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Researchers Tackle the 5 Challenges of 3D Concrete Printing

March 12, 2019March 13, 2019 - by Alex Owen-Hill - Leave a Comment

Concrete is a challenging material to work with, particularly for robot 3D printing. A team at the Danish Technological Institute are tackling the challenge head-on.

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Industrial Robot HMI
offline programming / Plugin

Don’t Want to Change Everything to Use Robots? Well, Don’t!

March 7, 2019September 22, 2025 - by Alex Owen-Hill - Leave a Comment

Adding robots to your business? It used to mean to mean investing big in software and changing everything. But, it doesn’t have to be like this!

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3D Printing

The 10 Most Impressive 3D Printed Buildings from 2018

February 27, 2019November 5, 2024 - by Alex Owen-Hill - Leave a Comment

3D printing has changed the face of architecture. Here are 10 of the most impressive buildings that robots have printed.

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Collisions / offline programming / robot programming

This Simple Programming Trick Avoids Robot Collisions

February 21, 2019March 5, 2019 - by Alex Owen-Hill - Leave a Comment

Robotics professionals use one simple trick all the time to avoid collisions. Here’s the programming trick that nobody teaches you about, but we all use.

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Art / Online Programming / RoboDK API / RoboDK projects / Robot Drilling / Robot Manufacturing

When Aerospace Technology Meets Art

February 7, 2019July 13, 2022 - by Albert Nubiola - 2 Comments.

It’s no secret that the aerospace industry needs to drill thousands of holes per aircraft. In the last few years, however, drilling with industrial robots has helped reduce manufacturing costs …

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CAM / News / offline programming / Plugin

Supercharge Your Robot Machining With the Mastercam Plugin

February 5, 2019October 3, 2024 - by Alex Owen-Hill - Leave a Comment

Our new plugin for Mastercam provides a seamless transition with RoboDK. Supercharge your robot machining and control of all your machines from one place!

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Construction / offline programming / RoboDK API / RoboDK projects / Robot Welding

This Startup is Tackling the Construction Industry Skills Gap

January 30, 2019November 21, 2024 - by Alex Owen-Hill - Leave a Comment

Rebar manufacturing is suffering and the construction skills gap is causing the strain. But, startup Rebartek can cut 90% of labor time for this vital task.

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Production line with KUKA robots
offline programming / Robot Manufacturing

5 Easy Ways to Avoid Robot Collisions (& a last resort)

January 29, 2019November 8, 2024 - by Alex Owen-Hill - Leave a Comment

How do you stop your robot from colliding with objects in its workspace? Here’s how to avoid robot collisions without making life hard for yourself.

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News / offline programming / Plugin / robot software

How to Streamline Your Workflow with the SolidWorks Plug-In

January 23, 2019September 19, 2025 - by Alex Owen-Hill - Leave a Comment

Ever wished that the link between your CAD package and RoboDK was more streamlined? With the new plugin, we’ve made your SolidWorks workflow even smoother.

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robot programming

10 Festive Ways to Benefit from Offline Programming

December 21, 2018November 15, 2024 - by Alex Owen-Hill - Leave a Comment

Whether you’re trying to catch up with end-of-year orders or you’ve got some spare time on your hands, this is the perfect time of year to get the most from …

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offline programming / RoboDK projects / Robot Machining

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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robot programming / robot software

The 5 Minute Guide to Use Any End Effector with RoboDK

December 7, 2018November 4, 2024 - by Alex Owen-Hill - Leave a Comment

Want to use your own end effector with offline programming? There’s only one problem… custom tools can take ages to integrate. But, wait! Here’s how you can add any end …

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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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3D Printing / RoboDK projects / Robot Machining / Robot Manufacturing / robot programming

Is This the Only Manufacturing Cell You’ll Ever Need?

November 1, 2018February 25, 2020 - by Alex Owen-Hill - Leave a Comment

Imagine you only ever needed one manufacturing cell which could do everything. That’s what a team of researchers is doing with RoboDK.

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