Day: June 14, 2018
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Country Insight: The potential for development in communist North Korea
North Korea is often referred to as a hermit kingdom of sorts, or the last bastion of communism remaining in today’s largely capitalist world. But it’s probably more accurate to think of it as a militaristic nation which has been on a war footing ever since the 1950s when it was the battleground for forces…
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B&R joins Huawei’s OPC UA TSN testbed
B&R Automation has joined the OPC UA TSN testbed of Chinese network equipment vendor Huawei. The Austrian automation specialist is now participating in all three of the world’s most significant platforms for practical testing of the new communication technology. The two other testbeds are those organised by the Industrial Internet Consortium (IIC) in the USA…
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Oceanographers select Wave Glider ocean robot for scientific research
Top oceanographers have selected Wave Gliders, the most experienced, long duration ocean robots, as their sensor platform to conduct advanced scientific research in the most inhospitable and remote regions of the Arctic and Southern Oceans. The US scientists, from Scripps Institution of Oceanography (Scripps) and the Applied Physics Laboratory of the University of Washington (APL-UW), will…
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Universal Robots strengthens its partner network in Malaysia
Universal Robots (UR) is strengthening its partner network in Malaysia with four new partners: Bizit Systems in Johor, Multitrade Asiapac and Servo Dynamics in Penang, and T. E. M. Engineering in the Klang Valley. They join a growing network of UR channel partners in Southeast Asia to support increasing demand for collaborative robots (cobots) in…
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Efficient supply chains: From quirky packaging to highly functional boxes
Designers can be awkward sometimes. Actually, they can be awkward a lot of the time. Something to do with the artistic temperament probably. To be fair to them, their job is to make their work stand out from what is often an overcrowded marketplace. So, as a result, in packaging design, for example, you see all…
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Opinion: Chinese automakers are better off innovating in electric and autonomous technology
It could be time for international carmakers to consider changing partners in China. While the Chinese government has encouraged partnerships in the hope that local companies will learn and become global, new electric and autonomous technologies seem to offer better opportunities. Article by Edward Tse, Gao Feng Advisory On April 17th China’s National Development and Reform Commission announced…
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AI, captain! Hitachi partners with Stena Line to implement digital technology in shipping
Hitachi helps ferry operator Stena Line to increase business performance while maintaining its commitment to sustainable shipping operations Hitachi has partnered with Stena Line, one of the largest shipping companies in Europe, to implement artificial intelligence technology on ships to reduce fuel consumption costs and become an important tool in the company’s efforts to minimise…
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Win a $1,000 ticket to Re-Work’s Deep Learning for Robotics event in San Francisco
Join Re•Work later this month to discover the latest advancements in AI and robotics at the Deep Learning for Robotics Summit, from 28th to 29th June, San Francisco. Global experts will explore where AI meets the real world through human-robot interaction, imitation learning, skill embedding, robot perception, progressive neural networks, robotic grasping and many other areas.…
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Magna partners with May Mobility to develop self-driving shuttles
Collaboration in south-eastern Michigan to make the first deployment in Downtown Detroit possible Getting around in crowded city streets of America is about to get a little easier. May Mobility, an Ann Arbor, Michigan startup building self-driving shuttles, has partnered with Magna, a mobility technology company and one of the world’s largest automotive suppliers, to…
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Hypertherm launches new version of Robotmaster software
Hypertherm has launched a new version of its Robotmaster software, claiming it enables process experts to program without robotics or CAD/CAM expertise. (See video below.) Hypertherm says Robotmaster V7 is a task-based robot programming platform built from scratch on a completely new architecture. Robotmaster V7 caters to process experts to make robot programming “easy and…