Monthly Archives: March 2013

Playing with Servos?

Indramat servomotors are for serious motion control but we know people also love playing with little servomotors for fun on weekends. This video from Make Magazine captures the fun of hobby robotics. We like to play, but we know it’s not fun when your servomotors stop working. When you need Indramat and Rexroth support, call… Read more »

Survive a Robot Revolt (or just an Indramat one)

Have you ever thought about what would happen if those machines suddenly got minds of their own. Some folks at Epipheo interviewed Daniel H. Wilson, the world’s foremost expert on Roboapocalypse, and asked him questions on what you should do in the case of a robot attack. Because we care about your wellbeing and that of… Read more »

Cookie Or Cream-The Robot Way?

Cookie or Cream? A bunch of scientists have been doing research on how to automate cookie and cream separation while we’ve been spending our time repairing Indramat and Rexroth equipment. Our favorite is HERB, a personal butler robot who lives at the Robotics Institute at Carnegie Mellon University. He’s got quite the personality. Of course,… Read more »

Cool Study on Hands

Hands are pretty important things in life. We use our hands to repair Indramat and Rexroth equipment. Humans use them for so many things, including misdirection. Wait, what? It turns out, due to a scientific study in the open source peer reviewed journal PeerJ, that magicians are successful because we focus on their hands. Penn… Read more »