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Industrial components supplier Kollmorgen has started shipping its new servo motors, which the company says are “smaller and more powerful”.
One of its early customers, Micromech, says it is looking forward to the new servo motors.
“This is a very good combination with which we are now able to equip machines for increased productivity and more flexibly,” says the company. [Read more…] about Kollmorgen starts shipping new ‘smaller, more powerful’ servo motors
Texas Instruments has launched what it says is the industry’s first multiprotocol gigabit time-sensitive networking-enabled processor range.
The new, highly integrated Sitara AM6x processor family provides industrial-grade reliability, with quad and dual Arm Cortex-A53 core variants built to meet the rapidly evolving needs of Industry 4.0 in factory automation, motor drives and grid infrastructure.
By supporting gigabit throughput rates for TSN standards and other industrial protocols in a specific subsystem, Sitara AM6x processors are built for the convergence of both Ethernet and real-time data traffic on a single network. [Read more…] about TI claims ‘first’ multiprotocol gigabit TSN-enabled processors for cyber-physical systems
The global market based on the Robot Operating System is likely to grow at an “exponential rate”, according to the report by Transparency Market Research, which estimates the expansion to be almost 9 percent to more than $400 million by 2026.
The researcher says the success will be because of ROS’ “user-friendly nature”, which may or may not have accounted for the success of open-source software in general.
ROS, which itself is open source, is not actually an operating system, it’s what’s called “middleware”, which acts as a bridge between the actual operating system and the applications. [Read more…] about Robot Operating System market forecast to expand almost 9 per cent a year because of its ‘user friendly nature’
Denso, the world’s second largest mobility supplier, has made recent changes that represent one of the largest shifts in business strategy in its 70-year history – expanding into software-based solutions in addition to its hardware expertise.
The company says that the strategy pushes the company beyond a vehicle-centric focus in order to help create an new mobility paradigm for society.
The global auto industry is undergoing a once-in-a-century shift that will fundamentally reshape transportation.
[Read more…] about Denso shifts strategy to craft the core technologies for the future of mobility
Fanuc America Corporation, supplier of robotics, CNC systems, robomachines and Industrial IoT solutions held a ground breaking ceremony on 23 October to mark the start of construction of its new North Campus facility in Auburn Hills, MI, USA.
“Robotics and automation are key drivers of manufacturing competitiveness,” said Mike Cicco, president & CEO, Fanuc America.
“We’re looking forward to expanding our facilities here in Oakland County to keep pace with the growing demand for automation.”
[Read more…] about Robot helps Fanuc America break ground on new facility in US
Siemens has announced that the Teamcenter portfolio, the world’s most widely used product lifecycle management software, will now support the eCl@ss Standard for classification and product description.
eCl@ss has established itself internationally over 18 years as the only ISO/IEC-compliant industry standard, and has become the worldwide reference-data standard for the classification and unambiguous description of products and services.
Supporting a standard classification system can allow Teamcenter users to standardise design, procurement, storage, production, and distribution activities in and between companies – across sectors, countries and languages.
[Read more…] about Siemens’ Teamcenter now supports eCl@ss Standard to streamline data exchange
Schnuck Markets and Simbe Robotics have agreed to expand the integration of Tally, the autonomous shelf-scanning robot, to at least 15 select Schnucks’ stores.
Schnucks and Simbe kicked off a pilot in July 2017, when Tally began capturing deeper, real-time insights into on-shelf operations in three Schnucks locations.
As a result of the initial pilot’s success, Schnucks is increasing the scope of the partnership to bring at least 15 Tally robots to key stores, giving the retailer a tech-forward competitive advantage. [Read more…] about Schnuck to expand integration of Simbe Robotics’ shelf-auditing robot to ‘at least 15 stores’
Intelligent Automation Week Austin has announced Michael Rogers from MSNBC as its keynote speaker.
His address, titled “Taking the Fear out of Man and Machine”, will discuss how new technology is impacting the workforce and the employee change management initiatives that should be developed in order to avoid any fear or disruption.
Rogers’ address will take place on main conference day one, December 4th, at 9am. [Read more…] about MSNBC’s Michael Rogers to join Intelligent Automation Week Austin
Supply chain robotics company Cainiao has installed 700 robots at China’s largest robot-run warehouse to process orders on Singles Day, according to a report on CNBC.
The warehouse, located in Wuxi, near Shanghai, is owned by e-commerce giant Alibaba, which is also majority-owner of Cainiao, and Singles Day is said to generate more than $25 billion in sales.
CNBC reports that last year, on Singles Day – November 11, Cainiao processed over 800 million packages, and this year, Alibaba expects that figure to surpass 1 billion. [Read more…] about Alibaba and Cainiao open China’s ‘largest’ robot-operated warehouse
Picking the right items from a disparate range of objects is a difficult challenge for a robot, but Nvidia says it is making progress.
As another step toward enabling robots to work effectively in complex environments, robotics researchers from Nvidia says it has developed a novel deep learning-based system that allows a robot to perceive household objects in its environment for the purpose of grasping the objects and interacting with them.
With this technique, the robot is able to perform simple pick-and-place operations on known household objects, such as handing an object to a person or grasping an object out of a person’s hand.
[Read more…] about Nvidia says its deep learning research is putting robotic picking within reach
