Day: August 8, 2018
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Sick launches high-precision lidar sensors
Sick has launched a new range of high-precision light detection and ranging sensors. With the launch of the LMS1000 and MRS1000 infrared LiDAR sensors, Sick says it has “raised the bar in high-precision, reliable distance sensing and ranging”. Suitable for both indoor or outdoor applications, the sensors incorporate Sick’s innovative HDDM+ (High Definition Distance Measurement)…
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Caterpillar sells 50,000th bulldozer produced in Brazil
Caterpillar has sold its 50,000th bulldozer produced in Brazil. Accompanied by his two sons, Danilo and Diego, Carlos Travensollo recently visited the world’s biggest Caterpillar facility in Piracicaba, Brazil, for a special occasion. He bought the 50,000th bulldozer produced in Brazil, a D6K2, and received the commemorative key from the hands of Fred Istas, vice…
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ZF spins off Car eWallet as a payments start-up
ZF Friedrichshafen has founded a new startup called Car eWallet, in which the company will outsource the current activities of the transaction service Car eWallet. The objective is to further develop and market the service following an initial six-month collaboration with project partners IBM and UBS, which successfully concluded this spring. The service, for example,…
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Swisslog wins CarryPick order with Waytek
Swisslog Logistics Automation is to install CarryPick at electrical parts supplier Waytek’s Chanhassen, Minnesota distribution centre. Swisslog’s CarryPick solution is a mobile system for flexible, scalable order fulfilment. CarryPick’s mobile robots supply workstations with mobile racks. The system supports different sizes and weights of products, provides the ability to add racks and robots quickly as…