Nvidia unveils multiple robot technologies
25 March 2024 The chip-maker and software developer Nvidia has announced a slew of developments aimed at advancing robotics and automation technologies at its annual GTC (GPU Technology… Read More
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Celebrities back drive to tackle £1.5bn skills shortage
7 December 2022 More than 150 engineering leaders and celebrities – including Carol Vorderman and will.i.am – have endorsed a report calling on the Government to help tackle… Read More
Electric craft will ‘fly’ a few metres above the waves
17 August 2022 A US company called Regent is pioneering a new category of electrically-powered vehicle called the seaglider that uses the ground effect to fly on a… Read More
Custom sensor apps need no programming expertise
11 June 2020 The German sensor-maker Sick has unveiled a technology that will allow automation users to create customised sensor- and edge-based applications without needing any programming experience. Read More
Robots help to make drive-through virus testing safer
17 April 2020 In a matter of weeks, automation and robotics experts around the world have come up with inventive ways to use their technologies to help tackle… Read More
Ransomware targets industrial control systems
10 February 2020 Researchers at the cyber-security firm Dragos have discovered a new form of ransomware that they think is the first to specifically target industrial controls systems… Read More
‘World’s first robot employment agency’ will cut capital costs
5 February 2020 A “robot employment agency” which will rent industrial robots to companies by the hour, or charge a “salary” based on the completion of tasks, has… Read More
Low-cost cobot resurfaces after two years of development
24 October 2017 In 2015, a London-based start-up called Automata announced that it had developed a six-axis collaborative robot called Eva that it was planning to sell for… Read More
‘Rotation for life’ plan guarantees that machinery will turn
7 August 2017 SKF has launched a novel maintenance service package under which, in return for a fixed monthly fee, it will guarantee the reliability and availability of… Read More
Tinder inspires automation diagnostics app
16 June 2017 At the recent Hannover Fair, Rockwell Automation was demonstrating a variety of automation concepts that make use of consumer technologies such as virtual reality headsets,… Read More
