£20m manufacturing r&d centre aims to keep UK ahead
15 March 2022 A £20m applied research and development facility intended to help the UK’s advanced manufacturing sector to stay at the forefront of global developments, has been… Read More
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Tests show that 5G out-performs Wi-Fi for AMRs
21 February 2022 Kollmorgen has joined forces with Ericsson to test the use of 5G transmissions on AMRs (autonomous mobile robots). They believe that 5G will enable new… Read More
Porsche will use 5G to control robots in real time without cables
20 December 2021 Porsche is installing a 5G network at it Macan body shop in Leipzig, Germany, which will allow it to control robots in real time without… Read More
VW installs 5G network, paving way to smarter plants
19 October 2021 Volkswagen has commissioned a standalone 5G wireless network at its main plant in Wolfsburg, Germany, to test whether 5G meets the demands of vehicle production,… Read More
Belfast digital testbed will boost smart manufacturing
12 October 2021 A £500,000 digital testbed, aimed at creating a step change in smart manufacturing, is being built at Queen’s University Belfast to help develop new technologies… Read More
UK 5G sensors are first to connect to factory devices
9 September 2021 Engineers at the University of Sheffield’s Advanced Manufacturing Research Centre (AMRC) North West have designed and built a native 5G sensor designed to unlock the… Read More
UK project leads world in industrial 5G slicing and splicing
2 September 2021 In what they claim is a world first, UK developers have begun testing an industrial 5G networking technology that “slices” and “splices” networks, allowing users… Read More
5G-enabled smart factory will be opened to others for testing
23 June 2021 The industrial PC and HMI manufacturer Exor International has built a 5G-enabled end-to-end smart factory in Verona, Italy, as an example of the benefits that… Read More
Siemens and Cisco announce industrial 5G routers
21 June 2021 Cisco and Siemens have both announced new ranges of 5G industrial routers. Cisco’s claims that its portfolio of IoT routers is the broadest on the… Read More
‘First industrial 5G router’ allows users to test the technology
23 February 2021 The Swedish industrial communications specialist HMS Networks has announced what it claims is the first commercially available industrial 5G wireless router optimised for private industrial… Read More
