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Sweden looking to make the most of its partner status at Hannover Messe

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Hannover Messe is probably the world’s largest industrial technology trade show. It’s an annual event which last year attracted almost a quarter of a million visitors from around a hundred countries.

For its 6,000 or so exhibitors – which include all the leading industrial robotics and automation companies – Hannover Messe provides a platform to reach markets in virtually every country in the world.

Additionally, every year, the organisers of the event choose a “partner country”, which is given a higher profile in publicity activities and more support to access Germany’s huge industrial base.  [Read more…] about Sweden looking to make the most of its partner status at Hannover Messe

Omron launches smart camera with ‘world’s first’ multi-color light and high-resolution image sensor

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Omron Automation Americas has released a brand-new FHV7-series smart camera featuring what it says is “the world’s first” multi-color light alongside a range image sensors (0.4 MP to 5 MP, with 12 MP coming in the near future).

This unique technology is designed to achieve the industry’s highest standards of precision in vision inspections on high-mix production lines.

Consumers’ quality and safety expectations are becoming increasingly strict, and corporate social responsibility is growing in importance.  [Read more…] about Omron launches smart camera with ‘world’s first’ multi-color light and high-resolution image sensor

Webcast: Interview with Ken Sutton of Yobe

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In this webcast, Ken Sutton, founder and president of Yobe, gives us an insight into the company’s software, which can isolate and clean up the sound of human voices.

The software can be used in all voice-enabled devices, such as the smart home speakers that many people are buying now – for example, Amazon Alexa, Google Home, and Apple HomePod.

If devices could understand human speech, there would be need to type any more. But that’s just the start – many other things would become possible if computers could properly hear and understand human speech.

Webcast: Cobalt Robotics CTO showcases office security robot

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In this webcast, we interview Erik Schluntz, co-founder and CTO of Cobalt Robotics, a startup company which produces a security robot. (See video below.)

The startup sees itself as a security company which just happens to use advanced technologies – including the robot – to provide its services.

The robot itself sports around 60 sensors and Cobalt says it can provide a cost-effective alternative to companies which may not have the funds to hire human security personnel.  [Read more…] about Webcast: Cobalt Robotics CTO showcases office security robot

Webcast: Denso engineering leader provides insight into $40 billion company

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In this webcast, we interview Bill Foy, senior vice president of engineering at Denso International America. (See video below.)

Denso is one of the world’s largest automotive technology suppliers, having started out in 1949 as a spin-off from Toyota.

Today, the company has a market capitalization of around $40 billion, and it’s gone through some fundamental changes in the past year or two.  [Read more…] about Webcast: Denso engineering leader provides insight into $40 billion company

Webcast: Vention CEO provides overview of company after raising $17 million

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In this webcast, Étienne Lacroix, CEO of Vention, provides an overview of the digital manufacturing platform that recently raised $17 million in financing.

Lacroix says the overall market in digital manufacturing is estimated at several billion dollars. And Vention is trying to make the process from design to delivery of manufactured product much faster and more affordable.

Webcast: Professor provides insight into plans for Nvidia’s robotics research lab

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In this webcast, Professor Dieter Fox, senior director of robotics research at Nvidia, provides an insight into the company’s new Seattle robotics lab. (See video below.)

Also, in the interview, Fox talks about the “big challenges” in the field of robotics, both in the area of software as well as hardware.

“One of the key challenges,” he says, “is really on the software side, developing the algorithms that have learning abilities and perceptual capabilities.”  [Read more…] about Webcast: Professor provides insight into plans for Nvidia’s robotics research lab

Nvidia opens robotics research lab in Seattle

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Nvidia is opening a new robotics research lab in Seattle near the University of Washington campus led by Professor Dieter Fox, senior director of robotics research at Nvidia and professor in the UW Paul G. Allen School of Computer Science and Engineering. (See video below.)

The charter of the lab is to drive breakthrough robotics research to enable the next generation of robots that perform complex manipulation tasks to safely work alongside humans and transform industries such as manufacturing, logistics, healthcare, and more.

Professor Dieter Fox says: “In the past, robotics research has focused on small, independent projects rather than fully integrated systems.

“We’re bringing together a collaborative, interdisciplinary team of experts in robot control and perception, computer vision, human-robot interaction, and deep learning.”  [Read more…] about Nvidia opens robotics research lab in Seattle

Infographic: Collaborative robots market continues to grow

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The ever-increasing automation in industry has led to the collaborative robots market to experience a recent increase in popularity, according to Interact Analysis. (See infographic below.)

Further tied to the rising cost and lack of labour needed to complete menial and monotonous tasks, it is easy to foresee why cobots could become a relevant addition to the future workforce.

But is this hype, or will cobots become a common-sight next to human workers? And how will they complement or affect the traditional industrial robot market? These are just some of the questions that remain to be answered.  [Read more…] about Infographic: Collaborative robots market continues to grow

Webcast: An introduction to AR, VR and MR for industry

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In this presentation and interview, James Kerr, senior product marketing manager at Tech Soft 3D, provides a thorough overview of augmented reality, virtual reality, and mixed reality technologies, as well as an insight into the company. (See video below.)

Tech Soft 3D is a provider of software development tools and 3D PDF solutions to the engineering software industry. Recently, it introduced augmented and virtual reality support for Hoops Visualize, its graphics engine for developing high-performance applications.

Tech Soft says Hoops Visualize now enables rapid development and deployment of 3D engineering applications on the HTC Vive, Microsoft HoloLens, Oculus Rift and Meta 2.  [Read more…] about Webcast: An introduction to AR, VR and MR for industry