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Fanuc is developing a machine-to-machine network that will connect just about every piece of equipment in a manufacturing plant.
The Fanuc Intelligent Edge Link and Drive (Field) system is an industrial internet of things network that will be aimed at automakers.
Fanuc already provides General Motors with a global IIoT platform to manage and maintain the automakers’ robots. [Read more…] about Fanuc developing industrial internet of everything
Applied Robotics has launched its first comprehensive family of tool changers.
The Epsilon family of tool changers incorporates the best features and benefits of three previous generations of ARI tool changers with added functionality and enhancements.
The Epsilon Tool Changers are available in a wide range of payloads from 10 kg to 1,500 kg. [Read more…] about Applied Robotics launches new line of tool changers with lifetime guarantee
Google is running TensorFlow across hundreds of machines, and now you can run it on as many machines as you want in your office
Google has introduced distributed computing support to the latest version of its machine learning software TensorFlow.
TensorFlow 0.8 can now be run on small clusters of machines in your office using Google’s new Inception image classification neural network. [Read more…] about Google gives TensorFlow distributed computing support
Company adds more than 100 enhancements during ‘highly successful’ beta tests
Onshape, the ground-breaking cloud-based 3D design software, has launched commercially, after many months of beta testing.
The company last year raised around $150 million in total funding to start the business and now looks set to repay its investors.
Onshape says its beta test has been “highly successful”, and included 400,000 user hours in more than 150 countries. [Read more…] about Onshape launches commercial online 3D design software
Company plans to use more robots and automation technologies across its global operations
Logistics giant DHL has opened what it calls an “Advanced Regional Center” in Singapore.
The $120 million, 90,000 sq m facility features a $14 million multi-customer automation system featuring advanced robotics.
DHL has been on a mission to roboticize and automate its entire global supply chain. The company claims to be the largest logistics company in the world. [Read more…] about DHL opens supersize logistics centre featuring 130 robotic shuttles
The two companies developed partnership through industry association Proxinnov
Industrial robot giant Yaskawa has entered into a business partnership with industrial automation company Sepro to build a new 6-axis robot for larger moulding jobs.
Both companies are members of Proxinnov, an industry association which advises on how companies can become more competitive using robotics and automation technologies. [Read more…] about Yaskawa teams up with Sepro to build new 6-axis industrial robot
Company has ‘no intention of stepping aside’ and letting tech companies take over the car market of the future, says Daimler’s autonomous driving lead engineer
Mercedes of course has the longest history of any automaker in the world, having built the first ever car in 1879, when Carl Benz created the “Motorwagen”.
It might look like a fancy tricycle, but the Motorwagen was the first wheeled vehicle to feature a gasoline engine – a one-cylinder two-stroke unit which generated 0.75 horsepower, or 0.55 of a kilowatt. [Read more…] about Exclusive: Daimler ‘totally committed’ to winning driverless car race
