Julia Hider

3 weeks ago | mmsonline.com | Julia Hider

Autonomous mobile robots (AMRs) and automated guided vehicles (AGVs) can provide a flexible, efficient automation solution for machine shops. RMS, a medical device manufacturer, successfully integrated Staubli’s HelMo system, which consists of a mobile robotic arm mounted on an AGV base, into the production of medical devices. By tending as many as eight machines, HelMo has helped RMS save space and reduce automation costs in its pacing business unit.

3 weeks ago | mmsonline.com | Julia Hider

As shops grow, they must navigate how to balance the technology and processes that work for them in the moment with what will set them up for growth down the road. Metal Trade Solutions, a Winsted, Minnesota-based job shop, has found that standardization and ensuring it fully commits to any new technologies it implements are strategies that provide a pathway to success in both the present and the future. Sometimes this process requires trial and error.

4 weeks ago | productionmachining.com | Julia Hider

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2 months ago | mmsonline.com | Julia Hider

As automation technology advances, it’s becoming increasingly more flexible. Autonomous mobile robots (AMRs) are a prime example of adaptable automation. Not only do they provide an agnostic base that can handle multiple parts and tasks without needing reprogramming or tooling changes, but they can also easily respond to changes that occur in a facility.

2 months ago | mmsonline.com | Julia Hider

The Taipei International Machine Tool Show (TIMTOS) 2025 took place March 3-8 at Taipei Nangang Exhibition Center Halls 1 and 2, as well as Taipei World Trade Center Hall 1. The show featured more than 1,000 exhibitors from Taiwan and around the world. Photos provided by MMS. Doing business in the global economy has become difficult thanks to recent and ongoing factors such as the COVID-19 pandemic, geopolitical instability and economic volatility.