Day: April 13, 2018

  • Technology insight: Sensor data available globally – beyond the local company cloud

    Technology insight: Sensor data available globally – beyond the local company cloud

    By Ingo Baumgardt, head of sensor communication, Leuze electronic Making sensor data and information from different sources available globally and linking this data and information in a meaningful way – this is the crux of Industry 4.0. New business ideas make it necessary to make this information globally available and accessible not only within a…

  • JR Automation acquires Setpoint Systems and Setpoint, Inc

    JR Automation acquires Setpoint Systems and Setpoint, Inc

    US-based JR Automation, a provider of intelligent automated manufacturing and distribution technology solutions  has acquired Setpoint Systems and Setpoint, Inc. The Setpoint companies create automation solutions for the e-commerce, amusement, and other industries. “We look forward to working closely with the Setpoint businesses, leveraging their tremendous capabilities to further build out our world-class global industrial…

  • Tennant to launch autonomous floor cleaning machines

    Tennant to launch autonomous floor cleaning machines

    Tennant Company will launch its first autonomous floor care machine capable of operating in complex, real-world environments without direct operator control. The first Tennant autonomous solution is expected to be available in North America on the T7 floor scrubber in 2018 with further expansion into global markets and additional models to follow. Tennant, a cleaning products…

  • Universal Robots Academy now offers training in Korean and Japanese

    Universal Robots Academy now offers training in Korean and Japanese

    Universal Robots’ online robot training program, Universal Robots Academy, now offers training in two additional languages, Korean and Japanese, taking the total to seven languages. Universal Robots introduced the online learning platform, Universal Robots Academy, in the beginning of 2017 to offer basic programming skills on the concepts of collaborative robots (cobots). More than 24,000…