Where Innovation Meets Imagination
A senior executive at industrial giant Omron foresees a time in which cars virtually build themselves in factories. (See interview below.)
Bruno Adam, director of Omron’s mobile robot business director in Europe, says that in the future, factories will operate completely differently.
The current process sees car bodies moved along a linear, straight production line where different robots and people work on their assembly.
[Read more…] about Omron robotics boss envisages cars building themselvesKBMax, a company which provides mass customization services to the manufacturing sector, says it has been named “visual configuration leader” by G2 Crowd, a website which collates and presents reviews from users of software.
KBMax mainly offers its services through its website, and primarily categorizes itself as a “CPQ” platform, a well-known term in sales and marketing which stands for configure, price, quote.
Traditionally, CPQ platforms have not included visual configurators, which enable the customization of a product using online 3D computer-aided design software.
[Read more…] about Mass customization platform KBMax named ‘visual configuration leader’Samsung Electronics has begun mass producing what it says is “the highest-capacity mobile DRAM” – dynamic random access memory.
The company claims this is the industry’s first 12-gigabyte low-power double data rate 4X (LPDDR4X) package – optimized for tomorrow’s premium smartphones.
Featuring higher capacity than most ultra-thin notebooks, the new mobile DRAM will enable smartphone users to take full advantage of all the features in next-generation smartphones.
[Read more…] about Samsung launches ‘highest-capacity’ mobile dynamic random access memoryThe high level of interest in smart factory and automation technologies in South Korea is understandable – the country has the highest density of industrial robots per 1,000 workers in manufacturing of any nation on Earth.
Additionally, some of its companies are not only global operations, they are household names all over the world.
Samsung, for example, which recently released what is one of the first foldable smartphones (see infographic below), is headquartered in Seoul, the capital city of South Korea. [Read more…] about Infographic: Samsung’s foldable smartphone
Nidec Corporation is one of the world’s largest manufacturers of industrial components, with annual revenues typically in the region of $11 billion.
The Japanese company’s technology can be found in products ranging from robots to computers, from cars to washing machines, and beyond.
There probably isn’t a machine builder on Earth who has not used or has at least considered using Nidec components at concept or production stage. In the computing sector, for example, Nidec is said to have the largest global market share for the tiny spindle motors that power hard-disk drives. Which means that the computer you’re reading this on is likely to have a Nidec component inside it. [Read more…] about Spinning in infinity: Exclusive insight into industrial technology giant Nidec
“You may not realise that you’ve used an Interroll product, but you almost certainly have,” says Hilton Campbell, the newly appointed managing director of Interroll UK, at a press event in London.
“If you’ve flown through an airport recently, particularly a European one, then you’ve probably used a conveyor while collecting your luggage – that’s Interroll technology.
“You may have used Interroll products even more recently, especially if you’ve done some shopping – a lot of supermarkets use conveyors with Interoll technology.” [Read more…] about Warehouse automation: Interroll looking to expand operations
LogiMAT is said to be the largest logistics and material handling event in Germany. If it’s the largest in Germany, it’s likely one of the largest in the world.
Held annually in Stuttgart, right next to the airport, the show attracts thousands of exhibitors and tens of thousands of visitors.
More than one of the massive halls in the Messe centre are filled with autonomous and automated guided vehicles, and many of the companies RoboticsAndAutomationNews.com reports on are present here this year. [Read more…] about LogiMAT event sees more autonomous vehicles than ever
Xage Security has launched Xage Enforcement Point to deliver universal access control for industrial operations.
Xage says XEP enables role-based access control and single sign-on for every device, from legacy control systems to the newest IoT machines – even those previously lacking any access control protection –“for the first time”.
XEP works with Xage’s tamper-proof security fabric as a unified solution for industrial operations. [Read more…] about Xage launches ‘universal access control’ for industrial operations
| Brief | Date | Contribute |
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| LogiMAT Special: Preview and review articles, plus company news | Week beginning 18 March 2019 | Submit advertising or editorial copy |
| Hannover Messe Special: Preview and review articles, plus company news | Week beginning 1 April 2019 | Submit advertising or editorial copy |
| Automate Show Special: Preview and review articles, plus company news | Week beginning 8 April 2019 | Submit advertising or editorial copy |
| Automotive | |
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| ZF acquires automotive division of Romanian engineering services provider BeeSpeed | Read |
| Denso takes a stake in semiconductor processor startup quadric.io | Read |
| BMW Group sales of electric hybrid vehicles up 38 percent in 2018 | Read |
| Groupe PSA to starts autonomous driving tests on open roads in China | Read |
| Continental concludes Kathrein Automotive acquisition | Read |
| Delivery robots | |
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| US politicians debating rules for autonomous delivery robots | Read |
| Market trend: Grocery e-commerce investments could lead to global invasion by delivery robots | Read |
| Segway Robotics showcases its delivery robot Loomo | Read |
| Top 20 autonomous delivery robots: Ready to take over the streets | Read |
| Solving the tricky last-mile: Delivery robots to rescue e-commerce | Read |
| Industrial robots | |
|---|---|
| Universal Robots partners with Bharat Fritz Werner in India | Read |
| Epson signs FPE Automation as distributor in US | Read |
| Technical insight: Safe robotics – collaboration without incident | Read |
| Industrial robotics: 5 trends in 2019 and beyond | Read |
| New algorithms for heavy industrial robot-human collaboration | Read |
| Warehouse robots | |
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| Zalando to use GreyOrange warehouse robots in its newest fulfillment center | Read |
| Schenker to build automated warehouse for Apohem | Read |
| GreyOrange to launch new warehouse automation products at LogiMAT | Read |
| Autostore introduces ‘Black Line’ warehouse robots | Read |
| Geek Plus Robotics to showcase advanced warehousing robotic solutions at LogiMAT | Read |
CogitAI has launched what it says is the “industry’s first self-learning, actionable artificial Intelligence”. (See interview with CogitAI CEO below.)
The company says it is “delivering on the future promise of AI”. CogitAI says its Continua software as a service self-learning AI platform.
The Continua platform has the power to turn any process, system, software bot, or real robot into a self-learning autonomous service to drive actionable business outcomes, says CogitAI. [Read more…] about Webcast: CogitAI launches ‘industry’s first self-learning, actionable artificial Intelligence’
