“Siri, where is Smokin’ Joe’s?” “There are several tobacco shops fairly near you–” “No, I mean Smokin’ Joe’s, the restaurant.” “There are several restaurants near you–” “SMOKIN’ JOE’S” “There are several tobacco shops–” “Never mind. How about Shogun?” “There are several gun shops near you–” Human language is the Holy Grail for artificial intelligence, and… Read more »
Trade Journal Produktion‘s Industry 4.0 Award goes to Rexroth’s updated assembly line. The new assembly line in Homburg/Saar has nine intelligent workstations. Workpieces are RFID tagged, and the work stations can read the workpieces’ messages and respond appropriately, going into the correct processes for a given workpiece. Visual displays for human workers show what steps… Read more »
The robot Little Sunfish is swimming into the Fukushima nuclear reactor to give scientists a close-up view of the damage caused at the reactor by a tsunami in 2011. Three reactors were in six feet of water and there was a release of radioactive material. The tsunami killed more than 18,000 people and the nuclear… Read more »
The Indramat MKD series of servomotors is a basic workhorse of a motor from Rexroth. Click the link to see all the (many, many) different codes in this series. Why so many? First, it’s available in five different rotor diameters: 025 041 071 090 112 Next, it has several other options. The series comes with… Read more »
Rexroth makes the best motion control equipment on the planet, and it’s used to solve all kinds of problems. Recently, Rexroth made headlines with anti-collision systems for stage motion control. Rexroth powers sets and curtains on some of the most famous stages in the world, including that of the Bolshoi Ballet. So when stage managers… Read more »
The DKS digital drive and the MDD servo motor were designed to work together. Together, they create a complete drive system for industrial motion control. The DKS and MDD pairing isn’t the only option, but they were made for each other, and this is still one of the common systems we see in factories today…. Read more »
No matter how exciting the new technology, industrial machines have a lifespan that’s too long for most of us to see everything replaced at once. Most facilities have a mix of old and new machinery from many different makers and time depths. Rexroth’s IoT Gateway is making it possible to connect old and new machinery… Read more »
U.S. manufacturing jobs have increased at least slightly almost every month in 2017. Manufacturers continue to complain that they can’t find enough engineers and skilled tradesmen for the job openings they have. And U.S. factories are producing twice as much as they did in 1984, even though they employ just about one third as many… Read more »
You’re walking to work one bright and sunny morning, picking up a cup of handcrafted coffee with the barrista’s special artistic crema design, and an artisanal pastry made from scratch at the bakery. Your tie was hand sewn from silk recycled from used saris and you’re carrying a handmade messenger bag you bought on Etsy…. Read more »
Rexroth is known for its apprenticeship programs and its connections with educational institutions. One, in Staffordshire, England, includes a backstage visit to one of Rexroth’s great engineering feats: the London Eye. The London Eye was the world’s largest Ferris wheel when it was built in 1999. It is still, according to the owners, “the world’s… Read more »
