Pipe bending machines make short work of twisting and shaping metal tubes into everything from car exhausts to trombones. Yoshihito Isogawa’s pipe cleaner bending robot works essentially the same way, ...

When a pipe cleaner is fed into the machine, the robot moves the wire along until two robotic prongs can grab and bend the pipe cleaner into shape. It’s a clever machine, and the shapes are much more ...

Tube bending and workholding are on the menu at March’s Manufacturing Lunch + Learn.

An innovative new automatic cell for manufacturing tubular automotive parts exploits an articulated robotic arm to manage intervening movements and transfers. The arm eliminates the need for the ...

A tubular, soft robot controlled by light can pump liquids, unscrew bolts and travel through pipes. The robot can also be designed to bend in the direction of a light source, like a plant tilting ...

TIANJIN -- A white piece of equipment was "climbing" along a round tube. With its body stretching and contracting like an inchworm, it moved forward smoothly and even passed a 90-degree angle. The ...