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Accenture, Mujin form robotics integration joint venture

Robotics Business Review

Accenture and Mujin have created a joint venture to help bring robotics and automation to the manufacturing and logistics industries. Mujin said it designed its controllers as a common platform for industrial and collaborative robots for pick-and-place and other logistics applications. Mujin was founded in 2011 and is based in Tokyo.

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Kiva Systems founders to enter Logistics Hall of Fame as mobile robot pioneers

Robotics Business Review

Source: Kiva Systems / Logistics Hall of Fame In 2003, Mick Mountz, Dr. Peter Wurman, and Prof. A jury has voted to recognize their innovation by inducting them into the Logistics Hall of Fame. Then Raffaello joined him, and our job was to find the specific form of those answers and make the technologies work for Kiva Systems.”

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Industrial Processes & Wireless Communications – Part II: Manufacturing Logistics

Cisco Manufacturing

This blog is the second in a series, bringing a lens on manufacturing logistics, dissecting the application flow and a little detail on why the serving wireless medium must behave in a particular way to support it. 2) Manufacturing logistics. Manufacturing Logistics. Logistics Communication Flows. Synchronicity : None.

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Machina Labs’ Deployable System performs on-premise metal forming at military base

The Fabricator

Machina Labs has announced that the Warner Robins Air Logistics Complex (WR-ALC) at Robins Air Force Base in Georgia is the first organization in the U.S. Air Force to use the company’s Deployable System.

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Volvo Trucks wins 16 truck order from Griffins Logistics

SMMT

Tuxford-based Griffins Logistics has taken delivery of 16 new Volvo trucks, citing fuel economy and backup service as key factors behind the order. The business welcomed its first-ever Volvo in 2021 in the form of a 26-tonne Volvo FE with a mounted Moffett forklift. You always get a prompt service. The fuel returns have been brilliant.”

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FABTECH 2023 – 3D/Additive Manufacturing, Forming & Fabricating

Fabricating & Metal Work

3D/Additive Manufacturing, Forming & Fabricating Fabricating & Metalworking is proud to present the FABTECH 2023 Product Showcase, which is an invaluable guide to navigating the trade show floor at McCormick Place in Chicago this September. When assembled with mating forms, the pin is held securely in place by 360° contact.

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Which connectors drive Industry 4.0 automation?

Design World

automates (Figure 1) industrial, manufacturing, and logistics processes, leveraging artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) to increase operational efficiency. This article explains how Gigabit Ethernet forms the backbone of Industry 4.0 Industry 4.0 Cables and connectors play a crucial role in Industry 4.0