Indramat servo drives rarely fail. Most of the Indramat EcoDrives you find running strong today were installed more than 20 years ago. Still, errors can occur elsewhere in the system, and sometimes the drives themselves need attention. Most factories do not have a technician experienced with troubleshooting Indramat error codes, and many of the systems… Read more »

When we think about research in robotics, we tend to think of machine learning, integrating Ai into IIoT, and the elusive promise of general-purpose humanoid robots. But one field in robotics that many of us don’t think about much is HRI, Human-Robot Interaction. This is the field that examines the ways that human beings react… Read more »

Amazon is serious about robots, and they’ve got a new one on the floor: Titan, an autonomous mobile robot that they’ve developed and built in-house. Titan looks like a very big Roomba robot vacuum. It can lift 2,500 pounds, so it’s been ferrying appliances and palettes of goods to employees. Titan uses the battery system… Read more »

The Indramat E-0000 error code is a “wild card” fault code in the Indramat drive system. The term “wild card” in this context indicates that the specific fault or error is not precisely defined by a single error code but is rather a placeholder for various potential issues within the system. When the control system… Read more »

A tragic accident took place in South Korea when a robot identified a human worker as a box of vegetables. The robot’s job was to place boxes of beets on a conveyor belt. He placed the man there instead, crushing him in the process.  This type of accident is rare. With the rise of cobots,… Read more »

Most of our clients are manufacturers, printers, and other highly productive companies. They’re focused on efficiency and safety, hitting their metrics with little downtime, and we’re proud to be a part of that. But recent research suggests that there’s one more metric hardworking companies should be paying attention to: happy workers. Call it engagement Colette… Read more »

Like many other Indramat fault codes, Indramat error F229 has several possible causes, and different ways to clear the error. If you have your Indramat manual handy, you can work through the steps and try to troubleshoot it on your own. Of course, the fastest way to clear Indramat faults and errors is by calling… Read more »

Indramat, formerly a groundbreaking motion control systems company and now part of Bosch Rexroth, is a manufacturer of industrial motion control and automation equipment, including servo drives and controls. A “brake error” in an Indramat drive typically refers to a fault or error condition related to the brake system within the drive. The brake system… Read more »

You can probably get a lively conversation going on the subject of robot nurses. There are many people who believe that the kindness of human nurses is a bona fide part of their job description. Robot teachers, too, can get a strong response from people who see the human connections between teachers and students as… Read more »

Quick — where is your Indramat manual? If you know the exact location of your troubleshooting guide for your servo motor or your servo drive, you belong at the head of the class. Indramat manuals tend to escape their owners over time, or at the very least end up forgotten in the bottom of a… Read more »