Strengthening the UK’s robotics output

Robotic gear manufacturer Harmonic Drive UK has shared a whitepaper exploring the UK robotics industry and outlining some of the challenges facing it. The whitepaper is available to download for free from the Harmonic Drive® website and explores ...

Three military trends you need to know

The nature of the threat posed by terrorism and criminal organisations is changing. In recent years, military forces, border agencies, airports and transport police have had to rapidly develop new ways of thwarting those with malicious intentions. He ...

Harmonic Drive AG exhibiting at SPS IPC Drives

Aerospace, medical and automotive engineers will be able to speak with experts from high precision gearing manufacturer Harmonic Drive AG to improve the accuracy and efficiency of their applications at this year’s SPS IPC Drives show in Nuremberg. Ha ...

Harmonic Drive Systems Inc., Japan becomes majority shareholder of Harmonic Drive AG

In December 2016, Interglobal Industrieholding GmbH, owned by Reinhard Ernst, sold its majority interest in Harmonic Drive AG to Harmonic Drive Systems Inc., Tokyo. With effect from March 22, 2017 the sale of the shares has been completed.

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Our website got a facelift

The corporate website is today the focal point of a company in communication with customers, prospective customers and suppliers. The requirements for a good website are constantly increasing with the changes in media landscape, so that we have resp ...

What we can learn from robot ethics

The British Standards Institute (BSI) recently released a new set of standards for the ethical design of robots and robotic devices. The standards highlight the growing need for guidelines on robotic safety, contact with human beings, robotic decepti ...

Redesigning the gear

Sometimes, you only need one small innovation to make something revolutionary. Sliced bread, for example, simply took a stroke of inspiration for Otto Rohwedder to combine automatic bread wrapping equipment with cutting functionality. Here, Graham Ma ...

Using gears in the military

Over the next decade, the UK will spend £178 billion on military equipment. This equipment may range from torches to high calibre weapons, but it all requires high quality manufacturing and the ability to adapt to a variety of conditions. Much of thi ...