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How Sunrob Robotics Makes Hockey Sticks With Robot Milling

December 19, 2018November 7, 2024 - by Alex Owen-Hill - Leave a Comment

This case study shows an ingenious use of robot milling to produce ice hockey sticks. We never knew that they were so challenging to make!

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offline programming / Robot Machining / Robot Welding

The Top 10 Tools for Offline Programmed Robots

November 28, 2018 - by Alex Owen-Hill - Leave a Comment

There are hundreds of end effectors you could use for your robot. It’s important you pick the right one. Here are 10 of the most popular.

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offline programming / Robot Drilling

5 Tips to Achieve Flawless Robot Drilling

November 14, 2018November 5, 2024 - by Alex Owen-Hill - 2 Comments.

Drilling is a great task to give to a robot. But, there are several things you need to keep in mind to achieve a quality drill. Here are 5 tips …

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Industrial Robot and Conveyor
offline programming / Robot Manufacturing / robot programming

The Correct Way to Simulate a Robot Conveyor

November 8, 2018April 28, 2023 - by Alex Owen-Hill - Leave a Comment

One of the most challenging tasks in offline programming is to simulate a robot conveyor. Here are 10 best practices to make it easier.

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offline programming / Robot Manufacturing

How to Save 90% Per Part With Robotic Incremental Forming

October 11, 2018November 22, 2024 - by Alex Owen-Hill - Leave a Comment

Why is sheet forming so expensive!? We explain why and show how to calculate how much you could save by using robotic incremental forming.

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Offline Programming for Welding
offline programming / robot programming

What Is the Best Way to Program a Robot?

October 9, 2018September 16, 2025 - by Alex Owen-Hill - 1 Comment

How do you choose between all of the different programming options? Here’s a fool-proof way to choose.

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Blade Inspection
Automated Inspection / offline programming / Robot Manufacturing / robot programming

The Manufacturer’s Guide to Robotic Inspection

October 3, 2018December 10, 2024 - by Alex Owen-Hill - Leave a Comment

Robotic inspection can boost your efficiencies, improve product quality, and reduce costs. But, what is it and why should you use it? Here’s the essential information for manufacturers!

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offline programming / Robot Manufacturing / robot programming / Robot Welding

How to Reduce Training Time for Robot Welding

August 23, 2018September 16, 2025 - by Alex Owen-Hill - Leave a Comment

Did you know? Robot welding can help you to save training time! Here’s how to achieve efficient robot training.

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offline programming / Robot Manufacturing

The Simple Way to Flawless Robot Welding

August 9, 2018November 5, 2024 - by Alex Owen-Hill - 2 Comments.

Despite some people’s misconceptions about it, robot welding can be simple and easy… if you follow the right steps. Here are 5 benefits of robot welding and 5 steps to …

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High level programming language robotics
offline programming / RoboDK API / robot programming

Python vs C++ vs C# vs MATLAB: Which Robot Language is Best?

July 31, 2018October 8, 2024 - by Alex Owen-Hill - 3 Comments.

There are huge benefits to programming robots with a high-level language. But, which robot language is best for programming? Python, C#, C++ or MATLAB?

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RoboDK plugin for Rhino Introduction
3D Printing / CAM / News / offline programming / Plugin / Rhino

How to Use Rhino + RoboDK for Robot Programming

July 24, 2018November 5, 2024 - by Alex Owen-Hill - 2 Comments.

With our brand new plugin for Rhino, we combine the strengths of the world’s most versatile modeler with the reliability of RoboDK for robot programming.

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Incremental Sheet Forming with Robots
Incremental Sheet Forming / offline programming / RoboDK projects / Robot Machining / Robot Manufacturing / robot programming

The 5 Steps to Achieve Quality Robotic Incremental Forming

July 3, 2018November 5, 2024 - by Alex Owen-Hill - 1 Comment

Robotic incremental forming is cost-effective for small batch sheet forming. This case study shows how one team achieved quality with RoboDK.

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Blade Inspection with an ABB Robot
Automated Inspection / offline programming / RoboDK projects

Automated Turbine Blade Inspection

June 28, 2018December 2, 2024 - by Albert Nubiola - Leave a Comment

Turbine Blade Inspection is a challenging step of turbine blade manufacturing . Turbine blades are made of advanced metal alloy to resist extreme conditions.

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Industrial Robot HMI
offline programming / Online Programming / RoboDK API / robot programming

Robot HMI for Automation Projects

June 27, 2018December 2, 2024 - by Alex Owen-Hill - 1 Comment

Want to customize your robot interface? A robot HMI is the only option. But, there are a lot of different HMIs. Which one is best?

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CAM / offline programming / Robot Machining / Robot Manufacturing

Can a Robot Outperform a CNC Machine for Robot Machining?

June 12, 2018January 11, 2024 - by Alex Owen-Hill - 4 Comments.

Robot machining is sending CNC machines the way of the dinosaurs! But are robots really good enough for machining?

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offline programming / Online Programming / RoboDK API / robot programming

Why Should You Program With a Robot SDK?

June 8, 2018November 5, 2024 - by Alex Owen-Hill - 1 Comment

What is a robot SDK? Should you use one? And how do you tell if one is good? Here are the 8 qualities of an excellent robot SDK.

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