In essence, without robust flexible cables, collaborative robots (cobots) and smart factory equipment would suffer frequent downtimes and failures, as standard cables cannot survive the dynamic ...

The automotive industry is faced with unrelenting cost pressure and the demand for ever shorter installation times as a result. To satisfy these requirements in the field of robot cabling, Weidmüller ...

KANAGAWA, Japan--(BUSINESS WIRE)--OKI Electric Cable (TOKYO:5815) today announced the launch of VEYOR-CABLE™ parallel robot cables, *1 which enable various high-flex robot cables to be combined and ...

One of the most basic problems with robotic arms and similar systems is keeping the weight down, as more weight requires a more rigid frame and stronger actuators. Cable-driven systems are a classic ...

Researchers have created a lightweight, cable-climbing robot equipped with a computer vision system to detect surface defects on bridge stay cables. The system achieved over 92 % detection precision ...