Microsoft and BMW want to open up manufacturing tech
8 April 2019 Microsoft and the BMW Group have launched an initiative aimed at speeding up innovation in the manufacturing sector and making it more cost-effective. The Open… Read More
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Pneumatic ‘hand’ and ‘arm’ can collaborate safely with humans
1 March 2019 Festo has unveiled its latest nature-inspired technologies: a pneumatically-operated “hand” and “arm” which can interact safely with people. Both will make their public debut at… Read More
AI slashes the automation set-up times by up to 66%
26 February 2019 Mitsubishi Electric and Japan’s National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST) have developed an artificial-intelligence (AI) technology that, they say, can cut the… Read More
Deep-learning machine vision opens up new possibilities
4 February 2019 The emergence of machine vision technologies that use “deep learning” is expanding manufacturers’ capabilities and flexibility, leading to greater cost efficiencies and higher production yields,… Read More
Module adds AI to industrial controls and I/O
18 December 2018 Siemens has developed a module that adds artificial intelligence (AI) capabilities to its Simatic S7-1500 controllers and the ET 200MP I/O system. The S7-1500 TM… Read More
Microsoft releases Robot Operating System for Windows
2 October 2018 Microsoft has announced an experimental release of the open-source Robot Operating System (ROS) for Windows. ROS is a set of libraries and tools that help… Read More
$140m funding round is ‘biggest ever’ for industrial robotics
13 September 2018 GreyOrange, a Singapore-headquartered business which specialises in AI-powered robotics systems for flexible automation in warehouses and fulfilment centres, claims to have attracted the largest round… Read More
Digital manufacturing projects win £11.4m of EPSRC funding
3 July 2018 The UK’s Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) has awarded £11.4m in funding to seven projects aimed at creating novel digital tools, techniques and… Read More
Soft-switching boosts drive efficiencies and cuts size and costs
1 June 2018 A Californian company has developed a technology which, it claims, effectively eliminates transistor switching losses in hard-switched architectures for almost any power converter topology. Pre-Switch… Read More
AI software compensates for faults in motors
20 April 2018 Two Canadian companies have joined forces to commercialise an AI (artificial intelligence) technology designed to detect, and compensate for, faults in electric motors. The technology… Read More
