US robot sales plummet by 37% in Q2 of 2023
1 September 2023 The slow US economy and high interest rates are being blamed for a 37% drop in the number of industrial robots ordered in North America… Read More
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ICS cyber-threat numbers fall, but a third are unpatched
14 August 2023 The number of “advisories” about cyber-security vulnerabilities in ICSs (industrial control systems) dropped by 9.8% in the first half of 2023 compared to 2022, but… Read More
Manufacturing is second-highest for UK administrations
7 August 2023 The UK manufacturing industry experienced the second-highest number of administrations of any business sector in the country during the first six months of 2023, according… Read More
AI system automates previously impossible screwdriving tasks
10 May 2023 The German screwdriving technology specialist Deprag has joined forces with the Berlin robotics software developer Micropsi Industries to develop what they claim is the first… Read More
Bespoke machines make the first plastic-free Poppies
2 May 2023 Yorkshire-based Sewtec Automation has designed and built three machines to produce the first plastic-free Remembrance Poppies for the Royal British Legion. The new poppies, redesigned… Read More
UR launches new cobot generation with its most powerful arm
22 June 2022 The Danish collaborative robot (cobot) pioneer Universal Robots has announced its most powerful cobot to date – a 20kg-capacity arm with a new joint design… Read More
First NFC microdrive can be programmed inside its box
11 April 2022 At the recent Drives & Controls Show in Birmingham, UK, Nidec Control Techniques unveiled a microdrive that it believes is the first in the world… Read More
Software is ‘first’ to predict OT failures and spot cyber risks
28 March 2022 An Israeli cybersecurity specialist claims to have created the world’s first software that combines predictions of possible OT (operational technology) failures with cybersecurity detection in a… Read More
Beckhoff’s sales soar by 28% to exceed €1bn for first time
23 March 2022 Beckhoff Automation’s global sales climbed by 28% last year to exceed €1bn for the first time in its 42-year history, despite the challenges of component… 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
