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Robot provides route to high speed 700kg payload palletising

Fanuc Robotics has launched the latest version of its 410iB series palletising robot with an increased payload capability of 55%. The new M410iB/700 arm maintains the high speed capability of the range, 700 cycles per hour, and takes the payload up to 700kg.

Stäubli Robotics Announces the New TX200 Heavy Payload Robot

Stäubli Robotics, manufacturers of industrial and cleanroom robots, has introduced a new heavy payload robot, the TX200. "The TX200 and TX200L are the next generation of standard and long reach high-performance material handling robots featuring impressive speed, rigidity and load capacities ranging from 100 kg to 130 kg and a maximum reach of 2,194 mm to 2,594 mm," said a spokesperson.

Spider Payload on Space Station Becomes a Media Hit, Internet Music Video

A spider launched to the International Space Station by CU-Boulder researchers as part of a K-12 outreach effort practices its web-spinning talents in the near-weightless environment of space. Image courtesy NASA

PAMELA Results Mean Only One Thing: Please Trust the Scientific Process

Scientists from the PAMELA (Payload for Antimatter/Matter Exploration and Light-nuclei Astrophysics) orbiting spacecraft have published preliminary results, putting an end to months of speculation about the first direct detection of dark matter. The science team was, in essence, "forced" to publish before they had conclusive results because other scientists "pirated" data from the team. “We wanted to make our final results available to the scientific community once the data analysis was finalised,� PAMELA member Mirko Boezio said in an article in Physicsworld.com. “Given that our preliminary conference data are starting to be used by people, we felt this was a necessary step — not least because it provides a proper reference that correctly acknowledges the whole PAMELA collaboration and is available to the scientific community at

CU-Boulder to launch butterfly, spider K-12 experiments Nov. 14 on space shuttle

A University of Colorado at Boulder K-12 educational payload toting butterflies and spiders is slated to launch to the International Space Station aboard NASAs space shuttle Endeavour on Nov. 14. Credit: NASA

CU-Boulder to launch butterfly, spider K-12 experiments Nov. 14 on space shuttle

A University of Colorado at Boulder K-12 educational payload toting butterflies and spiders is slated to launch to the International Space Station aboard NASA's space shuttle Endeavour on Nov. 14....

K-12 Butterfly, Spider Experiments Going To ISS

A NASA space shuttle mission carrying a University of Colorado at Boulder payload of web-spinning spiders and wannabe butterflies will be closely monitored by hundreds of K-12 students from Colorado's Front Range after Endeavour launches from Florida for the International Space Station Nov. 14.

Web-spinning Spiders And 'Wannabe Butterflies' Head To Space Shuttle

A NASA space shuttle mission carrying a University of Colorado at Boulder payload of web-spinning spiders and wannabe butterflies will be closely monitored by hundreds of K-12 students from Colorado's Front Range after Endeavour launches from Florida for the International Space Station Nov. 14.

Space Shuttle Endeavour Launches

The space shuttle Endeavour launched Friday evening from Cape Canaveral, Fla., carrying a payload of equipment for the International Space Station.

NASA delays shuttle's February Hubble repair mission

AFP/NASA/File – Technicians make final checks to Hubble servicing equipment in September in the Payload Hazardous Servicing …

It's unpacking day for astronauts at space station

Using a giant robot arm, Endeavour's astronauts grabbed onto a cargo container in the shuttle payload bay late Monday morning for its installation on the space station. Inside the 21-foot-long canister is almost 15,000 pounds of equipment that will allow the space station to expand from three to six crew members next year — "the goodies," according to the space station's commander, Mike Fincke.

Endeavour astronauts board space shuttle

The Space Shuttle Endeavour with the Leonardo multi-purpose logistics module is visible in the open payload bay of the orbiter in this image from cameras aboard the International Space Station from NASA TV. Picture: Reuters/NASA TV (United States)

NASA Traces Glitches That Stopped Hubble Telescope

Technicians make final checks to Hubble Space Telescope servicing equipment on September 10, 2008 in the Payload Hazardous Servicing facility at Kennedy Space Center, Florida. (Bruce Weaver/AFP/Getty Images)

Nasa uses spacecraft to test interplanetary network

The Epoxi spacecraft, which carried the Deep Impact probe to Comet Talent 1 in 2005, had its software reconfigured after delivering the payload to work as a test bed for Nasa's new Disruption-Tolerant Networking (DTN) protocol. As the craft dropped back towards Earth for one of the gravity assists that will ultimately sling it back towards the comet in 2010, it transmitted simulated images of the Martian moon Phobos using the new protocol.

Studying the Life Cycle of Butterflies and Spiders in Space

Space biology experiments have just arrived in the classroom. With a focus on hundreds of K-12 students, a University of Colorado, Boulder payload will be launched on board Space Shuttle Endeavour on November 14th carrying spiders and butterfly larvae. The purpose? To provide an educational research tool for youngsters, helping to develop their interest in biology and space science. The butterfly larvae will be studied over their complete life cycle in space; from larvae to pupae to butterfly to egg. Web-building spiders will be studied to see how their behaviour alters when lacking gravity. Both sets of experiments will then be compared with control subjects on the ground… I wish I had the chance to do this kind of research when in school.

Lift-Off Nearing for Launch of Space Shuttle Endeavour

The US space agency NASA says the space shuttle Endeavour is on track for a scheduled nighttime lift-off. VOA's Jessica Berman reports space officials say Endeavour's payload is one of the heaviest in the history of the space shuttle program.

FANUC Robotics Introduces New Super Heavy-Duty Six-Axis Robot

FANUC Robotics America Inc. has introduced the new M-2000iA super heavy-duty robot. Designed to meet customer requirements for handling truck, tractor and automotive frames and parts, the M-2000iA/900L robot offers a 900 kg payload.

Astronauts Offer Their Thanks, Giving Space on the Shuttle

Space shuttle Endeavour's crew of seven American astronauts are spending Thanksgiving on the International Space Station today, sharing a traditional (well, almost) dinner with the outpost's three residents and offering their gratitude to those who got them there through a small, but special payload.

ATK's Solid Rocket Boosters Launch NASA's Space Shuttle Endeavour

Reusable Solid Rocket Motors (RSRM) successfully ignited earlier today to send NASA's Space Shuttle Endeavour and its crew on their mission to deliver equipment to the International Space Station (ISS) that will enable larger crews to reside aboard the complex. ATK's two solid rocket motors provided the main thrust at liftoff and carried the orbiter and its payload to an altitude of approximately 28 miles in two minutes of flight, producing the equivalent of 15 million horsepower per booster. After two minutes of flight, 16 ATK Booster Separation Motors (BSMs) -- four on the forward skirt and four on the aft skirt on each booster -- fired to jettison the boosters safely away from the shuttle orbiter and external tank, allowing the rocket motors to parachute back down through the Earth's atmosphere to be recovered and reused.

Robot Cell Simulation

Hi Tech Automation is now able to offer complete manufacturing cell simulation in animated 3D graphics using “ROBOGUIDE” from Fanuc Robotics. The design is first drawn using a 3D drawing package and then imported into “ROBOGUIDE”. This ensures that all cell components including the Injection Moulding machine, end of arm tooling, robot, guarding and any other automation items are fully understood and taken into consideration. This simulation then guarantees the robot cycle time, cell size and working envelope of the robot, gripper payload and more importantly the client understands the brief and scope of supply. The customer then can see a perfect representation in real time his exact process. An example of this was recently demonstrated at Interplas 2008 on the Negri Bossi stand where a simulation was played alongside an identical product

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