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Archives for August 11, 2017

DHL invests in four new Sawyer collaborative robots from Rethink Robotics

August 11, 2017 by David Edwards

Rethink Robotics’ Baxter and Sawyer collaborative robots

DHL has invested in four new Sawyer robots in order to evaluate the solution as part of its robotics research and development programme.

The company describes the purchase of the Sawyer robots as “the first step” in its robotics deployment journey.

DHL says the collaborative robots will be flexibly used across its 19 contract packing, or “co-packing”, and production logistics centres across the UK and Ireland region.  [Read more…] about DHL invests in four new Sawyer collaborative robots from Rethink Robotics

Filed Under: Logistics, News, Transportation Tagged With: contract, dhl, logistics, packing, rethink, robotics, sawyer, warehouse

The 10 most highly prized industrial design awards

August 11, 2017 by David Edwards

Poul Henningsen’s Artichoke Lamp

An industrial design award can launch a designer’s career, so is highly sought after, and there are plenty of design competitions out there to enter if you’re interested. 

Although most of the competitions emphasise consumer product design, and often software-oriented products, the industrial product categories are also extensively included.

And if you can’t find one that has a category that seems to suit your category now, if you wait long enough, someone will organise one.  [Read more…] about The 10 most highly prized industrial design awards

Filed Under: Design, Industry, News Tagged With: awards, design, designers, industrial

Kuka wins prestigious Red Dot design award for industrial robot

August 11, 2017 by David Edwards

kuka CYBERTECH_red Dot

Kuka has won a prestigious design aware from the Red Dot organisation, which runs a competition which analyses products from an extensive range of industries.

The award that Kuka won was in the Red Dot industrial product design category, and it was for its industrial robot, the KR CyberTech (pictured).

Kuka says the jury’s reasoning was: “The KR CyberTech industrial robot – with its streamlined, elongated silhouette – stretches the limits of possibility in terms of speed and reach.”  [Read more…] about Kuka wins prestigious Red Dot design award for industrial robot

Filed Under: Design, Industrial robots, Industry, News Tagged With: awards, cybertech, design, kuka, red dot

Top 10 graphics processing unit manufacturers: Nvidia clearly in the lead

August 11, 2017 by David Edwards

NVIDIA-Jetson-TX2

The whole world seems set on a course which will take everyone into a highly automated, robotic and artificially intelligent future. 

And much of the hardware used in the vehicles driving us to that utopia-like future is being supplied by Nvidia.

By many expert accounts, the chipmaker has taken a clear lead in the chip market and its processors are often the first choice for engineers building solutions in virtually all the current breakthrough technologies – from blockchain and cryptocurrencies to advanced driver assistance systems and autonomous cars.  [Read more…] about Top 10 graphics processing unit manufacturers: Nvidia clearly in the lead

Filed Under: News Tagged With: amd, asus, evga, gigabyte, gpu, graphics processing unit, intel, nvidia, power vr, sapphire, via, zotac

Billion-dollar industrial estate to feature data centre infrastructure as part of its offering

August 11, 2017 by David Edwards

elk grove industrial park

In what might be a sign that traditional industry is increasingly becoming digital, the developer of an industrial estate is making telecommunications and data processing a fundamental component of its offering. 

Traditionally, the priority for industrial estates have been to provide good road and other transport networks. Nowadays, data networks are sometimes even more important to companies of all types – including those in the manufacturing sector.

Bannon Investment Group, which is developing the 85-acre Elk Grove Technology Park near Chicago O’Hare Airport, says the estate will one of the largest of its kind in the US.  [Read more…] about Billion-dollar industrial estate to feature data centre infrastructure as part of its offering

Filed Under: Industry, Infrastructure, News Tagged With: elk, estate, grove, industrial, park, technology

Mazda to make all its vehicles autonomous by 2025

August 11, 2017 by David Edwards

mazda intelligent

Mazda has stated its intention to make all of its vehicles autonomous by 2025 as part of a broader plan to transform the entire company by 2030.

The company says it will “begin testing of autonomous driving technologies currently being developed in line with Mazda’s human-centered Mazda Co-Pilot Concept in 2020, aiming to make the system standard on all models by 2025”.

Mazda says it wants to build cars that “provide safety peace of mind”, and that provide “unrestricted mobility to people everywhere”.  [Read more…] about Mazda to make all its vehicles autonomous by 2025

Filed Under: News, Transportation Tagged With: cars, driverless, mazda, skyactiv

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