Largest robotics gathering visits UK for the first time
3 May 2023 The IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA) – described by its organisers as being the world’s leading robotics event – is visiting the… Read More
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Industrial metaverse start-up raises $21m for its AI platform
26 January 2023 A US start-up that is developing a new 4D infrastructure for creating the industrial metaverse, has raised $21.2m in funding to develop its AI platform,… Read More
60MW wind turbine test rig will be world’s most powerful
12 October 2022 A team of 35 Danish engineers has started work on what will be the world’s most powerful test bench for wind power components when it… 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
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
‘Tiniest tool-changer’ and first cobot gripper join range
13 September 2018 Just two months after the Danish firm OnRobot was formed by merging three robotics accessories businesses, it has acquired another company – Purple Robotics, which… Read More
‘World’s fastest’ high-load ballscrews will cut cycle times
5 February 2018 The Japanese bearings and ballscrews manufacturer NSK claims to have developed the world’s fastest high-load ballscrews, capable of linear speeds of up to 3m/s – twice… Read More
12-gramme EtherCat servodrive is ‘the world’s smallest’
24 November 2017 The Swiss precision motion specialist Technosoft claims to have produced the world’s smallest EtherCat servodrive. The iPOS2401 MX-CAT drive weighs only 12g and measures 19… Read More
Berlin will get world’s first rope-less, direct-drive elevators
22 June 2017 The world’s first rope-less, direct-drive elevator system, using cabins that can move sideways, as well as up and down, is to be installed in a… Read More
11.5mm-wide I/O slices are ‘the world’s thinnest’
13 November 2015 GE Automation & Controls solutions has announced a modular I/O device based on 11.5mm-wide slices which, it claims, are the world’s thinnest. It adds that… Read More
