Day: July 4, 2018
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Denso integrates operations in South Korea
Denso Corporation, major supplier of automotive technology and components, is to integrate the operations of three of its group companies: Denso Korea Electronics Corporation, Denso Korea Automotive Corporation, and Denso International Korea Corporation. The combined companies will operate as Denso Korea Corporation and will integrate the development, manufacturing and sales of automotive components in the…
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LG invests $90 million in robotics and calls the technology a ‘key component’ of its growth strategy
LG, one of the world’s largest electronics companies, is reported to have invested $90 million in robotics companies so far and says robotics is an important part of its strategy going forward. According to a report on the International Business Times website, LG’s investments include a $3 million stake in Bossa Nova Robotics, which builds shelf-scanning robots for work in…
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Volvo Trucks and FedEx demonstrate truck ‘platooning’ in the USA
Volvo Trucks North America has carried out a successful on-highway demonstration of its truck platooning technology. The company has been working closely with FedEx and the North Carolina Turnpike Authority (NCTA) to expand on-highway operations of Volvo’s Cooperative Adaptive Cruise Control (CACC) in the United States on N.C. 540, the Triangle Expressway. This marks the…
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Stäubli launches TS2 robot range
Staubli‘s new TS2 SCARA series, which made its world debut at Automatica, Stäubli is a four-axis machine with JCS drive technology, said to give ultra-short cycle times and it’s ‘hygiene design’ opens up new possibilities for use in sensitive environments. Stäubli Robotics director Gerald Vogt said: “We have given our SCARAs a complete makeover. They…
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Geek Plus Robotics integrates ‘one of the largest robotics warehouses’ in Asia
Geek Plus Robotics claims to have installed one of the largest automated warehouses in Asia. The supplier of autonomous mobile robots co-operated with Yunji, an e-commerce company, to launch robotics-intensive warehouse in Kunshan, China, to establish what it calls a “super-robotic warehouse”. The facility stores a series of commodity categories including apparel, bags, cosmetics, and similar…
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IMTS: World’s largest industrial technology show to highlight automation trends
The world‘s largest industrial technology show will highlight key automation trends with a view to helping visitors understand how they will affect manufacturing and other sectors. Organisers of the International Manufacturing Technology Show – scheduled to take place in Chicago, in the US, from September 10th to 15th – say the event will bring people and…
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Lenovo ‘largest supplier’ of components to world’s fastest supercomputers
Lenovo says it is now the world’s largest supplier of supercomputing parts to the Top500, which refer to a list of 500 of the world’s most powerful supercomputers. Lenovo Data Center Group was recognised as the leading supplier at the recent International Supercomputing Conference, in Frankfurt, as measured by the number of systems ranked on the Top500…