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Archives for April 16, 2018

Country insight: Philippines economy ‘entering golden age’

April 16, 2018 by Sam Francis

Country insight: Philippines economy ‘entering golden age’

The Philippines is a large, archipelagic country located approximately 3,000 kilometres from China.

Its population numbers more than 100 million and its main two ethnic groups are Visayan and Tagalog, each of which accounts for around 30 per cent of the population.

The other eight or so sizeable ethnic groups go from around 10 per cent to 1 per cent of the population.  [Read more…] about Country insight: Philippines economy ‘entering golden age’

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Filed Under: Features Tagged With: electronics, exports, philippines, semiconductors

RightHand Robotics claims automated piece-picking ‘world record’

April 16, 2018 by Sam Francis

RightHand Robotics claims automated piece-picking ‘world record’

RightHand Robotics, a provider of robotic piece-picking solutions, claims that a team of its automation partners have set a world record at the recent Modex supply chain event.

RightPick workcells successfully picked and placed 131,072 items over the duration of the show at the Georgia World Congress Center, says the company.

The workcells were featured in five exhibitor booths at the show, enabling partner companies to showcase how robotic piece-picking increases the value of their respective solutions for e-commerce fulfillment and intralogistics. [Read more…] about RightHand Robotics claims automated piece-picking ‘world record’

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Filed Under: Logistics, Transportation Tagged With: material handling, piece picking, righthand robotics

MachineMetrics partners with Robert E. Morris on smart manufacturing

April 16, 2018 by Sam Francis

MachineMetrics partners with Robert E. Morris on smart manufacturing

MachineMetrics industrial internet platform is partnering with the Robert E. Morris company and Tsugami/Rem Sales to simulate a real-world manufacturing environment at 2018’s inaugural Smart Manufacturing Experience in Boston.

MachineMetrics says its industrial IoT platform is “generating some serious buzz”, and the three companies will showcase the solution together.

MachineMetrics CEO Bill Bither will join the Robert E. Morris company president, Lou Olson, for the event’s keynote presentation entitled, Dynamics of Change: Disruptive Technologies and CNC Machinery.  [Read more…] about MachineMetrics partners with Robert E. Morris on smart manufacturing

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Filed Under: Industrial internet of things, Industry Tagged With: Machinemetrics, manufacturing environment simulation, robert e. morris, smart manufacturing experience boston, tsugami/rem sales

Kuka smartPAD-2 wins iF design award 2018

April 16, 2018 by Anna

Kuka smartPAD-2 wins iF design award 2018

The Kuka smartPAD-2 has won the renowned iF design award 2018. The iF design award, presented by iF International Forum Design GmbH, based in Hannover, Germany, has been presented annually since 1954 and honours the best achievements in the field of product design.

From 23 to 25 January, an international panel of 63 design experts selected the winners from among almost 6,500 entries, submitted from 54 countries.

The Kuka smartPAD-2 is robust, suitable for industrial environments and offers ergonomic, comfortable handling. The options for holding it have been optimized for both left- and right-handers. It can also be used as a desktop console.

[Read more…] about Kuka smartPAD-2 wins iF design award 2018

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Filed Under: News Tagged With: if design award, kuka, smartpad-2

Yaskawa America opens Solution Center

April 16, 2018 by Anna

Yaskawa America opens Solution Center

Yaskawa America, Inc.’s Drives & Motion Division has launched the newest addition to yaskawa.com, the Solution Center. The Solution Center is a self-service knowledge database providing all the functionality and content customers need to resolve issues themselves, available around the clock.

The goal is to provide an online centre where customers can quickly find support solutions, managed by the technical support teams, along with documentation already available on yaskawa.com.

As The company’s technical support team solves issues, content is created and added as “Yaskawa Solutions” in the Solution Center. The answers are the same that the support teams use to resolve issues every day.

[Read more…] about Yaskawa America opens Solution Center

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Filed Under: Components news, News Tagged With: drives, support center, yaskawa

XPO launches cloud-based, digital freight marketplace

April 16, 2018 by Anna

XPO launches cloud-based, digital freight marketplace

XPO Logistics, a global provider of transport and logistics solutions, has introduced XPO Connect, a cloud-based, digital freight marketplace that is fully automated, self-learning and dynamic.

The platform is designed to provide shippers with a single point of entry for visibility across modes in real time, making it possible to identify opportunities for time and cost savings, says the company.

Through XPO Connect, shippers gain access to business intelligence that they can use to purchase transport more efficiently; this includes visibility of fluctuations in capacity, spot rates and load postings by geography.

Shippers can access carrier capacity, assign loads and track freight movements through one login. The company has designed XPO Connect to integrate all modes of transport.

[Read more…] about XPO launches cloud-based, digital freight marketplace

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Filed Under: Business, Business process automation, News Tagged With: freight platform, xpo logistics

Geek Plus to launch two new warehouse robots at CeMAT

April 16, 2018 by Mai Tao

Geek Plus to launch two new warehouse robots at CeMAT

Geek Plus, a provider of warehouse automation solutions, says it will be launching two new warehouse robots at CeMAT, the material handling and logistics trade show taking place in Hannover, Germany next week. 

The company, which claims to be China’s leading supplier of warehousing and logistics solutions, will launch its P800 
picking robot and its M100 moving robot at the show.

Both robots will be equipped with what Geek Plus says is “cutting-edge advanced SLAM laser navigation technology”.  [Read more…] about Geek Plus to launch two new warehouse robots at CeMAT

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Filed Under: Logistics, News, Transportation Tagged With: cemat, geek plus, geek plus m100, geek plus p800, geek+, material handling, picking robot, warehouse robots

Without a Clew: A Muse from our genetically-engineered future hell

April 16, 2018 by David Edwards

Without a Clew: A Muse from our genetically-engineered future hell

I’ve probably given away something of the film through my choice of headline since Muse would at first glance appear to be a pleasant film about some artist who finds a muse who resembles his wife, which is actually the basic plotline of the film. 

But we do always recommend people watch the films that we write about to minimise the chances of us spoiling it for you.

There’s more to the film than the headline suggests, although the basic premise is as you might expect.  [Read more…] about Without a Clew: A Muse from our genetically-engineered future hell

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Filed Under: Art & Culture Tagged With: clew, muse

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