March Madness comes to a close today as Texas Tech and Virginia duke it out for the NCAA D1 basketball championship. We’ve seen robots displace humans in various fields and occupations. Are basketball players safe from automation? Could a team of robots beat a team of trained athletes in a game of basketball? Robots are… Read more »
Having problems with your Indramat drive? Make sure that your drive is actually broken before you start looking for Indramat drive repair. Error codes don’t always indicate a problem with your drive, and sometimes clearing the error is a simple fix. We can help clear most Indramat errors directly over the phone. Call 479-422-0390 for… Read more »
Civilization is at a point where we don’t even bat an eye at robots and automation in our everyday lives. We expect robots to open and close doors for us. We buy our groceries from robots at the store. Robots are responsible for paying our bills on time, and we casually holler at a robot… Read more »
Warranties generally expire. Even lifetime warranties tend to have caveats and stipulations. Maybe they’re non-transferable, “lifetime” has a special meaning, or misuse can void a warranty. Most of the time there’s no renewing a warranty once it expires. You can, however get a new Indramat warranty. In fact getting a new factory warranty for your… Read more »
The automotive industry has relied on industrial robots for nearly half a century. Developments in robotics from institutions like Stanford and MIT brought a U.S. automotive automation boom in the 1970s. Auto manufacturers have been using basic automation for even longer, though: ever since Fordism became a thing. Today, the auto industry still makes up… Read more »
Your Indramat system generates an error code and your servo motor stops working. This is a frustrating experience regardless of why your servos shutdown: downtime costs your business money, after all. Restoring your motion control system as quickly as possible is key in minimizing the cost of downtime. It may be tempting to buy the… Read more »
When the going gets tough, the tough get get going, right? While this saying might provide some motivation during trying times, it’s not always the case. Sometimes people give up, accept defeat, or at the very least put out less effort if the odds seem insurmountable. A Cornell University experiment found that people would get… Read more »
Call 479-422-0390 for immediate support, or for emergency Indramat repair. Indramat’s legacy You can’t buy new Indramat drives, motors, or controls anymore because they’re no longer manufactured. This means that a quality Indramat repair is going to be your best option if your system fails. Cheap repairs cost more This appears contradictory, but it’s typically… Read more »
The average American spends about two and a half days each year searching for lost items. The most commonly misplaced items include television remotes, phones, car keys, and glasses. These items typically turn up in unexpected, but probable, places: under beds, in between couch cushions, and in the pockets of clothing. Another commonly misplaced item,… Read more »
What exactly is a robot? Do robots have to be made of metal? Do they have to be physical? Can we call a computer a robot, or a digital assistant a robot? Our understanding of robots has changed throughout history. Robots have changed from fictional to physical to digital. Before they were robots Robots existed… Read more »