RoboClip & RoboTape: Standardized Automation at Automate 2025
In May, our team exhibited at Automate 2025 in Detroit, Michigan, where we had the opportunity to demonstrate two of our latest automation technologies: RoboTape, our established robotic taping system, and RoboClip, an automated clip insertion solution making its...
Taming Dashboard Dragons at Epicor Insights 2025
Our very own Trudy Pogue and Michael Bayley took the stage in Las Vegas to lead a customer-driven session titled “Taming the Dashboard Dragons of Application Studio.” Drawing from real-world experience with our ERP system, they shared the obstacles they faced, the...
Innovative Automation Launches RoboClip™
BARRIE, ON, May 1, 2025 /PRNewswire/ - Following the success of RoboTape™ — the industry's most advanced robotic tape installation system and a strategic collaboration with 3M™ — a global leader in commercial bonding solutions. Innovative Automation Inc. is proud to...
Returning to Automate 2025
We’re excited to announce that Innovative Automation will be back on the show floor at Automate 2025, taking place May 12–15 in Detroit, Michigan. As a long-time attendee and exhibitor, we recognize just how valuable this event is — not only for us, but for the entire...
The Benefits of Autonomous Mobile Robots (AMRs)
The Future of Automation: Exploring the Benefits of AMR Technology In the constantly evolving landscape of technology and automation, AMRs (Autonomous Mobile Robots) have emerged as a huge game-changer. These intelligent, self-navigating machines are revolutionizing...
Medical Device Assembly and Automation
Medical device manufacturing is a critical industry that produces a wide range of products, including diagnostic equipment, prosthetics, surgical instruments, and implantable devices. These devices play a significant role in improving patient outcomes and the quality...
RoboTape At FoamExpo Adhesives & Bonding Expo
This week you’ll find Innovative Automation at FoamExpo Connect | Adhesives & Bonding Expo Connect 2020. We’ll be introducing RoboTape, our patent-pending automatic tape system for feeding and installing adhesive-backed tapes, to the foam and adhesives industry....
What Lies ahead for the automotive industry?
Automotive industry trends for 2021 and beyond can pave the way to an optimistic future for the industry in Canada, but a strategic combination of resilience and collaboration must be utilized to get there. As quickly as you found yourself conducting team...
3M and Innovative Automation Collaboration Announced
Press Release 3M and Innovative Automation collaborate to help customers automate key bonding applications with Robotic Tape System Solution automates tape applications to improve quality, enhance productivity and reduce labor reliance. St. Paul, Minn. – (April 26,...
How Electric Vehicles are Driving Automotive Interior Trends
Without the restriction of a cumbersome internal combustion engine or fuel tank, electric vehicles have begun a new trend in automotive interiors. Of course, there needs to be space for the batteries and electric motor in EV’s, but many EV auto manufacturers are...
Automating Industrial Tape Application Processes
Historically, applying adhesive tape has had to be a manual process due to the difficulty of feeding and managing continuous level-wound spools. As more tape is designed into products it is going to be crucial to design a cost-effective installation method.Most tape...
Designing for Tape Automation: Selecting Industrial Tapes
Uses & Types of Industrial Tape Foam and felt adhesive tapes are utilized in a variety of industries, including automotive, aviation, consumer goods, medical, appliances, windows and doors, industrial components and electronics. Typical uses for tape include...
What Is Plastic Vehicle Cladding and Why Do We Need It?
The Automotive Dictionary defines cladding as decorative elements applied to a vehicle. While this is true, vehicle cladding offers more than just making your vehicle look sporty. Cladding also refers to portions of the build of the vehicle, and the process that...
What Lies Ahead For The Automotive Industry?
Automotive industry trends for 2021 and beyond can pave the way to an optimistic future for the industry in Canada, but a strategic combination of resilience and collaboration must be utilized to get there. As quickly as you found yourself conducting team meetings...
Robotics In Automotive Manufacturing
As technology advances, automation continues to improve manufacturing processes in the automotive industry. We’re seeing advantages including improved quality, increased capacity, lower production costs and more. Since the 1980s, robotics in automotive manufacturing...
Exploring Tesla’s Unique Electric Vehicle Drivetrain
How is Tesla’s drivetrain different when compared to other electric vehicles? Even though electric vehicles account for a mere 2% of car sales worldwide, there is stiff competition between vehicle manufacturers to produce the best electric car. Below, we will discuss...
RoboTape at FoamExpo | Adhesives & Bonding Expo
This week you’ll find Innovative Automation at FoamExpo Connect | Adhesives & Bonding Expo Connect 2020. We’ll be introducing RoboTape, our patent-pending automatic tape system for feeding and installing adhesive-backed tapes, to the foam and adhesives industry....
Eliminate Bottlenecks and Create Efficiencies with RoboTape
Identifying bottlenecks in your manufacturing line is a vital step in maintaining production plan timelines. Invariably there will be one portion of your production line that is slower than others, and often this bottleneck will migrate as the line adapts. When the...
Adapting to Manufacturing Challenges with Innovative Automation
It’s been an unpredictable year so far, especially for the manufacturing and automation sector. As COVID-19 became a reality to North America in early March, many manufacturing companies were faced with the decision of slowing production to a halt or re-tooling to...
How to Pivot Your Business Through an Innovative Culture – Interview
Recently, Sandboxcentre.com spoke with Zac Cutt, a Research & Development Mechanical Engineer & Designer at Innovative Automation about what it takes to pivot a business, especially during a crisis like COVID-19. Zac is on the forefront of Innovative...
The History, Importance, and Use of Plastics in Automobiles
Plastics have been used widely in vehicle claddings to improve fuel efficiency by making vehicles lighter and reducing corrosion due to salt and water on metal surfaces. Although plastics have been used for decades both externally and internally, many automotive...
The Future Of Manufacturing: Automotive Automation
Automotive automation technology is constantly advancing. The advancement of additional technologies such as 3D printed parts and incorporation of precise robotic line workers means that auto manufacturers have come to rely on high outputs and minimal downtime -...
What’s in Store for Manufacturing in 2020?
The manufacturing industry worldwide is seeing a large amount of growth, and many predictions say this momentum will continue. Much of this increase can be contributed to the adoption of automation and new technologies that not only simplify processes but speed...
Automotive Lighting Technology For The Headlights Of Tomorrow
Since the incorporation of headlamps on vehicles, there have been many significant advancements in the field of automotive lighting technology. Beyond simply lighting the road ahead of you, the most recent innovations in automotive lighting are highly sought after by...