Automation World

FEBRUARY 19, 2024

Accenture’s joint venture with Mujin and Honeywell’s partnership with Hai Robotics highlight the growing impact of robots across industry.

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Robotics Business Review

FEBRUARY 19, 2024

RoboGuide uses sophisticated sensors and AI to help visually impaired users interact with the world around them. Credit: Royal National Institute of Blind People Visually impaired people may soon be able to use AI-powered robotic service dogs to navigate the world around them. Researchers from the University of Glasgow, along with industry and charity partners, have unveiled RoboGuide.

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Gary Mintchell

FEBRUARY 19, 2024

Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE) influencer group first contacted me in the mid-2010s through the Aruba networking group. I was the independent industrial IoT writer at the time. The scope broadened for a time, then they closed the influencer group a couple of years ago. But I’ve maintained a bit of a connection to HPE networking, as well as its software and high-end hardware groups.

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Robotics Business Review

FEBRUARY 19, 2024

Participants in the Form & Function Robotics Challenge at the 2023 Robotics Summit & Expo. Source: MassRobotics BOSTON — WTWH Media, which produces The Robot Report , has announced that MassRobotics is the exclusive strategic partner of the 2024 Robotics Summit & Expo , which will be on May 1 and 2 at the Boston Convention and Exhibition Center.

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In 2025, the Supply Chain continues its evolution toward “Logistics 4.0,” inspired by Industry 4.0. Two major characteristics define this transformation: automation, driven by robotic solutions, and prediction, paving the way for an era of planning and simulation powered by Artificial Intelligence (AI).

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Gary Mintchell

FEBRUARY 19, 2024

A couple of IT companies introduced DataOps to me about ten years ago. I thought this looked like a ripe opportunity for the industrial market. Shortly thereafter I ran into a group of former Kepware people who had formed just such a company— HighByte. I then had an opportunity to talk with the Snowflake people at the Ignition Customer Community meeting last September.

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Automation World

FEBRUARY 19, 2024

The Wireless Broadband Alliance announces testing of Wi-Fi HaLow for IoT applications in industry as well as building automation, smart home, smart City, smart retail and agriculture applications.

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Control.com

FEBRUARY 19, 2024

Many sensors, like prox, optical, and ultrasonic, are familiar to control engineers. More and more modern devices are incorporating advanced motion profiles requiring motion sensing in many axes.

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Metrology

FEBRUARY 19, 2024

In today’s swiftly evolving manufacturing landscape, each stage of product development yields a wealth of valuable data, often challenging to access and exploit. The digital management of data flow between The post Unleashing the Full Potential of 3D Measurement Data Collaboration in Today’s Manufacturing Landscape appeared first on Metrology and Quality News - Online Magazine.

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Drives & Controls

FEBRUARY 19, 2024

The German engineering plastics specialist igus is developing a new generation of flange bearings with built-in miniature wireless sensors that allow their state of wear to be monitored and predictive maintenance to be implemented to help prevent machine breakdowns.

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Robotics Automation News

FEBRUARY 19, 2024

The use of geofencing technology has completely transformed the way businesses engage with their customers. It has become a game changer in the field of marketing by enabling companies to target locations and deliver personalized messages or offers. One popular approach for businesses to leverage geofencing is through labeling.

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Speaker: Chris Townsend, VP of Product Marketing, Wellspring

Over the past decade, companies have embraced innovation with enthusiasm—Chief Innovation Officers have been hired, and in-house incubators, accelerators, and co-creation labs have been launched. CEOs have spoken with passion about “making everyone an innovator” and the need “to disrupt our own business.” But after years of experimentation, senior leaders are asking: Is this still just an experiment, or are we in it for the long haul?

Cisco Smart Manufacturing

FEBRUARY 19, 2024

In a blog post last December, I said that the business and IT leaders with whom I meet always ask: How can I secure my highly distributed workforce, who gets more varied and decentralized all the… Read more on Cisco Blogs

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Plastics Today

FEBRUARY 19, 2024

The efficiency of an electric motor increases with a high-voltage system, improving driving range and reducing the cost of the battery.

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E&T

FEBRUARY 19, 2024

The government has been urged to introduce a long-term rail strategy as new research suggests the number of UK rail passengers could double by 2050.

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Cisco Smart Manufacturing

FEBRUARY 19, 2024

Have you heard about the USDA’s Distance Learning and Telemedicine (DLT) program? In 2023 the U.S.

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Manufacturer's Monthly

FEBRUARY 19, 2024

The Victorian economy has seen the state record Australia’s strongest jobs growth over the past year, delivering the lowest unemployment rate of all the states. Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) figures confirmed 2,100 Victorians started new jobs in January, bumping the total number of Victorians in work to a near record 3.68 million. Victoria’s strong annual jobs creation is nation-leading, with almost 150,000 Victorians securing employment, recording the largest increase of all the states.

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i4.0 today

FEBRUARY 19, 2024

The Secure Integration Server (SIS) from Softing Industrial now supports the MQTT protocol. This improves connectivity and security for data integration in IT/OT cloud applications. The Secure Integration Server (SIS) from Softing Industrial offers a structured solution for complex server architectures. It combines various OPC UA servers at the automation level with their associated address spaces.

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Manufacturer's Monthly

FEBRUARY 19, 2024

University of New South Wales (UNSW) have demonstrated multiple ways to write quantum information in silicon for more flexible quantum chips design. Quantum computing engineers at UNSW have shown they can encode quantum information, which is the special data in a quantum computer, in four unique ways within a single atom, inside a silicon chip. The achievement could alleviate some of the challenges in operating tens of millions of quantum computing units in just a few square millimetres of a sil

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MRPEasy

FEBRUARY 19, 2024

Affordable cloud-based MRP software is revolutionizing the manufacturing industry by enabling growing manufacturers to streamline their production processes, reduce costs, and increase overall productivity. But how do you know if your company is ready to embrace MRP software? Here are some unmistakable warning signs that indicate it’s time to make the move.

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Metrology

FEBRUARY 19, 2024

Cognex Corporation has reported financial results for the fourth quarter and full year 2023. The post Cognex Reports Fourth Quarter and Full Year 2023 Results appeared first on Metrology and Quality News - Online Magazine.

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999 Automation

FEBRUARY 19, 2024

Ladder logic programming is an essential tool for industrial automation and control systems. This intuitive, graphic programming language is ideal for designing and implementing sequential control processes. The essence of ladder logic lies in its user-friendly graphical interface. Inputs (like sensors and switches) and outputs (such as motors and relays) connect through logical gates and […] The post Is ladder logic programming still relevant?

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Metrology

FEBRUARY 19, 2024

Southwest Venture Plastics, a thermoplastic injection molder has announced its investment in cutting-edge metrology equipment: the Zeiss Mass Accura CMM to the Quality Department. The post Southwest Venture Plastics Invest In CMM To Better Serve Customers appeared first on Metrology and Quality News - Online Magazine.

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Frost & Sullivan Manufacturing

FEBRUARY 19, 2024

Mei Lee: We are at a critical juncture for the global telecommunications industry. In your view, what needs to happen now and why is there no turning back? Ari: External factors such as economic pressure, customer dissatisfaction, competition, and changing business demands are having such a significant impact on the global telecommunications industry that to survive telcos need to change rapidly and drastically.

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Metrology

FEBRUARY 19, 2024

FourJaw’s platform has provided Hydrafeed with a real-time understanding and visualisation of its factory data, enabling it to establish a production efficiency benchmark and a detailed account of energy use. The post Machine Monitoring Technology Delivers Saving Through Improved of Shop Floor Operations appeared first on Metrology and Quality News - Online Magazine.

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Manufacturer's Monthly

FEBRUARY 19, 2024

Queensland’s space race is gathering pace with Gold Coast based Gilmour Space Technologies raising a $55 million Series D round ahead of a maiden orbital launch later this year. Gilmour are building a diversified space services platform, including rocket and satellite production, and launch services from their exclusive Bowen Orbital Spaceport in North Queensland.

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The Fabricator

FEBRUARY 19, 2024

Nitro Cutting has announced its certification to ISO 9001:2015 for quality management systems.

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Manufacturer's Monthly

FEBRUARY 19, 2024

The Australian Government has awarded 14 million to Powering Australia Limited to establish the industry growth centre, designed to help Australian businesses manufacture renewable energy technologies locally. The Powering Australia growth centre will fund activities and provide services to help commercialise locally manufactured renewable energy technologies and ideas.

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Speaker: Nikhil Joshi, Founder & President of Snic Solutions

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The Fabricator

FEBRUARY 19, 2024

Wila, a producer of clamping, crowning, and tooling systems for press brakes, has announced the relocation of its North American headquarters and the establishment of manufacturing facilities in Louisville, Ky.

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Manufacturer's Monthly

FEBRUARY 19, 2024

Find out how Combilift’s latest electric innovation – the Combi-CB70E – is taking both operational efficiency and operator comfort to the next level. Since developing world’s first engine-powered multidirectional forklift – the C4000 – Irish manufacturer Combilift has not taken its foot off the innovation pedal. And having recently celebrated its quarter-century anniversary in 2023, the company marked the occasion with the debut of several exciting new products.

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Manufacturing Tomorrow

FEBRUARY 19, 2024

Leading geospatial event gathered nearly 3000 professionals and 200 solutions providers in Denver, CO

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Fabricating & Metal Work

FEBRUARY 19, 2024

Conduct faster, more precise bends and pressing of materials by utilizing machines with a broader range of options, including automation, as well as energy-saving efficiencies — all of which will result in a lower cost of operations. New Servo Presses with AIDA/Allen-Bradley Controls AIDA-America Corp. (Dayton, OH), a metal stamping press manufacturer, has introduced its next generation servo presses.

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