Market trends and business perspectives
Home appliance giant Electrolux Group is planning total investments of approximately $500 million in its US manufacturing operations.
The company says it is stepping up a strategic initiative to drive profitable growth in North America with new lines of “innovative products”.
The company also said it will consolidate freezer production into its Anderson, South Carolina refrigeration facility. [Read more…] about Electrolux to invest $500 million in US product innovation and manufacturing
Open Mind Technologies, a provider of computer-aided manufacturing software, has partnered with Heidenhain TNC controls to provide exclusive first use of their new numerical control code-based simulation solution, hyperMill virtual machining.
The Connected Machining module allows networked Heidenhain TNC controls to be run from remote locations, a key component for digital production systems.
The new simulation solution is available with the hyperMill 2018.1 release. [Read more…] about Open Mind partners with Heidenhain to provide ‘exclusive first-use’ virtual machining
Lufthansa Technik and Pepperl+Fuchs have established a joint venture company which aims to digitalise manufacturing operations in the aerospace industry.
The new company – called 3D.aero – will research, develop and sell “innovative automation solutions for the aviation industry”, say the companies.
It will also work on solutions for the digitalisation of workshops. [Read more…] about Lufthansa Technik and Pepperl+Fuchs establish joint venture company
The global swan population could become extinct if mad scientists are given free reign to replace them with robotic swans they are creating in their labs.
Though highly unlikely, it’s worth thinking about, especially as some apparently sane scientists at the National University of Singapore have already started replacing real swans with robotic ones, probably not thinking about the possible future consequences of global mass production.
And they’ve even nabbed the name – their robotic swan is called “Swan”, short for Smart Water Assessment Network. It’s also super-strong – capable of withstanding collisions with kayaks and small boats. [Read more…] about Mad scientists could replace real swans with robot swans worldwide
Manufacturing giant Hitachi and industrial automation company Fanuc have formed a partnership with Preferred Networks, a developer of software for industrial internet of things networks.
The companies plan to establish a joint venture develop artificial intelligence and edge computing systems for industrial operations, according to a report on Nikkei.
Edge computing refers to devices and systems which can do a lot of the data processing locally, without needing to send data to the cloud. [Read more…] about Hitachi, Fanuc and Preferred Networks form AI partnership
UK energy and data harvesting firm Pavegen has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with global engineering and technology company Siemens, to bring its technology to smart city projects around the world.
Pavegen produces an interactive flooring technology which converts the kinetic energy of footfall into off-grid electricity, data and rewards. The firm is headquartered in London, with a research and development team in Cambridge, the UK’s tech hub.
Having delivered more than 200 installations around the world, the firm is looking to build on its portfolio of permanent installations which include transport hubs such as Heathrow, a park in Washington DC, schools, corporate HQs and sports facilities in cities including London, Rio and Seoul.
[Read more…] about Pavegen and Siemens sign agreement on ‘pavement power’ energy and data harvesting
Gaming Partners International Corporation (GPI), a provider of casino table products, currency, and radio frequency identification (RFID) solutions, has entered global licensing and development agreements to develop an advanced Automated Table Solution (ATS).
The agreement is with BrainChip Holdings Ltd., a developer of accelerated solutions for artificial intelligence (AI) applications, and with Xuvi, LLC, a data science company that uses immersive data analytics and automation for intelligent data-driven decisions.
“We look forward to partnering with GPI to bring table game automation technology to casino operators,” said Arun Rajaraman, CEO at Xuvi.
[Read more…] about Gaming Partners International places its bets on BrainChip and Xuvi
Robotic Process Automation (RPA) Solutions provider Jidoka announces its inclusion in the latest Gartner Market Guide for Robotic Process Automation Software as a representative vendor.
The report provides enterprise leaders with an in-depth understanding of the RPA solutions market. As Gartner researchers state, “Robotic process automation tools cut costs, eliminate keying errors, speed up processes and link applications. Enterprise architecture and technology innovation leaders must understand the differences in technical functionality of RPA tools to select the right software platform”.[1]
Developed by Technology Solutions and Consulting provider Novayre, Jidoka claims to have the most powerful Java-based RPA solution that meets what both IT and business users enterprise-grade automation demand.
[Read more…] about Jidoka included in Gartner guide for RPA software
