6 August 2024 Cognex has announced an AI-enabled tool which identifies and counts objects on production lines without needing complex programming. The machine vision specialist predicts that the… Read More
2 August 2024 Beckhoff has released a generic library that provides robot functions for PLC users. Called TcRobot (TwinCat Robot), it is an open-source library that simplifies… Read More
2 August 2024 There are still concerns about introducing robots into factories. Eric Halvorson, marketing technology manager for automation and control at DigiKey, argues that the impacts… Read More
30 July 2024 Schneider Electric has launched a training programme for the UK and Ireland (UK&I) in response to the engineering skills shortage. It will cover everything from… Read More
29 July 2024 The Manufacturing Technology Centre (MTC) and the University of Birmingham have set up a robotics and autonomous systems (RAS) “cluster” in the West Midlands to… Read More
26 July 2024 Two Italian companies have come up with a robotic parts-feeding system that, they say, addresses the common challenges of feeding and sorting. The Infinifeed system… Read More
24 July 2024 The OT and IoT security specialist, Nozomi Networks, has announced the first OT and IoT security sensor designed to run embedded in PLCs. It… Read More
22 July 2024 An American robotics start-up has pioneered a new kind of AI-powered motion planning that needs 1,000 times less computational time than existing programming tools, and… Read More
18 July 2024 The Korean electronics giant LG has entered the smart factory market, offering the expertise that it has gained during 66 years of manufacturing to external… Read More
11 July 2024 The Japanese robotics and automation giant Fanuc has opened a $110m facility in the US which will provide advanced manufacturing and customised automation systems, and… Read More
