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Leuze electronic claims it has launched the industry’s smallest camera-based sensor.
The IPS 200i is designed for compartment fine positioning with high-bay storage devices in single-depth storage.
Leuze says the sensor has some “powerful advantages”, particularly its fast commissioning and simple alignment. [Read more…] about Leuze launches ‘smallest’ camera-based sensor for fine positioning in warehouse storage applications
AImotive, a startup developer of autonomous vehicle technology, has closed its $38 million Series C funding round.
The funding round was led by B Capital Group and Prime Ventures, with participation from Cisco Investments, Samsung Catalyst Fund, and Series A and B investors Robert Bosch Venture Capital, Inventure, Draper Associates and Day One Capital.
AImotive will use this new round of funding to continue developing its proprietary autonomous driving technology, which relies primarily on affordable, off-the-shelf camera sensors and artificial intelligence-based vision processing. [Read more…] about AImotive raises $38 million funding for its autonomous driving technology
Picosun, a supplier of atomic layer deposition (ALD) thin film coating technology for semiconductor manufacturing, is partnering with STMicroelectronics to develop the next-generation 300 mm production solutions for advanced power electronics.
Power electronic components are right at the heart of many core elements of our society, where energy saving, sparing use of natural resources, and CO2 emission reductions are called for to provide for sustainable future.
Energy production with renewables such as wind and solar, clean transportation with electric vehicles and trains, and industrial manufacturing with energy-smart power management and factory automation are key markets where the demand for advanced power components is increasing. [Read more…] about Picosun partners with STMicroelectronics to offer 300 mm atomic layer deposition technology
Impinj, a provider of Rain RFID solutions, says it has now shipped its 25 billionth Monza endpoint integrated circuit, including 7.1 billion in 2017 alone.
Impinj claims it has shipped more endpoint ICs than all other Rain RFID suppliers combined.
Impinj’s vision is to deliver digital life to everyday items such as retail apparel, medical supplies, luggage, automobile parts and more, extending the reach of the Internet by a factor of 1,000. [Read more…] about Impinj ships 25 billionth Rain RFID endpoint integrated circuit
The Electronic System Design Alliance Market Statistics Service reports that electronic design automation (EDA) industry revenue increased 8 percent for Q3 2017 to $2,262.2 million, compared to $2,093.7 million in Q3 2016.
The four-quarters moving average, which compares the most recent four quarters to the prior four quarters, increased by 11.5 percent.
“For the second consecutive quarter, the EDA industry reported increases in all product categories and geographic regions,” said Walden Rhines, board sponsor for the ESD Alliance MSS and president and CEO of Mentor, a Siemens business. [Read more…] about Electronic design automation industry revenue increases to more than $2.3 billion in last quarter
Framos has released a “Static Dimensioner” which the company says provides intelligent package and storage optimization for logistics operations.
For warehouse logistics, the right master data and dimensions of both inbound and outbound goods are crucial to determine the perfect packaging for storage and shipment optimization.
The Framos Static Dimensioner is an autonomous static precision solution, capable of calculating accurate three-dimensional size and weight measurements for automated master data acquisition. [Read more…] about Framos releases static dimensioner for intelligent package and storage optimization in logistics operations
by Sam Francis
Automaker Seat says it is continuing with its commitment to making its Martorell, Spain factory “a benchmark of Industry 4.0”.
Seat, part of the Volkswagen Group, is going ahead with the construction of a new, automated logistics centre.
The facility will provide storage for parts and components and will be equipped with “smart technology to make its operation completely automated”, says Seat. [Read more…] about Seat to build tallest automated warehouse in Spain
by Anna
Canvass Analytics, a provider of AI-enabled predictive analytics for the Industrial Internet of Things, and True North Automation have announced a new partnership designed to enable industrial companies to achieve predictive industrial automation in the manufacturing plant environment.
The Canvass Analytics software ingests millions of operational data points from a plant’s connected machinery and leverages industrial artificial intelligence (AI) to automate the entire data analysis process, creating predictive data models that continually adapt to data changes in real-time.
Together, True North Automation and Canvass Analytics take process automation one step further by taking the outcome of the predictive model and automatically applying the prediction to the control system.
[Read more…] about Canvass Analytics partners with True North Automation on industrial automation
by Anna
Nexteer Automotive has introduced Digital Trace Manufacturing, which it claims is one of the most advanced, holistic, integrative approaches to design and manufacturing systems ever seen in the auto industry.
The system uses the latest technologies and data analytics within one common, global architecture. For customers, this will help deliver high-quality product performance while boosting value and global capacity optimization across all of Nexteer’s 24 manufacturing locations worldwide, claims the company.
[Read more…] about Nexteer launches new auto design and manufacturing system
by Anna
Airspace Experience Technologies has unveiled a sub-scale model of its autonomous, electric VTOL aircraft, MOBi-ONE, at the North American International Auto Show in Detroit.
MOBi-ONE is designed to autonomously take off like a helicopter, fly like a plane, and transport passengers or cargo between urban centers, suburbs, and airports within 60 miles. MOBi-ONE will fly at a top speed of 250 mph leveraging existing Electric Vehicle (EV) architecture and autonomous technologies.
Recent advances in electric propulsion, automation, and lightweight materials now make the development of this new class of aircraft possible.
[Read more…] about AirSpaceX unveils electric aircraft in Detroit
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