Archives for August 5, 2016

RS Components adds Testo testers to testing range

August 5, 2016 by Sam Francis

RS Components is extending its portfolio of high-quality electrical test and measurement devices with five innovative product ranges from Testo.

The devices offer measurement capabilities for a diverse variety of electrical systems and appliances, including for use by electrical installation contractors and engineers working in HVAC design and maintenance.

The Testo 760 is the industry’s first automatic digital multimeter range and provides functionality for all electrical measuring tasks, including function keys that replace the traditional dial for easier operation and greater reliability. [Read more…] about RS Components adds Testo testers to testing range

National Instruments launches new version of LabView

August 5, 2016 by Sam Francis

Latest version of LabView features 500+ new supported instruments, five new 64-bit add-ons, supports improved Python integration

National Instruments, a provider of platform-based testing systems that enable engineers and scientists, has launched LabView 2016 system design software.

NI says it empowers engineers to simplify development and effectively integrate software from the ecosystem into their systems.

The latest version of LabView introduces new channel wires to simplify complex communication between parallel sections of code. Available on both desktop and real-time versions of LabView, the channel wire method helps improve code readability and reduces development time. [Read more…] about National Instruments launches new version of LabView

Free report: What is artificial intelligence?

August 5, 2016 by Sam Francis

By Mike Loukides, Ben Lorica

Explore the state of artificial intelligence and where we’re headed with examples from Google’s AlphaGo, self-driving cars, and facial recognition.

Learn about “general intelligence” flexible enough for AI systems to learn without supervision, the differences between autonomous and assistive AI systems that augment our intelligence, as well as successful systems such as machine learning and computer vision.

Link: http://www.oreilly.com/pub/cpc/25279

Don’t for get to enter our competition to win a ticket to The O’Reilly Media Artificial Intelligence Conference – scheduled to be held in New York on September 26 and 27. It’s worth more than $1,000.

Kuka reports record orders

August 5, 2016 by Sam Francis

Kuka says it has generated record levels of business across its units, with almost €900 million worth of orders placed in the second quarter of 2016. The figure represents a 28 per cent increase on the previous year’s profits.

In it robotics division, earnings increased to €25.5 million in the past quarter, says the company in a report.

Kuka, a Germany-based company established in 1898, is one of the world’s leading industrial robot manufacturers.

In recent weeks it has been the subject of a takeover bid by Chinese company Midea, which makes electrical appliances.

Midea says it currently has more than 80 per cent of Kuka’s shares, according to Bloomberg.com, which would seem to mean that Midea now owns Kuka.