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Archives for February 13, 2018

Honeywell introduces industrial training simulator

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Honeywell has launched a cloud-based simulation tool that uses a combination of augmented reality (AR) and virtual reality (VR) to train plant personnel on critical industrial work activities.

With as much as 50 percent of industrial plant personnel due to retire within the next five years, the Honeywell Connected Plant Skills Insight Immersive Competency is designed to bring new industrial workers up to speed quickly by enhancing training and delivering it in new and contemporary ways.

The training solution combines mixed reality with data analytics and the company’s 25 years of experience in worker competency management to create an interactive environment for on-the-job training.

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Cimtec to repair Epson Robots in south-east US

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Cimtec Automation LLC is now an official Epson Robots certified repair center. The partnership will extend beyond the current scope of selling new Epson Robots and automation products to include maintenance and repair of the broad installed base of legacy systems throughout the Southeastern US.

The original agreement, in 2015, included distribution of all of Epson Robots’ automation products, including the large lineup of SCARA, 6-Axis and Linear Module robots as well as Vision Guidance, Force Guidance and many other industrial automation products.

Cimtec has helped Epson Robots grow new robot-based automation solutions throughout North Carolina, South Carolina and Virginia.

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‘Humans’ set to return for third series

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Humans is a British television drama series which first aired in the middle of 2015. 

The first series had eight episodes, as did the second series a year later.

Set in the UK but in a parallel, fictional society, the series depicts a world where it’s commonplace for people to buy humanoid robots as though they were appliances – like washing machines or dishwashers – for the home.  [Read more…] about ‘Humans’ set to return for third series

Ascent Aerospace opens engineering center of excellence

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Ascent Aerospace, a provider of tooling systems, factory automation and assembly line integration services, has announced plans to reorganize and expand the company’s engineering resources.

Ascent is consolidating the engineering teams from its longstanding Michigan businesses, Global Tooling Systems, Odyssey Industries, Brown Aerospace and Ascent Integration – North America into an engineering center of excellence at its Macomb campus.

This consolidated team will build on the existing strength of each organizations engineering and design capability and bring it together under one roof for improved collaboration, process standardization, and manufacturing support.

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