Siemens teams up with UK firms to offer bespoke AGVs
25 February 2022 Siemens has joined forces with two UK engineering companies, Parmley Graham and AR Controls, to produce bespoke AGVs (automated guided vehicles) for a variety of… Read More
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Voice control comes to industrial applications
21 February 2022 A German communications specialist has developed a technology that allows industrial processes to be controlled using spoken commands, in a similar way to consumer voice-activation… Read More
IoT-based lubrication monitor ends need for regular checks
27 January 2022 Schaeffler has developed an automated lubrication system for rolling bearings that, it claims, eliminates the need for route-based checks. The company says that the Optime… Read More
Technology clarifies rationale behind AI-based controls
26 January 2022 Mitsubishi Electric has collaborated with the Japanese Institute of Physical and Chemical Research (Riken) to develop a technology that, they say, clarifies the rationale underpinning… Read More
Consortium backs Schneider’s open automation vision
4 November 2021 A group of more than 25 automation companies and other organisations has be formed to develop, and campaign for, a common software layer that will… Read More
3D collision-avoiding sensor works like bat echolocation
18 October 2021 A German start-up has developed a 3D collision-avoidance sensor that mimics a bat’s echolocation techniques. Munich-based Toposens, founded in 2015, says that existing sensor technologies… Read More
UK coil-winding tech ‘could transform motor production’
12 October 2021 UPDATED: A UK company has developed a coil-winding machine that allows rectangular wire to be formed on its edge, and used instead of multi-turn round-wire… Read More
600kW fuel cell aircraft powertrain pulls 15-ton platform
10 August 2021 Engineers working for the British-American fuel-cell-powered aircraft developer ZeroAvia have used a 600kW propellor powertrain to pull a 15-ton mobile testing platform at the company’s… Read More
£53m of funding aims to drive digital manufacturing in UK
29 July 2021 The UK Government has announced £53m of new funding to drive the development of digital manufacturing technologies, including the establishment of five new research centres,… Read More
RSE buys Blackburn Starling to take water industry lead
29 June 2021 The Scottish engineering group RSE is buying the Nottingham-based manufacturer and systems integrator Blackburn Starling & Co for an undisclosed sum. RSE sees the deal… Read More
