Productive Robotics has launched updated software for its range of OB7 collaborative robots, adding “more than 50 features” to the system.The company says the software update enhances OB7’s …
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Denso partners with Qualcomm to develop ‘next-generation’ vehicle dashboards
Automotive systems maker Denso is partnering with chipmaker Qualcomm to develop what they call “next-generation cockpit systems”.Though they use the word “cockpit”, they probably mean vehicle …
Omron showcases new industrial robot with built-in AI
Omron has demonstrated a new industrial robot with built-in artificial intelligence at the Consumer Electronics Show.The automation giant says its Omron i4 “next generation industrial robot” …
ABB launches new robot and controller
ABB is introducing a new harsh environment version of its IRB 1100 robot and OmniCore controller, designed with enhanced protection against water and dust.The entire body of the new IRB 1100 model …
ThyssenKrupp and Wilhelmsen to develop additive manufacturing solutions for shipbuilding
ThyssenKrupp is collaborating with Wilhelmsen, one of the largest maritime products and services provider in the world, to jointly develop additive manufacturing enabled commercial solutions for the …
Manufacturing
ThyssenKrupp and Wilhelmsen to develop additive manufacturing solutions for shipbuilding
ThyssenKrupp is collaborating with Wilhelmsen, one of the largest maritime products and services provider in the world, to jointly develop additive manufacturing enabled commercial solutions for the …
Carlsberg reduces risk of accidents with Universal Robots
Carlsberg says it has almost eliminated the risk of accidents in its Fredericia plant, in Denmark.The famous beer and beverage maker says it has achieved this by implementing collaborative robots …
Mazak showcases machining centre with ‘world’s fastest CNC’
Mazak has demonstrated a new machining centre which it says has the “world’s fastest CNC”.Mazak says its Integrex i-400S Multi-Tasking machining centre at the upcoming Autosport Engineering and …
Airbus acquires MTM Robotics
Airbus has acquired industrial automation company, MTM Robotics, for an undisclosed sum. MTM already partners with Airbus, supplying its robotic hole-drilling system, as reported by Robotics and …
Boeing ‘abandons’ robots in favour of humans
Boeing has reportedly abandoned the use of some robotic systems that were being used for fuselage work such as drilling and fastening.According to the Seattle Times, the implementation of the …
Industrial Robots
Productive Robotics updates software for its collaborative robots
Productive Robotics has launched updated software for its range of OB7 collaborative robots, adding “more than 50 features” to the system.The company says the software update enhances OB7’s …
Fanuc showcases its robotic technologies at CES for the first time
Fanuc, the world’s leading supplier of robotics, CNCs, Robomachines and industrial internet-of-things solutions, has been showcasing its technologies at the Consumer Electronics Show for the first …
Omron showcases new industrial robot with built-in AI
Omron has demonstrated a new industrial robot with built-in artificial intelligence at the Consumer Electronics Show.The automation giant says its Omron i4 “next generation industrial robot” …
Universal Robots sells almost 40,000 units
Universal Robots has sold almost 40,000 units to date, but says the market for collaborative robots remains “largely untapped”.The company started selling its collaborative robots more than 10 …
ABB launches new robot and controller
ABB is introducing a new harsh environment version of its IRB 1100 robot and OmniCore controller, designed with enhanced protection against water and dust.The entire body of the new IRB 1100 model …
Features
Fanuc showcases its robotic technologies at CES for the first time
Fanuc, the world’s leading supplier of robotics, CNCs, Robomachines and industrial internet-of-things solutions, has been showcasing its technologies at the Consumer Electronics Show for the first …
Universal Robots sells almost 40,000 units
Universal Robots has sold almost 40,000 units to date, but says the market for collaborative robots remains “largely untapped”.The company started selling its collaborative robots more than 10 …
Visteon showcases virtual dashboard innovations at CES
Visteon, an automotive dashboard electronics technology company, has been showcasing its latest innovations at CES 2020.The company says the showcase includes a range of technology solutions …
ZF claims its ADAS technology is ‘most affordable’ in the industry
Automotive systems manufacturer ZF says its advanced driver assistance system technology is the “most affordable” in the industry.?Automated driving for personal passenger vehicles continues to be …
Swisys adopts twin-track route to progress with networks for machines
Taiwanese automotive electronics and communications solution provider Swisys has adopted a twin-track approach to the development of company and its technologies.The company, which was founded in …
Logistics
Vecna Robotics raises $50 million to expand business
Vecna Robotics, the workflow orchestration and self-driving forklift provider, has raised $50 million in Series B funding.With double-digit annual growth forecast for the mobile robot market over …
Geek Plus sells 10,000 warehouse robots
Warehouse automation company?Geek+ Robotics says it has sold more than 10,000 units of its autonomous mobile robots.The company has seen a dramatic increase in demand for warehouse robots from …
Fetch Robotics launches new system for real-time inventory visualization in warehouses
Fetch Robotics, a provider of autonomous mobile robots for warehouses, has launched a new system for real-time inventory visualization.The company says its new RFID visualization capabilities …
Sidewalk last-mile delivery robots: Billion-dollar market by 2030?
Last mile delivery is the most expensive part of the delivery chain, often representing more than 50 percent of the overall cost. This is mainly because it is the least productive and automated step. …
Market for transportation and warehousing sensors forecast to grow to $16 billion
The global market for sensors for the transportation and warehousing industries are set to grow by 30 per cent, according to a report by Persistence Market Research.Surpassing the market value of …
Transportation
Denso partners with Qualcomm to develop ‘next-generation’ vehicle dashboards
Automotive systems maker Denso is partnering with chipmaker Qualcomm to develop what they call “next-generation cockpit systems”.Though they use the word “cockpit”, they probably mean vehicle …
ZF claims its ADAS technology is ‘most affordable’ in the industry
Automotive systems manufacturer ZF says its advanced driver assistance system technology is the “most affordable” in the industry.?Automated driving for personal passenger vehicles continues to be …
Autonomous buses and shuttles reflect ‘strong societal trends’, says report
Autonomous buses and robotic shuttles reflect “strong societal trends”, such as ageing populations who are less mobile and the record numbers of people moving to cities, according to a new …
SAIC showcases first autonomous truck at Shanghai port
A 5G-based “intelligent” – meaning autonomous – heavy duty truck developed by Chinese auto giant SAIC Motor made its debut at Shanghai Yangshan Deepwater Port, the largest cargo port in the …
Volvo invests in autonomous car software developer Apex
Volvo Group Venture Capital has invested in Apex.AI, a developer of software for autonomous cars and mobility. Volvo says the investment will fund the development of a “safety-certified software …
Infrastructure
BMW invests €400 million in Dingolfing plant for BMW iNEXT
The BMW Group is investing around €400 million in its Dingolfing vehicle plant for production of the BMW iNEXT.In doing this, it is preparing for the manufacture of pure battery-electric and …
ZF establishes third research and development center in China
Automotive technology supplier ZF Friedrichshafen is establishing a third Chinese research and development center in Guangzhou southern China.Representatives of ZF and the local authorities have …
New ITU case study shines spotlight on ‘smart city’ journey
The City of Pully, Switzerland, reports experience with ‘Key Performance Indicators for Smart Sustainable Cities’A new ITU case study offers an evaluation of the Key Performance Indicators for …
Wynright aims to double sales after opening new $26 million manufacturing facility
Wynright, a wholly-owned subsidiary of material handling giant Daifuku, says it aims to double sales after it opens its new $26 million manufacturing facility at the end of this year.Wynright …
City of Rotterdam and Lightwell launch multifunctional smart city units
Smart city technologies are many and varied, and are generally initiated by the local authorities, whose main responsibilities tend to be street lighting, waste disposal, and traffic management, as …
Computing
Visteon showcases virtual dashboard innovations at CES
Visteon, an automotive dashboard electronics technology company, has been showcasing its latest innovations at CES 2020.The company says the showcase includes a range of technology solutions …
Aceinna launches ‘smallest’ high-precision localization tech
Automotive electronics company Aceinna has launched the new OpenRTK330L, which it describes as a “low cost, state-of-the-art, high-performance” triple-band RTK/GNSS receiver with built-in triple …
Swisys adopts twin-track route to progress with networks for machines
Taiwanese automotive electronics and communications solution provider Swisys has adopted a twin-track approach to the development of company and its technologies.The company, which was founded in …
TTTech Auto acquires automotive software company Red Pine
TTTech Auto, a developer of safety software platforms for automated driving, has acquired Red Pine Software.?TTTech Auto says it is continuing its growth strategy with this acquisition and …
What is a ‘digital twin’ and why it matters
Seeing double? That's a good thing when it comes to improving efficiency and anticipating problems in refineries.A refinery is a high stakes environment with no room for error.Operators must …
Science
Columbia develops ‘robotic trunk support assists’ for people with spinal cord injuries
Engineers at Columbia university have invented a robotic trunk-support-trainer to retrain patients with spinal cord injury to sit more stably and gain an expanded active sitting workspace. (See video …
Iowa scientists create nanoscale sensors to ‘better see how high pressure affects materials’
Scientists at Iowa State University have developed new nanoscale technology to image and measure more of the stresses and strains on materials under high pressures.As the researchers reported in …
European Space Agency to launch robot to clean up space
The European Space Agency is planning to send a robot out into space to clean it of debris, which mainly consists of the countless satellites sent into orbit over the past few decades.The vast …
Astronaut assistant Cimon-2 travels to International Space Station
A new version of the robotic astronaut assistant Cimon – Crew Interactive MObile companioN – has been sent to the International Space Station.Cimon-2 lifted off on its journey into space on 5 …
Clearpath unveils new indoor research robot ‘Dingo’
Clearpath Robotics has unveiled its Dingo Indoor Research Robot, described as a “compact, lightweight and cost-effective indoor robotic platform” that is extensible and programmable, and designed to …
