no programming or engineering expertise. Year founded: 2008

Founded in 1996, Pollux is the most innovative industrial automation company in Brazil. This multidisciplinary team, with experts from the various fields of engineering has developed hundreds of projects for a great number of clients from several industry segments. In this process, the team has accumulated tremendous experience in automated assembly lines, robotics, identification and Traceability, inspection , test systems and in the other complementary technical disciplines of automation engineering.

Synapticon is a technology company focusing on the transition band between advanced software and electromechanics. The company provides a comprehensive portfolio of motion control-related technology to robot and machinery OEMs. Their mission is to rethink and deliver solutions for embedded computing and control systems to improve the future progression of robotics, automation and the Internet of Things. They are committed to expediting technical progress and integrate it into products and services that enable our customers to provide leading-edge, high-quality products. Their team is comprised of technology enthusiasts from all over the world, with expertise in various areas of engineering and management. Their common passion is to develop advanced technologies, sophisticated products, serve customers in challenging projects and to build an innovative as well as sustainable corporation.

Veo Robotics is transforming manufacturing with products that incorporate advanced computer vision, 3D sensing, and AI. Their first product lets high-performance industrial robots work collaboratively with people to enable much more flexible, productive, and efficient manufacturing workcells.

Mujin is in the business of creating intelligent robotics control systems based on 3D modeling or an environment in combination with machine vision and cutting edge motion planning software. Mujin’s software is completely teachless and on the forefront of autonomous robotics technology. Mujin is capable of automating processes which were previously unsolvable without specially designed hardware solutions. Improving automation in the fields of manufacturing and logistics will enhance the lives of real everyday people by mitigating the social problems of an aging society and reducing the need for workers to perform repetitive manual tasks.

The company wants to change that reality with its smart collaborative robots like Baxter and Sawyer that can easily work with humans and adapt to real-world variability and imperfections. A collaborative robot, as Rethink's engineers define it, is intended to work interactively in a people-compatible way. Unlike traditional robots, Baxter learns by training, not by programming.

SERVO DRIVES Electric drives are the foundation of robotics and machinery. Sensor data is what fuels the cutting edge of robotics and machinery. Synapticon’s smart sensor-driven control software and advanced power electronics increase the performance and lower the cost of high-performance servo drives and electromechanics. Meet SOMANET: Your next robotic vision has just come a big step closer. INTEGRATED SERVO MOTORS The performance of a motion axis is getting as good as the software of the servo drive is able to perceive, to understand and to control the physics of motors, gearboxes and the driven load through sensor data. With ACTILINK Motion Node integrated servo motors, Synapticon is leveraging its deep knowledge about the specifics of the electro-mechanic components of motion axes into perfectly adjusted, integrated drive products for decentral motion architectures. MOTION SOFTWARE In a world where robots are quickly becoming a commodity, robots should be programmable by anyone, without prior technical knowledge. MOTORCORTEX Robot is therefore designed to provide a simple and easy to use User Experience, where all complexity is hidden inside the powerful MOTORCORTEX Motion Control Core.

FREEMOVE? Veo FreeMove can be used with standard industrial robots from major manufacturers, which can have payloads of hundreds of kilograms and move at many meters per second. In order to make these types of robots robots truly collaborative, safety has been Veo’s paramount focus since its founding. The Veo FreeMove system is compliant with ISO 13849 (Safety of machinery―Safety-related parts of control systems), meets the requirements of PL=d, structure category 3, and consists of: FreeMove Sensors?: custom, 3D time-of-flight sensors that are mounted on the workcell periphery to cover the volume of the safeguarded space. FreeMove Engine?: a high-performance, dual-channel architecture computing platform that runs fail-safe software that processes image data from the sensors and implements Speed & Separation Monitoring (per ISO 15066). FreeMove Studio?: a software suite for self-service configuration and real-time visualization of the sensors and FreeMove Engine? data.

Mujin Controller SIM replaces traditional human teaching by automatically planning efficient, fast, collision free robot programs that have guaranteed accuracy when executing on the real robot. With minimal teaching, a user can optimize the robot task time while avoiding collisions with obstacles. It can dramatically reduced a robot systems's implementation cost and improve manufacturing productivity. Mujin Pick Worker is the world's first bin-picking system with real-time obstacle avoidance and grasp-planning technologies. It is based on the Mujin's highly acclaimed motion planning technology. Just by detecting the 3D CAD model of the part using machine vision and specifying ideal grasp points, the Mujin Pick Worker can immediately start moving any robot to grasp cluttered parts in a bin the place them at a customer's desired position. Mujin Laser Worker is the world's first 3D laser cutting system that employs motion planning to simplify the teaching process of the laser cutting applications. Laser cutting machines can now automatically avoid self-collisions and the part being cut. The system uses the 3D CAD data to predict where the part surface is and how to cut along it. The system can be used for any custom-built machine to deliver the same motion planning quality for 3D laser cutting.

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