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Robotics and Automation in 2022 – Can They be a Hedge to Recession?

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In 2020, the European Commission proposed its ‘Industry 5.0’ Compared with the ‘Industry 4.0’ plan that has been discussed for around a decade, Industry 5.0 In Industry 4.0, One of the fundamental concepts of Industry 5.0 Source: IDTechEx. Source: IDTechEx.

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Cooperative Robots or Collaborative Robots – Similar Names, but IDTechEx Asks if They Are Different Opportunities?

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Source: IDTechEx. As mentioned above, cooperative robots combine the benefits of industrial robots and cobots. The table below compares cooperative robots, cobots, industrial robots, and manual labor based on different benchmarking. Comparison of industrial robots, collaborative robots, manual labor, and cooperative robots.

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Embedding Electronic Functionality: Is It Worthwhile?

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Source: IDTechEx In-mold electronics (IME) is a third approach to producing embedded electronics, generally in the form of smart surfaces with integrated lighting and capacitive touch sensors. Fully and partially additive electronics are applicable to many applications and span a wide range of length scales.

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800V Electric Vehicles Charge into the Mainstream using SiC Power Electronics

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Indeed, the IDTechEx report “ Charging Infrastructure for Electric Vehicles and Fleets 2022-2032 ” estimates around 3 million AC charging installations took place in 2022, compared to ~50,000 DCFCs over 100kW. In addition, higher levels of DCFC does not necessarily drive a transition to 800V, although it is more optimal.

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IDTechEx Explore Key 5G Trends to Watch Out for from 2023 Onwards

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The idea of Open RAN is to provide telecom operators an alternative way to build networks based on disaggregated RAN components with standardized interoperability, which includes using non-proprietary white-box hardware, open-source software from different vendors, and open interfaces. Today Magazine.